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English Course B2.2

Duración: 90 horas

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UNIT 1. WONDERS OF THE BRAIN
  1. Grammar focus – Modals: speculation and deduction
  2. Theme/Lexical focus – Wonders of the brain/Verbs of thinking
  3. Functional focus – Reminding someone to do something
  4. Writing task – Write a story about a time when you forgot to do something very important.
UNIT 2. MUSIC TO MY EARS
  1. Grammar focus
    1. Countable and uncountable nouns
    2. Articles
  2. Theme/Lexical focus – Music/ Types of music
  3. Functional focus – Expressing preferences
  4. Writing task
    1. Write a review of either a concert that you have been to recently or a CD that you have bought recently.
UNIT 3. NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS
  1. Grammar focus
    1. Reported speech
    2. Linking words
  2. Theme/Lexical focus – The news/The media
  3. Functional focus – Interviews
  4. Writing task – ‘Over fifty percent of what is in the news is unimportant.’ Do you agree?
UNIT 4. CRACKING THE CODE
  1. Grammar focus – Relative pronouns & clauses
  2. Theme/Lexical focus – Codes & Puzzles/Games
  3. Functional focus – Expressing agreement and disagreement
  4. Writing task – What are the pros & cons of playing computer games?
UNIT 5. RIGHT AS RAIN
  1. Grammar focus – Modals: advice and suggestions
  2. Theme/Lexical focus – Healthy living/Being healthy
  3. Functional focus – Giving and responding to advice
  4. Writing task – Describe the pros and cons of being a vegetarian.
UNIT 6. PARTY ON!
  1. Grammar focus – Gerunds & infinitives
  2. Theme/Lexical focus – Celebrations & festival/verbs
  3. Functional focus – Making & responding to invitations and arrangements
  4. Writing task
    1. Write an email to a penfriend in another country describing a local festival where you live.
UNIT 7. HOBBIES OR PASTIMES?
  1. Grammar focus
    1. Mixed conditionals
    2. Third conditional
  2. Theme/Lexical focus – Hobbies
  3. Functional focus – Showing interest
  4. Writing task – Write a letter to a friend persuading them to come on an activity weekend with you.
UNIT 8. THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM
  1. Grammar focus – Concessive clauses and complex sentences
  2. Theme/Lexical focus – Wild weather/ Natural disasters
  3. Functional focus – Asking for clarification
  4. Writing task – Write a covering letter for a NGO
UNIT 9. ON THE RUN
  1. Grammar focus
    1. Quantifiers as determiners
    2. Causative structures
    3. Linkers
  2. Theme/Lexical focus – Crime/Crimes (nouns & verbs)
  3. Functional focus – Expressing regrets
  4. Writing task – Write a report suggesting ways of reducing levels of crime in your town.
UNIT 10. KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY
  1. Grammar focus – Phrasal verb focus
  2. Theme/Lexical focus – Family and history/Family phrasal verbs
  3. Functional focus – Expressing congratulations
  4. Writing task – Write an article describing the person who has most affected your life.