Guia docente 2012_13 Facultad de Filología y Traducción

Contidos

Tema	Subtema
1. Success and Advice	A. Giving advice. B. Using vague expressions. C. Present perfect simple and progressive. D. Review of key concepts in English pronunciation: vowels and consonants.
2. Misunderstandings and Complaints	A. Making complaints. B. Past simple, past perfect simple, past progressive, past perfect progressive. C. Explaining misunderstandings. D. Verb tenses in narration. E. Storytelling. F. Review of key concepts in English pronunciation: word stress.
3. Education and Learning	A. Describing language learning. B. Describing habits and experiences. C. Describing tendencies. D. Idioms related to language. E. Review of key concepts in English pronunciation: word stress. Leaving out /t/
4. Describing Local Places	A. Landmarks and people. B. Special occasions. C. Using the passive. D. Oral and written descriptions and recommendations. E. Review of key concepts in English pronunciation: weak sounds; sentence stress.
5. Images	A. Describing objects and designs. B. Argumentation: expressing attitudes, disagreement, concession, and counter-arguments. C. Past participle clauses. D. Spelling tips. E. Review of key concepts in English pronunciation: words groups.
6. Virtual Worlds	A. Crime and justice. B. Media and Internet. C. Interviewing to profile a person´s life. D. Justifying points of view. E. Conditional clauses, present and future. F. Spelling and sounds.
7. Inspiration and Problem Solving	A. Expressing ideas about problems and their solutions. B. Speaking tactfully. C. Present and past participle clauses. D. Spelling and sounds. E. Pronunciation: basic vowel and consonant variations between British and American varieties of English.