1. BLOCK 1. ENGLISH FOR TOURISM & GRAMMAR.
2. PREPARATION for SKILLS TEST 1.
Reading: gapped texts;Listening: multiple choice, 8 situations (PART 1, LISTENING PAPER); Writing: essays
3. TOPIC 1, Travel and happiness.
Modals of certainty and probability;
Words often confused: achieve, carry out & devote; spend, pass & stay; have, make & cause;
Why travel makes us happy.
4. TOPIC 2 (PART 1), Travel and money.
as vs. like;
Words often confused: arrive, get & reach; economic and economical; pay & pay for
5. Word focus 1: phrasal verbs, collocations and word formation
6. PREPARATION for SKILLS TEST 2.
Reading: multiple matching;
Listening: word completion (PART 2, LISTENING PAPER);
Writing: reports
7. TOPIC 2 (PART 2), Travel and money.
Listening and reading tasks from the unit;
Phrasal verbs;
Modals of ability;
Travelling low cost
8. TOPIC 3, Travel and health.
Listening and reading tasks from the unit;
Vocabulary of health;
Relative clauses;
Word formation: negative prefixes
9. Word focus 2: phrasal verbs, collocations and word formation
10. PREPARATION for SKILLS TEST 3.
Reading: multiple choice;
Listening: multiple matching, PART 3, Listening paper;
Writing: replies to complaints
11. TOPIC 4, Working as an events planner.
Vocabulary: event types and words that collocate with event;
Third and mixed conditionals;
Troubleshooting
12. TOPIC 5, Animal kingdom.
Listening and reading tasks from the unit;
Words often confused: avoid, prevent & protect; check, control & supervise;
Wish / if only
13. Word focus 3: phrasal verbs, collocations and word formation
14. PREPARATION for SKILLS TEST 4.
Reading: a short story;
Listening: multiple choice (a conversation), PART 4, Listening paper
Writing: articles
15. TOPIC 6, Famous buildings.
Listening and reading tasks from the unit;
Causative verbs;
Expressing obligation, no obligation and permission;
Describing buildings
16. TOPIC 7, Traditional festivals.
Listening and reading tasks from the unit;
Vocabulary of festivals;
Special passive constructions
17. BLOCK 2. COMMUNICATION & CULTURE
18. First Certificate Practice: Listening & Speaking
19. Reading: Low-cost airlines: They changed the world -- but what next?
Writing test: A review of Low-cost airlines
20. Professional language: Tour Guiding
21. Series: Stranger things (S1 E1 , 2016)
22. Professional language: Giving presentations
23. First Certificate: Listening & Speaking
24. Series: Nosedive (Black Mirror, S3, E1)
25. Reading: Niche Tourism and Digital Marketing, (extracts) by Vineet Singh
Important to remember:
1.If a student has a mean grade of 5 or over 5 but has a mark lower than 4.5 in the 2nd oral exam (the one held in late May), they will have to re-sit only the ORAL EXAM in late June.
2.If the mean grade is lower than 5 because of the grammar block, they will have to re-sit only that part.
3.If the mean grade is lower than 5 because the student has had a poor performance in both blocks, they will have to re-sit both the grammar and the oral block.
4.If the mean grade is 4.8 or 4.9: The teacher will look at the mark from attendance and participation and will decide whether the student will have to re-sit exams in accordance with the students’ engagement in the course. If the mean grade is lower than 4.8, students will have to go to re-sits.
5.At re-sits (both written and oral), students will have to take a comprehensive exam of all the year. The marks accumulated throughout the course will count for nothing at re-sits. The maximum grade that can be obtained at re-sits is a 6.
Criteris específics de la nota «No Presentat»:
"NO PRESENTAT" will be given only to those students who do not show up to the exam.
Avaluació única:
Students who finally do single evaluation will have to do the following tasks: 1) written exam first semester- 20%; oral exam first semester - 15%; written exam 2nd semester - 25%; oral exam 2nd semester - 20%; 4 writing tasks - 20% (5% each task, two tasks each semester).
Deadline to request single evaluation: 16 October 2020
Requisits mínims per aprovar:
Per considerar superada l’assignatura, caldrà obtenir una qualificació mínima de 5.0
To pass the subject, students must have a minimum grade of 5.