Programa-Contenido

UNIT 1. HOME, SWEET HOME!

Grammar focus

Order of adjectives

Gerunds and infinitives

Double genitive

Theme/Lexical focus – House and home/Housework and materials

Functional focus – Making and responding to offers

Writing task – Leave a note for your flatmate telling them what chores need doing

UNIT 2. AROUND TOWN

Grammar focus

Past tense review (with present perfect)

Used to

Theme/Lexical focus – Around town/Places

Functional focus – Making and responding to suggestions (for a day out)

Writing task – Essay: how my home town has changed

UNIT 3. OUR WORLD

Grammar focus – Modals: possibility and probability

Theme/Lexical focus

The environment

Environmental problems/solutions

Functional focus – Giving opinions: in my opinion, I think, I don’t think, I believe, etc.

Writing task – You are lending someone your home, write a note telling them how to recycle their rubbish.

UNIT 4. FREE TIME!

Grammar focus – Future: going to

Theme/Lexical focus – Leisure time/Leisure activities

Functional focus – Making arrangements for meeting a friend

Writing task – An email describing your plans for the weekend

UNIT 5. GETTING AROUND

Grammar focus – Futures: will/going to

Theme/Lexical focus – Travel, space and technology/Modes of transport (Air/Sea/Road/Rail)

Functional focus – Asking for travel information

Writing task

Essay: How will we travel in 100 years’ time?

The future of public transport

UNIT 6. HOW DO YOU FEEL?

Grammar focus – Zero and first conditional

Theme/Lexical focus – How do we feel?/Adjectives of feeling

Functional focus – Giving and responding to compliments

Writing task – An email to a friend telling them what you do to keep happy and positive.

UNIT 7. A WORLD OF MACHINES

Grammar focus – Passive: present and past

Theme/Lexical focus

Machines

Invention verbs

Functional focus – Making a complaint (about something that doesn’t work)

Writing task – Research project: the history of a great invention

UNIT 8. WHAT DO YOU DO?

Grammar focus – Past perfect

Theme/Lexical focus – Work and jobs

Functional focus – Making and responding to requests (in the workplace)

Writing task – Story: my first job

UNIT 9. EATING OUT

Grammar focus

Too much/many, not enough

Have/get something done

Theme/Lexical focus

Food and drink/Places to eat and drink

Healthy/unhealthy food

Functional focus – Expressing preferences

Writing task – Informal letter: writing to a friend about a restaurant you’ve been to recently (a review)

UNIT 10. SCHOOL’S COOL

Grammar focus – Second conditional

Theme/Lexical focus – School & Education/School subjects

Functional focus – Agreeing and disagreeing (arguing with friends)

Writing task

A newspaper is running features on education and has invited its readers to share their views on how to improve education. Write an informal letter to the paper telling them your ideas.”

Objetivos

• Capacitar al alumnado para utilizar el idioma con soltura y eficacia siendo capaz de comprender, expresarse e interactuar, tanto en forma hablada como escrita sobre temas generales, actuales o relacionados con su área de especialización.
• Preparar a los alumnos para la obtención de la certificación oficial del nivel B1 conforme al Marco Común Europeo de las Lenguas

Características del Puesto

• Categoría de Puesto: Idiomas
• Horas: 90
• Días de conexión: 45