Objetivos
Capacitar al alumnado para utilizar el idioma con flexibilidad, eficacia y precisión para participar en todo tipo de situaciones, en los ámbitos personal, público, académico y profesional, que requieran comprender, producir y procesar textos orales y escritos extensos y complejos, en diversas variedades estándar de la lengua, con un repertorio léxico amplio, y que versen sobre temas tanto abstractos como concretos, incluso aquellos con los que el hablante no esté familiarizado.
Este programa formativo proporcionará a los alumnos la formación en lengua inglesa necesaria para que puedan presentarse a las pruebas de acreditación oficial del nivel C1 del Marco Común Europeo de Referencia para las Lenguas (MCERL).
Índice
MÓDULO 1
Unidad Didáctica 1. Connections
– Cultural awareness.
– Describing cross-cultural experiences.
– Reporting back on research in meetings.
– Tenses review.
– Introducing yourself to a group.
Unidad Didáctica 2. Careers
– The importance of education.
– Comparing career paths and choices.
– Managing the discussion in meetings.
– Expressing attitudes to the past.
– Getting your point across.
Unidad Didáctica 3. Skills Practice
– Culture and communication.
– Writing: A covering letter.
– Reading: Avoiding cultural gaffes.
– Talking about cross-cultural experiences.
Unidad Didáctica 4. Britain
– The Oxford English Dictionary.
– Idiomatic expressions.
– Reading: How accurate are British stereotypes?
Unidad Didáctica 5. Change
– Managing change.
– Discussing working practices.
– Giving a formal presentation.
– Speculating about future changes.
– Showing understanding.
Unidad Didáctica 6. Risk
– An investment banker.
– Talking about different kinds of risk.
– Taking part in a teleconference.
– Referencing using pronouns.
– Establishing rapport and showing interest.
Unidad Didáctica 7. Skills Practice
– Colleagues, clients, and candidates
– Writing: Writing a CV
– Reading: Online job interviews
– Talking about job interviews
Unidad Didáctica 8. United States
– New York City British and American English: differences.
– Reading: How the differences between.
– British and American English can lead to misunderstandings.
Unidad Didáctica 9. Teamwork
– Freelance or employed?
– Exploring team relationships.
– Dealing with conflict in negotiations.
– Adding emphasis using fronting, cleft sentences, adverbs, and phrases.
– Responding to feedback.
Unidad Didáctica 10. Progress
– The expansion of a supermarket.
– Discussing factors for success.
– Problem-solving and brainstorming ideas in meetings.
– Using adverbs to qualify attitudes.
– Using vague language.
Unidad Didáctica 11. Skills Practice
– Goals and objectives.
– Writing: Writing proposals.
– Reading: How to achieve success.
– Talking about short-term and long-term goals.
Unidad Didáctica 12. New Zealand
– The world extreme sports capital.
– New Zealand English.
– Reading: The decline of New Zealand English.
MÓDULO 2
Unidad Didáctica 1. Learning
– Training.
– Talking about training and learning.
– Communication strategies.
– Participle clauses.
– ‘The future in the past’.
– Expressing dissatisfaction.
Unidad Didáctica 2. Performance
– Job satisfaction.
– Discussing employer / employee expectations.
– Giving an impromptu presentation.
– Using questions.
– Dealing with difficult questions.
Unidad Didáctica 3. Skills Practice
– The lives of others.
– Writing: A report.
– Reading: Saving dying languages. Comparing cultural traditions.
Unidad Didáctica 4. Britain
– George Orwell.
– Orwellian English.
– Reading: An extract from Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Unidad Didáctica 5. Resources
– Corporate social responsibility.
– Talking about resources.
– Discussing options and reaching decisions.
– Using conditionals.
– Dealing with misunderstandings.
Unidad Didáctica 6. Leadership
– The role of leadership.
– Talking about leadership styles.
– Giving a briefing on change.
– Distancing and depersonalizing using the passive.
– Expressing personal view.
Unidad Didáctica 7. Skills Practice
– Getting personal.
– Writing: A letter of agreement.
– Reading: Is 29 the perfect age? Describing your personality.
Unidad Didáctica 8. Ireland
– The Irish Potato Famine.
– Irish English.
– Reading: The origins of Irish English.
Unidad Didáctica 9. Values
– The collapse of Enron.
– Talking about values.
– Reaching an agreement in negotiations.
– Using inversion for emphasis.
– Raising a difficult point.
Unidad Didáctica 10. Persuasion
– Selling.
– Talking about how we are persuaded and influenced.
– Selling an idea in a presentation.
– Using discourse markers.
– Giving and receiving compliments.
Unidad Didáctica 11. Skills Practice
– The natural world.
– Writing: A mailshot.
– Reading: Benidorm and eco-tourism. Talking about travel and climate change.
Unidad Didáctica 12. Australia
– The Great Barrier Reef Australian English.
– Reading: The rise and fall of Australian slang.
