OVERVIEW

There will be two courses of 32 hours each with a compulsory attendance of 80%. The second year laboratory is a continuation of the first year laboratory. The same material and teaching methods will be used. This course is part of a five-year course which aims to bring the students to a B2 level of English  and to provide them with the instruments necessary to be able to teach English at both nursery and primary level

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Course description: The second year laboratory picks up where the first laboratory finishes, providing students with the competence they need to be able to teach English as a foreign language to infant and primary school children. The lessons are designed to reinforce all four language skills as well as consolidating an active knowledge of vocabulary and grammar with a particular emphasis on speaking and authentic pronunciation. By the end of the second year, students will be expected to have reached level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, this being the second step towards attainment of level B2, which is the target for the end of the 5-year course.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The primary goal is to compete  the  B1 level  by  the end  of the second year as part of the 5 year course leading to B2 certification. However the course is also designed to provide students with the tools they need to be able to teach English with confidence and competence. The text used for the first year course will be finished during the second year laboratory as the students aim to reach the first threshold level of English

PREREQUISITES

Successful completion of the first year laboratory

TEACHING METHODS

The lessons  will be in English and exclusively online using the TEAMS platform. Recordings of the lessons will also be available.  Students  are encouraged to  actively participate in the lessons

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

There will be  four hours of lessons a week. The lessons and exercises  will  consolidate all the  principal language skills, building on vocabulary  and  aspects of grammar  with  particular emphasis however on  oral production and authentic pronunciation. There will also be written assignments and listening exercises. 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Tilbury, D. Rea and T. Clementson (2011) English Unlimited B1, Pre-intermediate Coursebook. Cambridge: CUP.
 Raymond Murphy, English Language in Use,  Cambridge CUP,

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

JUSTIN ROSENBERG (President)

ELIZABETH HELEN COTTON

LESSONS

LESSONS START

23 September 2020

Class schedule

LABORATORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

As this is a laboratory there is no  exam proper  until the end of the third year

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Continuous assessment  with the possiblity of tests at the end of the course

Exam schedule