ENGLISH
cod. 13259

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Indefinito/interdisciplinare (NN)
Field
Lingua straniera
Type of training activity
Language/Final test
36 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

Attain and verify language skills for Level B1

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Grammar <br />
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articles and demonstratives <br />
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possessives and genitive inflection <br />
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personal pronouns <br />
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some / any and composites <br />
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countable and uncountable nouns <br />
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much / many / a little / a few <br />
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comparatives and superlatives <br />
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relative pronouns <br />
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main prepositions of time and place <br />
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indirect questions <br />
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Main conjunctions <br />
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main verbs and prepositions <br />
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Present Simple and Present Continuous <br />
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Past Simple (regular and irregular verbs) <br />
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Past Continuous <br />
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Present Perfect Simple <br />
future (going to, will, Present Simple, Present Continuous) <br />
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Conditional 1 and temporal subordinates (when, after, etc. + Present Simple) <br />
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Passive (Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Perfect) <br />
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modal verbs (can, could, must, will, would, should) <br />
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Lexicon <br />
spelling <br />
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numbers (prices, quantity, date, etc.) <br />
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family <br />
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free time <br />
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home and furnishings <br />
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public places and stores <br />
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work and professions <br />
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food and drink <br />
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animals <br />
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weather <br />
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clothing <br />
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parts of the body and health <br />
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transportation <br />
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daily objects <br />
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Functions: <br />
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describe a person (appearance and personality) <br />
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express time, date, appointments, etc. <br />
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describe habitual action, routine and daily activity <br />
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order in a restaurant or at a hotel <br />
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understand signs, notices, labels <br />
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provide/understand road instructions <br />
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describe trips, holidays, etc.. <br />
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describe objects (size, colour, shape, etc.) <br />
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issue warnings or prohibit an action <br />
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express obligation or lack of obligation <br />
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express agreement/disagreement <br />
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offer criticism or make complaints <br />
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express preferences <br />
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describe physical and emotional sensations <br />

Full programme

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Bibliography

G. Cunningham, S. Mohamed, Language to Go Pre-Intermediate, Longman

Teaching methods

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Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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