6. Contenidos y resultados de aprendizajes asociados

Las unidades de trabajo que componen el módulo, sus contenidos, que se corresponden con los contenidos básicos recogidos en la normativa del título, y sus resultados de aprendizajes asociados a cada una son los siguientes:

 

UT1. Getting international. RA 1, RA2, RA3, RA4, RA5.
  1. SESSION 1: Passport to London.

        What to say: Getting to Places.
            Asking for directions.
            Now you put it into practice (I).
        How to say it: The present simple and continuous.
            Now you put it into practice (II).
            Stative verbs.
            Revision of grammar.
            Pronunciation. The third Person Singular: Voiceless sounds.
        Words you need: At the airport.
            Now you put it into practice (III).

    SESSION 2: Getting used to it.

        What to say: Meeting new people.
            Talking about yourself.
        How to say it: Past simple versus Past continuous.
            Used to/Would.
            Now you put it into practice (I).
            Pronunciation. The third Person Singular (II): Voiced sounds.
            Now you put it into practice (II).
        Words you need: Parts of a company.
            Now you put it into practice (III).

    SESSION 3: A tour around the office.

        What to say: Getting in touch.
            Writing informal emails.
        How to say it: Questions.
            Questions: Form.
            Subject/Object questions.
            Now you put it into practice (I).
            Intonation in questions.
        Words you need: Informal emails (I).
            Informal emails (II).
            Now you put it into practice (II).

    CULTURE AND PEOPLE: Cultural differences and stereotypes.

        Experiences of people living abroad.
        Adjusting to a new culture.


  2. COMMUNICATIVE TASKS.


        Reading Exercise.
        Listening Exercise.
        Speaking Exercise.
        Writing Exercise.

UT2. Go paperless. RA1, RA2, RA3, RA4, RA5.

SESSION 1: The office of the future.

    What to say. Asking and Giving opinion.
        Expressing your opinion in a business meeting.
        Now you put it into practice (I).
        Having an argument.
    How to say it. The Future tense.
        Now you put it into practice (II).
        Revision of Grammar.
        The Future Continuous and The Future Perfect.
        Now put it into practice (III).
    Words you need. IT Vocabulary.
        Now put it into practice (IV).

SESSION 2: Going Green!

    What to say. How to write down an English Proposal.
        How to make an Oral Proposal.
        Now put it into practice (I).
    How to say it. First, Second and Third Conditional.
        Now you put it into practice (II).
        Unless.
        Now you put it into practice (III).
    Words you need. How to Go Green at the office.
        Now you put it into practice (IV).
        Idioms related to Work and Nature.

SESSION 3: Making arrangements.

  
  What to say. Getting Organized.
        How to set a Formal Business Agenda.
    How to say it. Wish Clauses.
        Now put it into practice (I).
    Words you need. Formal Letters.
        Rules for writing Formal Letters.
        Content of a Formal Letter.
        Letter of Enquiry.
        Now you put it into practice (II).

CULTURE AND PEOPLE.

    Now you put it into practice.
        How to turn down an invitation.
        Getting to Know British Culture: The Beatles.

COMMUNICATIVE TASKS.

    Reading Exercise.
    Listening Exercise.
    Speaking Exercise.
    Writing Exercise.
UT3. The task at hand. RA1, RA2, RA3, RA4, RA5.         

SESSION 1: Heading to the office!

    What to say: Illnesses at work.
        Bullying at work.
        Now you put it into practice (I).
        Saying "no".
        Now you put it into practice (II).
    How to say it: Comparatives and Superlatives.
        Now you put it into practice (III).
            Now you put it into practice. (IV).
    Words you need: The Bullying phenomenon.
        Common verbs, nouns and adjectives.
        Effects of bullying: Common illnesses and Symptoms.
        Now you put it into practice (V).
            Now you put it into practice (VI).

2-SESSION 2: Bullying at work.

    What to say: Doing some research.
        Looking for the Perfect Environment.
        Tact and Diplomacy.
        Now you put it into practice (I).
    How to say it:Prepositions of Movement.
        Now you put it into practice (II).
        Prepositions of Place.
        Now you put it into practice (III).
    Words you need: Writing Formal Emails.
        Now you put it into practice (IV).
        How to write a Fax Cover Sheet.
        Now you put it into practice (V).

3- SESSION 3: Wanna a sandwich?

    What to say: Being Harassed.
        Reporting Unacceptable Behaviour.
        Now you put it into practice (I).
    How to say it: The Causative.
        Now you put it into practice (II).
    Words you need: Legal framework for job contracts.
        Now you put it into practice (III).
        Job Contracts Vocabulary.
        Types of Contract.
        Now you put it into practice (IV).

CULTURE & PEOPLE.

    Body Language.
        Now you put it into practice.
        Song.

COMMUNICATIVE TASKS.

    Reading Exercise.
    Listening Exercise.
    Speaking Exercise.
    Writing Exercise.
UT4. Job interview. RA1, RA2, RA3, RA4, RA5.

 SESSION 1: Writing a CV.

    What to say. The Dos and Don'ts of CV writing.
        Writing a CV.
        Now you put it into practice (I).
    How to say it. Verb + ing or infinitive.
        Now you put it into practice (II).
        Difficult vowel sounds (for speakers of English as a foreign language).
    Words you need. Work vocabulary.
        More work vocabulary.

SESSION 2: Job ads.

    What to say. Looking for a job.
        Job ads.
        Now put it into practice (I).
        Writing a covering letter.
        Now you put it into practice (II).
    How to say it. Phrasal verbs.
        Phrasal verbs related to Finance and Banking.
        Now you put it into practice (III).
    Words you need. Formal letters.
        Tips for writing a covering letter.
        Titles and abbreviations.
        Dates.

SESSION 3: Recruitment process.

    What to say. At the job interview.
        Successful job interviews.
    How to say it. Articles.
        Verb or adjective + preposition.
        Now put it into practice (I).
    Words you need. Interview questions.
        Useful adjectives for job interviews.
        Useful verbs for job interviews.
        Now you put it into practice (II).

CULTURE AND PEOPLE. Business culture.

    Stress at work.
    9 to 5.

COMMUNICATIVE TASKS.

    Reading Exercise.
    Listening Exercise.
    Speaking Exercise.
    Writing Exercise.

 

UT5. Etiquette at the office. RA1, RA2, RA3, RA4, RA5.

SESSION 1: Sorry is the hardest word

    What to say: I'm sorry.
        Celebrity apologies.
        Apology to "the stolen generation".
    How to say it: modal verbs to express ability.
        Modal verbs to express permission.
        Now you put it into practice.
    Words you need: apologising.
        Accepting apologies.

SESSION 2: Rules of etiquette

    What to say: manners.
        Office etiquette.
    How to say it: modal verbs for deduction.
        Now you put it into practice (I).
        Clauses of reason.
        Clauses of result.
        Now you put it into practice (II).
   
Words you need: business culture.
        Now you put it into practice (III).

SESSION 3: A new task

    What to say: dealing with documents.
        Writing a memo.
    How to say it: modal verbs to express obligation.
        Revision of modal verbs to express obligation.
        Now you put it into practice (I).
    Words you need: the language of memos.
        Now you put it into practice (II).

CIVILIZATION. Etiquette at meetings.

    Manners are important.
    Back to December.

COMMUNICATIVE TASKS.

    Reading exercise.
    Listening exercise.
    Speaking exercise.
    Writing exercise.
UT6. Health and safety. RA1, RA2, RA3, RA4, RA5.

SESSION 1: The misunderstanding.

    What to say.
    How to say it. Introduction to the Passive Voice.
        Passive voice: Usage.
        Now you put it into practice (I).
    Words you need. Telephone language.
        Now you put it into practice (II).
        Health and safety.

SESSION 2: The training session.

    What to say.
        Dealing with complaints.
    How to say it. The Passive Voice (II).
        Now you put it into practice.
        Weak forms.
    Words you need. The language of written apologies.
        Answering a complaint letter.
        Sample complaint / apology letters.

SESSION 3: Money matters.

    What to say.
        How to save money.
  
  How to say it. Relative clauses.
        Defining and non-defining relative clauses.
        Now put it into practice (I).
        Revision of relative clauses.
        Words you need. Money.
        Now you put it into practice (II).

CULTURE AND PEOPLE. Money slang.

    Hen and stag parties.
    If I was a rich girl.

COMMUNICATIVE TASKS.

    Reading Exercise.
    Listening Exercise.
    Speaking Exercise.
    Writing Exercise.
UT7. Gossip at the office. RA1, RA2, RA3, RA4, RA5.

SESSION 1. Who's that chick?

    What to say: A little bit of gossip.
        Office gossip.
        To gossip or not to gossip?
        Now put it into practice (I).
    How to say it: Reported Speech (I).
        Reporting Statements.
        Now you put it into practice (II).
    Words you need: Tricks to get cheaper online tickets.
        Buying your plane ticket online .
        Now you put it into practice (III).

SESSION 2. Going shopping!

    What to say: Let's go window shopping.
        Going shopping.
        Now put it into practice (I).
    How to say it: Reported Speech (II). Questions.
        Now you put it into practice (II).
            Now you put it into practice (III).
        Revision of grammar.
    Words you need: Buying from a catalogue.
        Shopping online.
        Now you put it into practice (IV).
        Business Idioms.

SESSION 3. Just a little thank you note!

  
  What to say.
        We need to say thank you.
        Ways of saying thank you.
        Now you put it into practice (I).
    How to say it: -ed and -ing adjectives.
        Now put it into practice (II).
            Now you put it into practice (III).
        Concessive sentences: Although, Though, Even though, In spite of, Despite.
        Now you put it into practice (IV).
    Words you need: How to write a thank you note.
        Now you put it into practice (V).
        Business Idioms.

CIVILIZATION.

    British Stereotypes.
        Song.

COMMUNICATIVE TASKS.

    Reading Exercise.
    Listening Exercise.
    Speaking Exercise.
    Writing Exercise.