Syllabus for Colegio Comuneros English Course

Grade: 7 - 2

 

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course will show students the different kinds of tenses in English such as present simple, present continuous, past simple, and future. Also we will revise some vocabulary such as time expressions, adjectives and more.

 

AIMS OF THE COURSE:

•  To provide students with the necessary theoretical background and practice about the most common grammar and vocabulary about present, past and future tenses.
•  To identify the importance of recognizing and applying this kind of tenses in real life.
•  To provide students with the necessary elements so that they can incorporate all the grammar and vocabulary into real life.

 

CONTENT

 

TO BE: INTRODUCTION

 

TO BE + LOCATIONS, SUBJECT PRONOUNS

 

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

 

TO BE: SHORT ANSWERS, POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

 

TO BE: YES/NO QUESTIONS, SHORT ANSWERS, ADJECTIVES, POSSESSIVE NOUNS

 

TO BE:REVIEW, PRESENT COUNTINUOUS TENSE: REVIEW, PREPOSITIONS OF LOCATION

 

PREPOSITIONS, THERE IS/ THERE ARE, SINGULAR/PLURAL: INTRODUCTION

 

SINGULAR/ PLURAL, ADJECTIVES, THIS/ THAT/ THESE/ THOSE

 

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

 

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: YES/NO QUESTIONS, NEGATIVES, SHORT ANSWERS

 

OBJECT PRONOUNS, SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: S VS. NON-S ENDINGS, HAVE / HAS, ADVERBS OF FREQUENY

 

CONTRAST: SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSES, ADJECTIVES

 

CAN, HAVE TO

 

FUTURE: GOING TO, TIME EXPRESSIONS, WANT TO

 

PAST TENSE: REGULAR VERBS, INTRODUCTION TO IRREGULAR VERBS

 

PAST TENSE: YES / NO QUESTIONS, SHORT ANSWERS, WH-QUESTIONS, MORE IRREGULAR VERBS, TIME EXPRESSIONS

 

TO BE: PAST TENSE

 

METHODOLOGY

All the classes and assignments will be based on the multiple intelligences theory, cooperative language learning and whole language learning.

 

 

ASSESMENT

Your grade will be calculated as follows: Attendance, 15%; completion of research/teaching assignments and in-class presentations, 25%; exams, 30%; final proyect, 30%.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

 

MOLINSKY, Steven. BLISS, Bill. SIDE BY SIDE. Book 1. Second edition. Prentice Hall. Englewoods Cliffs, New Jersey, United States of America, 1989.