Docente Practicante: Juan Diego Gálvez Díaz

Asignatura: Curso de Inglés Intermedio (1000096-B)

Horario: Martes de 6:00 a 8:00 p.m. y Viernes de 2:00 a 4:00 p.m.

INFORME GENERAL DE DESEMPEÑO DEL CURSO DE INGLÉS INTERMEDIO DE

LA FACULTAD DE ODONTOLOGÍA DURANTE EL PERÍODO ACADÉMICO 2020-2

VALORACIÓN INICIAL

Al iniciar el semestre se realizó una valoración durante la primera sesión para determinar
el nivel de lengua de los estudiantes, teniendo como referente el Marco Común Europeo de
Referencia para las lenguas (MCER). Según la descripción del curso, los estudiantes debían tener
un nivel Pre-intermedio para formalizar el registro (A2), y al final del semestre su dominio del
idioma tenía que ser Intermedio (B2). Los resultados de la valoración mostraron que solamente
tres de los nueve estudiantes registrados poseían un nivel Pre-Intermedio, y que los seis restantes
se encontraban en Elemental (A1).

Teniendo en cuenta el dominio de lengua de los estudiantes, los contenidos del curso
fueron adaptados para cubrir la mayoría, si no la totalidad, de temas del nivel A2 y algunos de
B1. Para tal propósito, y enfocando las clases en dos propuestas didácticas para la enseñanza del
inglés como lo son el Project Based Language Teaching (Enseñanza de idiomas basada en
proyectos) y el Communicative Language Teaching (Método de enseñanza comunicativa), se
establecieron tres ejes temáticos base para el desarrollo de la temática. Cada eje abarcó cuatro
semanas de clase, con un total de tres exámenes parciales y diez tareas a lo largo del semestre. El
uso de la gramática, expresado aquí como Language Objectives (Objetivos del Lenguaje), fue
implementado a través de una serie de objetivos comunicativos (Communicative Objectives)
para cada semana, de los que los estudiantes cumplieron las expectativas.

PRIMER EJE TEMÁTICO: ARTE Y LITERATURA

Durante las cuatro primeras semanas de clase se estudió el uso de Comparativos y

Superlativos, Partitivos, el Presente Simple y el Presente Continuo. Por medio de actividades
relacionadas el arte, y a través de una breve aproximación a la literatura, se desarrollaron algunos
ejercicios basados en obras de Edgar Allan Poe, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Jacob y Wilhelm
Grimm, Leonardo Da Vinci, Robert Louis Stevenson y Claude Monet. En este periodo se
realizaron cuatro trabajos puntuales para cada uno de los temas y un examen escrito, lo que
corresponde al 30% de la nota final del curso.

Semana 1: Comparatives and Superlatives

Language Objectives (Objetivos del Lenguaje):

● If a 1-syllable adjective ends in "e", the endings are "-r" and "-st".
● If a 1-syllable adjective ends in "y", the endings are "-er" and "-est", but the y is
sometimes changed to an "i".
● If a 1-syllable adjective ends in a consonant (with a single vowel preceding it),
then the consonant is doubled and the endings "-er" and "-est" are used.
● If a 2-syllable adjective ends in "e", the endings are "-r" and "-st".
● If a 2-syllable adjective ends in "y", the endings are "-ier" and "-iest".
● Some 2-syllable adjectives use the standard "-er" and "-est suffixes", including
adjectives that end in "er", "le", or "ow".

Communicative Objectives (Objetivos Comunicativos):

● Students will be able to compare one noun to another noun.

● Students will review and learn some adjectives.
● Students will understand the degrees of comparison.
● Students will be able to compare one thing against the rest of a group.
● Students will demonstrate how to use a higher level of comparison between
entities.

Semana 2: Countables and Uncountables

Language Objectives (Objetivos del Lenguaje):

● Large Quantity Quantifiers

○ Much is used with non-count nouns (always in the singular).

○ Many is used with count nouns in the plural.
 ● Small Quantity Quantifiers

○ ittle, a little, not much are used with non-count nouns (always in the
singular).
○ Few, a few, not many are used with count nouns in the plural.

● Neutral and Relative Quantifiers

○ Each and every are used with singular quantifiers.

○ All and whole express totality or completeness, and can be used with
singular and plural quantifiers.
○ Some and any can be used with singular and plural quantifiers.

Communicative Objectives (Objetivos Comunicativos):

● Students will be able to measure by using quantifiers or partitives.

● Students will be able to express a specific quantity of an uncountable element.
● Students will recognize if a noun is countable or not.
● Students will be able to use the preposition “of” to count a concrete quantity of an
uncountable item.
● Students will use word expressions like some, a lot of, much, a bit of, a great deal
of , etc.

Semana 3: Present Simple

Language Objectives (Objetivos del Lenguaje):

● Positive Sentences

○ Subject (I, You, We, They) + V1 (First Form of Verb)

○ Subject (He, She, It) + VERB – S / ES / IES.

● Negative Sentences

○ Subject ( I, You, We, They ) + do not / don’t + V1 ( First Form of Verb )

○ Subject ( He, She, It ) + does not / doesn’t + V1 ( First Form of Verb )

● Interrogative Sentences
 ○ Do + Subject ( I, You, We, They ) + V1 ( First Form of Verb )
○ Does + Subject ( He, She, It ) + V1 ( First Form of Verb )

Communicative Objectives (Objetivos Comunicativos):

● Students will be able to describe routines, habits, daily activities.

● Students will be able to understand leisure activities people do and talk effectively
about them.
● Students will be able to talk about free time activities.
● Students will express ideas regarding things that occur in the present.
● Students will describe general rules and truths.

Semana 4: Present Continuous

Language Objectives (Objetivos del Lenguaje):

● Positive Sentences

○ Subject (I, You, He, She, It, We, They) + verb to be (am/are/is) + verb –
ing

● Negative Sentences

○ Subject (I, You, He, She, It, We, They) + verb to be (am/are/is) + not +
verb -ing

● Interrogative Sentences

○ Verb to be (am/are/is) + Subject (I, You, He, She, It, We, They) + verb –
ing + ?

Communicative Objectives (Objetivos Comunicativos):

● Students will be able to describe things that are happening at the moment of
speaking.
● Students will be able to talk about temporary or new habits.
 ● Students will be able to narrate plans they are sure that will happen in the future.
● Students will express ideas regarding habits that are not regular, but that happen
very often.
● Students will describe definite future arrangements.

SEGUNDO EJE TEMÁTICO: HISTORIA

De las semana 5 a la semana 8 se desarrollaron los temas Zero Conditional, Verb

Patterns, Simple Future (Will and Going to) y First Conditional. Las actividades de este eje se
centraron en el conocimiento de personajes y eventos históricos relevantes, como Iván el
Terrible, Thomas Jefferson, Winston Churchil, la Batalla de Inglaterra y la Segunda Guerra
Mundial. En este periodo se realizaron tres trabajos puntuales de la temática, un debate
argumentativo acerca de los beneficios y desventajas del uso de vacunas, y un examen escrito, lo
que corresponde al 30% de la nota final del curso.

Semana 5: Zero Conditional

Language Objectives (Objetivos del Lenguaje):

● If

○ If + present simple, present simple

○ Present simple + if + present simple

● When

○ When + present simple, present simple

○ Present simple + when + present simple

Communicative Objectives (Objetivos Comunicativos):

● Students will be able to talk about facts or things that are generally true.
● Students will be able to describe a result that will always happen.
● Students will recognize the certainty of different situations.
● Students will be able to use absolute reliability or assurance.
 ● Students will establish relations between situations that lead to frequent and
reliable conclusions.

Semana 6: Verb Patterns

Language Objectives (Objetivos del Lenguaje):

● Verb + -ing

○ Verbs of likes and dislikes: like, dislike, hate, detest, love, prefer, enjoy.

● Verb + -ing / infinitive

○ No change of meaning: begin, start, continue.

○ Change of meaning: remember, forget, regret / stop / try / advise, allow,
permit, forbid.

● Verb + Object + -ing / bare infinitive

○ Verbs of the senses: see, watch, hear, listen, feel, smell, notice.

Communicative Objectives (Objetivos Comunicativos):

● Students will be able to know when to use -ing and when to use to + infinitive
after a verb.
● Students will be able to talk about their preferences.
● Students will be able to describe things they enjoy.
● Students will express ideas regarding likes and dislikes.

Semana 7: Simple Future with “Will”

Language Objectives (Objetivos del Lenguaje):

● Affirmative: Subject + will + verb in infinitive (without to)

○ I will leave later.

 ● Negative: Subject+ will + not + verb in infinitive (without to)

○ She will not arrive home until 8 pm tonight.

● Interrogative: Will + subject+ verb in infinitive (without to) + ?

○ Will it be sunny tomorrow?

● Affirmative: Subject + verb to be + going to + verb in infinitive

○ I am going to leave later.

● Negative: Subject+ verb to be + not + going to + verb in infinitive

○ She is not going to arrive home until 8 pm tonight.

● Interrogative: Verb to be + subject+ going to + verb in infinitive + ?

Communicative Objectives (Objetivos Comunicativos):

● Students will be able to talk about things that haven't happened yet.
● Students will be able to describe events that take place in the future.
● Students will be able to express probability or likelihood.
● Students will be able to talk about an action or condition that will begin and end
in the future.
● Students will be able to make decisions, promises, offers and requests.

Semana 8: First Conditional

Language Objectives (Objetivos del Lenguaje):

● If + Present Simple + , (comma) + Future Simple

○ If you study, you are going to pass the exam.

○ If he comes, he will find the door locked.

● Future Simple + If + Present Simple

○ She is going to get sick if she stays under the rain.

 ○ They won’t have any problem if they follow the instructions.

Communicative Objectives (Objetivos Comunicativos):

● Students will be able to talk about future situations they believe are real or
possible.
● Students will be able to describe things which might happen in the future.
● Students will be able to express their thoughts on particular situations and their
consequences.
● Students will be able to talk about an action or condition that is likely to happen
or has a real possibility of happening.

TERCER EJE TEMÁTICO: CULTURA POPULAR

Durante las últimas cuatro semanas de clase se estudiaron los temas Past Simple, Past
Continuous, Present Perfect y Possessives. Las actividades del último eje se centraron en
elementos de la cultura popular a través del mundo anglófono, como Dungeons and Dragons,
Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, Back to the Future, etc. En este periodo se realizaron tres
trabajos puntuales de la temática y un examen escrito, lo que corresponde al 40% restante de la
nota final del curso.

Semana 9: Past Simple

Language Objectives (Objetivos del Lenguaje):

● Affirmative: Subject + verb in Past Simple Tense + complement

○ I ate three portions of pizza.

● Negative: Subject + did + not + verb in base form + complement

○ She did not find her keys.

● Interrogative: Did + subject+ verb in base form + complement + ?

○ Did he come to the library yesterday?

 Communicative Objectives (Objetivos Comunicativos):

● Students will be able to talk about a completed action in a time before now.
● Students will be able to describe finished actions, states or habits in the past.
● Students will be able to express their opinion about the past from general
knowledge that the time period has finished.
● Students will be able to talk about unreal or imaginary things in the present or
future.

Semana 10: Past Continuous

Language Objectives (Objetivos del Lenguaje):

● Positive Sentences:

○ Subject (I, You, He, She, It, We, They) + verb to be in past simple
(was/were) + verb –ing

● Negative Sentences:

○ Subject (I, You, He, She, It, We, They) + verb to be in past simple
(was/were) + not + verb -ing

● Interrogative Sentences:

○ Verb to be in past simple (was/were) + Subject (I, You, He, She, It, We,
They) + verb –ing + ?

Communicative Objectives (Objetivos Comunicativos):

● Students will be able to talk about a progressive action in a time before now.
● Students will be able to show that an ongoing past action was happening at a
specific moment of interruption.
● Students will be able to express that two ongoing actions were happening at the
same time.
● Students will be able to talk about a longer action in the past that was interrupted.
Semana 11: Present Perfect

Language Objectives (Objetivos del Lenguaje):

● Affirmative: Subject + have / has + verb in Past Participle + complement

○ I have eaten three portions of pizza.

● Negative: Subject + have / has + not + verb in Past Participle + complement

○ She has not found her keys.

● Interrogative: Have / Has + subject+ verb in Past Participle + complement + ?

○ Has he come to the library these days?

Communicative Objectives (Objetivos Comunicativos):

● Students will be able to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and
continues in the present.
● Students will be able to describe actions performed during a period that have not
yet finished.
● Students will be able to express concepts of a repeated action in an unspecified
period between the past and now.
● Students will be able to talk about an action that was completed in the very recent
past.
● Students will be able to mention situations when the time is not important.

Semana 12: Possessives

Language Objectives (Objetivos del Lenguaje):

● Genitive Case “Of”

○ Used when talking about things that belong to other things.

● Possessive Case
 ○ Used to show ownership or association with a person rather than with
objects.

● Personal Pronoun/Determiner

○ Used to show joint ownership without giving the possessive form to the
final name.

Communicative Objectives (Objetivos Comunicativos):

● Students will be able to show possession or ownership of something.

● Students will be able to describe the reference to which person or thing is
understood.
● Students will be able to express possession in place of proper names.
● Students will be able to mention different ways to show ownership of something.

RESULTADOS
 Al finalizar los contenidos del curso, y teniendo en cuenta las exigencias del examen
final, todos los estudiantes lograron demostrar un dominio Intermedio de la lengua (B1),
incluyendo a dos estudiantes que alcanzaron el nivel Intermedio Superior (B2). Durante la
sección oral del examen los estudiantes se desenvolvieron de manera competente al responder
una serie de preguntas a modo de entrevista, donde debían mantener la coherencia y cohesión de
sus ideas con respecto a una temática general.

A pesar de contar con sólo cuatro horas semanales, el desempeño de los estudiantes a lo
largo del semestre fue superior al esperado. Cabe resaltar que, debido a la necesidad de regresar a
las prácticas presenciales en el campus, algunos alumnos no pudieron asistir a todas las clases
contempladas en la planeación del curso. Aun así, y principalmente por su autonomía, ninguno
tuvo un rendimiento académico bajo y supieron responder a las expectativas de cada proyecto
semanal, lo que los llevó a adquirir el mismo nivel de lengua que aquellos que estuvieron en
todas las sesiones.