HCW 321 Inglés Medio I (Paralelo 5) | Intermediate English I
1st Semester 2012 | Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:40-5:10 p.m., Room P 311
Instructor: Sarah Purdy | email: sarahjpurdy@gmail.com
Requirements:
• Homework, Quizzes, Attendance/Participation, Language Lab, Progress Tests: 20%
• Final Written Exam: 20%
• Final Oral Exam: 60%
Book: English Unlimited A1 Starter Coursebook (available in the library)
Language Lab:
- DCSC, subterráneo, building P, rooms 6 and 7, Monday-Friday, 3:40-8:30 p.m.
- English Unlimited A1 Starter Self-Study Pack 4-10
- 10 hours required for 100% attendance
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HOMEWORK 3 is due in class at the beginning of class on Wednesday, July 4.
Unit 7 Video for Homework 3: The Weekend
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***************************************************************************** HOMEWORK 2 is due in class at the beginning of class on Wednesday, June 6 or Monday, June 11.
Unit 5 Video for Homework 2: Shopping
Unit 6 Video for Homework 2: At the Station
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***************************************************************************** HOMEWORK 1 is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, May 9.
Unit 4 Video for Homework 1: All About You
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PRELIMINARY CLASS SCHEDULE (subject to change)
25 April Introductions, speaking
practice, English Unlimited (EU) 4.1
30 April NO CLASS
2 May EU 4.1-4.2
7 May EU 4.2-4.3
9 May EU 4.4 Homework due
14 May EU 4.1-4.4 review, 5.1
16 May EU 5.1-5.2 Progress Test
21 May NO CLASS
23 May EU 5.1-5.2
28 May EU 5.2-5.3
30 May EU 5.3-5.4 Progress Test
4 June EU
6.1-6.2
6 June EU 6.2-6.3 Homework due
11 June EU 6.3-6.4
13 June EU 7.1
18 June EU 7.2-7.3 Progress Test
20 June EU 7.3-7.4
25 June NO CLASS
27 June NO CLASS
2 July NO CLASS
4 July EU 7.1-7.4 review, 8.1 Homework
due
9 July EU 8.3-8.4,
8.1-8.4 review
11 July EU 4-8 Final Exam Review
13 July MAKE-UP SESSIONS: 9-10 and 11-12, C-207
13 July MAKE-UP SESSIONS: 9-10 and 11-12, C-207
16 July NO CLASS
18 July FINAL
WRITTEN EXAM
23 July FINAL
ORAL EXAM
25 July Final class session/review
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COURSE
GOALS AND CONTENT
Cambridge English Unlimited A1 Starter
Units 4-8
Unit 4: About you
§ Goals: Talk about things you often do; ask for a drink
in a café; describe a restaurant or café; ask how people spend their time and
what they like; say what you like, don’t like, eat and drink
§ Target
Activity: Say how you spend your time
§ Grammar: I don’t
(like)…, Do you…?
§ Vocabulary: Activity verbs, food, drinks, often/sometimes…
§ Keyword: Go
§ Pronunciation and spelling: e, ee, ea
§ Explore Writing: Write a description; join ideas using
and/but
Unit 5: Things to Buy
§ Goals: Choose and buy things; identify common objects;
look at things in shops; ask about things in shops; ask and say how much things
are; say what clothes you wear; ask about prices; say what colors you like; ask
about size and price
§ Target
Activity: Choose and buy things
§ Grammar: Singular and plural nouns; How much…; He/She doesn’t + verb; this/these
§ Vocabulary: Common objects, numbers, prices, clothes,
colors
§ Keywords: In, on
§ Pronunciation and spelling: /ə/ sound
§ Explore Speaking: Use sorry and excuse me in
conversation
Unit 6: Every Day
§ Goals: Talk about things you do every day; say where
and when you have meals; describe transport in towns; ask and say how to get to
places; ask about daily routines, weekends, and holidays
§ Target
Activity: Talk about things you do every day
§ Grammar: Present simple -s/-es endings; present simple questions
§ Vocabulary: Daily routine, frequency, transport,
adjectives, How do I get to…
§ Keyword: Have
§ Pronunciation and spelling: o, oa, oo
§ Explore Writing: Give reasons and explanations, join
ideas using so/because
Unit 7: Last Week
§ Goals: Talk about things you did or saw; say what you
often do on weekends; say what you did last weekend; ask and say where people
were; say where you were; talk about a film, a book, and a place you know
§ Target
Activity: Talk about things you did or saw
§ Grammar: Past simple positive; was, were; Were you…?
§ Vocabulary: Activities, place expressions, a film called…, a book by…, adjectives
§ Keywords: See,
look at, watch
§ Pronunciation and spelling: ir, ur, or, er – /ɜː/ sound
§ Explore Speaking: Make requests and reply to requests
Unit 8: Places
§ Goals: Talk about a place you visited, say what you
saw and did, say what you didn’t see or do; talk about holiday activities; ask
people what they did; talk about months and weather; say when to visit a place;
ask about a holiday or business trip
§ Target
Activity: Talk about a place you visited
§ Grammar: Past simple negative; past simple questions
§ Vocabulary: past simple verbs; expressions with go; months, seasons, weather
§ Keyword: Do
§ Pronunciation and spelling: sh, tion, ge, j, ch – /ʃ/ /dʒ/ /tʃ/ sounds
§ Explore Writing: Write about a sequence of events
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