1. Use of English: Grammar and Vocabulary |
Grammar:
- (In)Direct questions
- Verbal tenses:
· Narrative tenses
· Future forms
· Present perfect and Past simple
· Present perfect simple and Present perfect continuous
· Future perfect and future continuous
- Passive voice
- Modality:
· Expression of habits
· Expression of regrets and wishes
· Expression of prohibitions, obligation, permission, ability, etc.
Vocabulary:
- Phrasal verbs, prepositional phrases, collocations, idioms, etc.
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2. Pronunciation |
- Voiced vs. voiceless sounds
- Vowels and consonants
· Phonemes and allophones: The IPA chart
· Sounds and spellings
- Word stress and sentence stress
· Strong and weak vowels
· Syllables
· Words
- Intonation
· Statements and questions
· Other intonation patterns
- Accent
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4. Speaking |
Oral production practice and comprehension on a wide variety of topics.
Class activities will aim to stimulate the practise of oral production through some of but not limited to the following:
· Lively class and group discussions.
· Class debates.
· Developing and practising short monologues on societal issues.
· Presentations.
· Interviews. |