Diana Carolina Chaves University of Nariño

Nathalia Álvarez English & French VIII

Daniela Hernandez Tesol II
Julian Peña Fajardo 2019

COURSE SYLLABUS FOR “AU PAIR” LOW TO INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

CURRENT YEAR 2019.
TERM-A
TEACHERS: Diana Carolina Chaves, Daniela Hernandez, Nathalia Álvarez, Julian
Alejandro Peña.
OFFICE HOURS: By appointment. E-mail: [email protected]
This course will be mostly working with the abilities aimed at
interaction focusing more on understanding and producing clear
Course Description and concise language, it means, listening and speaking in order
that students perform well in real life situations with native
speakers of the target language.
Formulate initiatives in communication. There is a particular
focus on developing listening and speaking skills taking into
Course Objectives
account how much the students understand and the appropriate
use of language respectively.
The approach used for developing the contents of this course is
CLT (Communicative Language Teaching). This method was
chosen taking into account the interaction students may have
Methodology
with others, and the knowledge or behavior required for
students to develop effective performance of a real world task
or activity.
Students have to attend classes mandatory. They also have to be
Students’ prepared for work on
Responsabilities time. They must keep a positive attitude in front of the activities
they have to develop.

Materials Dictionary, notebook, and videos.

Assessment PRESENTATIONS (2 OR MOREmonthly) 20%

SPEAKING ACTIVITIES 20%
Final Exam (Pet B1 listening & speaking) 20%
Work in class 20%
Sketch on specific given situations 20%
Total 100%
TIME DOMAIN ACTIVITIES CAN-DO
MONTH 1 WEEK 1-4 Speaking • Introducing yourself and 1. I can understand when
Friends/formal-informal/ someone speaks about
practice personal info.
• Familiar vocabulary 2. I can differentiate
• Describing people and quantities
places. 3. I can ask and answer
Presentation: Where do simple questions about
you come from? personal details
• There is / there are
Presentation: Recipe
• Articles
• Verb ‘have got’. How
many …? Activities
• Possessive adjectives
Making Descriptions
about someone you like.
• Wh- words for
questions. The verb ‘can’.
MONTH 2 WEEK 5-8 Speaking 1. Present tenses: 1. I can recognize tenses
Present simple; present and create simple and
progressive or complex sentences.
continuous. 2. I can describe past
Presentation: Talking situations
about your daily routine. 3. I can understand
Dialogue about News simple dialogues
happening at the
moment.
2. Past tenses: SIMPLE
PAST (regular and
irregular verbs); used to.
Talk to your partner
about how did you use to
be?
Presentation: Your
Childhood
MONTH 3 WEEK 9-12 Speaking • How to express future 1. Use English to interact
(GOING TO & WILL) in a real possible
• Think about near and situation.
distant future plans 2. Provide and exchange
• Presentation about information about future.
What are your plans for 3. Engage in
the future. conversations for
• Express and exchange personal and social
opinions about your enjoyment
future life
• Vocabulary about future
expressions
MONTH 4 WEEK 13-16 Speaking Sketch 1. I am able to put in
Topics: 1. Going to the practice
supermarket (Putting in all the previous
practice all about knowledge.
quantifiers). 2. I recognize past and
2. Talking about the present events to
abilities or talents you synthetise information.
have. (Can, personal
description).
3. What was life like 100
years ago vs What is life
like in 100 years.
FEEDBACK about tenses,
time expressions.
MONTH 5 WEEK 17-20 Speaking Recognize the most 1. I am able to recognize
common conditionals
collocations used in real in conversation.
situations 2. I am able to use
with native speakers (do hypothetical situations to
homework, focus on, express ideas with sense
object to, approve of. 3. I am able to use
GAME FOR collocations to be precise
COLLOCATIONS: Card in the use of language.
Memory Game.
Conditonals: (Zero, First,
Second)
Presentation:
conversation about
questions and answers
using conditionals.
BOARD GAME:
Conditionals.
MONTH 6 WEEK 21-24 Speaking Preparation for final test. At the end of the course
Final Listening and students will have basic
Speaking Test. knowledge about how
Feedback about the test. they can use language
appropriately according
to the situation they will
face

Standards Based Syllabus:

This type of syllabus is standards based since it focuses on teaching specific contents and setting
aside unnecessary topics. Since this syllabus has been created with the purpose of teaching
academic content and especially giving basic instructions for the development of communicative
skills in a second language, we consider it as the most appropriate to achieve an intermediate level
because it allows implementing any type of methodology that pays attention to what students are
expected to learn, reaching in this way the comprehension and skills dominance on behalf of
students.