Orientaciones para el alumnado: Student Guide

de un vistazo
Image by CMedina in CoolText

As you know, this student guide has been created to make your studies easier. You have several documents to help you. You can use the Mind Map to have a general idea of what is in each Unit, and to highlight or tick off the sections you have mastered, or those you need to revisit. You can collect the Outcomes pages and make notes on them to make sure you have reviewed, improved or discussed the issue you are having with your tutor or with your peers. 

The Outcomes pages are a revitalized combination of the Portfolio, objectives, expected results and Bitesize (lesson summaries). In each Student Guide, you will find:

  •  At a Glance, which will give you a comprehensive picture of the whole unit in both a listed (enumerated) form and a mind map (diagram) form.
  • The In Depth section, which conversely, will give you a more itemized account. 

For each lesson, we have a detailed Targets (objectives) and Outcomes (expected results) section. 

The Targets are what you will be finding throughout the lesson, it is like its GPS.

In the Bitesize section, you will find the Outcomes which are the results you should have accomplished by the end of each one. You will find the Outcomes in the form of a word  document you can download and file in order to can keep track of what you are good at, thus, need only review. The significance of that document is that if filled in correctly and consistently, it will provide your weak points. Filed devoutly, they will gather the areas you should focus your efforts on.

These documents have been provided so that regardless of your learning style, you will find a helpful guide in your progress through the C1 levels.

In the table below, you will find everything you need to know about Unit 1, at a glance.

Click here if you prefer the mind map.

Objetivos

Image by CMedina in CoolText

Content Category

L1. Longevity, cloning, robotics, artificial intelligence, cryonics. Phrasal nouns.

L2. Theories about the end of the world. Religion and beliefs. Modern gurus.

L3. Influencer bios, Youtubers, Online TV channels, and 21st century apps.

L4. Dedication and perseverance. Skiing and swimming idioms. Recent words added to English. 

Working with words

(Vocabulary)

L1. Infinitive patterns: They were lucky to find a hotel on such short notice. She daren’t go out alone at night in that country. Infinitive of purpose: He’s gone to buy the bread.

L2. Hypothesizing. 

L3. Word combinations. Phrasal verbs/nouns/adjectives.  Collocation. Sentence  type review.

L4. Formal language versus Informal language. 

Language Mechanics

(Grammar)

L1. Dropped syllables.  

L2. Dual pronunciation AmE vs BrE (secretary). Linking "r". Unstressed "e".

L3. Tone units and chunks (give me those, in an hour, from the start)

L4. Tips to improve your intonation in English.

Properly Speaking

(Pronunciation)

L1. Expressing doubt and reservation. Asking for clarification. Checking you understood. Checking you have been understood. 

L2. Revision of main linking words: addition, contrast, reason, consequence, purpose, time sequence, example, summary and conclusion.

L3. Expressing knowledge or lack of it about a fact or the origin of some information. Influencers' language on social media.

L4. Correcting people.

Real World English

(Functions)

L1. Alan Turing. A Space Odyssey. Life on Mars.

L2. The end of the world. War of the Words. Hurricane Katrina. Henry VIII. Carl Sandburg.

L3. Stephen Hawking.

L4. Shakespeare and Hopper.

Culture Counts

L1. Summarizing technical information. Sharing it with a partner. writing a summary of a written text.

L2. Give a short presentation on H.G. Wells and the War of the Worlds for your school's Culture Week using the information in the lesson.

L3. Review an infographic, understand what it is conveying, then explain its content to a student who doesn't know what an infographic is using your own words and without reading directly from it.

L4. Prepare a brief summary on Shakespeare's life and works. Choose one to focus on. You have to give a presentation on that piece with a partner. Your partner knows nothing about Shakespeare. Brief him on Shakespeare, then on the work you have chosen. Give him/her enough information so that you can prepare the presentation together.

Mediation