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INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGES
Level 4 (Distance)
Syllabus
I. COURSE INFORMATION:
Number of credits: 6
Prerequisite(s) code and course name:
Online teaching schedule: (56 hours) MONDAYS 18h00 -20h00 and WEDNESDAYS 18h00 -20h00
Hours of autonomous study: 40 hours
Total number of credit hours: 96 hours
Academic period: March 2018-August 2018
The course comprises 12 units that will allow students to develop the four basic skills of language: listening,
speaking, reading and writing, to level B1, according to the Common European Framework of Reference.
They will be encouraged to converse in English, and write texts, such as summaries. Students will have the
opportunity to apply their knowledge of the English language through a variety of exercises and activities.
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V. Course Objectives
To achieve level B1 at the end of the course, thus being able to speak with a degree of fluency, understand
abstract and concrete topics in the language of instruction, as well as write information by expressing
different points of view.
Students should master a core of vocabulary.
Give the student the skills he/she needs to communicate accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately in
different situations and settings.
Students will use language according to its different functions.
Develop and expand the student’s writing skills through guided activities.
At the end of level 4, the student will be able to: Rate of knowledge
development (low,
medium, high):
Listening: Low/Medium
Reading:
Learners understand main ideas and supporting details in texts, draw Medium
inferences, understand idiomatic expressions, identify points of view and
writer’s attitude, apply knowledge of discourse markers to obtain
information, and understand logical relationships in texts. They use the
information in the texts to fill in newspaper reports, notes, and complete
letters of reply and summaries, and answer questions.
Speaking:
•Deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling in an area where the
language is spoken. Medium
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•Briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. •narrate a
story or relate the plot of a book or film and describe their reactions.
Writing:
Medium
Lectures: Class-based learning, which includes question & answer and in-class activities.
Homework/Activities: Voice recordings, reading articles and completing questionnaires (handouts), crosswords,
role-plays. Homework will be posted when every 2 units are finished.
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Collaborative activities
IX. Evaluation
CRITERIA
35 points (for each partial)
distributed the following way:
-Platform completion: 15
points (5 points every two
Homework platform based
units)
-Edusol tests: 18 points (6
points every two units)
-Practice for midterm: 2 points
-Practice for final exam: 2
points
15 points (for each partial)
Exams in classrooms: midterm and final -Platform midterm: 15 points
-Platform final: 15 points
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Homework is every 2 units and should be handed in via online platform only.
Attendance and participation is required (even though attendance is not mandatory).
The minimum passing grade for homework/activities is 49 points, and includes participation and
homework accomplishment.
The minimum passing grade for exams is 21 points.
(SUPLETORIO) if you reach the minimum points for homework (37 points) and tests (16 points).
To take the make-up test (SUPLETORIO) you must reach the minimum grade in ONE of the two
evaluation components (either homework or tests).
THE GRADE YOU GET IS NOT NEGOTIABLE. THERE IS NO EXTRA HOMEWORK NOR
TEST (not even to pass the level nor the final test). PLEASE DO NOT INSIST.
MAKEUP EXAM
Minimum Minimum
Homework Exams
grade grade
Maximum
70 30
grade
PASS PASS
Minimum
49 21
grade
48 20 6
6
47 19 7
46 18 8
7
45 17 9
44 16 10
8
43
42
9
41
40
39
38 10
37
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Content Activities
Week
Unit
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Celebrations
This unit focuses on
Learners will: celebrations and national
• Understand the general meaning and Call-in(Listening /speaking) holidays Learners will listen to
significant details in a radio program. a radio call in program about
• Draw inferences based on the information The First Thanksgiving (reading national holidays of different
in a video. &writing) countries. Log in the
BBC platform Understanding the general
• comprehend vocabulary used in context. platform and work
• Understand the main ideas and supporting Sorry I’m late (speaking) meaning and significant details
on the exercises
2 2 Celebrations English of a conversation.
details in an expository article. available in it
•They will take part in a dialogue where they Celebrations: vocabulary and Platform Taking part in a dialogue in
activities which they accept/ give an according to the
accept an apology / apologize.
Present perfect Progressive: Grammar( apology. Using present perfect week unit.
They will learn the usage of Present perfect
progressive. affirmative and negative progressive affirmative and
• Match vocabulary to definitions and negative.
Discrimination between
complete cloze sentences. different words and phrases.
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Understand the general meaning and will also practice the usage of
significant details of a radio report and Past perfect Simple in reported
warnings speech
•Discriminate between different words and
phrases.
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7 Review for midterm exam Review for midterm exam Review for midterm exam
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7 9 Emergency Emergency Emergency (listening/ speaking) BBC platform This unit deals with: Log in the
Learners will: platform and work
Marge has a baby (reading / writing/ English Different emergency situations. on the exercises
• Understand the sequence of events speaking) Platform Learners will listen to a voice-
available in it
described in a voice-mail message. activities mail message from someone
•Draw inferences on the basis of information who has been in an accident. according to the
I have to go (speaking)
in the story. They will listen to and take part week unit.
•Understand the general meaning and Clauses: Noun clauses, adverbial, in a dialogue in which a girl is
significant details of a conversation. review) telling her friend that she is
•Orally respond to statements from a supposed to go and babysit, and
conversation. Road accidents (writing/ speaking) will read a story about a woman
•Use noun clauses in sentences and who is on her way to have a
questions to provide and ask for information. baby when the car runs out of
• Use adverbial clauses of various kinds to gas.
provide more information about an action or
event in the main clause in a sentence.
•Consolidate their knowledge of the use of
clauses in sentences and questions.
•Discriminate between different words and
phrases.
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•Use the Reported speech with time aspects Practice the grammatical part as
in sentences and questions to talk about well as vocabulary throughout
actions or situations. extra practice and the dialogue.
on this.
Problems
Learners will: This unit deals with everyday
problems. Learners will listen
to a voice-mail message in
• Understand the main ideas and supporting Family (listening/speaking) which a woman asks her friend
details in a voice-mail message. to do her a favor because her
•Use the information in a story to complete A Foreign Affair (reading / writing) car has broken down. They will Log in the
an e-mail message. BBC platform listen to and take part in a platform and work
•Use implicit information in a story to Fished Fish dialogue in which a man is on the exercises
11 13 predict its continuation. Problems (Reading/writing/speaking) English commenting on the meal he
•Understand the general meaning and received in a restaurant, and available in it
Platform
significant details of a conversation. Review of Reported speech Time activities will read a story about a man according to the
•Take part in a dialogue in which they aspects (all skills) getting ready for and attending week unit.
express satisfaction/dissatisfaction party he doesn’t want to go to.
•Use the Reported speech as review in Attending a Party (writing/speaking Finally, they will practice
sentences vocabulary and structures with
•Match vocabulary to definitions and the dialogues and extra
complete cloze sentences. activities.
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Helping out
Learners will:
Welcome to the Neighbourhood This unit focuses on people
• Understand the general meaning and (listening/speaking) who have helped others out.
significant details of a video. Learners will watch a video clip
•Comprehend vocabulary used in context. She owes you a favour BBC platform in which a neighbor offers help Log in the
•Draw inferences on the basis of information (reading/writing) to his new neighbor. They will platform and work
in a story listen to and take part in a
on the exercises
12 14 •Understand the general meaning and Helping out Lets’s go (speaking) dialogue in which a student
English asks for help with an available in it
significant details of a conversation.
•Take part in a dialogue in which they ask Platform assignment, and will read a according to the
for/agree to help and make/accept a activities story about someone helping week unit.
suggestion. Real conditionals( Grammar) out a friend using the structures
• They will learn about Real conditionals in and vocabulary acquired.
sentences. Home repairs
•Discriminate between different words and
phrases.
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*Observation for the Final Exam: El examen final es presencial y será tomado en las instalaciones de la
Universidad Internacional del Ecuador Matriz (Av. Simón Bolívar Av. Jorge Fernández S/N, 2Km al
norte de la Autopista General Rumiñahui a 6,5 Km- al sur del puente de Guápulo.), ciudad de Quito y no
se tomará en otras extensiones.
Rubrics determine the evaluation criteria for each component; it means, they are clear parameters used by the
teacher to grade any activity the student awareness. The table below suggests a way to use the rubrics.
Level of performance
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Dates are tentative and may change according to the academic calendar.
XIII.COURSE POLICY:
1.Grades won´t be published in a public way. They will be posted through a grade book individually.
2.THE GRADE YOU GET IS NOT NEGOTIABLE. THERE IS NO EXTRA HOMEWORK NOR TEST.
PLEASE DO NOT INSIST.
4. GRADES SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED DURING CLASS. If you have any questions regarding personal
concerns or issues, please contact your teacher via email.
5.SPANISH IS NOT ALLOWED IN THIS CLASS. It will be used in certain parts of the explanation if required.
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7.If you have any concerns or questions about the content of the class or academic issues please CONTACT
THE TEACHER DIRECTLY VIA EMAIL.
9.Please, if you need something ask the teacher in a respectful way. She will help you in anything you need,
especially during the midterm and final exams.
a. Primary bibliography
Intermediate 1 and Intermediate 2, English Discoveries Online, Copyright 1990-2015 Edusoft Ltd.Workbook,
Handouts, Lessons Plans. Units 1-12.
b. Secondary bibliography:
http://www.esl-lounge.com/
www.perfect-english-grammar.com
www.linguahouse.com
Celce Murcia, Marianne; Larsen Freeman, Diane, 2006. The Grammar Book: An ESL/EFL Teacher´s
course. Second edition. U.S: Heinle & Heinle.
Ceri Jones and Ben Goldstein. 2012. New American Framework 2, 2A, 2B, 3. Richmond.
Firsten, Richard. The ELT Grammar Book. San Francisco, Alta Book Center Publishers, 2002.
Fuchs, Marjorie; Bonner Margaret. Focus on Grammar: An Integrated Skills Approach. New York.
Pearson Education, Inc. 2006.
Raymond Murphy. Basic Grammar in use. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press. 2002.
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Rinvolucri, M.; Davis, P. More Grammar Games. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1995
Schrampfer Azar, Betty. Fundamentals of English Grammar. Third edition. New York: Longman. 2003
Woodward, Suzanne. Fun with Grammar. New Jersey. Prentice Hall, 1997.
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