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Adultos 2

Adultos 1

Programa de contenidos gramaticales

Greetings. Verb "to be"
Present Simple: personal information, routines, likes and dislikes
Present Continuous: present activities
Simple Past: was, were, had
Personal pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they
Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, its, our, your their
Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs
Prepositions: of time: at, on, in, from, to
of place: at, in, on, under, opposite, next to...
Question markers: what, which, when, where, whose, how, how old
Nationalities: Where are you from?
Possession: have got/has got
Identification: this, that, these, those
Existence: there is/there are
Quantity: countable and uncountable nouns
How much...?/How many...? some, any, no, much, many
Likes and dislikes: like + noun, like + -ing
Desirability: I'd like... I want...
Ability: can, can't
Asking favours: Could you...?
Suggestions: Let's ... How/What about...?
Offering: Would you...?
Telling the time

Vocabulario

Nationalities, days of the week, months, seasons, dates (When is your birthday? On...), colours, objects, parts of the house, places in town, members of the family, jobs and occupations, clothes

Writing

short guided paragragh giving personal information

Programa de contenidos gramaticales

Revision of tenses: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Going to
Past Simple: regular and irregular verbs, ago
Past Continuous: events happening at a specific time in the past contrast with Past Simple
Quantity: too many, too much, not enough, many, some
no one, everyone, someone, nobody, everybody, somebody
Reason: Why/because
What happened?
What's the matter?
Appearance: look like
Instructions: Put the coin in the slot
Requests: can, could (Could you help me?)
Suggestions: could, shall (What shall we do this evening?)
Obligation: must, have to (You have to stay in bed)
Offers: will (I'll do it for you)
Promises: will (I'll send a postcard)
Time clauses: before/after + gerund
past (When he arrived, I was sleeping)
Frequency: always, usually, often, sometimes, never (revision), hardly ever, occasionally, once a week, twice a year
Discourse markers: and, or, but
because, so, however
after that, eventually, finally
verb + -ing: love, like, enjoy, don't mind, hate
Comparison: short and long adjectives
Superlatives: short and long adjectives

Writing

short guided paragraph including personal information and simple narration of events

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Revision of Tenses
Past Perfect Simple: events that happened before another event in the past
Habit: be used to + -ing
Revision of Reported Speech: reporting verbs (suggest, order...)
Relative clauses: defining, non-defing, with relative omitted
Present and past participles as adjectives
Improbable and Impossible conditions: Conditionals Type II and III
if, unless
Modal verbs: revision of modals
Verb of perception + -ing (I saw him running)
Causative "have" and "get" (She wants to have her hair cut)
Passive Voice
Discourse markers: in case, both...and, neither...nor, not only ...but also, whereas, while
Confusible pairs: lend/borrow, do/make
Comparison: less, as...as, not so … as, not + adjective + enough
Result: so/such...that (It was so loud that I couldn't sleep)

Writing

paragraph structure and order
paragraph organization (topic sentence, development, conclusion)
narrative writing and sequencing
letter writing: layout and development
Nota: Dado que este curso es el de articulación entre los tres primeros y los tres últimos del ciclo, el objetivo principal del mismo es consolidar firmemente los conocimientos adquiridos hasta el momento y desarrollar mayor fluidez en las cuatro habilidades de la lengua.

Programa de contenidos gramaticales

Revision of Tenses
Present Perfect Simple for experience: Have you ever...?
I've never... I've always... I've just...
with for, since, just, already, yet, still
Future Progressive
Present Continuous with future meaning. Contrast with "going to"
Habits in the past: used to
verb + -ing/preposition
stative verb + adjective (taste/smell/look/sound/seem + good)
stative verb + like (it tastes like chicken)
Advice: should, ought to
Permission: be allowed to
Deductions: can't , could, must, might (He can't be Italian)
Possibility: may, might (He may come tomorrow)
Reported Speech: statements, questions, requests, commands
Possible conditions: Conditional Type I
Question tags: positive and negative
Contrast: although, however
Time connectors
adjective + prep (frightened/proud/ashamed + of, angry/annoyed/upset/worried + about, pleased/disappointed/fed up/angry + with, good/bad/surprised/ + at)
Pronouns: both (both of us love football)
neither (neither of us likes football)

Vocabulario

sentence combination: because/so, because/although
advertisements, invitations, plans, giving news/reacting to news, offering help, simple narratives

Adultos 4

Adultos 3

Programa de contenidos gramaticales

Revision of Tenses, active and passive
Future Perfect
Future Progressive
Revision of Modals. "be/get used to + -ing"
Perfect Modals (should have done)
Conditionals. Mixed conditionals: If I hadn’t accepted his offer, I would go out with you.
Question forms: Who to? What for?
Verb + gerund vs. Verb + infinitive (don't mind helping, hope to see)
Verbs used with both gerund and infinitive (love, prefer)
Infinitives after adjectives (happy to see, sorry to hear)
Comparisons: the … the …; so…; such…
Compound nouns (youth hostel, drawback)
Compound adjectives (well-dressed, time-consuming)
Uncountable nouns (information, advice)
Words that only occur in the plural (scissors)
Making uncountable nouns countable ( a loaf of bread)
Adverbs modifying adjectives (quite, fairly, totally, etc)
More confusible words: do/make; say/speak/talk/tell; rob/steal
The use of the article
Expressing regret (If only..., I wish...)

Writing

Narratives
Descriptions
Letters
Using opening and concluding statements
(between 100 - 150 words)
Nota: The topics that the students should master will depend on the choice of textbook, but all students should be able to fluently describe people's appearance and feelings, describe places and express their opinions, beliefs, intentions, likes and desires both in speech and in writing.

Adultos 6

Programa de contenidos gramaticales

Revision of Tenses
Present Perfect Progressive
Past Perfect Progressive
Verb + infinitive vs. Verb + -ing (stop doing vs. stop to do)
Revision of Conditionals
if, unless, in case
Revision of Reported Speech (more reporting verbs)
Revision of Modal Verbs
"used to" contrasted with "would"
Substitution ("So did I", "Neither does he")
Phrasal Verbs (turn off, take after)
Prepositional Verbs (look at, listen to)
Revision of get/have sth done
Question forms with "How" (How far? How tall?)
Time (as soon as, while, afterwards, since, as)
Concession and contrast (although, on the other hand, even though)
Comparison (not so ... as)
Purpose and Reason (in order to, so that, because of, since, as)
Preference (would rather, prefer)
Link words: however, so, therefore, in contrast, besides, etc.
More confusible pairs: see/watch, hear/listen

Writing

Narratives
Descriptions
Letters
Using opening and concluding statements
(between 80 - 100 words)

Adultos 5

Programa de contenidos gramaticales

Revision of tenses:
Present Simple, Progressive, Perfect and Perfect Progressive; Past Simple, Progressive, Perfect and Perfect Progressive; Future Simple and Continuous; Future in the past; Going to
Modal verbs: will; would; must; should; may; might; can; could; need; have to; ought to; be able; manage; succeed. (perfect modals). Uses and functions: suggestions, advice, warnings, regrets, criticism, obligation, necessity, lack of necessity, prohibition, permission, certainty, possibility, ability
Conditional sentences: The three types. Mixed conditions
Reported Speech: uses; verb patterns
Time clauses in the past and in the future. Time conjunctions: as; while; when; after; before; as soon as; until; by the time...
Relative Clauses: defining and non-defining
Making Hypothesis: I wish...; If only...; Supposing...; I hope...; As if/as though...; It' time...; would rather...
The subjunctive: present and past
Inversion: uses; adverbials: hardly; no sooner;little; not only;only
Comparisons: as...as; not so/as...as; so/such...that; as versus like
Participial constructions
The passive form, choosing between active or passive, including the agent, verbs with two objects. Passive constructions with the infinitive: Maradona is said to be very rich
Gerund and infinitive
Present and past participles
Non-finite verbal constructions: to inf (I hope to see him)
-ed participle (Covered in dust, she ...)
-ing participle (Living in the country, we...)
Modification of adjectives and adverbs: fairly, rather, quite, very, etc
Collective nouns (a flock of sheep)
More confusible words: raise/rise; lie/lay; remind/remember
Areas temáticas:
School; family relationships; age; art; violence and crime; status and social class; the media; religion; life and death; the senses; the future; everyday problems; travel; etc.

Vocabulario

Five paragraph essay (between 150 - 200 words)
Nota importante: Dado que este es el último curso del ciclo y que el certificado que se otorga al cumplimentar este nivel es considerado válido para la solicitud de diferentes empleos, es imprescindible que el alumno demuestre realmente que ha cumplido con todos los objetivos requeridos tanto en la expresión oral como en la escrita.

Adultos 7

volver