Dades generals
-
Curs acadèmic:
- 2026
-
Descripció:
- Curs basat en un aprenentatge mitjançant tasques per tal que l’alumnat comenci a treballar el nivell de B2.1 (MECR). La metodologia emprada serà la primera meitat d’un llibre de preparació d’exàmens de nivell B2 a més d’un mètode d’anglès professional per practicar una sèrie de funcions comunicatives necessàries en el sector professional turístic d’avui en dia.
-
Crèdits ECTS:
- 6
-
Professora responsable:
- Maria Dafne Solá Parera
Grups
Grup A
-
Durada:
- Semestral, 2n semestre
-
Professorat:
- Maria Dafne Solá Parera
-
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). Identity.
What shapes our identity: personality adjectives. Present Perfect Simple and Continuous. Idioms related to memory. Output task: a class presentation: Dissecting your identity.
2. Challenge 2 (Business English). Digital business. Talking technology (listening practice and vocabulary related to technology). The rise of the robots (a study case). Output tasks: prepare a demonstration of the app at a trade fair and assess humanoid robots at a trade fair.
3. Challenge 3 (General English). Different worlds. Why we should listen to trees (listening practice). Quantifiers.
4. Challenge 4 (Business English). Air travel. Air travel terminology. Describing air travel experiences. Giving air travel tips.
5. Short story 1: The Christmas the Lights Went Out. Reading comprehension, book club, and making hypothesis.
6. Challenge 5 (General English). Showtime. Exploring eco-friendly festivals. Relative clauses. Performers. Phrasal verbs. Writing a post.
7. Challenge 6 (Business English). Ethical choices. The Triple Bottom Line. Output task: a class presentation on an imaginary ethical company.
8. Challenge 7 (General English). Work! Jobs people admire. One-minute speech. Portfolio careers. Are you a team player? Class debate.
9. Challenge 8 (Business English). Hotels. Hotel terminology. Check-in, check-out, other professional role plays. Restaurant vocabulary and role plays.
10. Short story 2. How's Your Mother? Reading comprehension and class discussion.
Activitats
|
Tipus d’activitat |
Hores amb professor |
Hores sense professor |
Hores virtuals amb professor |
Total |
| Altres |
92,00 |
10,00 |
0
|
102,00 |
| Exposició dels estudiants |
5,00 |
8,00 |
0
|
13,00 |
| Prova d'avaluació |
6,00 |
9,00 |
0
|
15,00 |
| Resolució d'exercicis |
0
|
10,00 |
0
|
10,00 |
| Simulacions |
10,00 |
0
|
0
|
10,00 |
|
Total |
113,00 |
37,00 |
0
|
150 |
Bibliografia
- Clare, A., & Wilson, J. J. (2025). Speakout B2. Student's Book (3rd edition). Pearson.
- I. Dubicka, M. Rosenberg, L. Wright et al. (2020). Business Partner B2. Pearson Education Limited.
- Edwards, Lynda and Lindsay Warwick (2021). Formula B2 First, Coursebook and Interactive eBook. Pearson Education Limited.
- Dignen, Sheila and Jacky Newbrook (2021). Formula B2 First, Exam Trainer and Interactive eBook. Pearson Education Limited.
- Dubicka, Iwonna, Marjorie Rosenberg, Bob Dignen, Mike Hogan, and Lizzie Wright (2018). Business Partners B1+. Pearson.
- Luke Promodrou (2012). Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge First. Pearson Education Limited.
- Malcolm Mann & Steve Taylore-knowles (2006). Destination B2, Grammar and vocabulary with Answers. MacMillan Education.
- Strutt, Peter, Dubicka, Iwona & O’Keeffe, Margaret (2013). English for International Tourism. Upper-Intermediate. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
Avaluació i qualificació
Activitats d'avaluació:
|
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 4 writing tests throughout the course, in class and without access to Internet resources. Tasks will be based on the writing paper of Cambridge exams.
|
10 |
No |
| Video tasks |
Learners will have to make one video giving air travel tips.
|
5 |
No |
Class presentations
|
Students will give two class presentations on a given topic. Each presentation will be worth 5% of the mark. |
10 |
No |
| Speaking tasks |
In class students are required to engage in evaluated speaking tasks such as role plays, debates, one-minute speeches, etc. |
15 |
No |
Written exams
|
Two written exams, one at the end of each semester. Each exam counts a 15% 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 at the end of each semester; the first will be worth a 10% and the second a 15%, with 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).
The maximum mark a student can get at re-sits is a 6.
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.
As both the written and oral exams are of equal importance to the course, the NO SHOW will be applied whenever a student does not do any of these exams.
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 evaluated tasks - 20%
Requisits mínims per aprovar:
Per considerar superada l’assignatura, caldrà obtenir una qualificació mínima de 5.0
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.