UNCo- FADEL – Lengua Inglesa 1 Syllabus C1

2022

Universidad Nacional del Comahue

Facultad de Lenguas
LENGUA INGLESA 1 SYLLABUS
AÑO LECTIVO 2022
CARRERAS PROFESORADO EN INGLES (PLAN ORD. 00430/09)
TRADUCTORADO EN INGLES (PLAN ORD. 00499/11)
AÑO SEGUNDO AÑO
RÉGIMEN DE DICTADO ANUAL
Nº DE HS SEMANALES 8
TOTAL HS ANUALES 256 hs. aprox.
DEPARTAMENTO Lengua y Cultura
AREA Lengua
ORIENTACION Lengua Inglesa
CORRELATIVIDADES Introducción a la Lengua Inglesa
EQUIPO DE CÁTEDRA Prof. Zoraida Risso Patrón (PAD1 interino)
Mgtr. Ma. Angélica Verdú (JTP2)
Prof. Paola Scilipoti (JTP3)
Prof. Alex William Martínez (JTP 2)
Prof. Vanesa Reyes (2 AYP3)
CONTACTO [email protected]

1. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE

Lengua Inglesa 1 (LI1) is a multi-layered course that integrates the four skills and takes on
the foundations of Introducción a la Lengua Inglesa (ILI) to help learners reach an upper-
intermediate level (B1+). This is achieved through the completion of different types of tasks,
which have a communicative methodology and a topic, text, process and task based
approach. LI1 can be concisely characterised by:
 developing a friendly, demanding and productive work atmosphere,
 promoting different patterns of interaction in and outside the classroom and online
(individual, pair and group work, with a strong emphasis on teamwork realised by a
variety of projects),
 raising students’ awareness of accurate language use,
 improving the development of the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking,
 enlarging learners’ collocation and vocabulary knowledge,
 encouraging the development and appropriation of learning strategies,
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 fostering students’ organisational skills and gradual autonomy development,

 strengthening learners’ motivation,
 sensitising learners to appreciating and understanding cultural differences,
 promoting academic integrity and
 nurturing reflection, critical-thinking and opinion-sharing skills.
This course has been structured following the topics, grammar, vocabulary, functions and
writing programme of Life 2nd Ed.(Intermediate) around which other materials
(MyGrammarLab –Intermediate- MGL, English Vocabulary in Use –Upper Intermediate- EVIU
and Great Writing 3 – GW) have been selected to complement it. Besides, a booklet called
The Fundamentals of LI1 and six purposely designed TAPs (Thematic Additional Packs),
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incorporating authentic fiction, non-fiction and audio-visual materials, constitute the rest
of the contents of LI1 aimed at developing learners’ communicative and academic
competence for an upper-intermediate level.
2. AIMS
 To foster a positive and critical attitude towards the acquisition of English, bearing
in mind that this is the language that learners, as future professionals, will be
models of, teach and/or translate.
 To raise learners’ awareness of the fact that languages are the expression of cultures
and, as such, they need to be analysed hand in hand.
 To sensitise students to the importance of respectful and adequate communication
with their teachers and peers, both face to face and via different digital means.
 To develop learners’ appreciation of the value of process and team work.

3. OBJECTIVES

The most salient objectives have been specified in the characterisation of the course;
however, the ones that follow are equally relevant:
 To help students develop their higher order thinking skills by guiding them to
establish connections, read between the lines and critically assess the contents they
see in the course,
 To increase students’ language accuracy awareness by fostering noticing techniques,
error spotting and peer editing,
 To provide opportunities for critical reflection on the teaching-learning process, the
course materials, group dynamics and feedback,
 To aid learners to further develop their phonological knowledge and production,
 To offer learners a variety of topics (which go from a personal, regional and national
to an international level) and task types to cater for their interests and learning
styles,
 To encourage respect over others’ views and a multiplicity of interpretations that
might lead to the questioning of assumptions, and
 To draw learners’ attention to the importance of acknowledging someone else’s ideas
and work by citing them appropriately.
Once learners complete the course, they will:
 have started to develop the skills necessary to monitor their performance and
correct possible mistakes,
 know how to make use of a variety of resources and tools (visual organisers, posters,
PPTs, videos, online subtitles, outlines, etc.) to aid their written and oral production,
 show evidence of a good command of the English language in terms of grammar,
vocabulary, collocations, and functions appropriate for an upper-intermediate level,
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 be able to write well-structured descriptive, comparison, cause-effect and

classification paragraphs and essays, knowing the notions of topic sentence (topic
and controlling idea), supporting detail sentences and concluding sentence for the
former and hook, connecting ideas, thesis statement, body paragraphs and
restatement of the thesis in the concluding paragraph for the latter, and
 be able to find relevant information, analyse, summarise, relate and provide their
opinion on the contents specified in this syllabus, both in oral and written form.
4. CONTENTS

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OVERVIEW OF THE CONTENTS IN TAP1

LIFE CULTURE & How we see other cultures - Culture & colour – A world together
IDENTITY (globalisation in terms of entertainment, business, politics, food,
TOPICS: culture exchange) – Colour & first impressions.
Units 1 & 2 PERFORMING Music today (styles, online access to it) – Learning to dance & its impact
on people’s lives –Living statues – Portraying artists.

CRITICAL ANALYSIS GUIDELINES 1: Key words & Summary Writing + Graphic Organisers for
Articles
THINKING  ARTICLE 1: ‘It’s another form of racism’: “Love Island” star Yewande Biala on
through mispronouncing someone’s name
 ARTICLE 2: How arts and culture can serve as a force for social change
ARTICLES
ANALYSIS GUIDELINES 1: Diving into Fiction & Summary Writing + Graphic
CRITICAL Organisers for Fiction
THINKING  Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
 The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad with S.K. Ali
through FICTION
FILM SONG TED TALK PRESENTATION at the
World Economic Forum
AUDIOVISUAL A Star is Born Don’t Stop Me Toilets, Bowties,
2020 by Wanuri Kahiu
directed by Now Gender and Me
RESOURCES Bradley Cooper by Queen by Audrey Mason-Hyde The Fight for Artistic
Freedom

PATHWAYS TO Guidelines on Summary Writing + GW (Great Writing):

+ Unit 1 Introduction to paragraphs (Definition of a paragraph, its constitutive parts:
“GREAT topic sentence, controlling idea, supporting sentences & one sentence conclusion)
WRITING” + Unit 2 Five Elements of Good Writing (Purpose, audience, clarity, unity & coherence)
Unit 8: Describing people: Unit 20: Music
EVIU character Unit 41: Pleasant & unpleasant
VOCABULARY Unit 18: Art & literature feelings
(Upper-
BUILDING intermediate) Unit 19: Theatre & cinema Unit 63: Addition

Module 5: Present Tenses [26, 27, 28 & 29]

Module 6: Past Tenses [30]
Module 7: Present Perfect [36, 37 & 38]
GRAMMAR MGL Module 11: Word Order and Sentence Patterns [59, 60, 61, 62 & 63]
DEVELOPMENT (Intermediate) Module 15: Linking Words [78, 79 & 81]
Module 18: Word Formation [95, 96 & 97]
Module 19: Formal & Written English [99 & (100 on your own)]
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Module 20: Spoken English [106 points 3 & 4]

 Becoming part of the private Facebook group: Finding our flow: LI1 2022
GOING ONLINE:  Completing the Personal Profile 2022
FACEBOOK, PEDCO  Posting tasks on Album 1 (Our World: getting to know one another) & Album 2
& OTHER TOOLS (Amplifying Voices 1)
A Sea of Droplets: the Art of Team-building
“OVER TO YOU”: Group Task 1: Diving into Fiction
TASKS & PROJECT Group Task 2: Amplifying voices: Zoom in, Articles & Videos’ Presentations

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OVERVIEW OF THE CONTENTS IN TAP 2

WATER Water & sports – When things go wrong in the water – Water &
recreation – “Return to Titanic” – “Love & death in the sea”
LIFE (Experiences at sea, the power of nature) – Telling Stories: a weekend
TOPICS: when something unusual happened.

Units 3 & 4 OPPORTUNITIES Childhood ambitions - “Will a robot take your job?” - Career
opportunities after graduation: Life changing decisions – “A better
life?” (work opportunities, better economic conditions, materialistic
ambitions) – Job requirements.

CRITICAL
 ARTICLE 1: ‘It’s Literally Our Future.’ Here’s What Youth Climate Strikers
THINKING around the World Are Planning Next
through ARTICLES  ARTICLE 2: From Distant Influencers to Ordinary Heroes

CRITICAL ANALYSIS GUIDELINES: See TAP 1 (Template Diving into Fiction & Summary Writing
+ Graphic Organisers)
THINKING  The Journey by Francesca Sanna
through FICTION  Grandad’s Island by Benji Davies

FILM SONG TED Talks

AUDIOVISUAL Jojo Rabbit The Climb A New Way to Define Self-
RESOURCES directed by Taika Waititi by Miley Cyrus worth
by Liz Powers (BBC)

PATHWAYS TO Writing a Blog Post + Writing a covering letter

GW (Great Writing):
“GREAT + Unit 3 Types of paragraphs (Descriptive, comparison, cause-effect and
WRITING” classification paragraphs)

VOCABULARY EVIU Unit 6: The weather Unit 17: Sport

(Upper- Unit 14: Education Unit 69: Suffixes
BUILDING intermediate) Unit 15: Work Unit 70: Prefixes

Module 4: Adjectives & Adverbs [19, 20, 23 & 24 ]

Module 6: Past Tenses [31, 32, 34 & 35]
GRAMMAR MGL Module 8: Future Forms [41 & 44]
DEVELOPMENT (Intermediate) Module 9: Modal Verbs [47 & 53]
Module 15: Linking Words [80 & 82]
Module 19: Formal & Written English [101]
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GOING ONLINE:
 Writing a Blog Post on Facebook
FACEBOOK, PEDCO &
 Posting tasks on Album 3 (Amplifying Voices 2)
OTHER TOOLS

“OVER TO YOU”: Group Task 3: Amplifying voices: Zoom in, Articles & Videos’ Presentations
TASKS & PROJECT Group Task 4: Diving into Fiction (Round 2)

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OVERVIEW OF THE CONTENTS IN TAP 3

WELLBEING Food & our eating habits – Food around the world – “Imaginary eating”: a
technique to reduce weight – Healthy lifestyles – “A caffeine-fuelled
LIFE world”: the effects of caffeine on our lives – Eating out – Describing
TOPICS: dishes.
Units 5 & 6 MYSTERIES “Flexible thinking & rewards”: how good we are at puzzles and mysteries
“Desert Art”: an article on the mysterious Nasca lines in Peru. “Lost &
found? The missing pilot”: Current theories about Amelia Earhart’s
disappearance. “You must be Joking”: reacting to surprising news.

CRITICAL  ARTICLE 1a: Why toxic positivity needs to go

 ARTICLE 1b: Want to be happier? Focus less on solo self-care and more on
THINKING social hobbies, science says
through  ARTICLE 2: From FOMO to JOMO: the joy of missing out
 ARTICLE 3: Bond villains with disfigurements are harmful for people like me
ARTICLES
CRITICAL
THINKING  Oh! The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss
 Prismatic by Eileen Merriman
through FICTION

BIO PIC SONG NETFLIX Series

AUDIOVISUAL
Amelia Earhart | Most A Beautiful Noise Chef’s Table (Season 1)
Famous Aviatrix of All Time by Alicia Keys & Brandi Francis Mallmann’s Episode
RESOURCES Carlile
PATHWAYS TO Writing a formal letter + Writing a News Story
“GREAT GW (Great Writing):
+ Unit 4 Moving from paragraphs to Essays (Descriptive Essays)
WRITING”
EVIU Unit 21: Food Unit 64: Referring Words
VOCABULARY (Upper- Unit 29: Health & Lifestyle Unit 66: Linking Words in Writing
BUILDING intermediate) Unit 35: The Press & the Media Unit 72: Abstract Nouns
Unit 40: Belief & Opinion

Module 9: Modal Verbs [46, 48, 49, 50, 51, & 52]
GRAMMAR Module 10: Conditionals [54]
MGL
DEVELOPMENT (Intermediate)
Module 17: Word Combinations [87, 88, 89 & 90]
Module 19: Formal & Written English [103 on your own]
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Module 20: Spoken English [107 & 108 both on your own]

GOING ONLINE:
FACEBOOK, PEDCO  Posting tasks on Album 4 (Thematically Integrated Posters’ Presentations)
& OTHER TOOLS

“OVER TO YOU”:
TASKS & PROJECT Group Task 5: TIP 1 (Thematically Integrated Presentation)

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OVERVIEW OF THE CONTENTS IN TAP 4

th
LIVING SPACE Features of homes. What New York might have looked like in the 17
LIFE century. “Sweet Songs & Strong Coffee”: an article about a little town in
Puerto Rico. To rent or to buy?: expressing preferences & giving
TOPICS: reasons.
Units 7 & 8 TRAVEL Holidays & memories: writers return to their roots – “Walking for
Wildlife: a personal approach to saving wild places” – “All aboard!: a
report on global tourism” – Travel problems.

CRITICAL
 ARTICLE 1: The Eden Project: Cornwall’s Garden of Eden | UK Day Trips
THINKING  ARTICLE 2: Why I Choose to Hike Alone. Four Women on Hitting the Trails
through ARTICLES Solo

CRITICAL  Heartstopper (Volumes 1, 2, 3 & 4) by Alice Oseman

THINKING  For the Snake of Power by Brenda Cooper
through FICTION

LIFE VIDEOS NETFLIX series SONG TEDGlobal

 The Town with no Heartstopper Catch & Release How Airbnb
AUDIOVISUAL Wi-fi Designs for Trust
directed by Euros by Matt Simons
RESOURCES  Questions & Lyn by Joe Gebbia
Answers

PATHWAYS TO Writing a description of a place + Writing a news story (structuring a news story
and adverbs commoly used)
“GREAT GW (Great Writing):
WRITING” + Unit 5 Comparison Essays

EVIU Unit 11: At Home Unit 31: Holidays

VOCABULARY
(Upper- Unit 24: Towns Unit 52: Distances & Dimensions
BUILDING intermediate)
Unit 30: Travel Unit 60: Condition

Module 4: Adjectives & Adverbs [21, 22 & 25]

Module 6: Past Tenses [33]
GRAMMAR
MGL Module 7: Present Perfect [39 & 40]
DEVELOPMENT (Intermediate) Module 12: Verbs with –ing forms & infinitives [64, 65, 66 & 67]
Module 18: Word Formation [98]
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Module 20: Spoken English [109 & 110 both on your own]

GOING ONLINE:
 Posting tasks on Album 5 (Take your pick)
FACEBOOK, PEDCO &
OTHER TOOLS

“OVER TO YOU”: Group Task 6: Amplifying voices: Zoom in, Articles & Videos’ Presentations
Group Task 7: Diving into Fiction (Round 3)
TASKS & PROJECT
A Sea of Droplets: the Art of Team-building (Survivors)

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OVERVIEW OF THE CONTENTS IN TAP 5

SHOPPING “Shopping Trends: How do you do your shopping?”- “Spend or Save”: Do
LIFE you buy on impulse?”- Tips to save money. “The Art of the Deal”: an
article about Morocco & how to negotiate a price. “It’s in the sale”:
TOPICS: buying things.
Units 9 & 10 NO LIMITS “Leaving Earth: Could we live on another planet?”-“The Super-humans”:
latest advances in medicine. “Two Journeys, Two Lives”: two stories
about feats of endurance. “First Aid”: talking about injuries.

CRITICAL  ARTICLE 1: What is gender-fluid clothing? Fashion industry experts explain

THINKING  ARTICLE 2: Naomi Osaka: ‘It’s O.K. Not to Be O.K.’
through ARTICLES

CRITICAL
 What We Understand to Be Ghosts by Andy Myers
THINKING  Foresight by Lara Ehrlich
through FICTION
LIFE VIDEOS FILM SONG DOCUMENTARY
AUDIOVISUAL
 Making a Deal The Matrix Rise The True Cost of
RESOURCES  What Does an by Katy Perry Fast Fashion
directed by the
Astronaut Dream The Economist
Wachowskis
About?

PATHWAYS TO Writing customer feedback on online shopping sites + Writing a personal e-mail
GW (Great Writing):
“GREAT + Unit 6 Cause-effect Essays
WRITING”
Unit 16: Business Unit 49: Number, Quantity, Degree
EVIU Unit 27: Health & Medicine & Intensity
VOCABULARY Unit 28: Medicine & Technology Unit 58: Success, Failure & Difficulty
(Upper-
BUILDING intermediate) Unit 38: Money Unit 73: Compound Adjectives
Unit 74: Compound Nouns

GRAMMAR Module 10: Conditionals [55]

DEVELOPMENT MGL Module 14: Relative, Participle & Other Clauses [72, 73, 74, 75, 76 &
(Intermediate) 77]
Module 16: Passive Forms [83, 84 & 86]

GOING ONLINE:
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 Posting tasks on Album 6 (2nd Conditional Practice)

FACEBOOK, PEDCO &
OTHER TOOLS

“OVER TO YOU”: Group Task 8: “Be seen, be heard”1: how your ideas can change the world
TASKS & PROJECT

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OVERVIEW OF THE CONTENTS IN TAP 6

CONNECTIONS Languages spoken in remote places: “The last ‘uncontacted tribe’?” How
the Internet can help remote tribes. The medium and the message:
LIFE What’s the best way to send your message across? “Spreading the news”:
an article about the impact of social networks. Telephone messages: “Can
TOPICS: I take a message?”
Units 11 & 12 EXPERTS “The man who ate his boots”: an article that looks back at the mistakes of
some British explorers. “Experts in the wild”: two stories about
unexpected trouble. “The legacy of the Samuri”: a text about Japan’s elite
warrior class. “I’m so sorry!”: making and accepting apologies.

CRITICAL  ARTICLE 1: Indigenous Languages Hold the Key to Understanding Who We

THINKING Really Are
 ARTICLE 2: “Therapy Influencers” Are Using Instagram to Spread Mental Health
through ARTICLES Awareness

CRITICAL
 Quiet Hours by Mike Minchin
THINKING  The Year of Nostalgia by Alexander Weinstein
through FICTION  Novel: students choose a novel from a set of possibilities

LIFE VIDEOS DOCUMENTARY SONG TED TALK

AUDIOVISUAL  Can you read my lips? The Social Dilemma Visiting Hours To be selected
directed by according to students’
RESOURCES  Shark vs Octupus
Jeff Orlowski
by Ed Sheeran
interests

PATHWAYS TO Writing an opinion essay + Writing a website article, giving advice to a foreign
language student coming to Argentina
“GREAT GW (Great Writing):
WRITING” + Unit 7 Classification Essays

Unit 34: Communications & the Unit 90: Expressions (get)

VOCABULARY EVIU Internet Unit 92: Expressions with ‘come’ &
(Upper- Unit 88: Expressions (do & ‘go’
BUILDING intermediate) make) Unit 93: Expressions with other
Unit 89: Expressions (bring & common verbs
take)

Module 10: Conditionals [56 & 57]

GRAMMAR MGL Module 13: Reported Speech [68, 69, 70 & 71]
(Intermediate)
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DEVELOPMENT Module 17: Word Combinations [92 & 93]

GOING ONLINE:
FACEBOOK, PEDCO &  Filling in the Google Form “Evaluating the LI1 2022 Course”
OTHER TOOLS
“OVER TO YOU”: Group Task 9: TIP 2 (Thematically Integrated Presentation)
TASKS & PROJECT Reflection on this year’s learning process

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5. MATERIALS & RESOURCES

5.1 Essential Learners’ & Teachers’ Bibliography
a. Coursebook
 Dummett, P., Hughes, J. & Stephenson, H. (2019). Life Intermediate Student’s Book,
(B1+) (2nd ed.). Greece: Heinle Cengage Learning.
b. TAPs (Thematic Additional Packs) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6.
 Risso Patrón, Z., Verdú, Scilipoti, P. & Martínez, A. (2022). The Fundamentals of LI1.
Material de Cátedra.
 Risso Patrón, Z., Verdú, M.A., Scilipoti, P. & Martínez, A. (2022). TAP 1 (Thematic
Additional Pack). Material de Cátedra.
 Risso Patrón, Z., Verdú, M.A., Scilipoti, P., Martínez, A. & Reyes, V. (2022). TAPs 2, 3,
4, 5 & 6. (Thematic Additional Packs). Material de Cátedra.
c. Writing Book
 Folse, K.S., Solomon, E.V. & Clabeaux, D. (2015). Great Writing: From Great
Paragraphs to Great Essays 3 (3rd ed.). Boston: Cengage Learning.
d. Vocabulary Book
 McCarthy, M. & O’Dell, F. (2012). English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate (3rd
ed.). Cambridge: CUP.
e. Grammar Book
 Foley, M & Hall, D. (2012). My Grammar Lab Intermediate B1/B2 with Key. Harlow:
Pearson.
f. Mid-Year Novels
 Oseman, A. (2018). Heartstopper. Volume 1. London: Hodder Children’s Books.
 Oseman, A. (2019). Heartstopper. Volume 2. London: Hodder Children’s Books.
 Oseman, A. (2020). Heartstopper. Volume 3. London: Hodder Children’s Books.
 Oseman, A. (2021). Heartstopper. Volume 4. London: Hodder Children’s Books.
g. End-of-year Novels
 Asher, J. (2007). Thirteen Reasons Why. New York: Penguin Group.
 Brashares, A. (2001). Summers of the Sisterhood. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
New York: Delacorte Press.
 Cameron, B. W. (2011). A Dog’s Purpose. New York: Forge.
 Chbosky, S. (2012). The Perks of Being a Wallflower. New York: Gallery Books.
 Feldman, D. (2012) Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots. A
memoir. Simon & Schuster.
 Frank, O. & Pressler, M. (eds.) (1995). The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank. Bantam
Books: USA.
 Hawkins, P. (2015). The Girl on the Train. New York: Riverhead Books, a member of
Penguin Group (USA).
 Palacio, R. J. (2012). Wonder. New York: Alfred A. Knofp.
 Riggs, R. (2011). Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Philadelphia: Quirk
Books
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 Shaffer, M.A. & Barrows, A. (2009). The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc: London.

5.2 Online Resources

a. Access to the LI1 course on the university platform online
Plataforma Educativa de la Universidad del Comahue PEDCO, Facultad de Lenguas,
Lengua Inglesa 1 2022 at https://pedco.uncoma.edu.ar/course/view.php?id=7143

b. Critical thinking through Articles

Articles taken mainly from:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk
http://www.nytimes.com
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https://www.psychologytoday.com
http://www.naturalnews.com
http://www.theguardian.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com
http://www.independent.co.uk
http://www.nbcnews.com

c. Critical thinking through Fiction

Visual Books & Stories:
 Cooper, B. (2018). “For the Snake of Power” in The Weight of Light: A Collection of
Solar Futures edited by Joey Eschrich and Clark A. Miller and directed by Ruth
Wylie and Ed Finn. Arizona State University.
 Davies, B. (2015). Grandad’s Island. Simon & Schuster: UK.
 Muhammad, I. (2019). The Proudest Blue: a Story of Hijab & Family. Little Brown &
Company.
 Nyong’o, L. (2019). Sulwe. Simon & Schuster.
 Sanna, F. (2016). The Journey. Flying Eye Books.
 Seuss, Dr. (1990). Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Harper Collins Publishers: Hong Kong.
 Weinstein, A. (2020). “The Year of Nostalgia” in Universal Love: stories. Henry Holt
and Company: New York.

Short Stories taken mainly from:

http://www.shortbreadstories.co.uk
http://thebinj.blogspot.com.ar/2007/08/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie.html
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/
http://www.smokelong.com/

d. Integrative skill development through Audio-visual Resources

Songs included in TAPs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6.
 Don’t Stop Me Now (1978) by Queen featured on their Album Jazz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM
 The Climb (2009) by Miley Cyrus in Hannah Montana: The Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVOAOWcAwQM
 A Beautiful Noise (2020) by Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yU1x-p_OdY
 Catch and Release (2007) by Matt Simons in Catch and Release Album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puOoZB_uqY4
 Rise (2016) by Katy Perry -single.
https://www.universal-music.de/katyperry/videos/rise-olympia-version-407012
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 Visiting Hours (2021) by Ed Sheeran in “=” Album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3CoEyYEf4A

Other songs used in online sessions which have not been included in the published
materials:
 Lonely (2020) by Justin Bieber & Benny Blanco in Justice Album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu5hhxP_prE

Films
 Gerber, B., Peters, J., Cooper, B., Phillips, T. & Taylor, L.H. (Producers), & Cooper, B.
(Director). (2018). A Star is Born [Motion picture]. Warner Bros. Entertainment.
 Neal, C., Waititi, T. & Winstanley, C. (Producers), & Waititi, T. (Director). (2019). Jojo
Rabbit [Motion picture]. Searchlight Pictures. 1
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 Silver, J. (Producer), & Wachowski, Lana & Lilly Wachowski, Lilly. (Directors). (1999).
The Matrix [Motion picture]. Warner Bros. Pictures.
 Students’ choice of documentary or film thematically related to the topics dealt
with in Units 11 & 12

TEDTalks
 Mason-Hyde, A. (2018, January 19th). Toilets, bowties, gender and me. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCLoNwVJA-0
 Powers, L. (2016, November). A new way to define self-worth. Retrieved from
https://www.ted.com/talks/liz_powers_a_new_way_to_define_self_worth
 Gebbia, J. (2016, April 5th). How Airbnb builds for trust. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16cM-RFid9U

NETFLIX Series:
 Clay, J. (Director). (2015). “Francis Mallmann.” Chef’s Table: Season 1, Episode 3.
[Netflix series]. Netflix, Boardwalk Pictures, Supper Club, FINCH, Itaca Films.
 Lyn, E. (Director). (2022). Heartstopper: Season 1. [Netflix series]. Netflix, See-Saw
Films.

Documentaries & short clips:

 Biography.com. (2007). Amelia Earhart: Famous Pilot Mysteriously Disappeared
in Final Flight. Retold by Jacqui Rossi (2020) [YouTube video] Retrieved from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwkuK8nCBdI
 The Economist. (2018). The True Cost of Fast Fashion. [YouTube video] Retrieved
from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLfNUD0-8ts
 Rhodes, L. (Producer) & Orlowski, J. (Director). (2020). The Social Dilemma. [Netflix
documentary] Exposure Labs; Argent Pictures; The Space Program.
 Wanuri, K. (2020).The Fight for Artistic Freedom. Presented at Betazone Davos
2020 in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. [YouTube video] Retrieved from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPcs1R3qTxE&t=33s

5.3 Learners’ Reference Bibliography

a. Dictionaries:
 Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary (8th Edition). 2014. Australia:
Harper Collins Publishers.
 Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (4th Edition). 2013. CUP.
 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English for Advanced Learners (6th Edition)
2015. Pearson: Longman
 Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (9th Edition). 2014. Oxford: OUP.
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 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for students of English (2nd Edition). 2009. Oxford:
OUP.
b. Workbook:
 Stephenson, H. (2018). Life Intermediate Workbook (B1+). (2nd Edition). Workbook with
Key + Audio CD. Heinle Cengage Learning
c. To develop Reading, Listening & Creative Thinking:
 Blass, L., Vargo, M. & Winiewska, I. (2016). 21st Century Reading Student Book 3
Creative Thinking and Reading with TED Talks. Boston: Cengage Learning.
d. To develop Writing:
 …………… (2012). Write it Right 3. Malaysia: Just English Sdn Bhd.
 Evans, V. (2000). Successful Writing: Student´s Book Upper Intermediate. Blackhill,
Swansea: Express Publishing. 1
 Reid, J.M. (2000). The Process of Composition (3rd ed.). New York: Longman.
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 Reid, J.M. (1995). The Process of Paragraph Writing (2nd ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall
Regents.
e. To develop Grammar:
 Cooper, A. & Eckstut-Didier, S. (2015). Grammar Explorer 3. Boston: Cengage
Learning
 Eastwood, J. (2013). Oxford Practice Grammar Intermediate with Tests. Oxford: OUP.
 Vince, M. (2008). Macmillan English Grammar in Context Intermediate with Key.
Oxford: Macmillan Publishers.

5.4 Teachers’ Reference Bibliography

 Area, M. y Adell, J. (2009). “eLearning: Enseñar y aprender en espacios virtuales.” En J. De
Pablos (Coord): Tecnología Educativa. La formación del profesorado en la era de Internet.
Aljibe, Málaga, pags. 391-424. Retrieved from:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/216393113_E-
Learning_ensenar_y_aprender_en_espacios_virtuales
 Arnold, J. (Ed.) (1999). Affect in Language Learning. Cambridge: CUP.
 Benson, P. (2011). Teaching and Researching: Autonomy in Language Learning (2nd ed.). New
York: Routledge.
 Boyd, E., & Edwards, L. (2018). Gold Experience 2nd Edition C1 Student’s Book. Pearson
Longman
 Celce-Murcia, M., Brinton, D.M., Snow, M.A. (2014). Teaching English as a Second or
Foreign Language. Heinle: National Geographic Learning.
 Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2012). Thinking in the Digital Era: A Revised Model for Digital Literacy.
Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, Volume 9, 2012. Retrieved from
http://iisit.org/Vol9/IISITv9p267-276Eshet021.pdf
 Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2004). Digital Literacy: A Conceptual Framework for Survival Skills in the
Digital Era. Jl. of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia 13(1), 93-106. Retrieved from
http://www.openu.ac.il/personal_sites/download/Digital-literacy2004-JEMH.pdf
 Fried-Booth, D. (2002). Project Work. Second Edition. Oxford: OUP.
 Graves, K. (2000). Designing Language Courses: a Guide for Teachers. Heinle & Heinle.
 Hall, G. (Ed.) (2016). The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teaching. New York:
Routledge.
 Hughes, J. & Dummett, P. (2019). Critical Thinking in ELT: A Working Model for the
Classroom. Heinle: National Geographic Learning.
 Kohler, M. (2015). Teachers as Mediators in the Foreign Language Classroom. Languages for
Intercultural Communication and Education. Great Britain: CPI Group.
 Litwin, E. (2014). El oficio de enseñar: condiciones y contextos (Octava Edición). Buenos
Aires: Paidós.
 Maggio, M. (2018). Reinventar la clase en la universidad. Buenos Aires: Paidós
 Maggio, M. (2012). Enriquecer la enseñanza. Los ambientes con alta disposición tecnológica
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como oportunidad. Buenos Aires: Paidós.

 Markham, T. (2012). Project Based Learning Design and Coaching Guide: Expert Tools for
Innovation and Inquiry for K-12 Educators. California: HeartIQ Press
 Montes, N. (comp.) (2017). Educación y TIC. De las Políticas a las Aulas. Buenos Aires:
Eudeba.
 Nunan, D. (2004). Task-Based Language Teaching. Cambridge: CUP.
 Nunan, D. (1988). Syllabus Design. Oxford: OUP.
 Nunan, D. (1988). The Learner Centred Curriculum. Cambridge: CUP.
 Richards, J.C. & Rodgers, T.S. (2014). Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching (3rd
ed.). Cambridge: CUP.
 Richards, J.C. & Renandya, W.A. (Eds.) (2002). Methodology in Language Teaching: An
Anthology of Current Practice. Cambridge: CUP.
 Schön, D.A. (1984). The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action. USA: Basic
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 SIED-UNLP (Sistema Institucional de Educación a Distancia – Universidad Nacional de La

Plata). (2020). Ciclo: Encuentros de asesorías en línea para la Educación a Distancia.
Retrieved March 2021 from http://www.entornosvirtuales.unlp.edu.ar/page57.html
 Webinar 1: Martin, M. (2020, Marzo 25). Virtualización de las clases en la
universidad. Algunas estrategias para comenzar.
 Webinar 2: González, A. H. (2020, Marzo 27). ¿Cómo organizo un aula virtual?
 Webinar 3: Barletta, C. & Olaizola, E. (2020, Abril 1). Seguimiento y
acompañamiento a estudiantes en aulas virtuales.
 Webinar 6: Esnaola, F. & Peralta, M. (2020, Abril 15). Materiales para clases a
distancia.
 Webinar 7: Martin, M. & González, A. H. (2020, Abril 17). Evaluación en línea:
algunas consideraciones y varias posibilidades.
 Webinar 9: González, A. H., Romanut, L.M. & Pereyra, J.M. (2020, Abril 29).
Recomendaciones de seguridad en el uso de videoconferencias.
 Webinar 10: Vallejo, A. (2020, Mayo 6). E-actividades: tareas en Moodle.
 Webinar 11: Romanut, L.M. & Pereyra, J.M. (2020, Mayo 13). Cuestionarios en
Moodle: una oportunidad para pensar los procesos de evaluación en la virtualidad.
 Webinar 12: Vallejo, A. (2020, Mayo 20). Foros en las clases virtuales: propuestas,
reflexiones y más.
 Webinar 16: González, A. H. (2020, Septiembre 17). La tutoría y la evaluación como
procesos.
 Webinar 17: Sadaba, A.I. (2020, Octubre 1). Entre lo invisible y lo evidente. La
construcción del rol docente en la virtualidad.
 Webinar 18: Brown, C. & Meza, N. (2020, Octubre 22). Cómo optimizar las
posibilidades creativas para la realización de un video creativo.
 Tomlinson, B. (Ed.) (2014). Developing Materials for Language Teaching. Cambridge: CUP.
 Trilling, B. & Fadel, C. (2009). 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times. Jossey
Bass: San Francisco.
 Ur, P. (2012). A Course in English language Teaching (2nd ed.). Cambridge: CUP.

6. ASSESSMENT
6.1 General considerations
There are three possible ways to pass LI1. Students can:
a) obtain “cursada”, in which case they will have to sit for the LI1 final Written and Oral
Exam as from December onwards;
b) achieve “promoción”, in which case they are exempted from the Final Exam;
c) sit for the final exam with the status of extra-mural (“libre”).

The following chart details the main requirements for a and b.

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Attendance Ungraded Graded Assignments 2 Term Exams or

Assignments their Make Ups2
Status a): “cursada” 70% 70% 70% With a mark of 4, 5
or 6
Status b): 80% 80% 80% With a mark of 7 or
“Promoción” (approx. 8 with a “Pass” mark more in the Oral and
absences per term) or more Written Parts

2 st
The 1 Term Exam will be administered at the end of June and will consist of a comparison, cause-effect or classification paragraph
whose prompt will be based on the materials worked on up to the date it takes place. The 2nd Term Exam will have three constitutive 1
parts: a Use of English, a ReCLaP (Reading Comprehension & Language Production) & an Essay (comparison, cause-effect or
classification type) which will be administered at the end of October and in the month of November. 3
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6.2 Final Exam for students who have got “cursada”

The final exam has two constitutive sections:
 the written part: a 350-word essay whose structure can be that of a comparison,
cause-effect or classification essay and whose topic will be derived from the units
in Life (Intermediate Level) and the material included in TAPs 1 to 6. The essay will
be evaluated following the three main axes outlined in The Fundamentals of LI1
page 9: Communicative Achievement, Content and Use of English. Students are also
encouraged to carefully analyse Checklist 3 on page 11 to understand these criteria
fully.
 the oral part: a 20 to 30-minute exam where students will start with a thematically
related exposition (6 to 8 minutes) linking materials from the different TAPs and the
coursebook. Students should, at least, relate one exponent of fiction (short stories,
micro-fiction and novel), non-fiction (articles and texts in Life) and audio-visual
material (songs, movies/documentary, TedTalk and videos). Learners are advised to
accompany this section of the oral exam with a thematically designed poster or PPT
production to aid their presentation which should be error free and designed with
care.
Secondly, students must be prepared to answer questions aimed at analysing,
relating and critically assessing the contents specified in this syllabus. Summarising
the most relevant aspects in a text, extracting key concepts or issues, clearly stating
their opinion and being able to relate the topics explored to their own life and culture
is desired when discussing the rest of the material. For this stage, students are
allowed to have cards to help them recall authors, dates, setting, characters, and
other key information in note-form.
The oral exam will be evaluated following the three main axes outlined in The
Fundamentals of LI1 page 14: Communicative Achievement, Content and Use of
English. Students are also encouraged to carefully analyse Checklist 4 on page 15 to
understand these criteria fully.

6.3 Final Exam for extra mural students

The Written part of the final exam for extra mural students has three constitutive parts:
 a 350-word essay whose structure can be that of a comparison, cause-effect or
classification essay and whose topic will be derived from the units in Life
(Intermediate Level) and the material included in TAPs 1 to 6. The essay will be
evaluated following the three main axes outlined in The Fundamentals of LI1 page
9: Communicative Achievement, Content and Use of English. Students are encouraged
to carefully analyse Checklist 3 -published on page 11- to understand these criteria
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fully. (Allotted time 1:50 hs.)

 a ReCLaP (Reading Comprehension & Language Production) similar to the Term
Exams done during the year (Allotted time 1:50 hs.) and
 a Use of English Exam similar to the Grammar and Vocabulary Progress Checks
done during the year. (Allotted time 40 minutes)
Students are allowed to use the course material (Coursebook, TAPs, novels, etc.) to have
access to the different texts during the first 10 minutes of the exam when writing the Essay
or solving the ReCLaP.

The oral final exam for extra mural students will be a 20 to 30-minute exam where
students will start with a thematically related exposition (8-10 minutes) linking materials 1
from the different TAPs and the coursebook. Students should, at least, relate two
exponents of fiction (short stories, micro-fiction and novels), non-fiction (articles and texts 4
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in Life) and audio-visual material (songs, movies/documentary and videos). Learners are
advised to accompany this section of the oral exam with a thematically designed poster or
PPT production to aid their presentation which should be error free and designed with care.
Secondly, students must be prepared to answer questions aimed at analysing,
relating and critically assessing the contents specified in this syllabus. Summarising the
most relevant aspects in a text, extracting key concepts or issues, clearly stating their
opinion and being able to relate the topics explored to their own life and culture is desired
when discussing the rest of the material. For this stage, students are allowed to have cards
to help them recall authors, dates, setting, characters, and other key information in note-
form.
The oral exam will be evaluated following the three main axes outlined in The
Fundamentals of LI1 page 14: Communicative Achievement, Content and Use of English.
Students are encouraged to carefully analyse Checklist 4 -published on page 15- to
understand these criteria fully.

Prof. Zoraida Risso Patrón

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