ANALYTICAL PLAN – LEVEL A1
1. General Information
Career: All
Subject: English Level A1
Mode: In-class - online
Number of hours: 180
Period: 59
2. General description of the subject
Today, English is considered the universal language for different areas as: education, international
communications, business, entertainment, tourism, trade, technology and most of all, research. The majority
of all resources on the internet are in English, pushing people to learn English to take full advantage of it.
Above all, learning English is important for being able to exchange views and make friends with people all
over the world through the four integrated skills.
The contents and skills of this subject are based on Interchange 1B fourth edition from Cambridge.
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Learning Goals
FOREIGN LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE
The students will be able to apply the second language in an oral, written and graphic way, building a
meaningful communication skill by expressing their opinions, feelings and thoughts in an intercultural
environment and in everyday situations. They will be able to show respect to others and understand the
language fully.
SUBJECT OBJECTIVE
Students will learn and use grammar, acquire comprehensive vocabulary and systematically develop the four
English needed skills. Students communicate in English for social and instructional purposes. Students
communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of the
language. The students produce and receive language through significant context by applying it to real life
situations, understanding foreign language culture and associating it to Ecuadorian culture. The students will
learn how to use properly the English skills oriented to Cambridge exams.
In all macro skills, students will be able to:
Reading
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Understand familiar names, words and very simple sentences, for example on notices and posters or in
catalogues.
Listening
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Recognize familiar words and very basic phrases concerning myself, my family and immediate concrete
surroundings when people speak slowly and clearly.
Writing
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Write a short, simple postcard, for example sending holiday greetings. I can fill in forms with personal
details, for example entering my name, nationality and address on a hotel registration form.
Speaking
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Use simple phrases and sentences to describe where I live and people I know. I can interact in a simple way
provided the other person is prepared to repeat or rephrase things at a slower rate of speech and help me
formulate what I’m trying to say. I can ask and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need or on
very familiar topics.
4. Cognitive, procedural and attitudinal contents
COGNITIVE
PROCEDURAL
UNIT 1. – PEOPLE
LISTENING:
Vocabulary:
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Countries and nationalities
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Adjectives
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Wordpower: From
Grammar:
Be: positive and negative
Be: questions and short answers
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Listening for gist and listening for
specific information
Understanding information and
taking notes
Asking different questions
Developing the different phonemes
and learning common spelling for
each sound
Following directions
Making predictions about different
topics
Appreciating and evaluating
Amusing
Reading:
Facebook entries about people you know
READING:
Online profiles
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Listening and Video / pronunciation:
A conversation about where you’re from
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A conversation about people you know
At the gym reception
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Syllables and word stress
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Sound and spelling /k/
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Sound and spelling long and short /o/
Tone for checking; consonant groups
Writing:
Sentences about you
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Understanding the Gist
Identifying main ideas in
paragraphs.
Developing sub-skills such as
skimming for gist, scanning for
specific information, reading for
detail, taking notes, summarizing
using readers.
Deducing meaning from a text; to
confirm or correct information
Considering and setting purpose
for reading.
Entertaining and informing
Making inferences
Reading independently and for
pleasure
Using the rules, for specific
information
Following directions
ATTITUDINAL
Responsibility
Solidarity
Respect
Identity
Integrity
Honesty
Commitment
Notes about people you know
PRODUCTION
An online profile; capital letters and
punctuation
WRITING:
Speaking:
Where you’re from
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People you know
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Asking for and giving information; checking
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understanding
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Using social networking sites
Everyday English:
Saying hello and introducing people;
spelling words
Unit Progress Test Unit 1
UNIT 2. – WORK AND STUDY
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SPEAKING:
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Employing a variety of activity
types to get students really
communicating, including
information-gap activities, role
play, personalization.
Considering purpose and audience
Making dialogues
Entertaining
Generating questions
Using prior knowledge
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Telling a story
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Understanding real word notices.
Reading and choosing appropriate
vocabulary.
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Listening to identify information.
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Giving personal factual
information.
Vocabulary:
Jobs
Studying: time
Wordpower: work
Grammar:
Present simple: positive and negative
Using a correct grammar
Comparing and contrasting
Considering purpose and audience
Developing independent decoding
strategies.
Developing vocabulary knowledge
Giving conclusions.
Asking questions.
Organizing information
Expressing beliefs, feelings, or
opinions.
Writing for pleasure
Summarizing
Using pictures
Making quizzes
Present simple: questions and short answers
Reading:
An article about Ice Road Truckers
An online forum about study habits
A competition entry form
Listening and Video / pronunciation
A conversation about a TV programme
A survey about study habits
Ordering in a café; asking for help
Three monologues about studying English; a
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teacher addressing her class
Word stress; -s endings
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Reading and identifying suitable
responses.
Reading for main ideas and detail
Do you
Sound and spelling: /ou/
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Listening and matching
information
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Asking for and giving personal
information.
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Reading and choosing appropriate
structural words.
Vocabulary and spelling
Writing:
Sentences about jobs
Questions about study habits
A form; Spelling
Speaking:
Jobs
Studying; study habits
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Asking for things and replying; reacting to
news
Using social networking sites
Everyday English:
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Asking for things and replying
Unit Progress Test Unit 2
UNIT 3: DAILY LIFE
Listening and matching
information
Listening and writing down
information
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Giving personal factual
information.
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Reading and writing a suitable
word in a series of gaps.
Understanding two texts and
transferring information from them
to a form.
Writing a short message.
Vocabulary:
Time expressions; common verbs
Technology
Wordpower: prepositions of time
Grammar:
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Position of adverbs of frequency
Have got
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Listening and writing down
information.
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Asking for and giving nonpersonal information.
Reading:
An article about an Indian family
An interview about using the Internet
Two informal emails
Listening and video / pronunciation
A conversation about family routines
Three conversations about gadgets
Making arrangements to go out
A monologue about someone’s family
Writing:
A dialogue; Notes about routines you share
with other people
Sentences about gadgets you’ve got;
Questions about gadgets you’ve got
An informal email invitation; inviting and
replying
Speaking:
Oral Projects
Asking about and describing cities.
Asking for and giving suggestions.
Talking about travel.
Unit Progress Test Unit 3
UNIT 4: FOOD
Vocabulary:
Food
Talking about food
Wordpower: like
Grammar:
Countable and uncountable nouns; a/an,
some, any
Quantifiers: much, many, a lot of
Reading:
An article about World markets
A factfile about Heston Blumenthal; Two
personal emails
A cooking blog
Listening and video / pronunciation
A conversation about buying food
A conversation about cooking
At a restaurant
Four monologues about cooking
Writing:
Questions about food
A blog about something you know how to
do; Making the order clear
Speaking:
Buying food; The food you like and don’t
like
Cooking programmers; Cooking; The food
you eat
Arriving at a restaurant; Ordering a mea in a
restaurant; Changing what you say
Cooking; A good cook you know; cooking
for others
Unit Progress Test Unit 4
UNIT 5.- PLACES
Vocabulary:
Places in a city
Furniture
Wordpower: prepositions of place
Grammar:
Theres is / there are
Possessive pronouns and possessive ‘s
Reading:
An article about an unusual town
A newspaper advertisement
A website about neighborhoods around the
world
Listening and video / pronunciation
A conversation about a new home
On the street
Three monologues about neighborhoods
Writing:
Questions and sentences about what there is
in a town
Sentences about your home
A description of your neighborhood;
Linking ideas with and, but and so.
Speaking:
Places you like; Describing a picture of a
town; what there is in a town
Your home and furniture
Giving and following directions; checking
what other people say
What makes a good neighborhood; your
neighborhood
Unit Progress Test Unit 5
UNIT 6: FAMILY
Vocabulary:
Family; Years and dates
Past simple irregular verbs
Wordpower: go
Grammar:
Past simple: be
Past simple: positive
Reading:
An article about Steve Jobs
A life story
Listening and video / pronunciation
A conversation about a family tree
A conversation about childhood hobbies
On the phone
A monologue about someone’s life story
Speaking:
Your family
Steve Jobs; What you did at different times;
A childhood hobby
Leaving a voicemail message; Asking for
someone on the phone; Asking someone to
wait
Important years in your life
Writing:
Notes about your family
Notes about a childhood hobby
A life story about someone in your family;
Linking ideas in the past
Unit Progress Test Unit 6
UNIT 7. – JOURNEYS
LISTENING:
Vocabulary:
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 Transport
 Adjectives
 Free-time activities
Grammar:
 Past tense.
 Verb patterns + gerunds.
Reading:
 Article: The Silk Road
 Blogs: Travelling on the Silk Road
 Webpage: Metros around the world;
Four reviews of metros
 Two online profiles; An email about
Ahmed
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Listening / pronunciation:
 A conversation about travelling on
the Silk Road.
 A conversation about transport in
Moscow on the train.
 A conversation about choosing a
homestay family.
Writing:
 Writing an email about yourself.
Speaking:
 Oral Projects
 Talking about transport people use
 Remembering your past journeys
 Disagreeing about transport
 Saying excuse me and sorry
 Showing interest
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Listening for gist and listening for
specific information
Understanding information and
taking notes
Asking different questions
Developing the different phonemes
and learning common spelling for
each sound
Following directions
Making predictions about different
topics
Appreciating and evaluating
Amusing
READING:
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Understanding the Gist
Identifying main ideas in
paragraphs.
Developing sub-skills such as
skimming for gist, scanning for
specific information, reading for
detail, taking notes, summarizing
using readers.
Deducing meaning from a text; to
confirm or correct information
Considering and setting purpose
for reading.
Entertaining and informing
Making inferences
Responsibility
Solidarity
Respect
Identity
Integrity
Honesty
Commitment
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Mentioning countries you would
like to visit.
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Everyday English
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Saying excuse me and sorry
Unit progress Test
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Reading independently and for
pleasure
Using the rules, for specific
information
Following directions
PRODUCTION
UNIT 8. - FIT AND HEALTHY
Vocabulary:
 Sport and exercise
 Parts of the body;
 Appearance
Grammar:
 Modals: can-can´t-could
 couldn´t.
 have to-don´t have to
 need to-don´t need to
Reading:
 Article: Paralympian
Jonnie Peacock
 Article about High Intensity
Training
 E-mail about a company blog
 Blog article: free time activity.
Listening / pronunciation
 Podcast: How the Olympics can
change a city
 Two monologues: exercise
 At the gym
 Conversation about free-time
activity.
Writing:
 Writing sentences and notes about
what people have to do.
 Linking ideas with however and
adverbs of manner.
Speaking :
 Oral Projects
 Talking about famous sport events
and people.
 Talking about present and past
abilities.
 Identifying parts of the body.
 Expressing sympathy.
 Talking about free-time activities.
WRITING:
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Using a correct grammar
Comparing and contrasting
Considering purpose and audience
Developing independent decoding
strategies.
Developing vocabulary knowledge
Giving conclusions.
Asking questions.
Organizing information
Expressing beliefs, feelings, or
opinions.
Writing for pleasure
Summarizing
Using pictures
Making quizzes
SPEAKING:
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Employing a variety of activity
types to get students really
communicating, including
information-gap activities, role
play, personalization.
Considering purpose and audience
Making dialogues
Entertaining
Generating questions
Using prior knowledge
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Telling a story
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Understanding real word notices.
Reading and choosing appropriate
vocabulary.
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Listening to identify information.
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Giving personal factual
information.
Everyday English:
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Talking about health and how you
feel
Unit progress Test
UNIT 9: CLOTHES AND SHOPPING
Vocabulary:
 Money and prices
 Clothes
Grammar:
 Present Continuous
 Present simple or Present
Continuous
Reading:
 Two blogs about living abroad.
 Text messages about what people
are doing.
 Two thank-you emails.
Listening / pronunciation
 Four phone conversations about
meeting
 Two phone conversations about
what people are wearing
 Shopping for clothes
 Four monologues about giving
presents
Writing:
 Writing sentences about what you
are doing.
 Notes about what someone you
know is wearing.
Speaking :
 Oral Projects
 Saying where you are and what you
are doing.
 Talking about the clothes you wear
at different times.
Everyday English:
 Choosing clothes and Paying for
them.
 Unit progress Test
UNIT 10: COMMUNICATION
Vocabulary:
 IT collocations
 High numbers.
Grammar:
 Comparative and Superlative
Adjectives
Reading:
 A text about a web page about
smartphones and tablets.
 A blog about languages.
 Four text messages.
 Six posts on an online discussion
board.
Listening / pronunciation:
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A podcast about smartphones and
tablets.
A radio program about languages.
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Reading and identifying suitable
responses.
Reading for main ideas and detail
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Listening and matching
information
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Asking for and giving personal
information.
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Reading and choosing appropriate
structural words.
Vocabulary and spelling
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Listening and matching
information
Listening and writing down
information
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Giving personal factual
information.
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Reading and writing a suitable
word in a series of gaps.
Understanding two texts and
transferring information from them
to a form.
Writing a short message.
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Listening and writing down
information.
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Asking for and giving nonpersonal information.
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Three monologues about text
messages
Writing:
 Writing notes about two similar
things.
 A post expressing an opinion.
 Linking ideas with also, too and as
well
Speaking :
 Oral projects
 Describing smartphones and tablets
 Comparing two similar things.
 Describing blogs and language
websites.
 Creating conversations related to
checking instructions.
Everyday English:
 Asking for help
 Unit progress Test
UNIT 11: ENTERTAINMENT
Vocabulary:
 Irregular past participles
 Music.
Grammar:
 Present Perfect
 Simple past vs present perfect.
Reading:
 Three fact files about actresses.
 A magazine quiz about actresses.
 An article about actresses.
 An article about Buenos Aires.
 Two online film reviews.
Listening / pronunciation:
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A conversation about a magazine
quiz.
A conversation about music in
Buenos Aires.
A conversation about a film.
Writing:
 Writing notes about entertainment
events in your town or city.
Speaking :
 Oral projects
 Describing famous Australians,
Buenos Aires.
 Kinds of music
 Entertainment events in your town
or city.
 Responding to an opinion.
Everyday English:
 Asking for and expressing opinions
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Unit progress Test
UNIT 12: TRAVEL
Vocabulary:
 Geography
 Travel collocations.
Grammar:
 Going to
 Should, shouldn't
Reading:
 A webpage about holidays.
 An article about living in a
different country.
 An email with travel advice.
 An email asking for travel advice.
Listening / pronunciation:
 Answering questions by analyzing
conversations related to holidays.
Writing:
Writing an email with travel advice
Speaking:
 Oral projects
 Describing natural places.
 Important things when on holiday.
 Talking about living in a different
country.
 Travelling and holidays.
 Giving advice about travelling.
Everyday English:
 Checking in at a hotel.
 Asking for tourist information. Unit
progress Test
5. Methods and learning techniques
Listening
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focus on hearing certain structures
listen and respond to songs, poems or stories, and listen for certain details, or information
play games that require concentration on listening, such as 'bingo' or 'true or false';
respond to what they hear by answering a question;
listen to audio, videotape or CD-ROM and use that information to complete certain tasks.
Speaking
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focus on correct pronunciation and intonation.
integrating previously learnt language with newly learnt language;
manipulating language
taking part in pair and group work discussions
recording onto video - or audiotape
preparing for a presentation/assembly.
Reading
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encourage the use of different reading techniques in literacy and English
replacing reading texts/tasks gradually with more complex ones
playing word games
sorting and dictionary work
shared reading / individual reading
Writing
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communicating real messages by writing and sending e-mails
making labels and posters
creating and extending writing tasks using the learnt grammar
using a familiar structure as a framework for creative writing
preparing text for a wall display or presentation
Evaluation
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Listening 10%
Reading 10%
Speaking 10%
Writing (structure, vocabulary) 10%
Tests 20%
Exam: 40%
By means of
Oral and written exams
Projects
Homework
Class activities
Written reports
Class participation
Assessed reading exercises
Assessed writing exercises
Tests and quizzes
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