TECNICATURA EN ADMINISTRACIÓN Y GESTIÓN UNIVERSITARIA U.B.

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ASIGNATURA: INGLÉS NIVEL I (ELEMENTAL)- Prof. Pedreira

Equipo Docente: Czwan, Fontana, Pedreira, Sánchez

 Los objetivos del curso son:

El aprendizaje de las estructuras básicas de la lengua inglesa para permitirle al alumno

comprender y expresarse en idioma inglés como así también redactar textos simples en
dicho idioma.

La incorporación de vocabulario técnico específico del área de negocios (Business

English).

El desarrollo de las cuatro habilidades necesarias para el aprendizaje de un idioma

extranjero: comprensión lectora, comprensión auditiva, expresión oral y escrita.

La adquisición por parte del alumno de las herramientas necesarias para manejarse en
idioma inglés en situaciones que se presenten dentro del ámbito laboral y para analizar
e intercambiar información en dicho idioma.

 Contenidos Gramaticales Mínimos:

Artículos, demostrativos, numerales y cuantificadores.

Pronombres subjetivos, objetivos y personales.
Clasificación de oraciones: Afirmativas, interrogativas, negativas.
Tiempos verbales: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Futuro con “Going to” y Present
Continuous, Past simple, Present Perfect (en sus formas afirmativas, interrogativas y
negativas)
Verbos modales: Can, could, must, should, would.
Formas verbales: Infinitivos, participios, gerundios.
Uso de preposiciones
Categorías de palabras: Sustantivos (singulares y plurales; regulares e
irregulares),contables e incontables; Adjetivos (formas comparativas y superlativas),
Adverbios (modo, tiempo y lugar)

Vocabulario relacionado con situaciones laborales, entrevistas, viajes, presentaciones,

reuniones, entre otras.

Redacción de memos, notas, correos electrónicos e informes .

Forma de evaluación: Se tomarán dos exámenes parciales escritos para evaluar el

conocimiento de los temas desarrollados durante el curso. De no alcanzarse la
calificación promedio de 7 (siete) puntos requerida para promocionar la materia, se
tomará un examen final global.
Unidades a desarrollar:

Unit 1: CONTACTS
Reading: Working in a foregin country
Language: Verb to be, Articles: a /an
Vocabulary: Countries, Nationalities and Jobs
Skills: Introducing yourself
Dilemma and Decision: Who to interview (Writing)

Unit 2: TEAMS
Reading: Teams with bright ideas
Language: Present simple affirmative, Adverbs of frequency
Vocabulary: Departments
Skills: Introducing others
Dilemma and Decision: A new team member

Unit 3: COMPANIES
Reading: Look east
Language: Present simple negative, interrogative and short answers . Articles
Vocabulary: Word family
Skills: Company Information
Dilemma and Decision: Which company to buy

Unit 4: OFFICES
Reading: The paperless office
Language: Prepositions of place, Verb forms: the imperative
Vocabulary: Offices
Skills: Directions
Dilemma and Decision: An office move

Unit 5: EVENTS
Reading: The office picnic
Language: Verb patterns: Like and would like. Modal verbs: Can
Vocabulary: Describing food and drink.
Skills: Offers, requests and permission
Dilemma and Decision: Welcoming visitors

Unit 6: MONEY
Reading: The business of giving
Language: Nouns: Countable and Uncountable nouns. Some, Any, How much, How many
Vocabulary: Orders
Skills: Ordering goods
Dilemma and Decision: A new supplier

Unit 7: PROJECTS

Reading: Project analysis

Language: Tenses: Past simple affirmative; Prepositions of time
Vocabulary: Ordinal numbers ; Prepositions+ nouns
Skills: Talking about a project
Dilemma and Decision: What went wrong?
Unit 8 : SOLUTIONS
Reading: Lighting up the world
Language: Past simple negative, interrogative and short answers
Vocabulary: People and places
Skills: Explaining a technical problem
Dilemma and Decision: The best solution?

Unit 9: PRODUCTS
Reading: Playtime
Language: Adjectives and Adverbs
Vocabulary: Adjectives : Size, shape and material
Skills: Describing a product
Dilemma and Decision: What can we do with the old TVs?

Unit 10: COMPETITORS

Reading: The shy architect
Language: Tenses: Present Continuous
Vocabulary: Word Families: Market – Compound nouns
Skills: Catching up
Dilemma and Decision: Win back market share

Unit 11: LOCATION

Reading: Over there
Language: Comparatives and Superlatives
Vocabulary: Work
Skills: Opinions
Dilemma and Decision: Moving for work

Unit 12: CAREERS

Reading: The world of work
Language: Tenses: Present Perfect: for and since
Vocabulary: Work
Skills: Interviews
Dilemma and Decision: A good employee

Unit 13: IDEAS

Reading: Lord of the Rings
Language: Modal verbs: advice and suggestions; Infinitive with or without to
Vocabulary: Marketing: make and do
Skills: Discussing ideas
Dilemma and Decision: Expanding the business

Unit 14: TRAVEL

Reading: More workers take a career break
Language: Tenses: Present Continuous for future
Vocabulary: Transport- Future time expressions
Skills: Making arrangements
Dilemma and Decision: Visitors

Unit 15: TRENDS

Reading: The phone of the future
Language: Will (Decisions and Predictions)
Vocabulary: Numbers and symbols
Skills: Talking about trends
Dilemma and Decision: Investing in the future

Bibliography:
Coursebook: Intelligent Business – Elementary - Irene Barrall and Nikolas Barrall –
Pearson
Workbook: Intelligent Business – Elementary - Pearson
Additional Practice (optional) : Essential Grammar in Use- Raymond Murphy- Cambridge
University Press.

On-line dictionary: www.wordreference.com

 TECNICATURA EN ADMINISTRACIÓN Y GESTIÓN UNIVERSITARIA U.B.A
ASIGNATURA: INGLÉS NIVEL II (PRE-INTERMEDIO)- Prof. Pedreira.

Equipo Docente: Czwan, Fontana, Pedreira, Sánchez

 Los objetivos del curso son:

La revisión y consolidación de los conocimientos ya adquiridos en el Nivel I .

La incorporación de nuevos recursos para facilitar el análisis y el intercambio de

información en idioma inglés.

La Consolidación de la comprensión lectora y auditiva y el desarrollo de habilidades de

producción oral y escrita (incluye la redacción de correos electrónicos, notas, cartas e
infomes).

El aprendizaje de construcciones gramaticales más complejas de nivel pre-intermedio y

la ampliación de vocabulario referido a las distintas áreas de la actividad laboral y
comercial (Business English) para lograr una mayor competencia en la expresión oral y
escrita.

 Contenidos Gramaticales Mínimos:

Tiempos verbales: Además de la revisión de los propios del nivel I (present simple,
present continuous, past simple (verbos regulares e irregulares) y present perfect, se
agregan los tiempos futuros (will, going to, present continuous), y dentro de los tiempos
pasados: el Past Continuous.
Verbos modales: para expresar permiso, posibilidad, habilidad, necesidad, obligación,
prohibición, consejo (can, could, may, might, must, have to, need to, should).
Categorías de palabras: Sustantivos contables e incontables.
Cuantificadores (much,many, a lot, some, any)
Oraciones coordinadas y subordinadas.
Conectores que indican adición, contraste, condición, propósito, etc.
Construcciones pasivas.
Oraciones condicionales (tipos I y II)
Afijos para formación de sustantivos, adjetivos y adverbios.
Preposiciones tiempo, lugar, asociadas con verbos, adjetivos y sustantivos.

Terminología específica referida a situaciones laborales y/o comerciales tales como

recursos humanos, negociación, marketing, administración, publicidad y marcas.

Forma de evaluación: Se tomarán dos exámenes parciales escritos para evaluar el

conocimiento de los temas desarrollados durante el curso. De no alcanzarse la
calificación promedio de 7 (siete) puntos requerida para promocionar la materia, se
tomará un examen final global.
Unidades a desarrollar:

Unit 1: ACTIVITIES

Reading: Move over game boys

Language: Present simple and continuous
Vocabulary: Roles and activities – Word Building
Career skills: Explaining your job- Greeting people
Dilemma and decision: Writing an e-mail offering a job

Unit 2: DATA
Reading: No hiding place
Language: Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Vocabulary: Using the Internet- Quantity and number
Career skills: Checking information- Are you precise or approximate?
Dilemma and decision: Writing the conclusion of a market report.

Unit 3: ETIQUETTE
Reading: Office workers admit being rue
Language: Offers and requests
Vocabulary:Synonyms - Prefixes
Career skills: Being polite – Being direct
Dilemma and decision: Writing an e-mail to a person who is planning to come to your
country on business.

Unit 4: IMAGE
Reading: Fashion’s favourite
Language: Comparatives and Superlatives
Vocabulary: The fashion industry – Word Building
Career skills: Describing products – Honest or diplomatic ?
Dilemma and decision: Writing a memo recommending the development of a product

Unit 5: SUCCESS
Reading: Passion into profit
Language: Past simple
Vocabulary: Opposites – Business Failure – Collocations
Career skills: Telling a story

Unit 6: FUTURE
Reading: An elevator to space
Language: Modals of possibility
Vocabulary: Financing ventures – Collocations
Career skills: Making predictions – Past or Future?
Dilemma and decision: Writing a memo explaining why you want to invest in a particular
venture.

Unit 7: LOCATION
Reading: Arabia’s field of dreams
Language: Future plans and intentions
Vocabulary: Collocations – Multi-part verbs
Unit 8: JOB SEEKING
Reading: The online job market
Language: The imperative
Vocabulary: Activities – The application process – Find a job
Career skills: Explaining what to do. Fixed procedures or flexible
Dilemma and decision: Writing an informal letter.

Unit 9: SELLING
Reading: Marketing to students
Language: Modals of obligation
Vocabulary: Word Building
Career skills: Making suggestions – Showing reactions

Unit 10: PRICE

Reading: Making it cheaper and cheaper
Language: Present PERFECT
Vocabulary: Synonyms – Verbs that take an object
Career skills: Describing a graph. How much explanation?
Dilemma and decision: Stock market challenge.

Unit 11 INSURANCE
Reading:Fighting fraud
Language: Passives
Vocabulary: Problems- Insurance – Insurance fraud
Career skills: Expressing arguments – To interrupt or not?

Unit 12: SERVICE

Reading: Giving better service
Language:Conditional 1
Vocabulary: Feedback on service- Dealing with complaints- Synonyms - Collocations
Career skills: Dealing with problems – Showing emotion

Unit 13: PRODUCTIVITY

Reading: Revolution in the car industry
Language: Adjectives and Adverbs
Vocabulary: Design to delivery – Just in time production – Word Building – Efficient stock
control
Career skills: Managing time

Unit 14 CREATIVITY
Reading: A different perspective
Language: Conditional 2
Vocabulary: Multi-part verbs – Suffixes
Career skills: Finding creative solutions – Showing disagreement

Unit 15: MOTIVATION

Reading: The kids are all right
Language: Present Perfect and Past simple
Vocabulary: Personal qualities - Management styles –Multi-parts verbs
Career skills: Giving reasons- Formal and informal presentations
Dilemma and decision: Hot desking – Write a memo to your staff telling them the
decision you have reached.
Bibliography:
Coursebook: Intelligent Business – Pre-Intermediate – Christine Johnson – Pearson
Education Limited
Workbook: Intelligent Business- Pre-Intermediate - Pearson
Additional Practice (optional) : English Grammar in Use- Raymond Murphy- Cambridge
University Press.
On-line dictionary: www.wordreference.com