English Course Guideline 1a P
English Course Guideline 1a P
English Course Guideline 1a P
The class sessions for this English course 1A follow the instruction system below:
GENERAL PURPOSE
Develop interpersonal and sociolinguistic communication skills of the English language towards the
academic, social and professional students’ needs who belong to the Manufacturing Engineering
Program.
REQUIREMENTS
Student Role
Students must be willing to work with their collaborative group, actively participate in the course
tasks and work together in both face-to-face and independent sessions in the construction of
knowledge derived from the course contents.
For the fulfillment of the academic purpose at the English course 1A:
• The student must meet weekly in class sessions with their collaborative group to learn and practice
strategies to improve their communicative learning skills.
The learning strategy used for this English course 1A aimed at the academic
Industrial Engineering Program corresponds to “Task-Based Language Teaching” (TBLT), since it
allows goal-oriented and meaning-oriented activities. All tasks are designed to be carried out in
collaborative groups in order to facilitate the participation of students in significant activities This
didactic learning strategy focuses on the use of language authentic and in asking students to
perform meaningful tasks using the English language (L2).
RESOURCES
Online Dictionaries
Word Reference
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Key note: It is recommended to use these dictionaries. You can use them in physical (optional) or
download them to smartphones or enter to their official website.
The Google translator is not used for the purposes of this course.
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CONTENTS
Communicative themes:
MID-TERM DATES
GRADING AND
ASSESSMENT PER TERM:
Grading will be given to the student at the end of each Academic Period with the corresponding
feedback, and suggestions.
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