ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL

Centro de Lenguas Extranjeras

COURSE SYLLABUS

INTERMEDIATE B

1. CODE AND NUMBER OF CREDITS

CODE CELEX 00091

NUMBER OF CREDITS 6 Theoretical: X Practical:

2. COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course starts at the Pre-Intermediate level and finishes at an Intermediate level English. Intermediate

B English is made up of 90 hours of face to face class time. During this course, students will work on and

develop the 4 skills of the English language: speaking, writing, listening and reading starting at a Pre-

Intermediate level and culminating at an Intermediate level. Students will also learn grammar structures and

vocabulary suitable for this level. In order to pass the course, students must get a minimum mark of 60

points over 100. These points come from a midterm and a final exam. Some of the points also come from

homework, quizzes and an oral exam.

3. PRE-REQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

PRE-REQUISITES English Intermediate A CELEX 00083

CO-REQUISITES None

4. CORE TEXT AND OTHER REQUIRED REFERENCES FOR THE TEACHING OF THE COURSE

CORE TEXT 1. English Unlimited B1, Students book, Units 7 – 14

English Unlimited B1 , Workbook, Units 7-14

English Unlimited B1+ , Students book, Units 1-2

English Unlimited B1+, Workbook, Units 1-2

REFERENCES None

5. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

1. LISTENING: Understand the main points in conversations on topics of personal or professional

interest when people speak relatively slowly and clearly

2. READING: Understand the main points of and extract specific information from texts that use

everyday language and can understand descriptions of feelings.

3. SPEAKING (INTERACTION): Communicate in tasks requiring the direct exchange of information

(e.g. getting information at a tourist office, booking a room at a hotel or asking about and buying

things). Students can participate in discussions with some prior preparation.

4. SPEAKING (PRODUCTION): Use a series of phrases and sentences to describe objects and

possessions, homes, places, achievements, electronic gadgets, the media, books, TV shows and the

Internet. Students can give their opinion.

5. WRITING: Write book reviews; descriptions of places; and emails and letters to complain or

apologize.

6. LANGUAGE: Use the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Present Perfect, some

future forms, some passive forms, modal verbs and the first and second conditional to talk about

predictions, imaginary situations, objects and possessions, homes, places, achievements, electronic

gadgets, the media, books, TV shows and the Internet.

6. COURSE PROGRAM

Chapter 7 City Life Number of hours is 8 hours.

7.1 Urbanisation

• Vocabulary: the environment

• Grammar: making predictions with will, might, may.

7.2 If you´re interested in art

• Vocabulary: Giving directions

• Grammar: Real conditionals

• Productive skills : Speaking and giving directions

7.3 Getting information as a tourist

• Vocabulary: asking questions as a tourist to get information

• Grammar: Predictions using will.

7.4 Welcome to my Hometown!

• Vocabulary: Revision of giving directions

• Grammar: Revision of real conditionals

• Productive skills: Write a paragraph describing your hometown.

Chapter 8 Things Number of hours per Chapter is 8 hours.

8.1 Portobello Market

• Vocabulary: Buying things

• Grammar: some and any

8.2 Mystery objects

• Vocabulary: Describing objects

• Grammar: Passive

• Productive skills: Talk and describe an object

8.3 Talk about your favorite possession

• Vocabulary: Talk about your favorite possession

8.4 Explain words that you don´t know in English

• Vocabulary: Describing things you don´t know the word for in English

• Productive skills: Speak and describe an object that you don´t know the word for in English

Chapter 9 Feelings Number of hours per Chapter is 8 hours

9.1 Why do we do it?

• Vocabulary: Laugh, yawn, extreme adjectives

• Productive skills: Talk about a time you felt sad, amazed, cold etc.

9.2 Just good friends

• Vocabulary: Reacting to news. Give thanks and apologize

• Grammar: Present Perfect for giving news

• Productive skills: Talk about a picture and describe how the person in the picture feels

9.3 Catch up with friends

• Vocabulary: Asking for news

• Grammar: Keyword: just

9.4 I´m sorry but..

• Vocabulary: Reasons for saying you´re sorry

• Grammar: Revision: Present Perfect

• Productive skills: Write an email apologizing for going to a party

Chapter 10 Organized Number of hours per chapter is 8 hours

10.1 A Place to stay

• Vocabulary: Hotel facilities and staying at a hotel

• Productive skills: Call a hotel and book a room, tell them what type of room you want, for how long you

will be staying

10.2 Do you remember me?

• Grammar: Future plans and arrangements

• Productive skills: Talk about your future plans

10.3 Making arrangements

• Vocabulary: Arrange to meet up

• Grammar: Make

10.4 Invitations and requests

• Vocabulary: Questions for invitations and requests

• Grammar: Revision: future plans

• Productive skills: Talk and invite a person

Chapter 11 Spaces Number of hour per chapter is 8 hours

11.1 Moving

• Vocabulary: Describing your house or flat

• Grammar: Would

• Productive skills: Talk and describe your house or flat

11.2 Le Corbusier

• Vocabulary: Positive and negative things

• Productive Skills: Talk about the positive and negative aspects of where you live

11.3 Problems!

• Vocabulary: Solving problems

• Grammar: There

11.4 Renting a flat

• Vocabulary: Complaining

• Grammar: Revision: would

• Productive skills: Write a letter of complaint

Chapter 12 People and places Number of hours per chapter is 8 hours

12.1 Where is it?

• Vocabulary: Location and Describing your country

• Productive skills: Talk in groups about different countries

12.2 Big in Japan

• Vocabulary: Life and success

• Grammar: Infinitives and gerunds

• Productive skills: Talk about life and things that you have achieved

12.3 People and places in your country

• Vocabulary: Expression with know

• Grammar: Keyword: to

12.4 Vague

• Vocabulary: Vague expressions

• Grammar: Revision: infinitives and gerunds

• Productive skills: Talk about different topics in a vague or general manner

Chapter 13 Now and then Number of hours per chapter is8 hours

13.1 I couldn´t live without it!

• Vocabulary: Expressing how you feel about electronic gadgets Expressions used when talking on the

phone

• Productive skills: Talk on the phone using expressions for when: you call a person´s job, the signal is

bad

13.2 When I was a child

• Grammar: Used to

• Productive skills: Talk about things that you used to do when you were a child

13.3 Technology and changes

• Vocabulary: Comparing the past and the present

• Grammar: Keyword: time

13.4 The first time

• Productive skills: Write a blog about the first time that you bought an electronic device

Chapter 14 It´s a matter of opinion Number of hours per chapter is 8 hours

14.1 Boxing

• Vocabulary: Express your opinion and react to different opinions

• Productive skills: Listen and give your opinion to about these sentences

14.2 Carbon footprint

• Grammar: Real and imaginary conditionals

• Productive skills: Talk about the environment using real and imaginary conditionals

14.3 A debate

• Grammar: Keyword: would

14.4 What´s your opinion?

• Vocabulary: : Expressions used to soften opinions

• Grammar: Revision: Imaginary conditionals

• Productive skills: Give your opinion using expressions to soften them

Chapter 1 Media around the world Number of hours per chapter is 8 hours

1.1 Entertainment and you

• Vocabulary: Customs and preferences

• Grammar: Present simple, perfect, continuous

• Productive skills: Talk, ask and respond to questions about things in the news

1.2 Fact or Fiction?

• Vocabulary: Talk about facts and information Evaluate and recommend

• Productive skills: Talk and make recommendations

1.3 Books and television

• Vocabulary: Describing books and television programs

• Productive skills: Talk about the different aspects of culture

1.4 How do you make decisions

• Vocabulary: Adjectives and adverbs

• Grammar: Revision of present forms

• Productive skills: Write a review of a book

Chapter 2 Good communication Number of hours per chapter is 8 hours

2.1 Keeping in Touch

• Vocabulary: Giving opinions It´s + adjectives

• Productive skills: Talk about things that you think are a waste of time

2.2 On-line friends

• Vocabulary: Using the internet. Expressing possibility

• Grammar: Will, could, may , might

• Productive skills: Talk about how you think the future might be

2.3 Talking about an issue

• Vocabulary: Speculating about consequences

• Grammar: Keyword: so, such

• Productive skills: Talk about event that changed your life using so and such

2.4 How?

• Vocabulary: Asking for clarification

• Grammar: Revision: will, could, may, might

• Productive skills: Ask for clarification

7. WORKLOAD: THEORY/PRACTICE

The number of class sessions is 3 per week and each class session is 2 hours long.

8. CONTRIBUTION OF THE COURSE TO THE EDUCATION OF THE STUDENT

The English Intermediate B course contributes to the development of professionals by expanding the student´s

knowledge of the English language so that he or she can continue on to the next English course. In this course

the four skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing continue to be developed. This course contributes with

intermediate level vocabulary, language and expressions. It also develops the student’s abilities to work in pairs

and in groups. The student will feel motivated and will lose his/her fear of expressing him/herself in public

because he/she would have already practiced English during the course.

BASIC TRAINING PROFESSIONAL

TRAINING

SOCIAL SKILLS

DEVELOPMENT

X

9. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE AND THE

LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM

LEARNING OUTCOMES OF

THE DEGREE PROGRAM*

CONTRIBUTIO

N (High,

Medium, Low)

LEARNING

OUTCOMES

OF THE

COURSE**

THE STUDENT MUST:

a) Apply knowledge in

maths ,science and

engineering

- -

b) Design and conduct

experiments as well as

analyze and interpret data

- -

c) Design systems,

components or processes

under real restrictions

- -

d) Identify , formulate and

solve engineering problems - -

e) Understand ethical and

professional responsibility

MEDIUM Be honest and responsible with their

classwork and at home

f) Communicate effectively HIGH Practice communicating in English with

their classmate and the outside world.

This communication can be oral or

written.

g) Understand the social,

environmental, economic

and global impact of

engineering

-

h) To be committed on-going

learning

MEDIUM To be responsible for their own learning

process. To use tools that will help them

discover and build their knowledge.

i) Know about contemporary

topics

MEDIUM Read and write about topics related to

culture, the environment and current

affairs

j) Use techniques, skills and

tools to practice engineering -

k) Ability to lead and

undertake (MISSION

ESPOL)

MEDIUM To be a leader and undertake projects

or activities done in class or outside of

class which contribute to their personal

and professional growth.

(* This column must also include the common curricular outcomes (cross-curricular outcomes) that the institution

approved on 16th February 2012 via resolution CP 12-02-078 of 23rd February 2012 (CAc-2012-034))

(** Only the NUMBER corresponding to section 5 of this document must be written.)

10. EVALUATION IN THE COURSE

Evaluation activi t ies

Exams X

Tests X

Homework/tasks X

Projects X

Laboratory/Experiments

Class participation X

Visits

Other X

11. PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CREATION OF THE SYLLABUS AND THE DATE OF ITS

CREATION

Created by

Date

12. APPROVAL

ACADEMIC SECRETARY OF THE

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT

DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL

ACADEMIC

SECRETARY

NAME: NAME:

SIGNATURE: SIGNATURE:

Date of approval by the Directive

Council:

13. VALIDITY OF THE SYLLABUS

RESOLUTION OF THE

POLYTECHNIC BOARD:

DATE: