English 2 Course Induction

COURSE INTRODUCTION

English 2

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INDEX

APPROACH

COMPETENCES

objectives

content

METHODOLOGY

EVALUATION

RESOURCES

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APPROACHes

critical thinking

communicative

• Awareness of egocentric and socio-centric thinking
• Ethical reasoning / Dialogic learning
• Autonomy

• Language in context
• Grammar as a vehicle
• Fluency in hand with accuracy
• Use of authentic material
• Cooperative learning
• Information transfer activities
• Four language abilities

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COMPETENCES

GENERAL

• Knowledge of the world
• Sociocultural knowledge
• Intercultural awareness
• Existential competence
• Study skills
• Heuristic skills

CRITICAL THINKING

communicative

• Use of the elements of thought
• Open-mindedness
• Effective communication

• Linguistic
• Sociocultural
• Pragmatic

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COMMUNICATIVE and SOCIO-CRITICAL objectives

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E1

BASIC LEVEL (A2)

bASIC LEVEL (a1)

• Describe people, places, feelings, present situations, ongoing actions, habits in the past, and past events

• Use greetings, farewells, and titles properly

• Introduce him/herself and others

• Ask and answer questions about personal details

• Identify sociocultural factors that determine social behavior

• Recognize the relationship between cultural background and idiosyncrasy

• Talk about everyday routines

• Describe the personality of others

b1

LOW inTERMEDIAtE LEVEL (b1)

• Establish similarities and differences between local cultures

• Relate past and present situations and events

• Identify common values and features of Colombians

• Explain the causes of current environmental issues

• Predict the present and future effects of current human practices

MCRE

• Give advice and suggestions

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content - english 2 - my roots

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my ORIGIN

cULTURAL experiences

Task 1 Stereotypes

Task 1 My City, My Country

• Characteristics of people
• Social behavior
• Adjectives to describe attitudes and feelings

• Names of places in the city
• Location of places
• Characteristics and conditions of places
• Adjectives to describe places
• Adverbs of degree
• Countable and uncountable nouns
• Simple present

Task 2 Culture shock

• Simple past

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PROJECT TASK

My cultural background

Task 2 What's going on?

• Customs
• Traditions
• Past habits
• Time expressions

• Situations occurring in the city
• Social behavior
• Present continuous

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evaluation

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evaluation

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methodology

lessons

student participation

class setting

LANGUAGE

Task / Project based learning

In-person

English/Spanish

Individual/Pair/Group

assignments

complementaryactivities

communication

clear/timely/respectful/objective

Four skills

Tutoring / Clubs

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resources and materials

digital resources

WEBoGRAphy

modeling texts in class exercises

additional material

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