This document provides an overview of the organization and content of an English proficiency course aimed at developing language skills, study strategies, and preparing participants to pass an English exam. The course is organized into 10 units covering topics like people, activities, administration and messages. Each unit contains instructions, tasks and forums for discussion. Participants will be assessed through written assessments (60%) and discussion forum participation (40%). The estimated study time is 5 hours per week. The document also outlines the administrator's responsibilities to support participants' learning.

2. • Course objectives
• Syllabus content
• Syllabus organization
• Course tour
• Assessment & Evaluation
• Study time

3. develop language skills and knowledge for
work
Prepare participants to help them pass an
English proficiency exam
develop study skills and strategies, as a
basis for future training courses.

4. • Skills
• Functions, notions, communicative tasks
• Grammatical areas
• Topics
• Lexis
The Council of Europe’s (CoE’s) level B1 of the
Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR),
to ALTE level 1 and Cambridge ESOL’s PET level

5. Units (10 units)
• Topics (4)
• Tasks (5)

9. People
Activities
Administration
Messages
Online
users
Welcome message
Course guide
Study Guide
Resources
Orientation Week
Unit 1

10. People:
Participants
Activities:
Chats
Forums
Glossaries
Resources
Journals
Administration:
Grades
Edit profile
Change password
Messages
Online
usersIntroduction
Welcome message
Glossary
Dictionary
News
forum
Social café
Question
time
Journal
Chat room

11. Instructions
Tasks

12. Instructions

13. Written asessment: 60%
Discussion forum: 40%

14. Task = 3 hours
Forum = 2 hours
5 hours weekly

15. Help participants with technical issues
Encourage teachers to participate in forums
Announce the beginning and end of topics
Summarize forums
Receive and correct writings
Encourage participants to meet colleagues and socialize in
forums (e-Social café)
Check why participants have been absent from the course
Write and send reports
Design tutorials; suggests websites for further practice
Keep track of teachers’ participation in ”Reports” (logs)