Intermediate Course Syllabus. (using “New English File”)

Intermediate Course Syllabus

(using “New English File”)

Aims

This syllabus intends to develop in the students the ability to communicate effectively in Standard English through:

Communicative competence •: the ability to communicate with clarity, relevance, accuracy and variety.

Creativity •: the ability to use language, experience and imagination to respond to new situations, create original ideas and make a positive impact.

Critical skills •: the ability to scan, filter and analyse different forms of information.

Cross-cultural awareness •: the ability to engage with issues inside and outside own community, dealing with the familiar as well as the unfamiliar.

Hours	Topic	Pages	Language point	Vocabulary
	Introductions - Getting to know you - Course Overview		Break the ice, warm up
	What Motivates You? - Discourse markers (1): linkers - Work - Word stress and rhythm	P 4-7	discourse markers 1: linkers of result, reason, purpose, contract	work
	Colloquial English - Family Secrets Writing - Family secrets	P 16 – 18
	Who Am I? - Have - Personality - Family - Rhythm and Intonation	P 8 – 11	have: stative + dynamic; haveas auxiliary; obligation; have something done	Personality; family
	Whose Language Is It? - Pronouns - Language terminology - Sound-spelling relationships	P 12- 13	pronouns: generic, reciprocal, possessive	Language terminology
	Once Upon A Time - The Past – Narrative tenses - Word building: abstract nouns - Word stress with suffixes	P 20 – 23	the past: narrative tenses, used to and would	Word building, abstract nouns
	Are There Really 31 Hours In A Day? - Distancing - Time - Linking	P 24 - 27	distancing: seem/ appear; passives with verbs of saying and reporting; apparently/according to, etc.; may/ might	time
	Writing - An article Colloquial English - Time and technology	P 32 – 34
	50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - Phrases with get - Words and phrases of French origin	P 28 - 31	get: as main verb; passive use; causative use – get something done	Phrases with get
	Breaking The Silence - Speculation and deduction - Sounds and the human voice - Consonant clusters	P 36 - 39	speculation and deduction: might (have), could (have), etc. adverbs and adjectives: bound to be, sure to be, etc.	Sounds and the human voice
	Lost In Translation - Adding Emphasis: Inversion - Describing books - Words with ‘silent’ syllables	P 40 – 43	adding emphasis 1: inversion – Not only…, No sooner…, Only…, etc.	Describing books
	Are You Suffering From Affluenza? - Unreal uses of past tenses - money - ea and ear	P 44 – 47	unreal uses of past tenses: I wish…, If only…, I’d rather…, It’s time…	money
	Colloquial English - Time and Technology Writing - A Review	P 48 – 51
	History Goes To The Movies - Discourse markers: adverbs and adverbials - History and warfare - Consonant Clusters	P 52 – 55	discourse markers 2: adverbs and adverbial expressions – All in all…, After all…, Besides…, Otherwise…, Basically…, Obviously…, etc.	History nd warfare
	Help Yourself - Infinitive of gerund - Compound adjectives - Polite requests	P 56 - 59	conditionals: mixed conditionals; alternatives to if	Compound adjectives
	Can’t Live Without It - Conditional sentences - Phone language - Adjectives + prepositions - Sounds and spelling	P 60 – 63	verb + object + infinitive or gerund: expect, advise, wait, let, make, help, keep, mind, etc.	Phone language, adjectives+ prepositions
	Who’s In Control? - Permission, obligation, and necessity - Word formation: prefixes - Intonation in exclamations	P 68 - 71	permission, obligation, and necessity: modals verbs and alternatives – can, must, should, need, etc.; be able to, be allowed to, be supposed to, etc.	Word formation: prefixes
	Colloquial English - Art and artists Writing - A report	P 80 – 82
	Just Any old bed? - Verbs of the senses - Place and movement - Extra stress on important words	P 72 – 75	verbs of the senses: stative v dynamic; + infinitive or -ing form; + adjective or noun	Place and movement
	Trick or treatment - Gerunds and infinitives - Health and medicine - Similes - Word stress	P 76 - 79	gerunds and infinitives: complex forms, perfect and continuous; expressions followed by the gerund – There’s no point, It’s no use…, etc.; quantifiers + infinitive; indefinite pronoun + infinitive	Health and medicine, similes
	A Moving Experience - Expressing future plans and arrangements - Travel and tourism - Homophones	P 84 – 86	expressing future arrangements: present and future forms; due to, about to, is to	Travel and tourism
	Pets and Pests - Ellipsis and substation - The natural world - Weak and strong pronunciation	P 88 – 91	ellipsis and substitution: leaving out subjects or objects; leaving out verb phrases and adjectives; so and not	The natural world
	Colloquial English - Encounters with animals Writing - Discursive essays: taking sides	P 96 – 98
	The Promised Land - Adding emphasis: cleft sentences - Words that are often confused - Intonation in cleft sentences	P 92 – 94	adding emphasis 2: cleft sentences – What…, All…, It…, etc. The person…, The place…, The reason…, etc.	Words that are often confused
	A Recipe For Disaster - Nouns - Preparing food - -ed adjective endings and linking	P 100 - 103	compound and possessive forms of nouns: possessive ’s– my father’s car; using of: the name of the film; using compounds – the car door	Preparing food
	Sport On Trial - So and such - Word building: adjectives, nouns, and verbs	P 104 - 107	emphasis and result with so andsuch: so and such + (that) for consequences; followed by adjective / adverb; so much, so many, such a lot; exclamations (without a that clause)	Words building, adjectives, nouns, and verbs
	The Funniest Joke In The World? - Comparison - Humour - Augh and ough	P 108 - 111	comparison: modifiers with comparative and superlative structures – nearly as big, almost as tall, far harder, by far the hardest, etc.; the…the…	humor
	Colloquial English - Cooking round the world Writing - A complaint	P 113 – 114
	Grammar/Conversation/Vocab games
Total 113

The remaining hours (23) will be use for extra assesment purposes (activities in class will also be consider as measures of students progress)

Notes: This syllabus contains the main structure of the course and the complementary activities include and are not limited to: listening, reading, writing, assigments, free talk, etc.

Instructor: Nelson Rodrí guez

Instructor’s email: fearlesstolive@hotmail. com

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