UNIVERSIDAD DE ESPECIALIDADES ESPIRITU SANTO
FACULTAD DE ESTUDIOS INTERNACIONALES
SYLLABUS
ENGLISH VERSION
FOR DAC 11 VER 12 03 09
COURSE : Pre-intermediate
FACULTY : International Studies
CONTACT HOURS : 48
YEAR : 2011
DAYS : Mon.-Thurs.
ROOM : Several
CODE : ING113
CREDITS : 3
NON-CONTACT : 96
PERIOD : Spring II, 2011
SCHEDULE : Several
DATE : April 12th, 2011.
1. COURSE DESCRIPTION
English 113 is a course designed for students who have reached a high-beginning level
and find it difficult to use the language. In this course, students will start the first half
(units 1- 6) of the Framework Level I book. This course systematically reviews basic
structures and vocabulary with a good deal of oral practice in order to lead the students
to more confident ownership of the language.
2. JUSTIFICATION
English 113 is an academic English language requirement as established by the
University.
3. OBJECTIVES
A. GENERAL
To consolidate basic English skills which the students already have and to increase
And improve their overall performance in the English language.
B. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Speaking:
 To introduce yourself and give personal information.
 To talk about morning routines, jobs and family.
 To order food and drink.
 To describe your home and area.
 To make arrangements.
 To talk about what you can and can’t do.
 To describe plans.
 To describe what you do in your free time.
 To describe childhood memories.
 To tell simple stories about the past.
Reading:
 To read and understand e-mail with personal information.
 To read membership forms.
 To read simple menu.
 To read and understand magazine articles describing a home.
 To understand short stories about the past, a TV review.
Writing:
 To write an e-mail message about yourself.
 To write a simple tourist guide to your town or city.
 To write an informal e-mail describing what you did last weekend.
 To write academic paragraphs.
Listening:
 To understand a conversation.
 To listen for specific information.
 To listen to people discussing plans for the weekend
 To listen and determine context.
 To listen and understand a short radio interview.
 To concentrate on what they understand rather than worrying about what they
don’t understand.
Grammar:
 To indicate possessions using possessive adjectives and possessive nouns.
 To be able to compare and contrast places using the comparative and superlative
forms of adjectives.
 To use the verb to be in affirmative, negative and interrogative forms.
 To make questions with question words like: who, what, where and when.
 To change singular nouns to their plural forms.
 To express existence with there is – there are.
 To express amounts using quantifiers.
 To distinguish between countable and uncountable nouns.
 To describe present on-going actions.
 To talk about past events using regular and irregular verbs.
 To use gerunds and infinitives after specific verbs.
 To use present continuous for future actions.
4. COMPETENCIES
-To express present actions.
-To express quantities using numbers.
-To narrate past events.
-To use regular and irregular verbs in the past.
-To give suggestions.
-To use quantifiers.
-To listen for specific information.
-To identify rising and falling intonation.
-To ask and answer questions in basic tenses.
-To write small notes.
-To describe the weather.
-To talk about favourite cities.
-To engage in small talk.
5. COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
NON
DATES &
SPECIFIC
CONTENTS
CONTACT ASSESSMENT
SESSIONS COMPETENCIES
HOURS
Ice-breaking activity. Workbook
Write simple
Introduction, class
p.3-4.
Session 1 isolated phrases and rules.
May 2nd
Session 2
May 3rd
Session 3
May 4th
sentences.
Follow speech
which is slow and
carefully articulated
with long pauses.
Read short, simple
texts or single
phrases at a time,
picking up familiar
names, words and
basic phrases.
Session 4
May 5th
Produce simple
mainly isolated
phrases about
people and places.
Session 5
May 9th
Session 6
May 10th
Control a limited
number of simple
grammatical
structures and
sentence patterns.
Tell the time
accurately.
Session 7
May 11th
Greetings, the verb
be : positive, neg.,
questions, short
answers, listening
activity, p.8-9.
Articles a-an,
questions with be
and do, reading,
countries and
languages, p. 10- 12.
Present simple dodon’t, vocabulary,
pair-work.
Song, listening, p.1315.
Unit 1 quiz.
Have you got..?
This-these, plural
nouns. Unit 2, p1617.
Dracula
reader, p.115
Answer
questions
from the
reader
Elaborate the
correct question
according to the
underlined
word.
Class discussion
about the
reader.
Workbook:
unit 1.
Sentences
in present
simple
Review
unit 1
Unit 1 quiz
Possessive nouns,
possessive
adjectives, jobs and
occupations, present
simple: do-does,
listening, reading, p.
18-19.
Changing pos.
Answering
statement into
questions in
neg. ones in the
the present
present simple
simple tense
tense.
Voc.: morning
routines, reading act.,
telling the time, p.2021.
Reader
pages 1630. Chapter
questions.
Would you like...?
Drinks and snacks,
listening
activity.p.22
Read pages
31-40 from
the reader.
Reader
summary
Book a room in a
hotel.
Session 8
May 12th
Make
sentences in
the
affirmative,
neg. and int.
forms with
to be.
Listening
activity.
Reader
completion
exercise.
Unit 2 quiz.
Pair-work.
Vocabulary: places
Listening exercises.
There is – there are.
Unit 3, p.24-25.
Session 9
May 16th
Voc.:rooms/facilities.
Describing one’s
house. Reading.
Have-has got.
Pronunciation, p.2627.
Session 10
May 17th
Session 11
May 18th
Describe the
Colours and
furniture of a house. furniture. Some, any,
lots of. Adjectives.
Listening act.,
booking a room in a
hotel, p.28-30.
Session 12
May 19th
Leave a message.
Session 13
May 23rd
Session 14
May 24th
Session 15
May 25th
Workbook
unit 2
Review
unit 2
Writing a
composition
about one’s Paragraph
dream
writing.
house
Reader
p.41-49
Find
synonyms
for words.
Speaking act.
Reading home
catalogues, p.31.
Workbook
unit 3.
( 2 hours )
Reader p.
50-59.
Dracula review.
Write a
summary of
the reader.
Mid-term written
exam
Oral exam
Unit 2 quiz.
Study all
the content
of the first
partial
Review of
voc. and
fluency
topics
Class discussion
about the
reader.
Reader
assessment.
Mid-term
written exam
Mid-term oral
exam
Session 16
May 26th
Free time activities,
gerunds, expressing
habits,
Session 17
May 30th
Adverbs of time,
how often? When?
Unit 4, p.36-37.
The present
continuous tense,
pair-work, listening
activity, reading
exercise, p.38-40.
Session 18
May 31st
Session 19
June 1st
Make an invitation.
Chapter
review.
Session 20
June 2nd
Session 21
June 6th
Present cont. for
future actions.
Past simple forms.
Pair-work, p.46-47.
Writing
statements
with key
vocabulary
Review
unit 4
Writing a
dialogue
with new
expressions
using can
Session 22
June 7th
Reading an e-mail to
a friend. Past form of
regular verbs.
Pronunciation: -ed
endings, p.48-49.
Session 23
June 8th
Listening to a
conversation.
Writing an e- mail to
a friend. Pair-work,
p.50
Workbook
unit 5
Reader 3140
Unit 5 quiz.
Irregular verbs.
Talking about
childhood memories,
describing people.
Unit 6, p. 52-53.
Write
paragraphs
using
specific
topic
sentences
Talk about past
experiences
Session 24
June 9th
Oral evaluation
of the reader.
Read p.1120 from the
Written
reader.
evaluation of
( 1 hour).
the reader
Chapter exs.
Pronunciation, tourist
Workbook
attractions, listening
unit 3
ex., writing a city
guide, p.41-42.
Unit 4 quiz.
Can for ability,
countable and
uncountable nouns,
vocabulary. Unit 5,
p. 44-45.
Make plans for the
future
Reader (The
Canterville Mid-term Exam
Ghost),
corrections
pages 1-10.
Read p.2130
Reader
summary
Listening
assessment
Unit 4 quiz
Past tense
assessment.
Reader
assessment.
Unit 5 quiz.
from the
reader.
Review unit
5
Compare and
contrast
Session 25
June 13th
Session 26
June 14th
Session 27
June 15th
Session 28
June 16th
Session 29
June 20th
Session 30
June 21st
Session 30
June 22nd
Adverbs of time for
the past, reading,
household objects,
comparative
adjectives, p.54-56.
Superlative form of
adjectives, listening
ex., pair-work, p.5758.
Flashback. P.63.
Write 2
paragraphs
comparing
2 places or
2 persons.
Workbook
unit 6
Past tense
worksheet
Write a
summary of
the reader
Reader
assessment.
Dictation.
Reader
completion
exercise.
General review for
final exam.
Final written exam
Final oral project
presentation
Final oral project
presentation
( Second day for
bigger groups)
6. METHODOLOGY
Pair work
Group work
Class discussions
Reader 4156 from the
reader
Elaborate
30 yes/ no
questions
using did
Study all
the content
for the
exam
Final written
exam
Shooting
and editing
the video
Final oral
project exam
Shooting
and editing
the video
Final oral
project exam
Classes will be student-centred.
Special emphasis will be given to oral communication.
7. EVALUATION
7.1 Assessment Criteria
-Homework compliance
-Active class participation using grammar structure and vocabulary appropriate for the
level.
-Writing simple paragraphs.
7.2 Performance Markers
-Distinguishes basic tenses
-Uses modal verbs accurately
-Writes descriptive paragraphs
-Expresses problems and solutions
7.3 Weighing Each bimester is formed by two partials. Each partial constitutes one half
of the final grade.
Quizzes = 30%
Participation = 10%
Homework = 10%
Midterm and final exams = 50%
NOTE:
-Students’ participation points will be deducted for days that the student is absent.
-Group work or individual work that is turned in late will be penalized by 50%.
8. BIBLIOGRAPHY
8.1 REQUIRED
TEXTBOOK : Framework Level 1, units 1-6, student book and workbook , Ceri Jones
and Ben Goldstein, Richmond Publishing.
READERS : DRACULA and THE CANTERVILLE GHOST.
8.2 COMPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
Focus on Grammar, Eckstut
Basic Grammar in Use, Murphy
ESL Grammar Workbook 2, Dart
Elementary Communication Games, J. Hadfield
Top Class Activities, Peter Watcyn-Jones
8.3 WEBLIOGRAPHY : www.webframework.net
www.englishpage.com
www.ted.com
9. FACULTY INFORMATION
NAME: Lcda. Patricia Ortega
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS : B.S. in Education in English - UTPL
E-mail : portega@uees.edu.ec
Prepared by: Patricia Ortega
Revised by:
Date: April 12th, 2011
Date:
Sylvia Witmer
April 15th 2011