Pre -intermediate EnglishCourse 3

By the end of 64 hours in the English three Course, you should be able

to:

Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. personal, social and academic/educational information)

Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring exchange of information on familiar and routine matters: filling out an online form; completing an outline for an oral presentation.

Describe pros and cons of something related to personal and educational domains.

Describe aspects of own and others’ personal and educational/academic lives.

Aims

English 3

Cumulative hours: 192

CEF: A2 +

Contents Grammar and functions

Influential people and their

contributions to the world,

including environmentalists,

philanthropists, political activists,

entrepreneurs, etc.

Using the present simple and

continuous, past, and future (going to)

to express information about me and

others.

Major historical events in Latin-

America and the world

Using the past simple and continuous

to describe important events and

situations in the past, stories, and

anecdotes.

School/Student stress and stress in

general: symptoms, biological

causes, and treatment.

Using how much-many, some-any, a

lot-lots of to express quantity.

Being a college stud

ent: challenges, peer

pressure, social and

binge drinking, coping

with homework, etc.

Using the verb patterns below to express desires,

expectations, preferences, and plans/actions.

want/hope to

like/enjoy + ing

looking forward to + ing

would like to

going to

will ( for promises)

continuous -ing (future)

A combination (or

review) of the

contents above.

Using the forms below to describe, compare,

contrast, and give facts about people, things,

animals, and places.

What … like?

Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives

as...as

ListeningSpeakingReading Writing

ListeningSpeakingReading Writing

Skills development60%

Final Exam40%

Evaluation

Gramar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and

course contents are assessed in speakingand writing.

Evaluation

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Resources

What about you?Talk to three people around you

Your professional ambitions

Anything else

Follow-up questions

Can you mention thename of an influential

person of all time?Why was he/she

influential?

Influential people

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Listening

Complete the table withinformation from the

video

Ranking Name Profession(s)/position/ro

le

Main Contribution(s) / other

information 25

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WritingUse your notes to write complete

sentences

Bruce lee was a martial artist and actor; He is an influential person because he used modern progressive training methods and emphasizedphysical fitness.

Example

Proposed

Inventedfought

Contributed (to) Reformed

Organized

Systematized

Wrote

StudiedDesigned

Constructed

Defended

Discovered

Composed

FoundedPainted

Explained

Inspired

Started

Began

Homework

Complete a similar ranking (10 PEOPLE)

with influential peopleliving now.