II. LISTENING
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1. Strategies:
1.1. Listening for general meaning and for specific information
1.2. Coping with unknown vocabulary
1.3. Coping with different accents
2. Listening practice:
2.1. News programmes
2.2. Interviews
2.3. Academic lectures
2.4. TV and films
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III. SPEAKING
[Clases prácticas] |
1. Speech vs. Writing:
1.1. Characteristics of spoken language
1.2. Register and style
2. Speaking practice:
2.1. Ordinary conversation: making introductions, answering questions, stating an opinion
2.2. Building arguments: using language to describe, compare and contrast, hypothesise and comment upon a topic
2.3. Structuring and delivering academic presentations
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IV. VOCABULARY
[Clases teóricas] |
1. British and American English vocabulary
2. The language of the media:
2.1. Advertising and the mass media
2.2. The language of the written press
3. Academic language
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