INGLÉS B1

Objetivos:

• Sean capaces de sacarle partido a un repertorio amplio pero sencillo de vocabulario, estructuras y fórmulas aprendidas;
• Pongan en juego los conocimientos generales del mundo hispano (referentes culturales, normas y convenciones de carácter sociocultural) que necesitan para desenvolverse en las diferentes transacciones en las que participan;
• Se comuniquen adecuadamente en un registro neutro, aunque con suficiente flexibilidad como para adaptarse a diferentes situaciones;
• Se expresen con razonable corrección, aunque vacilen o hagan pausas para pensar lo que van a decir y cometan errores (especialmente de pronunciación) sobre todo en situaciones imprevistas y de cierta tensión;
• Sepan cómo pedir a alguien que aclare o desarrolle lo que acaba de decir;
• Sean capaces de realizar las transacciones que se requieren en la organización de un viaje o durante su desarrollo o en situaciones menos habituales en comercios, agencias de alquiler de coches, oficinas de correos, bancos, etc.;
• Sean capaces de plantear quejas y de relatar detalles de situaciones imprevistas (robos, accidentes, etc.).

Contenidos formativos:

NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER
VOCABULARY Describing people: personality and appearance. Compound adjectives
GRAMMAR Defi ning and non-defi ning relative clauses. Modals for deduction (past and present)
WRITING An informal email
PRONUNCIATION Compound adjectives

DOWN-TO-EARTH
VOCABULARY Animal idioms. Animal collocations: animal sounds
GRAMMAR Modals and expressions of probability. Conditionals. Alternatives to IF
WRITING An article
PRONUNCIATION Contractions. Linking

HOME SWEET HOME
VOCABULARY Types of housing. Places in the home. Housework. Phrasal verbs connected to people relations
GRAMMAR Modals of obligation/absence of obligation/prohibition/advice. Have/Get something done
WRITING A report
PRONUNCIATION Consonant clusters

A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
VOCABULARY Money. Jobs
GRAMMAR Infi nitive versus –ing. Participle clauses
WRITING A covering letter
PRONUNCIATION Stress shift

CAUGHT RED-HANDED
VOCABULARY Crime. Criminals
GRAMMAR Emphasis (do, so and indeed). Cleft sentences. Inversions
WRITING An opinion composition
PRONUNCIATION How to sound emphatic

OUT AND ABOUT
VOCABULARY Leisure activities: Travelling. Extreme sports
GRAMMAR Used to, Would. Narrative tenses
WRITING A blog post
PRONUNCIATION-ED endings

TV OR NOT TV?
VOCABULARY Headlines. Television (people, TV programmes and a TV guide)
GRAMMAR Impersonal report structures. Contrast (despite, in spite of, although…)
WRITING A “for and against” composition
PRONUNCIATION Contrastive intonation

AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY
VOCABULARY Health and illness. Idioms related to the parts of the body. Food and Diet
GRAMMAR Reported speech. Reporting statements, commands and questions.
WRITING A complaint email/letter
PRONUNCIATION Homographs. Homophones

NO REGRETS JUST LESSONS LEARNED
VOCABULARY Feelings
GRAMMAR I wish/If only. Would rather, would sooner, had better. It´s time
WRITING A personal anecdote
PRONUNCIATION /s/ - /z/ - /?/

FACEBOOK = LANGUAGE FACELIFT?
VOCABULARY Compounds with –ever. The Internet. Fast Writing
GRAMMAR Future perfect and continuous. Use of the article for generalizing
WRITING A review
PRONUNCIATION Words pronounced differently in Spanish/English