1. BLOCK 1: ENGLISH FOR TOURISM & GRAMMAR
1.1. Review of FCE grammar & vocabulary points
1.2. TOPIC 1. All in the mind
- Listening and reading tasks from the unit
- Nouns which are both countable and uncountable
- Formal and informal language
- Use of English: Open closes
- English for tourism: The psychology of travel
1.3. TOPIC 2. Just the job (Part 1)
- Multiple choice practice
- Vocabulary: words that precede JOB and WORK
- English for tourism: nailing it at a job interview
1.4. TOPIC 2. Just the job (Part 2)
- Listening and reading tasks from the unit
- Dependent prepositions
- Expressing possibility, probability and certainty
- Use of English: key-word transformation
1.5. TOPIC 3. Dramatic events
- Listening and reading tasks from the unit
- Idiomatic language
- Verbs followed by to infinitive or -ing
- English for tourism: dramatic events in the history of tourism
1.6. TOPIC 4. Picture yourself
- Listening and reading tasks from the unit
- Avoiding repetition
- Use of English practice: open closes
- English for tourism: describing paintings
1.7. TOPIC 5. Leisure and entertainment (Part 1)
- Listening and reading tasks from the unit
- Practice of complex prepositions
- CAE multiple choice practice
- English for tourism: traditional and novel forms of tourism
1.8. TOPIC 5. Leisure and entertainment (Part 2)
- Participle clauses
- They’re rolling in money! Money words and expressions
- CAE multiple choice practice
1.9. TOPIC 6. Media matters
- Listening and reading tasks from the unit
- Reported speech revisited
- Vocabulary: talking verbs
- Word formation practice: prefixes
- ESP tourism: Citizen journalism and its impact on tourism
2. BLOCK 2: COMMUNICATION & CULTURE
2.1. Professional language: Discussions. Agreeing and disagreeing
2.2. CAE practice: Listening & Speaking
2.3. Reading: short story: Tourism Stories – How Tourism enriched my life (extracts)
2.4. Series: The 100, (2014, S1, E1)
2.5. Professional language: Briefings
2.6. Reading: article: Why companies can no longer afford to ignore their social responsibilities?
2.7. Writing test: A review of Why companies can no longer afford to ignore their social responsibilities?
2.8. Series: The good place (2016, S1, E1 & E2)
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT:
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, there are two possible scenarios:
- If in the Grammar Block a student obtained low marks and/or zeros that don’t add up to 5, and their mark for Oral exam I is lower than 5, they will take the re-sit written exam and re-sit oral exam.
-If in the Grammar Block a student obtained low marks and/or zeros that don’t add up to 5, but at the same time the student has passed the 2nd oral exam with a 5 or more, they'll need to re-sit the written exam.
3. 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.
4. 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.
FINAL ASSESSMENT:
Written exam first semester - 20%
Orak exam first semester - 15%
Written exam 2nd semester - 25%
Oral exam 2nd semester - 20%
Writing tasks - 20%
Criteris específics de la nota «No Presentat»:
The mark NP will only be given to no shows.
Avaluació única:
Single assessment will only be allowed in some specific cases and always within the deadline specified in the school calendar.
Single assessment does not mean one single exam at the end of the year. Students following this type of evaluation will have to do a number of assessed activities throughout the year.
Requisits mínims per aprovar:
In both assessment types (formative and final):
- the student's mean weighted average must be 5.0.
- the student must score at least 4.5 on Oral Exam II.