Please note that there will be make-up Friday classes on Oct 9, 16 and Nov 13
Please take note of the dates of the exams:
Quiz 1- October 13
Midterm Exam - October 29
Quiz 2 - November 19
Oral Presentations - December 10
Week 1 - 22- 24 September
Tasks: Talking about feelings and learning difficulties, cognitive skills and personal experiences.
Grammar: verbs noto que / me resulta difícil / A mí me parece (I realize that, I notice that, it was hard for me, it seems to me). Giving advice: verbs intentar and procurar (try to, seek to)
Vocabulary related to education and learning process.
Week 2 - 29 September - 1 October
Tasks: Writing a biography
Grammar: past simple regular and irregular. Prepositions: desde, durante, hasta
Week 3 - 6 - 8 - 9 October
Tasks: Expresing preferences, likes and dislikes. Making comparisons
Grammar: Pronominal verbs: gustar, encantar. Comparative adjectives
Vocabulary: rooms and furniture in a house
Friday 9 October - MAKE UP DAY
Week 4 - 13- 15 - 16 October
Tasks: Making and responding to polite offers and requests. Offering to do things
Grammar: Past continuous. Conditional tense
QUIZ 1 – Tuesday October 13
Friday October 16 - MAKE UP DAY
Week 5 - 20-22 October
Tasks: Expressing preferences and desires. Making suggestions, accepting or rejecting them. Talking about plans and arrangements. Talking about dates and times
Grammar: past tense: Preterito Perfecto (present perfect). Tense markers. Adverbs and expressions of frequency
Vocabulary related to the entertainment industry: leisure spaces and activities, types of TV programs and films
Week 6 - 27-29 October
Midterm review and MIDTERM EXAM
Week 7 - 3-5 November
Tasks: Talking about eating habits. Recipes
Grammar: Grammar: Se impersonal (english passive form). Direct object pronouns. Ser/estar
Vocabulary: Food and drink
Week 8 - 10-12-13 November
Tasks: Talking about experiences. Describing people
Grammar: past simple regular and irregular/present perfect. Pronominal verbs: caer bien o mal, llevarse bien o mal. I would like to know if (me gustaría saber si)
Vocabulary: personality adjectives
Friday 13 November - MAKE UP CLASS
Week 9 - 17-19 November
Cont. Describing people and past tenses
QUIZ 2 Thursday November 19
Week 10 - 24-26 November
Tasks: Talking about our health status and feelings. Warnings and advice
Grammar: Tienes que/Hay que (to have to, to must). Imperative.
Vocabulary: Health and medicine. Parts of the body. Sickness and accidents. Feelings
Week 11 - 1-3 December
Tasks: Talking about past habits.
Talking about past experience.
Grammar: past simple regular and irregular/present perfect/past continuous. Sequence adverbs. Estaba+gerund / estuve+gerund
Week 12 - 10 December
Final review
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Final examinations (date to be confirmed)