The students are organised in level-groups following the results of a placement test at the beginning of the year. In this course, the students will practice the four main skills for communication with a focus on oral expression, and will review some basic grammar concepts. The students will work with up-to-date materials from journals and magazines, internet articles, videos, etc. Students will improve their comprehension, fluency, and confidence in spoken and written English through individual practice and regular participation in pair and group work, oral activities, reading and listening comprehension exercises, and general classwork.

Class activities will include listening, reading, writing, and informal/formal speaking to understand, learn, remember, and explain information from both written and spoken materials. Also,to help you improve your grammar and writing, we will have online grammar practice with mini-reviews when necessary.

You will have:

• Classwork, pop quizzes and online homework that are part of the grade,
• A midterm exam level-based on the grammar and vocabulary studied in class,
• A final exam common to all levels to check your progression. The final will focus on oral expression comprehension.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Recognise the different sections and requirements of the IELTS speaking test,
• Introduce self and converse confidently on a topic, for example, family, hobbies, or work,
• Give a talk based on a personal topic,
• Give an opinion and justify it,
• Speculate about general topics,
• Answer questions fluently and with clear pronunciation,
• Use appropriate stress, intonation and speed patterns in their conversation,
• Use the appropriate vocabulary and grammar to express their ideas,
• Complete a speaking test within the allotted time,
• Use infinite/gerund and its structures in speech,
• Differ the usage of infinitive or gerund in a given context,
• Define 'indirect speech',
• Explain when indirect speech would be used,
• Convert direct speech to indirect speech in different tenses,
• Use reported speech correctly in oral discussions,
• Identify the forms of conditional sentence Types,
• Use conditional sentences,
• Show an understanding of the differences between conditional sentences types.

B1 level in English.

100% Full Ongoing Assessment.

The module comprises 3 types of assessments:

1. An ongoing assessment based on participation and completion of online work (30%),
2. A mid-term evaluation assessing the course topics (30%),
3. Final term evaluation consisting in an oral exam (40%).

Course topics Semester 4

The syllabus is level-based. Some topics may not be studied by all students.