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ENGLISH 4 Academic Year : 2009-2010

PROGRAMME Teachers : Det, Jackie

Hours a week : 1 x 4

MATERIALS M = MURPHY, Raymond, English Grammar in Use, with answers, Cambridge University Press, 2006 (with

keys and CD)

EVU =McCARTHY, O`DELL, English Vocabulary in Use, Upper-intermediate, Cambridge University Press, 2008 (with keys and CD)

TEACHERS’ DIARIES www.clt.be (You will get an email with a link and a password. Change your password into one that you can

remember. If you’ve forgotten your password, ask your teacher for a new one.)

Det : 4 A, 4 D, 4 E

Jackie: 4 B, 4 C

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER

KNOWLEDGE FUNCTIONS 1. Feelings and actions

Belief and opinion (EVU 63 A B C) linked with discussions

2. Connecting and linking words

Time (EVU 21) linked with telling old and new stories

Discourse markers in speech (EVU 27) linked with discussions

Discourse markers in writing (EVU 28) linked with writing

Although, though, even though, in spite of, despite (M

113) linked with telling old and new stories and with writing VOCABULARY 1. Topics

Countries, nationalities and languages (EVU 35) linked with ‘A, an, the’ (structures, M 77)

The weather (EVU 36) linked with telling new stories and talking about the future

Relationships (EVU 39) linked with ‘Possession, giving and lending’ (EVU 74) and ‘Possession’ ( structures M 81, M 83)

Everyday problems (EVU 41) linked with telling new stories +

linked with making decisions (I will/I won’t)

2. Basic concepts

Possession, giving and lending (EVU 74) linked with

‘Relationships’ (EVU 39) and ‘Possession’ (structures M 81, M 83)

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STRUCTURES 1.Talking about now (activities and no activities) and facts linked with selected topics from EVU We will focus on this throughout the year in speaking, listening and writing tasks. Newcomers to the CLT could use the following topics from Murphy as reference material. Those who did level 3 could revise these units. English level 3 1. Talking about activities now Form : present continuous (M 1 ex

1.1, 1.2, 1.3) 2. Talking about changes Form : present continuous (M 1 ex 1.4) 3. Talking about facts Form : present simple (M 2 ex 2.1, 2.2, 2.3,

2.4) 4. Doing things by saying something (I promise, I apologise etc.)

Form : present simple (M 2 ex 2.5) 5. Revision : Talking about activities now or facts Form : present

continuous or present simple (M 3 ex 3.1, 3.2) 6. Talking about negative habits Form : present continuous (M 3 ex

3.3) 7. Talking about activities now Form : present continuous)/Talking

about now (no activities) Form : present simple (M 4 ex 4.1, 4.2, 4.3)

8. Talking about strange behaviour Form : present continuous (M 4 ex 4.4)

2. Telling old and new stories linked with selected topics from EVU We will focus on this throughout the year in speaking, listening and writing tasks. Newcomers to the CLT could use the following topics from Murphy as reference material. Those who did level 3 could revise these units. English level 3 A. Telling old stories (global and personal) 1. Not linking ideas 1.1. One activity/event Form : simple past (M 5 ex 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4) 1.2. One activity + clock time Form : past continuous (M 6 ex 6.1)

2. Linking ideas (M 6 ex 6.2, 6.3, 6.4) 1.1 Simultaneous activities

long/long Form : past continuous./past continuous long/short Form : past continuous/simple past short/short Form : simple past/simple past

1.2 Consecutive activities (M 15 ex 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4; M 16 ex 16.1, 16.2, 16.3) First activity in reality Form : past perfect/past perfect continuous Second activity in reality Form : simple past

B. Telling new stories (global and personal) 1. Introduction Form : present perfect (M 7 ex 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4) 2. Details Form : simple past (see above M 5; M 12 ex 12.2, 12.3)

C. Talking about experiences/Checking Form : present perfect (M 8 ex 8.1)

D. Talking about today, this week, this month, this summer, this year etc. Form : present perfect (M 8 ex 8.2, 8.3, 8.4); present perfect continuous (M 9 ex 9.1)

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E. Talking about now plus a period Form : present perfect/present perfect continuous (M 9 ex 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 : contrasted with now without a period) (M 11 ex 11.1, 11.2, 11.3 activities are contrasted with no activities)

F. Talking about unfinished activities Form : present perfect continuous Talking about finished activities Talking about how much you have done; how many people you’ve invited, how many times you have done something Form : present perfect (M 10 ex 10.1, 10.2, 10.3)

G. Mentioning now plus a period with for or since Form : present perfect (M 12 ex 12.1)

H. Talking about something you haven’t done Form : present perfect or It’s a month now since I did this (M 12 ex 12.4)

I. Revision (M 13 ex 13.1, 13.2, 13.3; M 14 ex 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4)

J. Forms (M appendix 1 p. 293) NEW STORIES Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 regular verbs Intro of new info X has died. Details When did he die? He died yesterday. He didn’t die of cancer. irregular verbs Intro of new info X has done it. Details When did he do it? He did it yesterday. He didn’t do it.

OLD STORIES regular verbs Column 1 Column 2 NOT Column 3 The Chinese invented it. / When did they invent it? They didn’t invent it. irregular verbs They did it. / When did they do it? They didn’t do it.

3. A, an, the Names without `the’ (M 77) linked with ‘Nationalities’ (EVU 35)

4. Possession linked with ‘Relationships’ (EVU 39) and ‘Possession, giving and lending’ (EVU 74 )

‘s (your sister’s name) and `of’ (the name of the book)

(M 81)

A friend of mine/my own house/on my own/by myself (M

83)

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SKILLS LISTENING (Short) videos and audiotapes related to the topics mentioned under

‘vocabulary’. Listening for gist first and then for detail. Different types of listening texts: improvised speech; speech based on script.

1. Effective vocabulary learning

Learning vocabulary – general advice (EVU 1 C)

Guessing and explaining meaning (EVU 7) SPEAKING 1. Conversation (in groups)

2. Discussion (in groups)

3. Transaction (functional dialogue) (in groups). Format : role

play

4. Telling an old story (individually) Conversations and discussions are related to the topics mentioned under ‘vocabulary’. They are both free and more structured. In the latter case students have to make use of specific vocabulary, functions and structures covered in the syllabus. Transactions are mainly related to ‘functions’. A role play is the appropriate format here. In class there are conversations and discussions in groups and in twos. At the exam students converse, discuss and role play in twos. They will also have to relate an old story on their own. Correction in class is mostly indirect and based on a focus. Students are supposed to be willing to take initiative, to be communicative, to link what they say to what their classmates have just communicated and to take risks.

PRONUNCIATION 1. Pronunciation of topic related vocabulary (Index EVU p.

281) ‘Countries, nationalities and languages’ (EVU 35); ‘The weather’ (EVU 36); ‘Relationships’ (EVU 39); ‘Everyday problems’ (EVU 41)

2. Phonemic Symbols (EVU p. 3)

3. Pronunciation of –s (3rd person singular and plural)

4. Pronunciation of –ed (regular verbs when telling old and

new stories) READING Texts related to the topics covered in the syllabus and to current affairs.


Learning vocabulary – general advice (EVU 1 C)

Guessing and explaining meaning (EVU 7)

WRITING 1. Spelling (M appendix 6 p. 298-299)

2. Topic related writing tasks (issues related to the topics covered

under vocabulary) 2.1. Write a paragraph in which you express your opinion - linked with ‘Belief and opinion’ (EVU 63 A B C) Dying languages 2.2 Describe/Tell an old or new story 2.3. Summarise Write a summary of the discussion which has taken place in class. Write a summary of the news you’ve listened to. 2.4 Transaction : Write a functional text.

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STUDY SKILLS Enhancing awareness of what one is doing so as to become independent.


Learning vocabulary – general advice (EVU 1)

Learning vocabulary – aids to learning (EVU 2)

Organising a vocabulary notebook (EVU 3)

Using your dictionary (EVU 5)

Revising vocabulary (EVU 6)

Guessing and explaining meaning (EVU 7)

TESTS AND REVISION

TASKS Short tests about the covered topics, functions and structures. Tests are of

both a formal and informal kind.

NOVEMBER

KNOWLEDGE FUNCTIONS VOCABULARY 1. Topics

Global problems (EVU 42) linked with telling old and new stories + linked with passive (see structures)

Education (EVU 43) linked with telling old and new stories

Work (EVU 44) linked with telling old and new stories

STRUCTURES 1. Telling old and new stories linked with many topics from EVU; see September/October

2. Passive linked with ‘Global problems‘ (EVU 42) (For those students struggling with basic structures reference is made to Murphy – as covered in CLT Level 3 course: Passive – M 42, M 43, M 44, M 45, M 46).

SKILLS LISTENING see September/October

SPEAKING see September/October


281) ‘Global problems’ (EVU 32); ‘Education’ (EVU 43), ‘Work’ (EVU 44)

READING see September/October


2. Topic related writing tasks (issues related to the topics covered under vocabulary).

2.1. Write a paragraph in which you express your opinion - linked with ‘Belief and opinion’ (EVU 63 A B C) 2.2. Describe/Tell an old or new story My schooldays 2.3. Summarise Write a summary of the discussion which has taken place in class. Write a summary of the news you’ve listened to. 2.4 Transaction Write a note to a school explaining why you/your son or daughter were/was absent.

TESTS AND REVISION

TASKS see September/October

EXTRA MUROS

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DECEMBER

KNOWLEDGE

FUNCTIONS 1. Basic concepts

Time (EVU 70) linked with ‘Towns’ (EVU 50) and telling old and

new stories VOCABULARY 1. Topics

Sport (EVU 45) linked with telling old and new stories

Food (EVU 48) linked with telling old and new stories

Towns (EVU 50) linked with telling old and new stories; A, an, the (M 78) and Prepositions (M 123, M 124, M 125)

STRUCTURES 1. Telling old and new stories see September/October

2. Connecting and linking words (within a sentence) linked with ‘Sport’ (EVU 45), ‘Food’ (EVU 48), ‘Towns’ (EVU 50) Relative clauses 1 : clauses with who/that/which (M 92) Relative clauses 2 : clauses with and without who/that/

which (M 93) Relative clauses 3 : whose/who/where (M 94) Relative clauses 4 : extra information clauses (1) (M 95) Relative clauses 5 : extra information clauses (2) (M 96)

3. A, an, the Names with and without `the’ 2 (M 78) linked with ‘Towns’

(EVU 50) 4. Prepositions

in/at/on for position (M 123, M 124, M 125) linked with ‘Towns’ (EVU 50)


SPEAKING see September/October Role play linked with Food : e.g. What would you cook for dinner for a given celebrity? e.g. Ordering food in a restaurant, ordering a round of drinks in a pub.


281) ‘Sport (EVU 45); ‘Food ‘(EVU 48); ‘Towns’ (EVU 50)

READING see October/September


2. Topic related writing tasks (issues related to the topics covered under vocabulary). 2.1. Write a paragraph in which you express your opinion - linked with Belief and opinion, (EVU 63 A B C) What landmarks of your town would you include in the Unesco Heritage List? 2.2. Describe/Tell an old or new story Draft a brochure for your town. 2.3. Summarise Write a summary of the discussion which has taken place in class. Write a summary of the news you’ve listened to. 2.4 Transaction

TESTS AND REVISION


EXTRA MUROS A guided town walk.

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JANUARY

BEFORE THE EXAM PERIOD

TESTS AND REVISION KNOWLEDGE

FUNCTIONS VOCABULARY STRUCTURES

1. Revision functions, vocabulary and structures 2. Mock written test

TESTS AND REVISION SKILLS

LISTENING SPEAKING READING WRITING

1. Official listening test (decided by the teacher) 2. Mock oral test 3. Mock reading test 4. Official composition (decided by the teacher)

EXAM PERIOD

TEST KNOWLEDGE


1. When : Monday 18th

May 2010 (7-9 pm) Where : Auditorium Parkstraat

TEST SPEAKING 1. When : various days (decided by the teacher)

SKILLS READING see test ‘Knowledge’

AFTER THE EXAM PERIOD

TESTS FEEDBACK

1. When : first or second week of the second term

1st term 2nd term

ORAL EXAM Listening / 10 / 15

Speaking / 40 / 60

Total / 50 / 75

WRITTEN EXAM Reading / 10 / 15

Writing (Composition) / 10 / 15

Vocabulary, functions and structures

/ 30 / 45

Total / 50 / 75

/ 100 / 150

/ %

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FEBRUARY

KNOWLEDGE FUNCTIONS

VOCABULARY 1. Topics

The natural world (EVU 51)

Health and medicine (EVU 53) linked with telling old and new

stories (see first term)

STRUCTURES

1. Asking questions linked with all topics from EVU

Questions 1 (M 49) Questions 2 (M 50)


SPEAKING see September/October Role play for ‘Health and medicine’ (EVU 53) : Make an emergency telephone call to the doctor


281) ‘The natural world’ (EVU 51); ‘Health and medicine’ (EVU 53)



2. Topic related writing tasks (issues related to the topics covered under vocabulary). 2.1. Write a paragraph in which you express your opinion - linked with ‘Belief and opinion’ (EVU 63 A B C) 2.2. Describe/Tell an old or new story 2.3. Summarise Write a summary of the discussion which has taken place in class. Write a summary of the news you’ve listened to. 2.4 Transaction

TESTS AND REVISION


EXTRA MUROS A walk in the woods.

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MARCH

KNOWLEDGE FUNCTIONS 1. Connecting and linking words

Condition (EVU 22) linked with Connecting and linking words :

Condition (Structures M 114, M 115)

Cause, reason, purpose, result (EVU 23) linked with current affairs, a newspaper article or a news item on telly

Concession and contrast (EVU 24) linked with discussion

Addition (EVU 25) linked with discussion

2. Feelings and actions linked with current affairs, a newspaper article or a news item on telly, or try and express your feelings when telling stories

Pleasant and unpleasant feelings (EVU 64)

Like, dislike and desire (EVU 65) VOCABULARY 1. Topics

Travel (EVU 54) linked with telling old and new stories (see first term)

Holidays (EVU 55) linked with telling old and new stories (see first term)

2. Feelings and actions

The six senses (EVU 67) linked with telling old and new stories (see first term)

What your body does (EVU 68) linked with telling old and new

stories (see first term)

3. Basic concepts

Sound and light (EVU 73) linked with telling old and new stories

(see first term)

STRUCTURES 1. Prepositions linked with ‘Travel’ (EVU 54) and ‘Holidays’ (M 122) at/on/in for time (M 121) on time/in time/at the end/in the end (M 122) to/at/in/into (M 126) in/at/on (other uses (M 127 C)

by (M 128 B) 2. Connecting and linking words : Condition

Expressing regret : If I had known … linked with telling old and new stories (see first term) (For those students struggling with basic structures reference is made to Murphy – as covered in CLT Level 3 course: M 40)

In case ( M 114) Unless/as long as/provided/providing (M 115)

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SPEAKING see September/October Role plays for functions. Asking questions. Link with Extra muros activity.


281) ‘Travel’ (EVU 54), ‘Holidays’ (EVU 55)



2. Topic related writing tasks (on issues related to the topics covered under vocabulary). 2.1. Write a paragraph in which you express your opinion - linked with ‘Belief and opinion’ (EVU 63 A B C) 2.2. Describe/Tell an old or new story 2.3. Summarise Write a summary of the discussion which has taken place in class. Write a summary of the news you’ve listened to. 2.4. Transaction

TESTS AND REVISION


EXTRA MUROS Interviewing a blind person.

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APRIL

KNOWLEDGE FUNCTIONS 1. Idiomatic expressions

Everyday expressions (EVU 79) linked with ‘Belief and opinion’

(EVU 63 A B C) VOCABULARY 1. Topics

The Arts (EVU 46)

Music (EVU 47)

2. Basic concepts

Number, quantity degree and intensity (EVU 69) linked with Quantity (see structures M 85, M 86,M 87, M 88, M 89, M 90, M 91)

Movement and speed (EVU 75) linked with telling old and new stories

Success, failure and difficulty (EVU 77) linked with current

affairs, a newspaper article or a news item on telly and with Condition

3. Idiomatic expressions

Idioms describing feelings or mood (EVU 83) ) linked with telling new and old stories

Idioms describing problematic situations (EVU 84) linked with current affairs, a newspaper article or a news item on telly

STRUCTURES 1. Describing linked with telling old and new stories

Adjectives and adverbs 1 (quick/quickly) (M 100)

Adjectives and adverbs 2 (well, fast, late, hard/hardly)

(M 101)

So/such (M 102)

Quite, pretty, rather and fairly (M 104)

2. Quantity

Some and any (M 85)

No/none/any/nothing/nobody (M 86)

Much/many/little/few/ a lot/plenty (M 87)

All/all of; most/most of; no/none of (M 88)

Both/both of; neither/neither of/either/either of (M 89)

All/every/whole ( M 90)

Each/every (M 91) SKILLS LISTENING see September/October



281) ‘The Arts’ (EVU 46); ‘Music’ (EVU 47)



2. Topic related writing tasks (issues related to the topics covered under vocabulary). 2.1. Write a paragraph in which you express your opinion - linked with ‘Belief and opinion’, (EVU 63 A B C) 2.2 Describe/Tell an old or new story 2.3. Summarise Write a summary of the discussion which has taken place in class. Write a summary of the news you’ve listened to. 2.4 Transaction

TESTS AND REVISION


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MAY

KNOWLEDGE FUNCTIONS VOCABULARY 1. Topics

Science and technology (EVU 57)

Computers and internet (EVU 58)

The press and the media (EVU 59) linked to telling old and new stories

2. Varieties of English

Headline English (EVU 99) STRUCTURES 1. Prepositions

Noun + preposition (reason for, cause of etc. (M 129)

Adjective + preposition 1 (M 130)

Adjective + preposition 2 (M 131)

Verb + preposition1 to/at (M 132)

Verb + preposition 2 about/for/of/after (M 133)

Verb + preposition 3 about and of (M 134)

Verb + preposition 4 of/for/from/on (M 135)

Verb + preposition 5 in/into/with/to/on (M 136) SKILLS LISTENING see September/October



281) ‘Science and technology’; ‘Computers and internet’ (EVU 58); ‘The press and the media’



2. Topic related writing tasks (issues related to the topics covered under vocabulary) 2.1. Write a paragraph in which you express your opinion - linked with ‘Belief and opinion’ (EVU 63 A B C) 2.2 Describe/Tell an old or new story 2.3. Summarise Write a summary of the discussion which has taken place in class. Write a summary of the news you’ve listened to. 2.4 Transaction

TESTS AND REVISION

TASKS

see September/October

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BEFORE THE EXAM PERIOD

TESTS AND REVISION KNOWLEDGE


1. Revision functions, vocabulary and structures 2. Mock written test (see January first term)

TESTS AND REVISION SKILLS

LISTENING SPEAKING READING WRITING

1. Official listening test (decided by the teacher) 2. Mock oral test (see January first term) 3. Mock reading test (see January first term) 4. Official composition (decided by the teacher)

EXAM PERIOD

TEST KNOWLEDGE


1. When : Monday 17th

May 2010 (7-9 pm) Where : Auditorium Parkstraat

TEST SPEAKING 1. When : various days (decided by the teacher)

SKILLS READING see test ‘Knowledge’

AFTER THE EXAM PERIOD

TESTS FEEDBACK

1. When : after the deliberation, beginning of June

1st term 2nd term

ORAL EXAM Listening / 10 / 15

Speaking / 40 / 60

Total / 50 / 75

WRITTEN EXAM Reading / 10 / 15

Writing (Composition) / 10 / 15

Vocabulary, functions and structures

/ 30 / 45

Total / 50 / 75

/ 100 / 150

/ %