Learning objectives
by the end of the course the students reach level B1 of the European Frame of Reference, having developed their skills related to grammar, lexis, functions, reading and listening comprehension
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Main topics<br />
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Grammar<br />
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· articles<br />
· demonstratives<br />
· possessives and possessive ‘s<br />
· personal pronouns<br />
· some and any<br />
· countable and uncountable nouns<br />
· quantifiers<br />
· comparatives and superlatives<br />
· relative pronouns<br />
· main prepositions of place and time<br />
· indirect questions<br />
· main conjunctions<br />
· main phrasal/prepositional verbs<br />
· Present Simple and Present Continuous<br />
· Past Simple<br />
· Past Continuous<br />
· Present Perfect Simple<br />
· The future (going to, will, Present Simple, Present Continuous)<br />
· First conditional<br />
· Time clauses and the Present Simple)<br />
· The Passive voice (Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Perfect)<br />
· Modal verbs (can, could, must, will, would, should)<br />
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Vocabulary <br />
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* spelling<br />
· numbers (prices, quantities, dates, etc.)<br />
· family<br />
· free time activities<br />
· house and furniture<br />
· public places and shops<br />
· jobs<br />
· food and drinks<br />
· animals<br />
· weather<br />
· clothes<br />
· parts of the body and health problems<br />
· means of transport<br />
· everyday objects<br />
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Functions<br />
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· describing people (character and appearance)<br />
· telling the time and dates<br />
· describing everyday habits and routines<br />
· ordering in a restaurant or in a hotel<br />
· understanding notices, labels, adverts<br />
· road directions<br />
· describing holidays, trips, etc.<br />
· describing objects (size, colour, shape, etc.)<br />
· warnings and prohibitions<br />
· obligation and absence of obligations<br />
· agreement/disagreement<br />
· criticisms and complaints<br />
· talking about preferences<br />
· describing feelings and emotions
Full programme
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Bibliography
For grammar, functions and vocabulary:<br />
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M. Vince, G. Cerulli, Inside Grammar, Macmillan (+ keys)<br />
M. Swan, C. Walter, The Good Grammar Book with answers, Oxford UP<br />
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or:<br />
P. Conti, E. Sharman, L. Green, A. Cowan, The Burlington English Grammar, ed.<br />
Burlington Books Le Monnier (+ keys) (grammar only)<br />
M. McCarthy, F. O’Dell, English Vocabulary in Use Elementary (edition with key), Cambridge University Press (vocabulary only)<br />
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Textbook<br />
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G. Cunningham, S. Mohamed, Language to Go Pre-Intermediate, Longman
Teaching methods
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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