Course details
New Headway Intermediate 1
BAN3 Acad. year 2016/2017 Summer semester 3 credits
a standard course for intermediate students focused on both general and technical English - it includes a grammar section with communicative tasks highlighting new grammar rules - it covers reading, listening, speaking and writing - it extents current vocabulary - it develops grammar knowledge - it includes work with technical texts putting emphasis on language
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Time span
- 26 hrs exercises
Assessment points
- 60 pts final exam (written part)
- 40 pts mid-term test (written part)
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Subject specific learning outcomes and competences
Active participation in classes along with passing a written exam will show that a student is able to: - use a specific and general vocabulary (job/career, business, character traits, graph description, food, leisure time) - apply grammar rules to common situations (present tenses, past tenses, the present perfect tense, the future tense, making questions, making comparatives and superlatives) - communicate fluently and effectively in different contexts with certain error tolerance (job/career, travelling, business,sports, hobbies, social situations) and express his/her opinion, agreement, disagreement - read technical and general articles when using basic reading techniques (skimming, scanning, selection of relevant information, accurate comprehension) - understand English instructions and classes taught in English, and take notes; understand natural spoken English in a certain context - write a formal letter or an informal e-mail, fill in an application form, describe a person and a place
Learning objectives
The English class is focused mainly on: - acquisition of new vocabulary - developing grammar knowledge. - developing the language skills (reading, speaking, listening and writing) - introducing and revising common phrases of spoken English - work with semi-technical texts
Recommended prerequisites
- Headway Pre-Intermediate 2 (BAN2)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The student signed up for the class is expected to be able to: - use a basic general vocabulary (job/work, leisure time, food, the environment, graphs, everyday use objects) - apply grammar rules to common situations (making questions, the present tense, the past tense, the future tense, the present perfect tense, modal verbs, conditionals, passive voice) - speak clearly in a given context with error tolerance - read and understand easier general and technical texts - understand classes taught in English and easier spoken English in given contexts - write formal and informal texts with certain error tolerance
Syllabus of seminars
1. - 2. Grammar: tense revision - pres. simple a continuous. Vocabulary: social networks, the internet 3. - 4. Grammar: past simple, present perfect. Vocabulary: starting a new business, phrasal verbs. 5.- 6. Grammar: will, may, might, be likely / possible. Vocabulary: describing cause and effect. 7. - 8. Grammar: making comparisons. Vocabulary: city descriptions, -ing vs -ed adjectives. 9. - 10. Grammar: modal and related verbs. Vocabulary: colours and colour idioms, prefixes. 11. - 12. Technical texts, revision. 13. Writing a semester test.
Progress assessment
semester test (40 points), it contains grammar and vocabulary final exam (60 points), it contains listening and reading a techni
Controlled instruction
Attendance 75%+fulfilling tasks.
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