DEPARTAMENTO DE IDIOMAS
PROGRAMA ANALÍTICO
COURSE
INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH 6
CODE
ING 260
1. DESCRIPTION
This is an eight-week intensive course in which students will move on to
vocabulary and grammar structures of an upper intermediate level
through the presentation of relevant topics of interest such as friendships,
dating, relationships, technology, social life, feelings, events in the news
and weather. In addition, students will participate in listening/reading
comprehension activities, pronunciation practice, and writing tasks
related to the topics included in this level. This will be achieved through
dynamic, interactive tasks in a student-centered classroom using
authentic, meaningful material.
2. OBJECTIVES
2.1 General
To prepare students to pass on to an intermediate level of spoken
and written English in order to be able to communicate in a
comprehensible manner.
2.2 Specific
1. Listening
 Infer on conversations about people.
 Identify wishes and advices of people in a conversation
 Infer opinions from a conversation
 Predict topics from a conversation.
2. Speaking
 Softening comments with I think, probably, kind of and in a
way.
 Give contrasting ideas using though.
 Comment on ideas or suggestions
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Ask politely for favors
Move conversations/agree on requests
Show understanding about other´s feelings
Introduce news and issues
3. Reading
 Magazine articles
 Home entertainment
 News article
4. Writing
 Write a review of a book, CD, movie or show.
 Write about changes you would make if….
 Write a short article about things in common with friends
3. COMPETENCIES
I.
Talk about friendships, discuss dating, talk about relationships
with neighbors.
II.
Talk about how you wish your life was different and why. Discuss
how to deal with everyday dilemmas.
III.
Discuss gadgets and technology.
IV.
Discuss your social life, kinds of movies, books, CDs and shows.
V.
Speculate about people and situations. Talk about feelings and
reactions.
VI.
Talk about events in the news, extreme weather and natural
disasters.
4. COURSE CONTENT
I.
Subject relative clauses. Object relative clauses. Phrasal verbs
including expressions to talk about relationships.
II.
Use wish + past form of verb to talk about wishes. Conditional
sentences with if clauses about imaginary situations. .
III.
Questions within sentences. Separable phrasal verbs with objects.
How to+ verb, where to+verb, and what to+verb. Phrasal verbs
including expressions to talk about operating electronic machines.
IV.
Present perfect continuous versus present perfect. Since, for, and
in for duration. Already, still, and yet with present perfect. Kinds of
movies and expressions to describe them.
V.
Modal verbs must, may, might, can´t or could for speculating.
Adjectives ending in –ed versus adjectives ending in –ing.
Feelings and reactions.
VI.
Simple past passive. The simple past passive with by+agent.
Adverbs with the passive. Extreme weather conditions. Natural
disasters
5. METHODOLOGY
5.1 Natural Approach- students acquire new vocabulary through experiences and
associations with the words, as such words are employed in a meaningful
context.
5.2 Whole Language Approach- linguistic, cognitive and early literacy skills are
developed in an integrated fashion. Instructional strategies for a Whole
Language Approach include the 4 language skills of listening, speaking,
reading, and writing.
5.3 Activating prior knowledge- For material to be meaningful, it must be
clearly related to existing knowledge that the learners already posses.
Teachers must plan activities in their instruction to provide the relevant
context to activate student´s knowledge on the topic discussed.
6. EVALUATION
Quizz I
Quizz II
Final Exam
Activities
15/100
15/100
40/100
30/100
7. BIBLIOGRAPHY
TEXTBOOK: LIFE 4 (chapters 7 to 12) – Dummett/Hughes/Stephenson
National Geographic Learning – CENGAGE Learning - 2015 + Workbook
8. ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.ngllife.com/
Elaborado por:
Reinaldo Córdova
Director of Language Department
2014