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Academic English

18 clases

2 horas por clase

36 horas en total

1era clase

1. Introduction
a. What is AE?
b. What will be learnt?
i. Writing
1. Structure of a text
2. Source material
3. Writing style
4. Grammar, spelling and punctuation
ii. Reading
1. Vocabulary
2. Style
3. Main ideas
4. Active reading and critical thinking
a. Trace sources
b. Understand arguments
iii. Speaking and listening
1. Differences between written and spoken English
2. Punctuation
3. Idiomatic language
4. Reading out loud
2. Practicing
a. Reading and understanding an argument
b. Reply to it Write something about it
c. Discuss the topic

2da clase

1. Writing Genres and structure


a. Genres
i. Essay
ii. Report
iii. Research article
iv. Summary
b. Structure
i. Relationships between structure and purpose
ii. Basic structure
1. Introduction
2. Development
3. Conclusion
iii. Main topic
iv. Arguments

3ra clase

1. Writing Structure
a. Introducing the introduction
i. How to start
ii. Presenting the problem
iii. Presenting what will be treated on the essay
iv. Presenting the perspective
b. Practice
i. Write an introduction for 3 different topics
ii. Revise the writing. How could it improve?
iii. Compare with 3 given introductions

4ta clase

1. The development of the text


a. Writing an scheme
i. Topics to be treated
ii. Arguments
iii. Supports
iv. Perspective
b. Practice
i. Write a paragraph according to the given characteristics
ii. Revise the writings
iii. Compare

5ta clase

1. Topic arguments and supports


a. Relationships between arguments and supports
i. Kind of arguments for AE
ii. Kind of supports for AE
iii. Common knowledge supports
iv. Personal perspectives
b. Arguments and counterarguments
c. Linking topics/arguments between them along the text
d. Practice. Find the arguments/supports in 3 text

6ta clase

1. Conclusions
a. Tie everything up
b. What did you want to prove?
c. Is it already said on the text?
d. Relationship between introduction and conclusion
e. How to end a text
2. Practice
a. Find the ties between introduction and conclusion
b. Which would be the arguments of the text?

7ma clase

1. Sentence structure and logical linking


a. Logical linking
i. Cause and consequences
ii. Adding ideas
iii. Contradictions
b. Sentence structure and linking words
i. Copulative
ii. Adversative
iii. Illative
iv. Linking words
2. Practice/cohesion

8va clase

1. Style and tone


a. Clearness
b. Concise
c. Precise
d. Coherent
2. Formality
a. Contractions
b. and or but to start the sentence
c. First person pronouns
d. Rhetorical questions
e. Colloquialism

9na clase

1. Style
a. Impersonal structures
b. Passive verb forms
c. Cautious explanations
d. Objectivity
2. Specialized vocabulary

10ma clase

1. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation


a. S-V agreement
b. V agreement verb tense
c. the and a differences
d. Gerund infinitive after which verbs
2. Compound and complex sentences / Nominalization / Relative clauses
3. Adverb clauses
4. Parallel structures
5. Prepositions

11ra clase

1. Source material
a. Selecting information and evidence
b. Citation and evidence
c. Referencing
d. Inserting the information
2. Bibliography
3. Plagiarism

12da clase

1. Reading
a. Vocabulary of AE
b. Style of AE
c. Remember the structure (writing)
2. Specialized vocabulary and style practice

13ra clase

1. Identifying the main point of the text


2. Identifying the arguments and its supports
3. Identify the logical links of the ideas
4. Practice. Critical writing about an essay

14ta clase

1. Active reading
2. Critical thinking
3. Practice. What kind of sources are used?
4. Do the supports accord with the arguments?

15ta clase

1. Note-taking
2. Reporting and summarizing
3. Reading writing relationship

16ta clase

1. Differences between written and spoken language


2. Idiomatic language
3. Colloquialism

17ma clase

1. Pronunciation
2. Reading out loud

18va clase

1. Conclusion
a. Check the text
b. Are you guiding the reader/listener?

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