Documentos de Académico
Documentos de Profesional
Documentos de Cultura
Grading:
A
Excellent
A+ 97 100%
A 94 96%
A- 90 93%
B+ 87 89%
B 84 86%
B- 80 83%
C
+
/
Satisfact
ory
(pa
C+ 77 79%
C 73 76%
C- 70 72%
69% or Below
D 63 66%
D- 60 62%
Fail/Repeat
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APPROXIMATE
SCHEDULE
Week
Theme
Grammar
Listening and
Test
Dates
Listening for
tone
Reading: Distinguishing
facts from commentary
Test 1:
Feb 23
Pronunciation:
Varying intonation
patterns
according to
sentence type
(statements,
information
questions, tag
questions)
Writing: Analyzing a
research paper
Speaking
1&2
Unit 5: Amazing
Inventions
Identifying
people
and objects;
Giving
background
information;
Relative clauses:
with whose,
which,
and reduced
phrases
**
Note:
This
has
been
change
d to
Feb. 25
Speaking: Oral
presentation skills
Unit 6: Hooked
on Horror
Making and
rejecting
suggestions;
Talking about
cause
and effect;
Talking about
purpose;
Causatives and
expressions of
cause
and effect;
Expressions of
purpose
5&7
Assessing
abilities;
Making
recommendation
s;
Expressing
necessity
Listening for
supporting
arguments
Reading: Recognizing
tone and level of
formality
Pronunciation:
Reduction and
holding with
similar-sounding
consonants
Writing: Generalizing
and organizing
ideasbrainstorming,
time lines, idea maps,
outlines
Test 2:
Mar 11
Speaking:
Introductions of
oral presentations
Listening for
excerpts and
summaries
Pronunciation:
Recognizing
various spellings
of the same
sound (Part 1)
Test 3:
Apr 2
Reading: Conversations
Writing: Quoting and
paraphrasing sources
The subjunctive
Speaking:
Using visual
aids in oral
presentations
8&9
Talking about
Listening: Taking
Your Life
preferences and
question-and-
personal
answer notes
Pronunciation:
Infinitives
characteristics
Gerunds and
bibliography of sources
Recognizing
various spellings
of the same sound
(Part 2)
Speaking: Delivery
of an oral
presentation
Final
Exam:
Apr 20
or 22
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