english language programme syllabus 2016-2017.pdf

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMME: OVERVIEW AND SYLLABUS

2016—2017

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WELCOME TO WE BRIDGE ACADEMY

We are a professional academy with a specific goal—to be the bridge to your success. We specialise in training executives, managers and academics who want to develop English language and professional skills in a global market. Our clients benefit from high standards of teaching and individually-tailored programmes.

WE are the BRIDGE to your success in business, education and language

WE Bridge Academy is located on floor ten of an executive business building in Cardiff city centre, and is a two-minute walk from the central train station.

WE Bridge Academy offers the following:

Professional learning and working environment

Modern facilities

Comfortable and spacious student lounge

Free Wi-FI

Classrooms equipped with modern technology

Concierge and security service

Prayer room and washing facilities


‘Courses are appropriately designed and students’ progress is monitored systematically and effectively. Teaching is an area of strength.’

British Council Inspection Report, March 2016

English language teaching at WE Bridge Academy is based on the communicative approach to ensure that students learn how to communicate in English accurately and effectively. Students are helped to develop the four essential skills of language: speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Students studying at WE Bridge Academy can expect the following:

Level-specific classes from Beginner to Advanced

Pre-course placement test

Individual learning plan

Mixed-nationality classrooms

Maximum of 15 students per class

Continuous formative and summative assessment

Online learning support materials and resources

Monthly tutorials

Regular progress reports

Certification on the successful completion of a level

Please note: Each level takes about 10 weeks to complete depending on the ability and progress of the learner.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AT WE BRIDGE ACADEMY


By the end of the level, students will be able to:

Understand and use familiar expressions and very basic phrases aimed at meeting their everyday needs.

Introduce themselves to others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where they live, people they know and things they have.

Interact in a simple way if the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Students will be encouraged to use the following learning strategies:

Focus on improving language skills outside of the classroom (listen to the radio, watch TV in English, talk to native speakers outside class).

Expand vocabulary by inferring meaning from context and reading graded readers.

Use other textbook and online resources such as MyGrammarLab, Quizlet, etc.

Take part in the social and cultural programme run by WE Bridge Academy.

Borrow graded readers from reception to help improve reading skills and vocabulary acquisition.

Visit WE Bridge Academy’s ‘Grammar Clinic’ to ask for extra help to clarify grammar points.

BEGINNER (CEFR LEVEL A1): OVERVIEW


Week Topic Pronunciation Grammar Vocabulary Practical English

Learning outcomes— students will

be able to:

1. Hello Where are you from?

Word stress Sentence stress Plural Endings

Verb: be Possessive adjectives

Countries Family People we know

Numbers 1 – 20 Plural Nouns, The alphabet

Use days of the week and numbers correctly. Talk about themselves and their families using possessives. Use the alphabet to spell new words. Use stress and intonation correctly.

2. Everyday life Word stress Third person word stress Sentence stress

Present Simple

Common verbs Food and drink Jobs Places of work

Expressing time Days of the week

Use days of the week/numbers correctly. Talk about their life using Present Simple. Read short dialogues/passages and solve tasks. Use stress and intonation correctly.

3. Do you like …? Sentence stress Sentence rhythm

Adverbs of frequency Present simple Word order: Questions

A typical day Common verbs

How much? Use numbers to talk about prices. Use adverbs of frequency. Use common verbs to ask/answer questions about daily routine. Read short passages and infer meaning. Use stress and intonation correctly.

4. Permission and possibility

Sentence stress Can and can’t (modal verbs)

Common verbs 2 What can you do? Speak about abilities using can/can’t. Ask for permission using can. Use new vocabulary in a different context Read short passages and solve tasks. Write about things that people can do.

5. Daily routine in the past

Past simple In, at, on: places Daily routines

Was / were Sentence stress

What date is today? When’s your birthday?

Talk about past activities and places using the correct form of get, go, have, be. Read about past activities and solve tasks. Talk/write about past events using dates write sentences about past events.

6. Changes Past simple Regular and irregular verbs

Common verbs Regular past simple endings

Days, months of the year Street English

Talk about past activities using past tense of verb to be and regular/irregular verbs. Use past time expressions to talk/write about past activities. Identify past tense when listening and reading. Write about past activities.

BEGINNER (CEFR LEVEL A1): SYLLABUS


Week Topic Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation Practical English


be able to:

7. Places There is / there are There was / there were

Hotels Places

The letters ‘ea’ What do you think?

Talk about their room/house town using there is/there are/there was/there were. Describe places. Read about descriptions. Write a short description of their room/house/town.

8. Films Past simple Object pronouns

Verb phrases Sentence stress What’s the last film you saw? Likes / dislikes

Talk about past activities using past tense of verb to be and regular/irregular verbs. Use past time expressions to talk/write about past activities. use new vocabulary in a different context Identify past tenses in reading and speaking exercises. Write about past activities.

9. Future times Going to and ways of expressing the future

Transport and travel The weather

Sentence stress

Is there a bank near here?

Describe the weather. Use future time expressions. Listen and understand the weather forecast Read about future plans. Write about what they are going to do in the future.

10. Review and revision of units 1—9

Review and revision of units 1—9




Review and revision of units 1—9 Pass the end-of-course test and progress to Elementary level.

BEGINNER (CEFR LEVEL A1): SYLLABUS

Materials and resources

New English File: Beginner: Student’s Book, OUP Oxford, 2009

New English File: Beginner: Workbook with key, OUP Oxford, 2009

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/beginner/?cc=gb&selLanguage=en

http://www.mygrammarlab.com

https://quizlet.com

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish



Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to more areas of immediate relevance such as personal and family information, shopping, local geography and employment.

Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.

Describe in simple terms aspects of their background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.








ELEMENTARY (CEFR LEVEL A2): OVERVIEW




be able to:

1. Introduction: Getting to know you

Verb be and pronouns A/an This/ that / these

Numbers Days of the week Personal information

Vowel sounds Word stress The alphabet

English for the classroom

Use days of the week/numbers correctly. Talk about themselves and their families using possessive Talk about their nationality and other nationalities. Use the alphabet to spell new words. Use stress and intonation correctly.

2. Daily routine Possessives Adjectives Adverbs of frequency Prepositions

Jobs Family Daily routine

Consonant sounds Vowel sounds Word stress

The date Talk about their daily routine using present tense and adverbs of frequency correctly. Talk about jobs. Complete reading and listening tasks about jobs. Write sentences about daily and family routine.

3. Shopping Permission and possibility

Can/can’t Like + verb Object pronouns Possessive pronouns

Verb phrases Free time

Sentence stress Rhyming words

What do you like to do?

Talk and write about things they or other people can/can’t do. Talk and write about things they or other people like/dislike Read and infer meaning of new words from context. Write short paragraphs about what they like/dislike/can/can’t do using verb phrases.

4. Who were they?

Past simple Regular verbs Irregular verbs

Word formation Past time expressions

Sentence stress Rhyming words

How to talk about people you know

Talk about past activities using past tense of verb to be and regular/irregular verbs. Use past time expressions to talk/write about past activities. Identify past tense when listening and reading. Write about past activities.

5. Where do you live?

Present continuous Present simple

Houses and furniture Places

Silent letters City names

How to ask for directions

Talk about their house and town. talk about activities that happen at the moment of speaking. Write a short description of their room/house/town.

ELEMENTARY (CEFR LEVEL A2): SYLLABUS




be able to:

6. How much? A/an, some/any Going to

Food Nouns Holidays

/w/, /v/ and /b/ Ordering food Talk about food and drinks using articles and questions with how much/many correctly. Speak and write about future plans using be going to and new vocabulary. Write about future holiday plans.

7. The weather Comparative and superlative adjectives

The weather Common adverbs

Consonant groups Describing the weather

Describe people/cities/weather using comparatives and superlatives. Talk an write about what they would like to do in their spare time. Listen and understand the weather forecast. Use adverbs to write about the weather.

8. Have you seen the film?

Present perfect Past simple

Past participles Sentence stress Talk about recent activities

Talk about recent activities using present perfect simple. Listen to and read about talking about recent and past activities. Write about recent activities using the vocabulary from the unit.

9-10 Review and revision of units 1—9





Review and revision of units 1—9 Pass the end-of-course test and progress to Pre-Intermediate level.

ELEMENTARY (CEFR LEVEL A2): SYLLABUS


New English File: Elementary Student’s Book, OUP Oxford, 2004

New English File: Elementary: Workbook with key, OUP Oxford, 2004

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary?cc=gb&selLanguage=en


https://quizlet.com




Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).

Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.

Describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.








PRE-INTERMEDIATE (CEFR LEVEL A2—B1): OVERVIEW




be able to:

1. Where are you from?

Word order Present simple

Common verb phrases Describing people Clothes

Vowel sounds Shopping for clothes

Use present tense simple and continuous to talk about family and holidays. Describe people and the clothes they are wearing. Use correct word order to ask questions. Write 70-100 words about family, describing people, etc.

2. The story behind a photo

Past simple continuous

Prepositions of time and place Verb phrases Holidays

Sentence stress Contractions

Telling a story Use past simple and continuous to talk about past events. Use verbs and prepositions to talk about different activities. Use phrasal verbs to talk/write about different activities. Write paragraphs about their holidays.

3. Future plans Going to Present continuous for future plans

Airports Verbs and prepositions

Vowel sounds Word stress

Making plans Use be going to and present continuous to talk about future plans. Use present continuous for future arrangements. Use vocabulary connected with travelling. Listen to people talking about what they are planning to do. Write a short paragraph about future plans.

4. Shopping Parents and teenagers

Present perfect Shopping Make or do

Word stress Prepositions

Going shopping Use present perfect with just, yet, already to talk/write about recent activities. Use past simple talk/write about past activities. Use vocabulary connected with shopping. Write an email to a friend describing recent/past events.

5. Cities Comparatives and superlatives

Describing a town or city Health and the body

Long and short vowels

Using time expressions

Use comparatives and superlatives to describe cities and towns. Use time expressions. Describe the place where they live.

PRE-INTERMEDIATE (CEFR LEVEL A2 — B1): SYLLABUS




be able to:

6. The meaning of dreams

Will / won’t Review of present and past tenses

Opposite verbs Sentence stress

Talking about predictions and decisions

Use will/won’t to talk about predictions and decisions. Use all past and present tenses correctly. Complete reading for gist and detail. Write a letter using all tenses correctly.

7. How to … Uses of the gerund Permission and obligation

Verbs and infinitive

/e/ and /eu/

Talk about obligation and permission

Use verbs followed by the infinitive or gerund correctly. Use must, have to, don’t have to to talk about obligation or lack of obligation. Complete listening and reading for gist and detail tasks. Write about 150-80 words on how to be happy.

8. If something goes wrong

Should First conditional Possessive pronouns

Get Confusing verbs

Vowel sounds Rhyming verbs

Give advice Use should for advice. Use first conditional to talk about wishes. Read and listen for gist and detail. Write a short paragraph about giving advice to someone.

9-10 Review and revision of units 1—9





Review and revision of units 1—9 Pass the end-of-course test and progress to Intermediate level.

PRE-INTERMEDIATE (CEFR LEVEL A2 — B1): SYLLABUS


New English File: Pre-Intermediate Student’s Book, OUP Oxford, 2012

New English File: Pre-Intermediate: Workbook with key, OUP Oxford, 2012

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/preintermediate?cc=gb&selLanguage=en


https://quizlet.com




Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.

Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.

Can produce simple connected text on topics, which are familiar, or of personal interest.

Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans








INTERMEDIATE (CEFR LEVEL B1): OVERVIEW




be able to:

1. Family life Present simple and present continuous

Family life Food and restaurants

Prefixes Suffixes

Ordering food in restaurants

Use present tense simple and continuous to talk about family, holidays, food. Read and listen for gist and detail on the topic of family life. Write about 200—250 words about family life.

2. Money Present perfect and present simple

Money Phrasal verbs Strong adjectives Numbers

Numbers Strong adjectives

How to pay for something

Use present perfect and present simple to talk about recent events Correctly pronounce numbers with the correct word stress Read and listen for gist and detail on the topic of money.

3. Modern manners

Modal verbs for permission and obligation

Describing people Mobile phones Adjectives

Sentence stress How to describe someone

Use modal verbs to talk about obligation, advice, possibility, impossibility, probability. Use adjectives to describe people. Listen to and read about people talking about possibility, probability, impossibility, and advice. Write an email with advice (about 200 words) to a friend.

4. Back to school First and second conditionals

Education Friendship The verb get

/s/ and /z/ How to talk about education

Use the first and second conditional to talk about real and hypothetical events. Use get as a phrasal verb. Read and listen for gist/detail about the topic of education. Write 200—250 words about school/education.

5. Work Gerunds and infinitives Articles Quantifiers

Noun formation Work vocabulary Verbs and adjectives

ough and augh How to talk about where you work / job roles

Use gerunds and infinitives correctly. Use quantifiers and articles with countable/uncountable nouns. Listen and read for gist/detail about the topic of work / job roles. Write 200-250 words about your job and place of work.

INTERMEDIATE (CEFR LEVEL B1): SYLLABUS




be able to:

6. Cinema Reported speech The passive and active voices

Going to the cinema

Consonant sounds How to talk about films

Use reported speech correctly to talk about events. Recognise the passive and active voices. Listen and read for gist/detail about the topic of the cinema. Write a short biography about a film star.

7. Can we make our own luck?

Third conditional Questions tags

Adjectives and adverbs Compound nouns

Intonation in question tags

To talk about unreal events

Use the third conditional to talk about unreal events Use question tags correctly with the correct intonation Listen and read for gist and detail about unreal events. Write 200—250 words about an unreal event

8—10 Review and revision of units 1—7





Review and revision of units 1—7. Pass the end-of-course test and progress to Upper-Intermediate level.

INTERMEDIATE (CEFR LEVEL B1): SYLLABUS


New English File: Intermediate Student’s Book, OUP Oxford, 2012

New English File: Intermediate: Workbook with key, OUP Oxford, 2012

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate?cc=gb&selLanguage=en


https://quizlet.com




Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation.

Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.

Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.








UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (CEFR LEVEL B2): OVERVIEW




be able to:

1. Healthcare Questions Present perfect

Illness and healthcare

Intonation, stress and rhythm

How to talk about feeling ill

Use questions and present perfect correctly to talk about illnesses and personalities. Use correct word order to ask questions Listen and read for gist/detail on the topic of health and medicine. Write 200-250 words about health.

2. National stereotypes Air travel

Using adjectives Narrative tenses

Air travel Nationalities

Vowel sounds Irregular past forms

At the airport Use narrative tenses to talk about past journeys. Listen and read for gist/detail on the topic of national stereotypes. Write 200—250 words on a past journey.

3. Crime and punishment The weather

Passive Future perfect

Crime and punishment Weather Expressions with use

The letter ‘u’ Talking about the weather

Use the passive and future perfect tense/conditionals to talk about different events. Use expressions with take, vocabulary connected with crime/punishment. Listen and read for gist/detail on the topic of crime. Write a pro/con essay of 200-250 words about the roles of prison in society.

4. The body Past modals Verbs of the senses The body

Sentence rhythm Silent letters

How to talk about the senses

Use past modals to talk about past events. Use verbs of senses correctly. Listen and read for gist/detail on the topic of the body. Write an essay on a pre-chosen topic about 200—250 words.

5. The psychology of sleep The media

Gerunds and infinitives Reporting verbs

Sleep Music The media

/h/ and /y/ Linking words

Talking about the media

Use gerunds and infinitives correctly. Use reported speech to talk/write about news Listen and read for gist/detail on the topic of sleep. Write around 250 words on the topic of the media

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (CEFR LEVEL B2): SYLLABUS




be able to:

6. Science Articles Uncountable quantifiers

Science Collocations

Word stress Telephone English Use articles with countable/uncountable nouns. Use collocations correctly. use vocabulary connected with science Listen and read for gist/detail on the topic of science Write a 250 word biography about a famous scientist.

7. Business and advertising

Expressions with wish Relative clauses

Business Advertising

Changing stress English used in the office

Use wish structures to express desire. Use relative clauses to form complex sentences. Listen and read for gist/detail on the topic of business and advertising. Write a short essay about the influence of adverts on children.






Review and revision of units 1—7. Pass the end-of-course test and progress to Advanced level.

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (CEFR LEVEL B2): SYLLABUS


New English File: Upper-Intermediate Student’s Book, OUP Oxford, 2012

New English File: Upper-Intermediate: Workbook with key, OUP Oxford, 2012

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/upperintermediate?cc=gb&selLanguage=en


https://quizlet.com




Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning.

Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.

Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.

Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.








ADVANCED (CEFR LEVEL C1): OVERVIEW




be able to:

1. What motivates you?

Discourse markers Have Pronouns

Work Personality Language terminology

Word stress Sound-spelling relationships

Colloquial English Writing a letter of application

Recognise and use discourse markers. Use pronouns correctly. Listen and read for gist/detail on the topic of work . Write a letter of application (200 words).

2. Once upon a time

The past Narrative tenses Get

Word building Abstract nouns Time Phrases with get

Word stress with suffixes

Time and technology (colloquial English)

Use narrative tenses to talk about past events. Use phrases with get correctly. Listen and read for gist/detail on the topic of time and technology. Write an article of 250 approx. words on the concept of time.

3. Money Speculation and deduction Inversion Unreal uses of past tenses

Sounds and the human voice Describing books Money

Consonant clusters

Talking about money

Use appropriate language to be able to speculate and deduce. Be able to describe human sounds using appropriate vocabulary. Listen and read for gist/detail on the topic of women and money. Write an essay about the pros and cons of winning the lottery (250 words).

4. Historical events

Verb + object + infinitive or gerund Conditional sentences

History and warfare Compound adjectives

Intonation in polite requests Sounds and spelling

Phone language: adjectives and prepositions

Use the structure verb + object + infinitive or gerund correctly. Use conditional sentences to talk about hypothetical situations. Listen and read for gist/detail on the topic of historical welfare. Write a short article about an historical event (250—300 words).

5. Arts and artists Permission, obligation and necessity

Art and artists Place and movement

Extra stress on important words Intonation in exclamations

Writing informal emails

Use modal verbs to talk about permission, obligation and necessity. Listen and read for gist/detail on the subject of art and artists. Write a report about a famous artist.

ADVANCED (CEFR LEVEL C1): SYLLABUS




be able to:

6. The natural world

Future plans and arrangements Cleft sentences

The natural world Tourism

Homophones How to present an argument

Use expressions and correct verb forms to talk about future plans and arrangements. Talk and listen about the pros and cons of tourism. Write a discursive essay on the pros and cons of animal testing.

7. Food Compound and possessive forms So and such

Preparing food Word building Humour

-ed adjective endings and linking Homographs

How to complain Use nouns in compound and possessive forms. Use so and such correctly in context. Talk about cooking and preparing food. Read for gist/detail about cooking round the world. Write a recipe in English of your favourite national dish .






Review and revision of units 1—7. Pass the end-of-course test and progress to Advanced level.

ADVANCED (CEFR LEVEL C1): SYLLABUS


New English File: Advanced Student’s Book, OUP Oxford, 2010

New English File: Advanced: Workbook with key, OUP Oxford, 2010

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/advanced?cc=gb&selLanguage=en


https://quizlet.com



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