1. UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR
CENTRO DE IDIOMAS
Intermediate I CONTENTS
UNIT 1: EVERYBODY IS DOING THEIR CHORES
FUNCTIONS:
Asking and giving personal information related to dairy routines and on- going actions.
Speaking: asking and giving personal information about the student’s
daily routine and spare time activities
Talking about daily routine
Talking about leisure time activities
Listening: understanding the meaning of oral texts and identifying the
given vocabulary.
Listening for likes and dislikes
Listening for gist
Listening for details
Listening and making predictions
Listening conversations about household chores
Reading: understanding important information in short texts.
Reading for specific information and gist
Writing: writing about aspects of the everyday life in simple phrases and
sentences.
writing a short informal letter about myself by using simple sentences
Vocabulary: Household chores and leisure time activities
Sports
Weather
Means of Transportation
Connectors: Connectors to express sequence (first, then, next, after, later)
Grammar: Present Tense/ Present Progressive/ Adverbs of Frequency/Use of
Prepositions or ing form to talk about means of transportation
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2. UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR
CENTRO DE IDIOMAS
Intermediate I CONTENTS
UNIT 2: ARE YOU READY TO ORDER?
FUNCTION:
Talking about the student’s favorite food using quantifiers
Speaking: talking about the student’s favorite food in a restaurant
Ordering something to eat or drink
Handling quantities and cost
Listening: understanding when someone speaks very slowly and carefully
about what somebody likes to eat or to drink
Listening for details and gist
Listening for likes and opinions
Reading: reading to identify important information in short texts.
Reading for gist
Writing: writing informal letters
writing a short informal letter about myself by using simple sentences
Vocabulary: Food, Fruits and vegetables
Typical foods
Table traditions
Connectors: Connectors of sequence (review unit 1)
Grammar: Quantifiers
Countable and Uncountable Nouns
There is / There are
How Much How Many
UNIT 3: WHAT ARE YOU DOING TOMORROW?
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3. UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR
CENTRO DE IDIOMAS
Intermediate I CONTENTS
FUNCTION:
Talking about future plans, ambitions and predictions
Speaking: asking people about future plans and predictions
Asking people about future plans
Talking about personal ambitions
Listening: understanding when someone talks about future plans
carefully and slowly to me
Listening for details and gist
Listening for opinions
Reading: reading to identify important information in short texts
Reading for specific information and gist
Writing: writing informal letters
writing a short informal letter about myself by using simple sentences
Vocabulary: Special occasions/ Holidays
Science and technology
Connectors: Sequence and contrast words (then, next, later, after, and, so, but, however,
in addition)
Grammar: Future Tense (Will - Be Going To)
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4. UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR
CENTRO DE IDIOMAS
Intermediate I CONTENTS
UNIT 4: FLASHBACKS
FUNCTION:
Giving short, basic description of past events
Speaking: describing past activities and personal experiences
Talk about past activities and personal experiences
Listening: understanding the essential information in short recorded
passages dealing with past events and leisure activities
Listening for details and gist
Listening for specific information
Reading: reading to identify important information in short texts
Reading for specific information
Writing: writing an informal letters
writing a short informal letter about myself by using simple sentences
Vocabulary: Countries
Leisure activities (review)
Regular and Irregular Verbs
Connectors: Connectors to express sequence and Contrast (then, next, later, after and;
but, although, however, in spite of, despite)
Grammar: Simple Past Tense / Past of To Be / Regular and Irregular Verbs
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