| Continguts |
| Tema | Subtema |
| Module 1 | Introduction to the course Placement test Grammar: Question formation; short answers Speaking: Introductions Listening: Understanding an anecdote Literature: The English literature (an introduction);Old English Literature: Beowulf |
| Module 2 | Grammar: Present perfect & simple past; reflexive pronouns; present perfect continuous & simple Vocabulary: expressions of relationship; common verb phrases; look/look like; pronunciation Speaking: Describing a friend; family relationship; friendship Listening:People meeting and saying goodbye Reading: Magazine and newspaper articles Writing: My best friend Literature: Medieval Literature 1066-1510: Chaucer, Geoffrey |
| Module 3 | Grammar: Present simple & continuous; adverbs of frequency; quantifiers; gerund & infinitive; question tags; so & neither/nor Vocabulary: Verb phrases; prepositions of time; food & diets Speaking: Lifestyle; habits Listening: Interviews with people of different professions Reading: Magazine and newpaper articles; signs and notices Writing: A letter to a friend Literature: Renaissance and Reformation Literature 1510-1620: Shakespeare; film; written commentary |
| Module 4 | Grammar: used to + infinitive/gerund; gerund & infinitive (cont.); can/could & be able to Vocabulary: Common verb phrases; education; strong adjectives; pronunciation Speaking: Education; reading habits; skills Listening: Interviews with people of different professions Writing: Advantages and Disadvantages Literature: Eighteenth Century Literature 1690-1780: Defoe, Daniel, Sterne, Laurence |
| Module 5 | Grammar: the future:will/going to; may & might; 1st & 2nd conditionals Vocabulary:Jobs & work; money; shops; pronunciation Speaking: Jobs; fortune-telling; imaginary situations Listening: Interviews related to jobs; conversations in a shop Reading: Short story Literature: The Romantic Period 1780-1830: Austen, Jane; film; written commentary |
| Module 6 | Grammar: must, have to, should; past perfect simple; relative clauses; indirect questions Vocabulary: vehicles & traffic; compound nouns Speaking: Transport; cars; pollution Listening: Travelling; tourists; street interviews; tourist information Reading: Letter giving directions Literature: High Victorian Literature 1880-1920: Dickens, Charles; written answers about a text |
| Module 7 | Grammar: The passive; comparatives; narrative tenses Vocabulary: the cinema; sports; song lyrics, pronunciation Speaking: the cinema; music; going out Listening: Conversation about a film; a radio programme Literature: Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature 1880-1920: Oscar Wilde |
| Module 8 | Grammar: Might/could, must, can't; connectors; reported speech Vocabulary: Tourism, travelling, complaints, pronunciation Speaking: Describing a tourist resort; holidays Listening: Conversation between a tourist and a waiter; travel stories Literature: Modernism and its Alternatives: Joyce, James |
| Module 9 | Grammar: Third conditional; general revision Vocabulary: ships and disasters Speaking: Speaking about disasters Listening: Radio story Literature: Post War and Postmodernist Literature 1945-: Greene, Graham; McCourt, Frank |
| Module 10 | Written monographic paper about a literaty work and its author; oral presentation in class of the above-mentioned paper. This module will be developed simultaneously with modules 8 & 9. |
| Atenció personalitzada |
| Descripció |
| Resolució de dubtes a l'hora de despatx de la professora, o amb cita previa, pels següents motius, d'entre altres: Dificultat amb algún "skill" on l'alumne necessiti més dedicació que la resta de la classe Durant l'elaboració dels treballs individuals, per exemple el treball monogràfic Aquells proves orals que te forma de conversació amb la professora |
| Avaluació |
| Altres comentaris i segona convocatòria |
| Fonts d'informació |
| Bàsica |
Oxenden, C. & Latham-Koenig, C., English File (Intermediate student's book), 2002, Oxford University Press |
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Dossiers facilitats per la professora. |
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| Complementària |
Thomson, A.J. & Martinet A.V., A Practical Engling Grammar, 2004, Oxford University Press
Downing, A. & Locke, P., A University Course in English Grammar, 1992, Prentice Hall, London
Oxford University Press, Diccionario Oxford Español-inglés/Inglés-Español, 2001, Oxford University Press
Summers, D. Ed., Longman Language Activator, 1994, Longman, Harlow |
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(*)La Guia docent és el document on es visualitza la proposta acadèmica de la URV. Aquest document és públic i no es pot modificar, llevat de casos excepcionals revisats per l'òrgan competent/ o degudament revisats d'acord amb la normativa vigent |
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