IES PEDRO FLORIANI ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ACADEMIC YEAR 2012-13
COURSE INFORMATION SHEET
MAIN OBJECTIVES 1. Consolidate the use of English studied the year before. 2. Introduce new vocabulary, grammar structures. 3. Acquire a good level of competence in rephrasing exercises. 4. Develop a more analytical attitude to cognitively demanding tasks such as writing, reading for meaning regarding the demands set up by PAU examination始s sheets. 5. Achieve a good command of writing by being able to reproduce all model essays on a personal basis. 6. Improve students始 speaking skills necessary to communicate effectively. 7. Exam preparation practice. GRAMMAR
TOPIC( voc. /reading)
WRITING
All tenses Gerunds and infinitives Reported speech Reporting verbs (extension)
Health Video on food habits Employment and economy Prefixes and suffixes Verbs+ prepositions Phrasal verbs
Opinion essay
Passive Causative Conditionlas
Shopping and consuming Relationships and feelings False friends Adj+prepositions Compound adjectives Phrasal verbs
A for and against essay
Travel and tourism Festivals and celebrations Adjectives and infinitives Verb+ adjectives
DESCRIPTIONS of events, of pictures.
Wish clauses Relative clauses Modals and modal perfects I始d rather/ I始d better... Use of would / inversion
Letter of application
Summarizing Paraphrasing
ASSESMENT CRITERIA ALL STUDENTS SHOULD GET AT LEAST A 4.5 IN GRAMMAR TO GET A FAVOURABLE MARK. COMPOSITIONS AND WRITING ASSIGNMENTS HAVE TO BE TURNED IN ON TIME OR YOU WILL BE PENALIZED ( 0.2 LESS FOR EACH DAY OF DELAY). GRAMMAR 55% SPEAKING 5% READING AND VOCABULARY: 15% WRITING:15% LISTENING:10%