English Language Course, Pre-Intermediate Level I

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Based on the communicative approach, it integrates the learning of new language skills and places equal emphasis on vocabulary and grammar. The course uses a guided discovery approach to learning, first allowing students to check what they know, then guiding them to work out the rules through carefully structured examples and concept questions.

Learning Outcomes

This is a general language course for adults who need to speak and write English in a variety of situations.Students have the opportunity to discover how the language works for them,by studying carefully selected examples with the guidance of their teacher.The syllabus combines the learning of new language with the development of functional skills and an equal importance is given to vocabulary and grammar,which are incorporated in the listening and speaking activities.
At the end of the 120 hour course students will have the confidence and skills necessary to deal with day-to-day situations in English on an intermediate level.Part I of the course completes CEFR B1 and Part II starts B2.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Grammar is an important element to the syllabus and includes a thorough revision of: the main present, past and future tenses. The course goes on to a study of more advanced structures such as: the conditionals, reported speech, comparative and superlative structures and passives. Given the importance of vocabulary to successful communication, the lexical fields of this course include: discussing likes and dislikes, travelling, describing people, superstitions, computers and health problems, symptoms and treatment.

Head Lecturer(s)

Michael David Hughes

Assessment Methods

Assessement
The courses assessment is guided by a set of rules, available in http://www.uc.pt/fluc/cl/regulamentos/fluc/cl/ficheiros/regulamento_aval: 100.0%

Bibliography

Todos os cursos de Inglês do Quotidiano utilizam o manual Face2face, 2nd Edition (Cambridge University Press) correspondente ao respectivo nível: Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate.