Inglés Básico – Intermedio

Course I. The Arrival

• Listening: The check-in: listen to identify personal information in official identity documents
• Reading: This is me: to identify personal information in official identity documents
• Writing: The Terminal: to complete an official application form (study permit) with personal
• Speaking: You say “Goodbye” and I say “Hello, hello, hello”: to say the greetings and farewells.
• Grammar: The use of personal pronouns in the subject position before a verb in statements. Can identify the use of linking verb ‘to be’
• Vocabulary: Greetings and farewells. Personal Information. Airport vocabulary
• Pronunciation: Spelling: the alphabet.

• Listening: It’s a small world: listen to countries and nationalities to identify word stress
• Reading: The Rolling Mick: read an article about the personal information and relationships of a famous rockstar
• Writing: Green with envy: identify the use of colors to describe things.
• Speaking: Say the country: say vocabulary of countries and nationalities. A lost tourist: give information about countries and nationalities.
• Grammar: The use of verb “to be” in affirmative and negative form. The use of possessive adjectives
• Vocabulary: Countries and Nationalities.

• Pronunciation: Word stress and syllable division

• Listening: The Royal Family: listen to identify specific information in a monologue.
• Reading: The Trudeau family: read a magazine article about the family of the prime minister of Canada
• Writing: Taxi Driver: create a family tree
• Speaking: Taxi driver: to exchange personal information related to family with the taxi driver.
• Grammar: Verb “to be” in Present Simple Possessive case‘s. Possessive adjectives Personal pronouns. Yes/No questions     
• Vocabulary: Personal information Family members Countries and nationalities. Languages
• Pronunciation: Intonation in questions: rising and falling intonation.

• Listening: Hello from the other side: to use different greetings and farewells in different communicative situations.
• Reading: You’ve got mail: read a short email from your new tutor at the University
• Writing: You’ve got mail: to write a short email to introduce yourself
• Speaking: Shakespeare in love: to express feelings and emotions.
• Grammar: Personal Pronouns.

• Vocabulary: Greetings and farewells.

Course II. The Bodyguard

• Listening: Are you a workaholic?: listen to a person describing his work routine.
• Reading: The ad: read an advertisement and choose the best apartment for you
• Writing: Weekly schedule: write a weekly schedule describing your routine.
• Speaking: The Apartment: ask questions about habits
• Grammar: Present Simple: affirmative and question forms.

• Vocabulary: Basic verbs and collocations: everyday activities.

• Pronunciation: Intonation: rising, yes/no questions & falling, statements.

• Listening: The Apartment: listen to the description of your new apartment.

• Reading: Matching rommates?: answer the quiz about you and your rommie’s habits.
• Writing: Check out my new room: describe your new bedroom
• Speaking: Check out my new room: record and describe your new room.
• Grammar: Present Simple: affirmative and negative form.

• Vocabulary: Basic verbs: habits and daily routines.

• Pronunciation: Verb endings in Present Simple

• Listening: The Inquisitor: listen to a podcast about exercising
• Reading: From SUV to Germany: read a magazine article about lifestyle in Germany
• Writing: Insight Germany (part 2): describe the city where you live Work out!: complete a registration form for a gym class
• Speaking: Who? What!: answering questions

• Grammar: Present simple: question form

• Vocabulary: Daily activities

• Pronunciation: Questions: intonation

• Listening: TGIF: Thank God it’s Friday, what to do after work?: listen to a podcast about different activities.
• Reading: Sunday Funday: read about activities during the weekend
• Writing: I hate to like love (part 2) A day in the life of a stormtrooper: describe a routine
• Speaking: Everyday actions: to describe your daily routine
• Grammar: Cinema Paradiso: express likes and dislikes.

Course III. Everyday Life

• Listening: Hanna’s friends: listen a monologue about someone giving a description about other (s).
• Reading: Which Gollum are you?: read a quiz about personality
• Writing: Guess who: write an email to describe physical appearance.

• Speaking: The Fugitive: give a physical description about somebody.
• Use of English:
• Vocabulary: Describing physical appearance.

• Pronunciation: Question Form: Intonation.

• Listening: There, there: listen to Johnny Vancity interviewing people about how is their house.
• Reading: Home is where the heart is: read an article about strange houses.
• Writing: Is it different?: write a short text comparing two places of a house. Dream House: describe you dream house.
• Speaking: Home Alone: describe your favorite room of your house
• Use of English: There + to be: affirmative, negative and question.

• Vocabulary: Describing a house: rooms and furniture.

• Pronunciation: Short and long vowel sounds

• Listening: In the city: listen to instructions: following instructions to get to a place

• Reading: Let’s: To read “The guide of the good pedestrian” to follow advice.

• Writing: Metropolis: describe a city.

• Speaking: Here, there and everywhere: ask and give information about how to get to different places in a city.
• Use of English: Prepositional phrases

• Vocabulary: Places in the city, shops and shopping

• Pronunciation: The different /o/ u / e sounds

• Listening: The Mall: listen to the speakers in a store announcing deals. The Gift: listen to a conversation in a shop Hanna’s experience: listen to someone describing preferences about clothing and shopping
• Reading: The Mall or Amazon?: read a blog post about advantages and disadvantages of buying things online.

• Writing: CU, Hanna: write write short online messages: leaving out information

• Speaking: Let’s go shopping: describe preferences about clothes and shopping.

• Use of English: ‘How much’ to ask for prices and costs.
• Vocabulary: Shops and Shopping Clothes, patterns and materials Colors Idioms related to clothes and shopping Writing short messages
• Pronunciation: /ou/ /or/ sounds.

Course IV. Welcome to the Jungle

• Listening: May I take your order (part 1): listen to what people orders in a coffee shop. He reacts to the statements and recommends a restaurant.

• Reading: You’re what you eat: read about different breakfasts and eating habits around the world.
• Writing: Like Water for Chocolate: tell about his/her eating habits.
• Speaking: What’s in your fridge?: describe what food and drinks are in your fridge.

• Use of English: Use of countable and uncountable nouns

• Vocabulary: Vocabulary of food: food, drinks, fruits, vegetables, meat and fish, containers
• Pronunciation: Stress and Intonation in Questions

• Listening: Job hunting: Listen to a podcast about a specific.

• Reading: Office space: Read an article of people talking about their jobs.

• Writing: Modern Times: Write the obligations that a job requires.

• Speaking: Employee of the month: Answer questions of specific personal information in a job interview.
• Use of English: Modal verbs: ‘can’ / ‘have to’
• Vocabulary: Jobs
• Pronunciation: Sounds with θ and ð

• Listening: The Weather: listen to people discussing about the weather and ask their reaction to it as a follow-up.

• Reading: The Blind Side: read an article about a paralympic athlete.

• Writing: What’s happening?: write riddles of actions that people are doing.
• Speaking: My favorite weather to never say never: discuss about indoor/outdoor activities and the
• Use of English: Use of Present Continuous

• Vocabulary: Seasons & Weather

• Pronunciation: Sounds with /sh/ and /ch/ sounds

• Listening: The Art of Travel: Listen to an interview about the best cities in Mexico to travel: what to do, where to go, where to stay.
• Reading: Looking for Australia: read an infographic about Australia.

• Writing: My last trip: write a postcard from a recent trip (the course provides pictures and information from a destination)

• Speaking: We were soldiers: write a short biography about famous painters.

• Use of English: To be: past and present tense
• Vocabulary: Geographical features (Nature): prepositions

• Pronunciation: Recognize the use of /ss/ and /rr/ words: lesson / horror

Course V. Life in the Big Apple

• Use of English: Adverbs (time) Adverbs: frequency Present Simple Adjectives: be + but Pronouns: reflexive

• Lexical Range: Work and Education
• Pronunciation: Vowel Sounds

• Learning Outcomes.: At the end of the chapter, the student will be able to... Discuss about their interests. Use ‘actually’ to give new information. Use strategies to make statements stronger. write online forum posts using linking words

• Use of English: Adverbs: linking & stance

• Lexical Range: Communication

• Pronunciation: Vowel Sounds

• Learning Outcomes: At the end of the chapter, the student will be able to...

• Use of English: Clauses: subordinated

• Lexical Range: Body and health
• Pronunciation: Stress: two syllable, longer and compound words
• Learning Outcomes: At the end of the chapter, the student will be able to...

• Use of English: Countable / Uncountable nouns

• Lexical Range: Food and drink

• Pronunciation: /schwa/

Course VI. Exploring and Discovering

• Use of English: Adverbs: time

• Lexical Range: Travel

• Pronunciation: Pronouncing past tenses: /ed/ verb ending
• Learning Outcomes.: At the end of the chapter, the student will be able to... Talk about familiar topics using the simple past. Talk about travel experiences in the past using quantifiers (I didn’t like my English class very much). Correct information using strategies for communication. Describe a travel experience

• Use of English: Conjunctions: subordinating (conjunctions: if, when, so, while…)

• Lexical Range: Home and Buildings
• Pronunciation: Consonant sounds

• Learning Outcomes: At the end of the chapter, the student will be able to...

• Use of English: Adverbs: sequencing

• Lexical Range: Adjectives: personality

• Pronunciation: Consonant sounds

• Learning Outcomes: At the end of the chapter, the student will be able to...

• Use of English: Past Simple

• Lexical Range: Home and Buildings

• Pronunciation: Consonant sounds

• Learning Outcomes: At the end of the chapter, the student will be able to...