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Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia Vice President for Academic Issues and Research Syllabus Subject English B1, Code 900003 1. Course information Faculty or Unit the course belongs to: Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación VIACI Academic Degree Level: Profesional Academic Program: Interdisciplinar Básico Común Time credits: 3 Course type: Metodológico The course Can not be retested by a Course designer: Angela Patricia Arias remedial work Tibaquirá Course Updater : Angela Patricia Arias Tibaquirá Course development date: miércoles, Course update date: miércoles, 29 de 29 de enero de 2020 enero de 2020 Course description: UNAD, faithful to its mission as a leading organization in open and distance education. It has an essential role to play in the progress made on the issue of globalization. Therefore, its internationalization policy seeks to guide the steps of the national and international community towards bilingual scenarios. According to the above, this B1 English course is part of the foreign language component present in the curriculum guidelines of academic programs at UNAD. English B1 is a practical theoretical course consisting of three academic credits, which include independent study and tutorial accompaniment, for a total of 144 hours of academic work; distributed over 106 hours of independent study, 38 hours of tutorial and monitoring support with the following aim: • To recognize and to appropriate the basic contents of English. • To understand the foreign language through the different skills: oral comprehension (audio and written reflection of audiovisual materials) and written comprehension (writing, interpretation and content development) • To encourage students to learn English for their work, academic and personal environment. • To use techno-didactic resources to learn a foreign language with autonomy and tutorial accompaniment.

2. Academic training purpose: The course´s academic training purpose is: To develop the student’s communication skills in English so that the student can understand and use a standard language to talk about familiar topics such as work, study, leisure activities, etc., being able to obtain and provide information to others using the appropriate structures.

3. Learning´s outcomes: At the end of the academic course the student will be able to show: Learning´s outcomes: 1–The student writes a letter in English describing his/her occupation, using the topics studied in unit 1 & 2 and following the given instructions. Learning´s outcomes: 2– The student creates a video asking and answering questions in English related to his/her personal information and his work. Learning´s outcomes: 3–The student participates in an interview in English talking about his/her personal life and answering questions related to his skills at work. Learning´s outcomes: 4–The student creates a resume and an infographic using the appropriate structures in English to talk about his/her strengths and weaknesses related to his job.

4. Learning strategy: The course learning strategy is: Task Based Learning. This strategy is based on developing meaningful tasks in which the student uses the language for genuine communication to strengthen his learning. The learning strategy is organized as follows: 

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Task 1 Prior Knowledge Assessment.

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Task Task Task Task Task Task

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Writing production. Online English Test. Speaking Production. Technology Development Production. Self-Evaluation Test. Final Exam.

5. Course´s Contents and bibliography Unit 1: Module 1 & module 2 from the E book Module 1: Interview and respond to interviews At this unit you will study these academic contents:  Using conditionals  Talking about habits and their results  Talking about scientific facts  Order of clauses in conditionals  Home remedies  Reading e-mail messages  Talking about superstitions  Understanding superstitions around the world  Narrating story in the past  Identifying phrasal verbs  Understanding phrasal verbs in context  Learning to learn  Taking about superstitions  Home remedies and medicine  Pronunciation Module 2: Express prohibition At this unit you will study these academic contents:  Finding a job  Expressing necessity and obligation  Talking about necessity and lack of necessity

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Talking about necessity and obligation in our daily lives Driving in the US Expressing obligations using must Talking about prohibitions Expressing prohibitions using must not Talking about actions that are not necessary Talking about not necessary things using do not have to Understanding necessity and obligation Learning to learn Talking about rules Don’t do that! Talking about prohibition Culture page

To deal with topics of this subject, it is recommended to study the contents in Module 1 & Module 2 from the E book. You can find them in Learning / E book/Online Content English B1.

Unit 2: Module 3 & module 4 from the E book Module 3: Describe feelings and emotions. At this unit you will study these academic contents:  Applying for a job  Using the infinitive  Infinitive after certain verbs

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Some uses of verbs+infinitive Infinitive after objects Rehearsing the use of infinitives Infinitives after adjectives Using adjectives and infinitives Negative form of infinitives Asking for and giving clarification and repetition Understanding important decisions Understanding a text about study abroad Learning to learn Talking about study abroad Writing about an important decision Pronunciation

Module 4: Describe places At this unit you will study these academic contents:  Talking about possibilities  Identifying verbs followed by gerunds  Using gerunds after prepositions  Identifying prepositions with gerunds  Using gerunds as subject of sentences  Other uses of gerunds  Identifying verbs followed by gerund or infinitive with a change in meaning  Using infinitives and gerund with changes in meaning  Understanding qualities and skills employers look for  Understanding people’s personality and skills  Learning to learn  Talking about your personal qualities and skills  Writing about professional skills To deal with topics of this subject, it is recommended to study the contents in Module 1 & module 2 from the E book. You can find them in Learning / E book/Online Content English B1.

Unit 3: Module 5 & module 6 from the E book Module 5: Talking about your job experience At this unit you will study these academic contents: • Talking about your job experience • Reviewing present perfect • Reviewing past participle form of irregular verbs • Listen to the following conversation • Comparing past simple and present perfect • Read the following information about these famous people • Connecting the past and the present using for and since • Making small talk • Managing interactions • Closing a conversation • Understanding information about a person’s experience abroad • Understanding information about a famous person’s biography • Learning to learn • Writing the biography of a person you admire • Talking about conversation skills • Pronunciation

Module 6: Keep conversations moving At this unit you will study these academic contents: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Using negative comparatives Making negative comparisons Expressing similarities and differences Expressing similarities and differences using as… as with adjectives Expressing similarities and differences Expressing similarities and differences with adverbs Expressing similarities and differences using as… as with adverbs Expressing similarities and differences using as… as with nouns Talking about life experiences using superlatives Talking about quantities, amounts and degree Understanding information about life in past Learning to learn Describing your favorite place Writing about gender equality Culture page

To deal with topics of this subject, it is recommended to study the contents in Module 1 & module 2 from the E book. You can find them in Learning / E book/Online Content English B1.

6. Settings of academic’s activities by weeks Initial moment: Task 1 Prior Knowledge Assessment. It is developed from week 1 to week 2 The activities are: Presentation of the prior knowledge task. Intermediate moment Task 2 Writing Production. It is developed from week 3 to week 6 Responds to learning´s outcome # 1: The student writes a letter in English describing his/her occupation, using the topics studied in unit 1 & 2 and following the given instructions. The activities are: Answering to some questions in the forum and writing a letter about his occupation. Task 3 Online English Test. It is developed from week 3 to week 7 The activities are: Online task that assesses the knowledge of the course units. Task 4 Speaking Production. It is developed from week 7 to week 12 Responds to learning´s outcomes #2: The student creates a video asking and answering questions in English related to his/her personal information and occupation. Responds to learning´s outcomes #3: The student participates in an interview in English talking about his/her personal life and answering questions related to his skills at work. The activities are: Synchronous meeting with the tutor and recording of a video. Task 5 Technology Development Production It is developed from week 9 to week 12 Responds to learning´s outcomes #4: The student creates a resume and an infographic using the appropriate structures in English to talk about his/her strengths and weaknesses related to his job. The activities are: Creation of a resume and an infographic using a technological tool.

Task 6 Self-Evaluation Test. It is developed from week 10 to week 14 Responds to learning´s outcomes #:1, 2, 3, 4 The activities are: Presentation of an online test where student reflects on his academic performance. Final moment Task 7 Final Exam. It is developed in week 15 Responds to learning´s outcomes #:1, 2, 3, 4 The activities are: Presentation of the final exam of the course to check the knowledge about modules 1 to 6. 7. Monitoring strategy To develop the activities, you will have an academic monitoring from your professor. The spaces stablished to have this academic monitoring and interaction are as follows:  Virtual Campus email  Workshop forum  Skype session  Webconference and online sessions

8. Course evaluation plan Initial moment evaluation Task 1 Prior Knowledge Assessment Responds to learning´s outcome 1 The criteria evaluated are:  The student answers to all the questions proposed in the Test.  The student checks his knowledge of English. The learning evidences are: Presentation of the Prior knowledge assessment test. This standard represents 25 points of the activity, corresponds to 5% of the course´s evaluation. Intermediate moment evaluation:

Task 2 Writing production Responds to learning´s outcome 1 The criteria evaluated are:  Paragraphs in the text follow the order given and the text is written following a coherent structure.  Statements answer the questions using the appropriate structure of the language.  The student provides clear and useful input for the group to structure the text.  The student answers the given questions in the forum and comments on his/her partner's ideas.  The student uses grammar structures and vocabulary appropriate for the units.  The student makes no errors in spelling that distract the reader from the content. The learning evidences are: Participation in the forum and PDF document with the text. Activity higher score: 90 points Task 3 Online English Test Responds to learning´s outcomes 2, 3 The criteria evaluated are:  The student answers to all the questions proposed in the Test.  The student checks his knowledge on the topics studied in the Units. The learning evidences are: Presentation of the Online English Test Activity higher score: 90 points Task 4 Speaking production Responds to learning´s outcomes: 2, 3 The criteria evaluated are:     

The video is The student videos. The student The student The student

well structured, with good quality, nice images and good sound. provides clear and useful input for the classmates to improve their publishes the video in the forum in the time stipulated participates in the interview with the tutor. answers the questions in a fluent and coherent way.

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The questions and answers provided in the video follow an adequate structure of the language. The student understands and answers the questions made by the tutor using an adequate structure of the language.

The learning evidences are: A video uploaded in the forum and the interview with the tutor. Activity higher score: 70 points Task 5 Technology Development Production Responds to learning´s outcome 4 The criteria evaluated are: 

The design of the infographic is neat and includes pictures to illustrate the ideas.  The student provides clear and useful input for the classmates to improve their infographics and resumes.  The student publishes the infographic and the resume in the forum in the time stipulated.  The infographics shows the complete information about the 5 jobs chosen.  The resume shows all the information needed.  The sentences are coherent and with an adequate structure and grammar of the language. The learning evidences are: A resume and an infographic with the requested information. Activity higher score: 70 points Task 6 Self-Evaluation Test Responds to learning´s outcomes 1 2, 3, 4 The criteria evaluated are:  The student answers to all the questions proposed in the Test.  The student checks his performance in the course. The learning evidences are: Presentation of the Self-Evaluation Test Activity higher score: 30 points The higher score of this evaluation moment corresponds to 70% of the course (350 points).

Final moment evaluation: Task 7 Final Exam Responds to learning´s outcomes 1 2, 3, 4 The criteria evaluated are:  The student answers to all the questions proposed in the Test.  The student evaluates his knowledge and learning in the course. The learning evidences are: Presentation of the Final Exam Activity higher score: 125 points This standard represents 125 points of the activity, corresponds to 25% of the course´s evaluation.