AQ2 Presentation of the Tips and Rules of the classes

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ENGLISH LEVEL 2 - ACUERDO 46 - SECOND SEMESTER 2020
rules
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
Teacher’s name: CLARA HELENA e-mail:
BELTRAN clarabeltran@usantotomas.edu.co
Level & 2 Group: AQ2U

Schedule: Tuesday – Friday 10:00-12:00 Classroom(s):

I. General Objective

To foster functional, linguistic and communicative skills to effectively perform in everyday

situations using the target language.

II. Course contents:

Units 5 - 8 (textbook: Cambridge English Empower A2, Cambridge University Press, 2015, Student’s
book)

III. Topics

Unit 5 Places
Unit 6 Family
Unit 7 Journeys
Unit 8 Fit and healthy

IV. Methodology:

a. Teacher oriented activities: audio visual exercises and written workshops to achieve
communicative, linguistic, and functional objectives.
b. Self-study activities: platform work (Moodle and Cambridge Empower) and exercises.

V. Assessment:

ENGLISH AGREEMENT 46 – 2020-2

TERMS POIN DISTRIBUTION TASKS

TS
 25 First midterm exam

11 Project – first progress report

4 Intercultural activity
1e 50pts
2 Platform
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4 Moodle

4 Language club

25 Second midterm exam

11 Project – second progress

report
4 Intercultural activity
2d 50pts
o 2 Platform

4 Moodle

4 Language club

25 Final exam
FINA
L 14 Project final report

50pts 4 Platform

3 Moodle

4 Language club

TOPICS
EMPOWER A1

Term Units
Grammar Vocabulary
there is / there are Places in a city
Possessive pronouns and possessive‘s Furniture
1 Past simple: be Family
Years and dates

2 Past positive, negative and questions Irregular verbs

Love / like / don’t mind / hate + verb Transport
+ -ing Transport adjectives
 Past positive, negative and questions
Love / like / don’t mind / hate + verb
+ -ing
3 Can / can’t; could / couldn’t for Sport and exercise
ability Parts of the body;
Have to / don’t have to Appearance

Be aware you should teach all the contents mentioned above bearing in mind the CEFR.

EXAM DATES 2020-2

EXAMS PERCENTAG DATES UNITS

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1st 35 % August 31st – Unit 5 & Unit
September 5th 6A
2nd 35 % October 5th to 10th Unit 6B-C-D &
Unit 7
Fin 30 % November 17th to 23rd Unit 8
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RULES AND TIPS

 Attend class: 20% of missed class will result in course failure.

 Be punctual. You will be marked late after 15 minutes: 4 days late = 1 absence. More than
30 minutes late = 1 absence.
 Be sure to bring all materials needed for the lesson: student book and dictionary.
Photocopying and sharing textbooks is NOT permitted.
 Make sure you do the independent work on the Cambridge empower platform on a regular
basis. If you do the work from the very beginning, you will clarify doubts and reinforce
what you are learning in class. If you dedicate about 20 minutes per session, the work will
be done by the end of each unit. Your platform and Moodle grades in each term will
reflect the work you do along the course.
 Choose optimal working conditions to do your independent work on the platforms; that
will improve your concentration and learning.
 Do all the activities on the platforms since the contents are taken into account in the
evaluations and if you do them, you will get better results.
 Put away your cell phone and/or computer during lessons unless directed otherwise by your
teacher.
 Phones out during the exam will result in a grade of ‘0’. Any type of cheating will result in
a grade of ‘0’.
 All work completed and turned in should be your OWN work, not corrected or completed
by a friend/family member or taken from the Internet.
  Under no circumstances, students are able to keep the exams. They belong to the
intellectual property of the Languages Institute.
 If you are absent from class, you must present a validated doctor’s note or a validated
excuse from the university within three school days.
 If you are absent for any exam session, it may be taken only under the presentation
of a certificate from the University’s doctor or with an authorized letter from the
Institute within three school days.
 If a day is missed, the student is responsible to find out what was missed in class.
 Changing groups is not permitted, unless authorized by the Director of the Institute

To succeed in this process of language learning:

a. Participate actively in all tasks taking place during the course: autonomous learning
exercises; classroom oral and written exercises, laboratory sessions, video lessons,
Language Club, etc. REMEMBER: Mistakes are GOOD! They help us to learn!
b. Get involved in extra academic activities organized and provided by the Language
Institute: tutorials, free laboratory sessions, immersion day, Language Club practice in
Moodle and Cambridge empower.
c. Take advantage of the audio program provided along with the textbook. This will be
excellent listening and pronunciation practice.
d. Listen to music, watch movies and TV in English. You can also set your email, twitter and
Facebook accounts to English.

TUTORING SESSIONS

In case you have questions or need reinforcement on any topic studied in class. You must
register online on the website of the Institute 48 hours before the session. You will receive a
message confirming your appointment the following day.
 institutodelenguas.usta.edu.co
 Select: “Est. Pregrado” o “Est. Posgrados”
 Services
 Tutorials

For your information:

Virtual exchanges 2020-2

The Santo Tomas University makes available to its student community the opportunity to carry out 100%
virtual exchanges with partner Universities at national and international level, promoting the
internationalization exercise at home and adapting to the technological vanguard that the world invites us
today. Contact: Prof. Especializado –Camilo Vargas E-mail: internacional2@usantotomas.edu.co
Dirección Nacional de Relaciones Internacionales – Universidad Santo Tomás.
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SPEAKING ACTIVITY
CHOOSE A PARTNER AND TALK ABOUT YOURSELF
NAME –
AGE –
WHERE YOU ARE FROM?
DEGREE -
FAMILY – mother (name-age-profession) father (name-age-profession) siblings
HOBBIES
EATING HABITS
ROUTINES

THEN, GO TO THE DRIVE AND WRITE THE INFORMATION IN A COMPOSITION FORM.

Ex: My name is Carolina, I’m 18 years old and I’m from Tunja. I study …..