Course details
New Headway Intermediate 1
BAN3 Acad. year 2016/2017 Winter 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 technica
Controlled instruction
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by regulations issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.
Course inclusion in study plans