Pre-intermediate English class introduction session at ILEX-UTP

1. Ricardo Rodríguez Quintero
2016

2. ILEX Course 4-02
 Level: Pre-intermediate

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ILEX
You are here

4. Who’s your teacher?
 Ricardo Rodríguez Q.
+1500 hours of experience at English teaching
Certified C2 in English language
Contact: email: rrodriguez [at] utp . edu . co
cellphone: 301 415 3494
ilex4.tumblr.com

5. How do we learn languages?
 How did you learn Spanish?
INPUT OUTPUT
Listening
Reading
Speaking
Writing
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R
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W

6. Language acquisition process
INPUT OUTPUT
L S
WR

7. Why did you learn Spanish?
 You had to communicate
 I’m hungry!
 I want to sleep!
 I’m cold!
 I’m hot!
 I did number 1!
 I did number 2…

8. Why are you learning English?
 You have to communicate outside your culture.
 Improve your possibilities
of getting a good job and
better income.
 Have direct access to the
newest information in your
field.
 Interact with people from
other places of the world
 Increase your knowledge
and your understanding of
the world.

9. Why did you learn Spanish?
 I’m hungry!
 I want to sleep!
 I’m cold!
 I’m hot!
 I did number 1!
 I did number 2…

10. What is a function?
 We use this concept in everyday life:
“He lives in function of his girlfriend”
“They live in function of their son”
“She lives in function of her work”
 The concept of Function expresses dependance
between two things.
A function is something that depends on something
else.

11. Language Functions
 If you want to introduce yourself in English…
What do you need?
 To now the personal pronoun “I”
 To know how to conjugate the verb to be with it:
“I am”
 How to express your age
 Is a situation that depends on grammar, vocabulary…
Language.

12. Language functions that you are
going to see in this course
 Asking for and giving detailed information.
 Describing things animals and situations.
 Telling stories and anecdotes.
 Shopping for goods (clothes, food, etc).
 Expressing feelings
 Planning (a trip, studies, a party).

13. Mamey :
1. m. Árbol americano de la familia de las
gotíferas,de hojas perennes
elípticas,flores blancas y olorosas y fruto
casi redondo,aromático.
2. Árbol americano de hojas caducas
lanceoladas, flores axilares blancas y
fruto ovoide de pulpa roja y dulce.
3. Fruto de cualquiera de estos dos árboles.

15. Cultural component
 Idiomatic expressions (Idioms).
 Some history and geography.

16. Sounds of the English Language
(Phonetics)
 Phonetics are symbols used to represent the sounds of
different languages.
 English language has sounds that Spanish doesn’t (and
viceverza).

17. How is this course going to be
structured?
Speaking
Writing
Listening
Reading
+ +Phonetics
Cultural
component
Language
functions =ILEX 4
By Ricardo
Rodríguez Q.
[foˈnetɪks]
L S
WR
C

18. Class structure
• Language function.
AIM • Comparing and
contrasting information.
AIM
contextualize
ToolsExamples
Produce • Real life situation.
• What tools (grammar,
verbs, prepositions) do
you need?.
• Compare and contrast
specific information
Idiom
[foˈnetɪks]
L S
R W
• Comparing and
contrasting information

19. Ground rules
 Class starts exactly at 7.10 am
(According to the Coordinated Universal Time UTC)
wwp.greenwichmeantime.com
Reason: To make the most out of
the class time.
To harvest punctuallity.

20. Punctuallity

21. Ground rules
 Cell phone
 Food:
Not smelly
Not noisy
Set into vibration
mode, please.

22. Attendance
 You can miss 20% of the course.
 The course has 64 hours.
 Hence, you can miss 12.8 hours (2.6 classes).
 If you miss more hours you’d fail the course

23. What happens if there’s a strike?
UTP’s
Organigram

24. What happens if there’s a strike?
ILEX ONLY STOPS IF THE RECTOR SAYS TO DO SO.

25. Grading
Speaking
Writing
Listening
Reading
+ +Phonetics
Cultural
component
Language
functions =ILEX 4
By Ricardo
Rodríguez Q.
[foˈnetɪks]
L S
WR
C

26. Grading
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W

27. Grading
15%
15%
15%
15%
40%
Final Grade
Listening Tasks
Speaking Tasks
Reading Tasks
Writing Tasks
Final test
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W
L
S
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L10%
10%
10%
10%

28. Grading scales
0 - 2,9 Failed
3 - 3,4 Remedial Test
3,5 - 5 Aproved

29. Resources
 Ilex4.tumblr.com
 Material given in class
 New Headway Pre-intermediate book
 Bbc.co.uk
 Uiowa.edu
 Justvocabulary.com
Contact: email: rrodriguez [at] utp . edu . co
cellphone: 301 415 3494

30. Questions?

31.  My favorite food is the Iranian food.
 I love tree tomato juice.
 I’m the oldest brother in my family.
 I can speak in French and German.
 I am fan of Deportivo Pereira.

32. Introduce yourself
 Full Name
 How old are you? (age)
 Where are you from? (your origin)
 Ocupation
 Where do you live?
 What do you like to do in your free time?
 What are your expectations about this course?
(the truth)

33. Common mistakes
 Full Name
 How old are you? (age)
 Where are you from? (your origin)
 Ocupation
 Where do you live?
 What do you like to do in your free time?
 What are your expectations about this course?
(the truth)

34. Thanks!
See you next class