Universidad del Norte

Instituto de Idiomas
Exigencia Ingls V

Level: Five
Code: 4910
Duration: 64 Hours
Period: 201340
Textbook: NorthStar 4A
CEF Goal: B1.3 (High Pre-Intermediate Level)

Description of the Undergraduate English Program
The Instituto de Idiomas at Universidad del Norte offers an Undergraduate English Program which consists of eight 64-hour courses
focusing on the four skills reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Through an emphasis on skills within an integrated approach,
the program aims to develop the general, academic, and technical language of students. The goal of the program is to graduate
students with a high-intermediate level of English, equivalent to the B2 level of the Common European Framework (CEF) and as
determined by their score on the TOEFL ITP.

Ingls V Course Goals (CEF B1.3 = High Pre-Intermediate Level)
To confidently understand the main point of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, l eisure,
etc. To confidently deal with most situations likely to arise while in an area where the language is spoken. To confidently produce
simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. To confidently describe experiences and events, dreams,
hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

Learning Outcomes by Skill
At the end of the course, students will be able to:

Reading: Comprehend main ideas and details.
Connect texts to personal experiences and form opinions.
Identify themes shared in multiple texts.
Make Inferences to understand ideas not stated directly.

Writing: Write paragraphs with sentence variety (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences).
Produce defining and non-defining adjective clauses.
Write short essays with introductory, body, and concluding paragraphs.
Write personal responses to a text.

Listening: Identify main ideas and specific details.
Make inferences to understand ideas not stated directly.
Recognize common themes in multiple listenings.
Relate knowledge, experience, and views to listenings.

Speaking: Express ideas through brief video responses.
Pose effective questions and ask for clarification or examples.
Participate in a meeting.

In addition, the following grammatical structures will be covered: passive and active voice; past unreal conditionals; contrasting
simple past, present perfect, and present perfect progressive; gerunds and infinitives; present unreal conditionals; reported speech.

Grading Framework and Assessment
Integrated Reading Assessment 15% Reading Test (with short answers)
Integrated Writing Assessment 15% Write an opinion essay
Midterm Exam 20% Evaluation of reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary
Integrated Listening Assessment 15% Listening Test
Integrated Speaking Assessment 15% Record a video response
Final Exam 20% Evaluation of listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary
= 100%
All assessment is on a scale from 0.0 to 5.0, and the minimum cumulative grade needed to pass this course is 3.0/5.0 (= 60%).
Classroom Guidelines

Plagiarism is defined as the using of another persons ideas or words without explicitly crediting that person. All sources for your
work must be documented carefully with appropriate quotation marks and/or citations. Consequences of plagiarism include
failure of the assignment, failure of the class, and/or disciplinary action by the university, including possible expulsion. Please
make sure that you do your own work.

Class sessions begin on the half hour. If students arrive more than 15 minutes late, they can stay for the class, but the absence
will be counted. Official class time is the Colombian governments official time, available at (http://horalegal.sic.gov.co/).

The professor has established office hours, and the official means of communication is the class email within Blackboard.
Students should e-mail the teacher to express any concerns or questions, to set up an individual meeting with the teacher, or to
reach the teacher for any reason.

All electronic devices (smartphones, tablets, etc.) should remain off and unused during class.

The teacher will return grades within a reasonable time and allow students ample opportunity to review their graded materials.
Students are responsible for keeping track of their own grades, and for timely contesting of any graded event with which they
are dissatisfied for any reason.

For students to make up any graded event, a valid excuse must be presented to the professor, a Supletorio form must be signed
by the professor and program coordinator, and the graded event must be completed within ten days upon returning to class.
Failure to do so will result in a zero for that graded event. Homework cannot be made up.

Learning to use a language is a constant process; therefore, class attendance is essential. If a student misses more than 12 hours
of class, he/she will not be able to take the final exam and will receive a 0.0 for that exam.


Suggestion and Complaint Procedure
If students have a suggestion, query, or complaint about any issue related to the normal development of the course, they should
follow the guidelines below:

1. In the first instance, students should raise and discuss concerns with the course professor, and every effort will be made to
resolve them.
2. If the issues are not resolved, students should use the Buzn de Sugerencias located in the reception area of Bloque i1 or
on the website of Uninorte at: https://calabazo.uninorte.edu.co/sqrcec/formcec.asp.
3. The suggestions, queries, or complaints will receive an answer within a maximum of 30 days.


Contact Information

Professor: Toti Magali Saldaa Ruiz
Email: msaldana@uninorte.edu.co

Level Coordinator: Robert Dunn
Email: rdunn@uninorte.edu.co
Phone: 350.9980 or Ext. 4042


Mission of the Instituto de Idiomas
We aim to contribute to the well-rounded education of the individual, to continual training and updating of knowledge and language
skills in order to answer, with quality, relevance and innovative methods, the needs of students, teachers, professionals, business
executives, and public and private organizations of the region, the country and Latin America. This is done through a wide range of
educational programs, developed by renowned experts with a profound calling towards academia and research.