Temario del curso

TEMARIO:

1 - Free time and hobbies
Objetivo
To acquire the vocabulary needed to talk comfortably about your routines, free time, and your likes and dislikes. To be able to keep conversations going, using a range of expressions for showing interest, asking questions, and reacting to what the other speaker says.
Duración de la unidad
5 Horas
Contenido
1. Free time and hobbies
1.1. Vocabulary focus: Free time and hobbies
1.1.1. Step up: More advanced expressions
1.1.2. Language focus: Adverbs of frequency and time expressions
1.2. Reading focus: Free time
1.3. Language focus: Expressing likes and dislikes
1.3.1. A step ahead: More advanced expressions
1.3.2. Expressing preferences: Rather vs prefer
1.3.2.1. Avoiding the typical mistakes
1.3.3. Time to practise
1.4. Real life: Keeping a conversation going
1.4.1. Time to practise
1.5. Listening: Two friends talking about their hobbies
2 - Travel and holidays
Objetivo
To be able to talk easily about holidays and travelling, with a focus on narrative (or past) verb tenses. To acquire the necessary language for getting through an airport smoothly. To be able to construct longer, more complex sentences using linking words and expressions.
Duración de la unidad
4 Horas 40 Minutos
Contenido
2. Travel and holidays
2.1. Vocabulary focus: Travel and holidays
2.1.1. A step up: Travel phrasal verbs
2.1.2. Describing a holiday experience: -ed/-ing adjectives
2.1.3. Time to practise
2.2. Language focus: Past tenses
2.2.1.  Time to practise
2.3. Language focus: Linking words
2.4. Reading focus: One man's impressions of Peru
2.5. Real life: Getting through an airport
2.5.1. Checking in and going through security
2.6. Listening: Two people talking about a holiday
3 - Around the world
Objetivo
To be able to talk about transport and travelling, using a wider range of vocabulary and more advanced extreme adjectives. To better control the use of articles (a/an/the/-) in your speech. To be able to avoid misunderstandings by asking for, or giving, clarification when needed.
Duración de la unidad
4 Horas 15 Minutos
Contenido
3. Around the world
3.1. Vocabulary focus: Around the world
3.1.1. Step up: More advanced expressions
3.2. Language focus: Extreme adjectives
3.2.1. Modifying adjectives and extreme adjectives
3.2.2. Time to practise
3.3. Language focus: Definite and indefinite articles
3.3.1. Time to practise
3.4. Reading focus: London - A travel guide
3.5. Real life: Asking questions and clarifying information
3.6. Listening: A man giving travel advice to his friend
4 - Money and shopping
Objetivo
To be able to talk about money, prices and shopping with more accuracy, allowing you to shop online or abroad. To better understand the correct use of the past simple and present perfect for talking about past experiences.
Duración de la unidad
4 Horas 35 Minutos
Contenido
4. Money and shopping
4.1. Vocabulary focus: Money and shopping collocations
4.1.1. Step up: More advanced expressions
4.1.2. Avoiding the typical mistakes
4.2. Reading focus: Buy nothing, be happy
4.3. Language focus: Present perfect simple
4.3.1. Time to practise
4.4. Real life: Shopping
4.4.1. Returning items and complaining
4.5. Listening: Two friends talking about their shopping habits
5 - Sports and fitness
Objetivo
To manage to speak about sports and fitness, demonstrating a wider range of vocabulary. To be capable of using verb patterns (infinitive, gerund or base infinitive) with more accuracy. To be able to give advice and polite recommendations to others.
Duración de la unidad
4 Horas 25 Minutos
Contenido
5. Sports and fitness
5.1. Vocabulary focus: Sports and fitness
5.1.1. Typical mistakes
5.1.2. Step up: Phrasal verbs
5.2. Listening focus: A fitness coach talking about keeping fit and healthy
5.3. Language focus: Infinitive vs Gerund
5.3.1. Infinitive or Gerund: Which one to use?
5.3.2. Time to practise
5.4. Reading focus: A woman talking about her health and fitness
5.5. Real life: Giving advice
5.5.1. Avoiding the typical mistakes
5.6. Listening: Two friends talking about sports and exercise
6 - Where you live and getting around
Objetivo
To be able to talk about where you live with more fluency, using first, second and third conditionals with precision. To further extend your sentences with a range of more complex linking expressions. To be capable of expressing your opinion, and agreeing and disagreeing politely.
Duración de la unidad
4 Horas 45 Minutos
Contenido
6. Where you live and getting around
6.1. Vocabulary focus: Where you live and getting around
6.1.1. Avoiding the typical mistakes
6.1.2. Step up: More advanced adjectives
6.1.2.1. Positive adjectives
6.1.2.2. Negative adjectives
6.2. Language focus: Conditional sentences
6.2.1. Time to practise
6.3. Reading focus: If I could live anywhere...
6.4. Language focus: Linking words
6.4.1. Time to practise
6.5. Real life: Exchanging opinions
6.5.1. Agreeing and disagreeing
6.6. Listening: Two people talking about where they prefer to live
7 - The World of Work
Objetivo
To be capable of talking about work, as well as how long something has been happening. To be more comfortable speaking by phone in formal and informal situations.
Duración de la unidad
4 Horas 15 Minutos
Contenido
7. The world of work
7.1. Vocabulary focus: Work
7.1.1. Step up: More advanced expressions
7.1.2. Time to practise
7.2. Reading focus: My job
7.3. Language focus: Talking about how long something has been happening
7.3.1. Typical mistakes
7.3.2. Time to practise
7.4. Real life: Speaking by phone
7.4.1. Time to practise
7.5. Listening focus: Two friends discussing work
8 - Media and entertainment
Objetivo
To acquire a wide range of vocabulary related to entertainment and leisure activities. To better express, and understand the use of, the passive voice. To be able to talk about future possibilities and probabilities clearly.
Duración de la unidad
4 Horas 05 Minutos
Contenido
8. Media and entertainment
8.1. Vocabulary focus: Media and entertainment
8.1.1. Avoiding the typical mistakes
8.1.2. Step up: More advanced expressions
8.1.3. Time to practise
8.2. Reading focus: Prepare to be entertained
8.3. Language focus: Passive voice
8.3.1. Time to practise
8.4. Real life: Talking about probability and possibility
8.5. Listening focus: Two friends talking about upcoming entertainment events
9 - Technology and communication
Objetivo
To be able to talk about technology with fluency. To talk about the future, using the main future tenses, with accuracy. To be capable of making plans and arrangements in formal and informal situations.
Duración de la unidad
4 Horas
Contenido
9. Technology and communication
9.1. Vocabulary focus: Technology and communication
9.1.1. Avoiding the typical mistakes
9.1.2. Step up: More advanced expressions
9.2. Reading focus: The benefits of face-to-face communication
9.3. Language focus: The future
9.3.1. Time to practise
9.4. Real life: Making arrangements and plans
9.5. Listening focus: Two colleagues making plans