Contenidos y secuenciación temporal
Los contenidos de la materia se estructuran en los siguientes bloques:
BLOQUE 1
UNIT 1: PACO
- TOPIC 1: Who is Paco?
Presentation of the Present Simple and the Present Continuous tenses
The Saxon genitive case
Question words
Adverbs of frequency
Vocabulary: family members and leisure time
- TOPIC 2: Paco always does the lottery.
The present simple tense
Adverbs of frequency
Word formation: adverbs
- TOPIC 3:Paco is wearing a new suit.
The Present Continuous tense: affirmative and negative
The Present Simple versus the Present Continuous
Pronunciation: /s/ - /z/ - /iz/ third person singular
- TOPIC 4: Does Paco have any close friends?
The Present Simple tense compared with the Present Continuous tense: questions
Rising intonation in questions
Vocabulary related to leisure activities
- TOPIC 5: Paco's family.
The Saxon Genitive Case
Vocabulary: mythology and legends
UNIT 2: PACO'S DREAM COMES TRUE.
- Topic 1: British Airways Flights B5992 Madrid- London: Boarding Gate 14.
Presentation of the Simple Past tense
Presentation of the Past Continuous tense
Time prepositions: in, on, at
Vocabulary: History
- Topic 2: Paco didn't know much about London.
The Simple Past: affirmative and negative
The particle ago with Simple Past
Regular and irregular verbs
Pronunciation of the past -ed ending: /t/, /d/
- Topic 3: Paco was visiting the city of Brighton when....
The Past Continuous tense: affirmative and negative
The Simple Past versus the Past Continuous: affirmative and negative
Pronunciation of the past -ed ending: /Id/
- Topic 4: Did Paco find what he was looking for in Liverpool?
The Simple Past tense compared with the Past Continuous tense:questions
Countable and uncountable nouns
Quantifiers
- Topic 5: Scotland on the horizon.
Prepositional phrases
BLOQUE 2
UNIT 3: PACO VISITS SCOTLAND AND WALES.
- TOPIC 1: Approaching Scotland.
Presentation of the Present Perfect Simple
Presentation of the Present Perfect Continuous
Singular and plural nouns
Suffixes
Verbs followed by infinitives
- TOPIC 2: Scotland and the Scots.
The Present Perfect Simple (form and uses)
The Present Perfect Simple vs. the Past Simple
Use of 'Have you ever?'
Ever, just, still, already, yet, for, since
Writing informal letters
- TOPIC 3: Towards the Highlands.
The Present Perfect Continuous (form and uses)
The Present Perfect Continuous vs. other tenses
Pronunciation of have and has
- TOPIC 4: Welcome to Wales.
Singular and plural nouns
Regular plurals and pronunciation
Irregular plurals
Suffixes
Vocabulary: television
- TOPIC 5: Socializing in Cardiff.
Types of infinitives and gerunds
Verbs followed by infinitives and gerunds
Diphthongs: /aɪ/, /ɛɪ/ and /ɔɪ/
Vocabulary: education, literature an cinema
UNIT 4: PACO VISITS CANADA AND THE USA.
- TOPIC 1: Paco arrives in Ottawa.
Presentation of modal verbs
Presentation of relative clauses
Reported speech
- TOPIC 2: In Toronto.
Modal verbs: form
Deduction and possibility
Obligation, advice, prohibition and lack of obligation
Ability, permission and request
- TOPIC 3: Paco is in the North Pole.
Relative pronouns: who, which, that, whose + where and when
Defining relative clauses
Compound nouns
Vocabulary: animals
Diphthong /ʊə/
- TOPIC 4: Paco is in Los Angeles, California.
The Imperative
Reported commands
indefinite pronouns:somebody, anybody, something, anything,somewhere, anywhere
Diphthongs /eə/ and /ɪə/
- TOPIC 5: Paco is in San Francisco.
Reported statements
Changes in verbs, pronouns and other words
Writing: opinion essay
BLOQUE 3
UNIT 5: PACO VISITS IRELAND.
- TOPIC 1: On the way to Dublin.
Presentation of the future with "going to"
Presentation of the future with "will"
First Conditional Sentences
Different uses of "would"
Second Conditional Sentences
- TOPIC 2: On the bus tour.
The future with "will"
The future with "going to"
Differences between "will" and "going to"
Diphthongs /aʊ/ and /əʊ/
- TOPIC 3: Paco visits Dublin.
The future through the Present Continuous
The future through the Present Simple
"Too" and "enough"
Phrasal verbs with "get"
- TOPIC 4: It's St. Patrick's!
First Conditional: use and structure
Unless
Will vs. Might
Would: form and uses
Vocabulary: science
- TOPIC 5: Paco visits the rest of Dublin.
Second Conditional: use and structure
Phrasal verbs: travel
Formal and informal English
UNIT 6: PACO HAD HAD A DREAM ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
- TOPIC 1: The Airport Authorities had cancelled some flights because of bad weather.
Past Perfect Tense
Conditional sentences 3
Passive voice: simple present and simple past
Have/ get something done
Question tags
- TOPIC 2: New York Bay had frozen for a couple of weeks.
Past Perfect tense
American vs British English: differences in spelling and vocabulary
- TOPIC 3: Paco would have landed in Washington before if the weather hadn't been so terrible.
Conditional sentences 3
American pronunciation
- TOPIC 4: Florida is sometimes hit by hurricanes.
Passive voice: simple present and simple past
Vocabulary related to mass media
- TOPIC 5: Paco visits Chicago.
Have/ get something done
Question tags
Vowel sound schwa
Estos contenidos se distribuyen a lo largo del año en tres trimestres de la siguiente manera:
Trimestres | Unidades |
Primer trimestre | Bloque 1: Unidad 1 y 2 |
Segundo trimestre | Bloque 2: Unidad 3 y 4 |
Tercer trimestre | Bloque 3: Unidad 5 y 6 |