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- 1. UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR CENTRO DE IDIOMAS Intermediate I CONTENTS UNIT 1: EVERYBODY IS DOING THEIR CHORES FUNCTIONS: Asking and giving personal information related to dairy routines and on- going actions. Speaking: asking and giving personal information about the student’s daily routine and spare time activities Talking about daily routine Talking about leisure time activities Listening: understanding the meaning of oral texts and identifying the given vocabulary. Listening for likes and dislikes Listening for gist Listening for details Listening and making predictions Listening conversations about household chores Reading: understanding important information in short texts. Reading for specific information and gist Writing: writing about aspects of the everyday life in simple phrases and sentences. writing a short informal letter about myself by using simple sentences Vocabulary: Household chores and leisure time activities Sports Weather Means of Transportation Connectors: Connectors to express sequence (first, then, next, after, later) Grammar: Present Tense/ Present Progressive/ Adverbs of Frequency/Use of Prepositions or ing form to talk about means of transportation 1
- 2. UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR CENTRO DE IDIOMAS Intermediate I CONTENTS UNIT 2: ARE YOU READY TO ORDER? FUNCTION: Talking about the student’s favorite food using quantifiers Speaking: talking about the student’s favorite food in a restaurant Ordering something to eat or drink Handling quantities and cost Listening: understanding when someone speaks very slowly and carefully about what somebody likes to eat or to drink Listening for details and gist Listening for likes and opinions Reading: reading to identify important information in short texts. Reading for gist Writing: writing informal letters writing a short informal letter about myself by using simple sentences Vocabulary: Food, Fruits and vegetables Typical foods Table traditions Connectors: Connectors of sequence (review unit 1) Grammar: Quantifiers Countable and Uncountable Nouns There is / There are How Much How Many UNIT 3: WHAT ARE YOU DOING TOMORROW? 2
- 3. UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR CENTRO DE IDIOMAS Intermediate I CONTENTS FUNCTION: Talking about future plans, ambitions and predictions Speaking: asking people about future plans and predictions Asking people about future plans Talking about personal ambitions Listening: understanding when someone talks about future plans carefully and slowly to me Listening for details and gist Listening for opinions Reading: reading to identify important information in short texts Reading for specific information and gist Writing: writing informal letters writing a short informal letter about myself by using simple sentences Vocabulary: Special occasions/ Holidays Science and technology Connectors: Sequence and contrast words (then, next, later, after, and, so, but, however, in addition) Grammar: Future Tense (Will - Be Going To) 3
- 4. UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR CENTRO DE IDIOMAS Intermediate I CONTENTS UNIT 4: FLASHBACKS FUNCTION: Giving short, basic description of past events Speaking: describing past activities and personal experiences Talk about past activities and personal experiences Listening: understanding the essential information in short recorded passages dealing with past events and leisure activities Listening for details and gist Listening for specific information Reading: reading to identify important information in short texts Reading for specific information Writing: writing an informal letters writing a short informal letter about myself by using simple sentences Vocabulary: Countries Leisure activities (review) Regular and Irregular Verbs Connectors: Connectors to express sequence and Contrast (then, next, later, after and; but, although, however, in spite of, despite) Grammar: Simple Past Tense / Past of To Be / Regular and Irregular Verbs 4