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 />
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 <br />
Full programme
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Bibliography
Textbook <br />
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R. Acklam, A. Crace, Total English Pre-Intermediate Student’s book, Longman ISBN 9 78 1405 815 628 <br />
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A. Clare, JJ. Wilson, Total English Pre-Intermediate Workbook, Longman ISBN 9 78 1405 820 097 <br />
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Further practice: <br />
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J.Newbrook, J.Wilson,, PET Gold Exam Maximer Self-Study edition (with audio CD set), <br />
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Longman ISBN 9 780 582 529 250 <br />
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S. Hutchison, Premium B1 Level Work book with Key and Multi-ROM, Longman ISBN 9 78 1405 881 104 <br />
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M. Mann, S. Taylore-Knowles, Destination B1 Grammar & Vocabulary with Answer Key, Macmillan <br />
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ISBN 9 78 0230 035362 <br />
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A. Capel, R.Nixon, PET Masterclass Intermediate Workbook with answers and Audio CD <br />
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pack, OUP <br />
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Test it, Fix it Grammar Pre-Intermediate, OUP <br />
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Test it, Fix it Vocabulary Pre-Intermediate, OUP <br />
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Test it, Fix it Verbs and Tenses Pre-Intermediate, OUP <br />
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Graded readers published by BlackCat Cideb (Green Apple Step2 or Reading & Training Elementary/Pre-Intermediate) <br />
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Dictionary <br />
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Oxford Study Dictionary (bilingual) <br />
Longman Dizionario Compatto (bilingual) <br />
Cambridge Essential English Dictionary (monolingual) <br />
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Students can consult pre-intermediate level material for the reading and listening sections of the exam at: <br />
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Laboratorio Self-Access del Centro Linguistico <br />
Viale Scienze, 45/A Campus <br />
Sito internet: www.unipr.it/arpa/cla/ <br />
Teaching methods
Students attend to lessons held in the Centro Linguistico di Ateneo. <br />
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methodology: presentation of structures, deducton of rule, contrastive use of the language, use of different teaching aids (transparencies, audiocassettes, textbook, etc.) <br />
assessment: final test with multiple choice questions on grammar, lexis,functions, reading and listening comprehension
Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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