Inglés Intermedio-Alto (B2) (Programa detallado)
Objetivo:
Este curso te ayudará a alcanzar, o consolidar, un nivel de inglés intermedio-alto (B2), lo cual te permitirá expresarte con fluidez y naturalidad, sin esfuerzo con hablantes nativos.
Ampliarás tu comprensión de frases y expresiones relacionadas con temas concretos y más abstractos (hablar de la vida laboral, ofrecer consejos, las normas culturales, y participar en reuniones, etc.), de tal manera que te prepararás para comunicarte con fluidez y espontaneidad en el trabajo, la vida social o cuando estás de vacaciones.
Así mismo, mejorarás tu conocimiento de los errores típicos que cometen los estudiantes de inglés como segunda lengua, de tal forma que los podrás evitar.
Requisitos:
Es muy recomendable poseer por lo menos conocimientos intermedios (B1+) del inglés, dado que sin ellos algunos temas y actividades (la gramática, el vocabulario y los audios) podrían resultar complicados.
Tener este nivel mínimo permitirá al alumnado aprovechar el curso y el lenguaje estudiado.
Programa del curso
1.- Catching up
Objetivo
To acquire the vocabulary needed to talk comfortably about friendships and relationships. To be able to make small talk and keep conversations going, using a range of expressions for showing interest, asking questions, and reacting to what the other speaker says.
Contenido
- Catching up
- Vocabulary focus: Friendship
- Reading focus: One person's thoughts on social media use
- Language focus: Passives
- Real life: Making small talk
- Listening focus: Two people talking about social media
2.- The rat race
Objetivo
To be capable of talking about work, as well as how long something has been happening. To be able to organise your thoughts and make longer, more natural sentences comfortably.
Contenido
- The rat race
- Vocabulary focus: Work collocations
- Reading focus: The perfect job
- Language focus: Using the present perfect simple and continuous
- Real life: Organising your thoughts
- Listening focus: A man talking about recent changes to the workplace
3.- Getting around
Objetivo
To be able to talk about travelling with more fluency, using a range of verb patterns with precision. To be capable of giving and responding to advice politely.
Contenido
- Getting around
- Vocabulary focus: Transport and travel collocations
- Reading focus: A holiday to remember
- Language focus: Verb patterns
- Listening focus: Listen to a guide talking about travelling around Vietnam
- Real life: Giving advice
- Listening focus: Listen to three people talk about their experiences while travelling
4.- Far from home
Objetivo
To be able to talk about living abroad, as well as mastering the use of the expression 'get used to'. To be capable of using all conditional structures with confidence. To be capable of asking polite questions in a range of situations.
Contenido
- Far from home
- Vocabulary focus: Culture abroad
- Listening focus: The different steps of culture shock
- Language focus: Conditionals
- Real life: Being polite
- Listening focus: Living abroad
5.- In my youth
Objetivo
To be able to talk about leisure activities, using a range of vocabulary and expressions. To be capable of talking about the past, using all the narrative tenses with fluency. To be able to speculate and make deductions about past events.
Contenido
- In my youth
- Vocabulary focus: Leisure activities
- Reading focus: Leisure time: Is it all it's cracked up to be?
- Language focus: The past (Narrative tenses)
- Real life: Speculating about the past
- Listening focus: An interesting experience
6.- What’s on?
Objetivo
To be able to talk about the topic of entertainment, relying on a broader range of expressions. To be capable of using the unreal past to express preferences and talk about hypothetical situations. To be capable of expressing your opinion clearly and politely in both formal and informal situations.
Contenido
- What is on?
- Vocabulary focus: Entertainment collocations
- Reading focus: The fall of Netflix?
- Language focus: Unreal past
- Real life: Saying what you think
- Listening focus: Two friends discussing regular TV and online streaming services
7.- Fit as a fiddle
Objetivo
To be able to talk about sports and fitness more fluently. To better express obligation, prohibition and lack of obligation in the present, past and future. To be capable of expressing regrets about the past.
Contenido
- Fit as a fiddle
- Vocabulary focus: Sports and fitness collocations
- Reading focus: Technology and fitness
- Language focus: Obligations
- Real life: Past regrets
- Listening focus: An expert in psychology talking about the importance of having regrets
8.- Spending spree
Objetivo
To be better prepared for talking about shopping and money, and interacting in a shopping environment. To be capable of using reported speech, distinguishing it from direct speech. To be capable of making complaints and expressing dissatisfaction in various situations.
Contenido
- Spending spree
- Vocabulary focus: Shopping and money collocations
- Reading focus: Free-cycling: Is it for me?
- Language focus: Reported speech
- Real life: Making complaints
- Listening focus: Two friends discussing their shopping habits
9.- A changing world
Objetivo
To be able to talk about the environment and environmental challenges facing us. To be capable of talking about the future using a range of tenses. To be capable of talking about future possibilities and likelihood.
Contenido
- A changing world
- Vocabulary focus: The environment collocations
- Reading focus: Just Stop Oil
- Language focus: The future
- Real life: Talking about future possibilities
- Listening focus: Two friends talking about their futures