Dades generals
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Curs acadèmic:
- 2026
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Descripció:
- Curs de transició del B2 al C1.1. La primera part del curs estarà dedicada a practicar l'examen de Cambridge de B2 (FCE) per a preparar el nostre estudiantat per la convocatòria de FCE de desembre. Posteriorment es treballaran les primeres lliçons d’una metodologia de C1 combinades amb materials d’un llibre d’anglès professional.
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Crèdits ECTS:
- 6
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Professora responsable:
- Maria Dafne Solá Parera
Grups
Grup A
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Durada:
- Semestral, 2n semestre
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Professorat:
- Maria Dafne Solá Parera
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Idioma de les classes:
- Anglès (100%)
Competències
- CG. 2 Expressar-se amb correcció, oralment i per escrit en diverses llengües.
- CG.7 Avaluar la pròpia activitat i el propi aprenentatge i elaborar estratègies per millorar-los.
- CE.9 Utilitzar la terminologia i el llenguatge dels diversos àmbits turístics
Continguts
1. Challenge 1 (General English). Oops!
Algorithm errors; grammar: inversion; Tech fail; vocabulary of technology
2. Challenge 2 (Business English) . Market research.
Market research methods.
Working with a focus group.
Grammar: question tags.
Writing a follow-up report.
3. Challenge 3 (General English). Trends.
Vocabulary of trends.
Pre-loved: how to exaggerate
Vocabulary of shopping and describing clothes
4. Challenge 4 (Business English). Challenges.
Video about the challenges of tourism.
Dealing with difficult questions at a presentation.
5. Short story 1: The Landlady, by Roald Dalh
6. Challenge 5 (General English). Learning.
Reading task: Is failure good for you? Idioms. Mixed conditionals. The art of note-taking.
7. Challenge 6 (Business English). Innovation.
An innovative approach: TED talk. Vocabulary of Innovation.
Reading: Understanding what makes inventors tick.
Preparing a live podcast.
8. Challenge 7 (General English).
Cities of culture.
Describing the impact of an action; binomials.
Flavours: Describing food
9. Challenge 8 (Business English). Get that job!
Modal verbs and phrases
Collocations: job searching
Recording a video résumé
10. Short story 2: The Way Up to Heaven, by Roald Dahl
Activitats
|
Tipus d’activitat |
Hores amb professor |
Hores sense professor |
Hores virtuals amb professor |
Total |
| Altres |
94,00 |
5,00 |
0
|
99,00 |
| Anàlisi / estudi de casos |
2,00 |
8,00 |
0
|
10,00 |
| Exposició dels estudiants |
3,00 |
3,00 |
0
|
6,00 |
| Prova d'avaluació |
5,00 |
9,00 |
0
|
14,00 |
| Resolució d'exercicis |
4,00 |
8,00 |
0
|
12,00 |
| Simulacions |
9,00 |
0
|
0
|
9,00 |
|
Total |
117,00 |
33,00 |
0
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150 |
Bibliografia
- Dignen, Sheila and Lindsay Warwick (2023). Speakout B2+. Student's Book (3rd edition). Pearson.
- Edwards, Lynda, Frances Eales & Steve Oakes (2023). Speakout C1-C2. Student's Book (3rd edition). Pearson.
- Dubicka, Iwonna, Marjorie Rosenberg, Bob Dignen, Mike Hogan and Lizzie Wright, (2019). Business Partner B2+. Pearson.
- Dubicka, Iwonna, Marjorie Rosenberg, Margaret O’Keeffe, Bob Dignen and Mike Hogan (2018). Business Partner C1. Pearson.
- Chilton, Helen and Linda Edwards (2020). Formula C1. Coursebook and interactive ebook without key. Pearson.
- Brook-Hart, Guy and Simon Haines (2014). Complete Advanced, Student’s Book. Cambridge University Press.
- Strutt, Peter, Dubicka, Iwona & O’Keeffe, Margaret (2013). English for International Tourism. Upper-Intermediate. Pearson.
Avaluació i qualificació
Activitats d'avaluació:
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Descripció de l'activitat |
Avaluació de l'activitat |
% |
Recuperable |
| Class attendance and participation |
Interactive lessons where students will always be required to work on activities and tasks. The mark will be based on attendance, participation and engagement with class activities. |
10 |
No |
| Writing tests |
Students will do 2 writing tests throughout the course, in class and without access to Internet resources. Tasks will be based on the writing paper of Cambridge exams. Each test will have a weight of 5%.
|
10 |
No |
| Video task |
Learners will have to make a video résumé and share it with the rest of the group in order to generate feedback and interaction with other class members.
|
5 |
No |
| Class presentations |
Students will give two class presentations, one following a traditional format and the other as a live podcast.
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15 |
No |
Speaking tasks
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In class students are required to engage in evaluated speaking tasks such as role plays, debates, one-minute speeches, etc. |
10 |
No |
Written exams
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Two written exams, one at the end of each semester. Each exam counts a 10% of the mark. In this exam, students will be tested on Use of English, Listening, Reading and Writing. |
20 |
Sí |
| Oral exams |
Two oral exams, one at the end of each semester; both will be worth a 10% but the second requires a minimum grade of 4.5
|
20 |
Sí |
| Learning portfolio |
This is an obligatory evaluated task that consists in the cretaion of a Google Site where students will reflect upon what they have done and learnt in each challenge. This task will aim at self-regulation. Submitted at the end of the year. |
10 |
No |
Qualificació
The only evaluated tasks that can be re-sat are the written and oral exams.
At the end of the year, students who have failed the subject will have the opportunity to pass it by retaking a comprehensive written exam of the whole year and an oral exam, the weightings being 60% (written) and 40% (oral).
Criteris específics de la nota «No Presentat»:
A student will be considered a NO SHOW if:
a) the student doesn't show up for the exam on the scheduled date.
b) the student leaves the examination room ten minutes after they have been given the exam on condition that they return the exam empty.
Avaluació única:
Students that show justification that they won’t be able to follow a standard continuous assessment will be entitled to single evaluation.
The weightings will be as following:
Written exam 1 - 20%
Oral exam 1 - 15%
Written exam 2 - 25%
Oral exam 2 - 20%
Four tasks - 20%
Requisits mínims per aprovar:
Students need a minimum mark of 5 to pass the course.
Tutoria
Students have some tutorial hours where they can go over lesson points with their lecturer in a face-to-face context. To have a tutorial session, students must book a time slot by means of the BOOKEO app.
For a good use of these tutorial sessions, students should go well-prepared in advance with queries and questions. Tutorials should not be regarded as private lessons aimed at catching up for classroom absences.
Tutorials can be on site or on line, on request.
Comunicació i interacció amb l'estudiantat
The most common communication method outside the classroom is the mail of our virtual campus or the school’s gmail.
Lecturers can give feedback on submitted tasks by means of the COMMENTS box of the evaluated task entry of our campus.
In the case of implementing an online teaching system, we may also make use of other tools such as the forum of our virtual campus, meetings with MEET or chats with HANGOUTS.
Observacions
A regular class attendance is required in order to follow the course without problems and to avoid missing out on evaluated class activities.
Modificació del disseny
Modificació de les activitats:
Activities will be the same if lessons have to be held on line because of another hypothetical sanitary or climate emergency. In that case, the amount of hours counted in the face-to-face modality will be reverted to hours with a virtual teacher.
Modificació de l'avaluació:
Evaluation will be partly changed if we revert to an online educational mode. A greater weighting will be allocated to active attendance to sessions. Written exams will disappear and will be replaced by oral exams. Written tasks will not be discarded but will have a lower weighting to counterbalance the use of AI in the production of tasks.
Tutoria i comunicació:
Tutorials will be held on site or on line on request.