1. Linguistic aspects: vocabulary, grammar, semantics, phonetic accuracy, spelling, orthoepy. |
1. The Common European Framework levels A1 and A2. |
2. Socio-linguistic aspects: linguistic markers for social relations, politeness norms, folk wisdom sayings, differences in registers. |
1. Introducing yourself to others / introducing other people: physical appearance, personality, family and work environment.
2. Talking about yourself: expressing likes and preferences.
3. Organizing agendas and planning activities.
4. Setting up meetings and making invitations. |
3. Speech aspects: ordering sentences according to natural sequence, cause and effect relationships (or vice versa), and speech structuring; ordering speech according to thematic organization, coherence and cohesion. |
1. Writing letters and emails.
2. Reading and writing small ads.
3. Telling about an event.
4. Telling the story of a book or a film. |
4. Verbal strategies used to avoid miscommunication: asking for repetition, paraphrasing, using general words, approaching, clarifying, asking for help. |
1. Making and answering phone calls.
2. Finding or telling the way to a location. |
5. Intercultural aspects: daily life, personal relationships, values, beliefs and attitudes, body language, social conventions, ritual behaviours. |
. Filling out forms.
2. Talking about daily life routines: schedules, meals and activities.
3. Buying and selling.
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