ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITCNICA DEL LITORAL

CELEX
COURSE SYLLABUS
ADVANCED B
1.

CODE AND NUMBER OF CREDITS

CODE
NUMBER OF CREDITS

2.

CELEX00117
Theoretical: 6

Practical:

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is an Intermediate level English. Advanced B English is made up of 60 hours of face to face
class time. During this course, students will work on and develop the 4 skills of the English
language: speaking, writing, listening and reading at an Upper Intermediate level. Students will

also learn grammar structures and vocabulary suitable for this level. In order to pass the course,
students must get a minimum mark of 60 points over 100. These points come from a midterm
and a final exam. Some of the points also come from homework , quizzes and an oral exam

3.

PRE-REQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

PRE-REQUISITES
CO-REQUISITES

4.

Advanced A English
NONE

CORE TEXT AND OTHER REQUIRED REFERENCES FOR THE TEACHING OF THE COURSE
CORE TEXT

1. English Unlimited B1+ intermediate, Student Book, Units 9-14

English Unlimited B1+ intermediate, Workbook, Units 9- 14

REFERENCES
5.

NONE

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Listening: Students can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar
matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Ss can understand the main
point of many radio or TV programmes on current affairs or topics of personal or
professional interest, when people speak relatively slowly and clearly.
2. Reading: Students can understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency every day or
job-related language and can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in
personal letters or emails.

3. Speaking (interaction): Students can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst
travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Students can enter unprepared into
conversation on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life.
4. Speaking (production): Students can connect phrases and sentences in a simple way in
order to describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions. Students can
briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions. Students can narrate a story or relate the
plot of a book or film and describe their reactions.
5. Writing: Students can write simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of
personal interest. Students can write personal letters describing experiences and
impressions.
6. Language: Students can use the Present Perfect Simple and Continuous, first, second and
third conditional, reported speech, indirect questions and passive verb forms to talk about

problems in the home, memory, truth and lies, a personal interest, mistakes and acts of
kindness and bravery.

6.

COURSE PROGRAM
Chapter 9 Make up your mind ( The number of hours for this chapter is 6 hours)
9.1 Power cut

Vocabulary: Problems in the home. Discussing problems and solutions

Productive skills: Pick a problem and in groups discuss possible solutions

9.2 Decision- Making

Vocabulary: Decisions

Grammar: Conditionals: real and unreal


Productive skills: Talk about and make suggestions about your life and country
9.3 Reach a compromise

Vocabulary: Negotiating and dealing with conflict

Productive skills: Talk about how to resolve conflicts

9.4 The advantages and disadvantages of buying and renting a house

Grammar: Revision of real and unreal conditionals

Productive skills: Write a blog giving your opinion

Chapter 10 Impressions ( The number of hours for this chapter is 6 hours)
10.1 Witness

Vocabulary: Remembering an event

Grammar: Verb patterns

Productive skills: Talk about different events

10.2 Its scratched

Vocabulary: Problems with things youve bought

Grammar: Present Perfect simple and progressive

Productive skills: Go to a shop and complain about a product that you bought that has a
defect
10.3 Resolve a dispute

Vocabulary: Softeners

Grammar: Keyword: of
10.2 Expressing your feelings

Vocabulary: Feelings

Grammar: Revision: present perfect simple and progressive

Productive skills: Talk and use phrases to help express feelings

Chapter 11 Truth and Lies ( The number of hours for this chapter is 6 hours)
11.1 Gossip

Vocabulary:
11.2 The lie detector

Grammar:

Productive skills:

11.3 Chat about friends

Vocabulary: Exchanging news

11.4 Write a factual report

Vocabulary: Expressions used for reporting information

Grammar: Revision: reported speech

Productive skills: Write a factual report

Chapter 12 Any Questions? ( The number of hours for this chapter is 6 hours)
12.1 Stuntman

Vocabulary: Giving a Talk

Productive skills: Give a short talk about a course

12.2 Talking to strangers

Vocabulary: Polite Requests and questions

Grammar: Indirect questions

Productive skills: Write and create a survey. In groups analyse the data from the survey
12.3 Deal with questions in a talk


Vocabulary: Answering questions at a talk

Grammar: Keyword: other, another

12.4 A presentation

Vocabulary: Sounds, words, expressions that people use to give themselves time to think.

Grammar: Revision: indirect questions

Productive skills: Talk using sounds,words or expressions that people use to give
themselves time to think
Chapter 13 Looking back ( The number of hours for this chapter is 6 hours)
13.1 Big mistake

Vocabulary: Events in business

Grammar: Should have, could have

Productive skills: Talk about some regrets that you have

13.2 A good deed

Vocabulary: Acts of kindness and bravery

Grammar: Unreal conditionals: past

13.3Discuss what went wrong

Vocabulary: Evaluating past actions: Make, let, be allowed to, be supposed to

Productive skills: Talk about how a person should behave in different situations
13.4Summarizing information

Grammar: Revision: unreal conditionals, past

Productive skills: Write an email giving information about an event that you have
organized
Chapter 14 In the news ( The number of hours for this chapter is 6 hours)
14.1 Local news

Vocabulary: Understanding and reacting to news stories

Productive skills: Talk about something in the news and give your opinion about it.
14.2 Fair play?

Vocabulary: Talk about the news

Grammar: Passive

Productive skills: Talk about two different articles. One is about drugs and the other is

about sport
14.3 Choose a story for a news programme

Vocabulary: Evaluating and selecting

Grammar: Keyword: see

14.4 Surprise!

Vocabulary: Expressions used to : change the topic, interrupt, and to come back to the
main topic

Grammar: Revision: Passive

Productive skills: Talk in groups: change the topic, interrupt your partner and go back to
the main topic.
7.

WORKLOAD: THEORY/PRACTICE

There are 2 sessions each week and each session lasts 2 hours. The weekly class load is 4 hours
per week.
8.

CONTRIBUTION OF THE COURSE TO THE EDUCATION OF THE STUDENT

The English Advanced B course contributes to the development of professionals by expanding the
students knowledge of the English language so that he or she can express him or herself in an
English speaking environment. In this course the four skills of speaking, listening, reading and
writing continue to be developed. This course contributes with upper intermediate level
vocabulary, language and expressions. It also develops the students abilities to work in pairs and
in groups. The student will feel motivated and will lose his/her fear of expressing him/herself in
public because he/she would have already practiced English during the course.

BASIC TRAINING

PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING

SOCIAL SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT

X
9.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE AND THE
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF
THE DEGREE PROGRAM*

a. Apply knowledge in
maths, science and
engineering
b. Design,conduct
experiments, analyse

CONTRIBUTION
(High,
Medium, Low)

LEARNING
OUTCOMES
OF THE
COURSE**

THE STUDENT MUST:

and interpret data

c. Design
systems,
components
or
processes under real
restrictions.
d. Identify, formulate and
solve
engineering
problems.
e. Understand ethical and
professional
responsibility
f. Communicate
effectively

Medium

Be honest and responsible with

their classwork and at home

High

Practice communicating in English

with their classmates and the
outside world. This communication
can be oral or written

g. Understand the social,

environmental,
economic and global
impact of engineering
h. To be committed to ongoing learning

Medium

i.

Know
about
contemporary topics

Medium

j.

Use techniques, skills

and tools to practice
engineering

To be responsible for their own

learning process. To use tools that
will help them discover and build
their knowledge.
Read and write about topics related
to culture, the environment and
current affairs

k. Ability to
undertake

lead

and

To be a leader and undertake

projects or activities done in class
or outside of class, which
contribute to their personal and
professional growth.

Medium

(* This column must also include the common curricular outcomes (cross-curricular outcomes) that
the institution approved on 16th February 2012 via resolution CP 12-02-078 of 23rd February 2012
(CAc-2012-034))
(** Only the NUMBER corresponding to section 5 of this document must be written.)
10. EVALUATION IN THE COURSE
Evaluation activities
Exams

Tests
Homework/tasks
Projects
Laboratory/Experiments
Class participation
Visits
Other

X
X
X
X
X

11. PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CREATION OF THE SYLLABUS

CREATION
Created by
Date
12.

APPROVAL

AND THE DATE OF ITS

ACADEMIC SECRETARY OF THE

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
NAME:

DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL
ACADEMIC SECRETARY
NAME:

SIGNATURE:

SIGNATURE:

Date of approval by the Directive

Council:

13.

VALIDITY OF THE SYLLABUS

RESOLUTION OF THE
POLYTECHNIC BOARD:
DATE: