THE ARMED FORCES UNVERSITY DISTANCE ENGLISH PROGRAM PROFICIENCY LEARNING GUIDE LEVEL: ENGLISH VII-VIII SEMESTER:

SEPT. 2013 FEBRUARY 2014

CONTENTS
Informative Data................. I. II. Introduction........................ Course Materials............................................
a) Student's Book............................................................... b) The Workbook................................................................. c) CD-ROM....................................................................... d) The Learning Guide........................................................

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Organization of the Study Guide....................

a) c) Goals............................................................................. Levels schedule............................................................. b) Levels length................................................................. d) Tutorage....................................................................... e) Learning Suggestions................................................... f) Plan of student's Book Pre-Intermediate (First Month).. g) Monthly Evaluation....................................................... h) The Exams.................................................................... i) j) Units from One to Twelve.............................................. Glossary........................................................................

k) Self Evaluation Answer key...........................................

WELCOME
Our sincere appreciations since youve decided to take part in our English Distance Course. Today we begin a challenge together: "your formation", so I invite you to keep a commitment of work. The ones who collaborate with this subject are tutors of the learning process. You will always find a support for those requirements that you are not able to understand or to assimilate by yourselves. . Remember your goal is not easy, you need your maximum effort and organization in this worthy self-learning task. You can do it!

DISTANCE ENGLISH PROGRAM PROFICIENCY LEARNING GUIDE

INFORMATIVE DATA: SUBJECT AREA CREDITS SEMESTER : : : : ENGLISH LANGUAGE 8 SEPTEMBER 2013 FEBRUARY 2014

COURSE LENGTH FIRST MONTH SECOND MONTH THIRD MONTH FOURTH MONTH TOTAL : : : : : 32 CLASS HOURS 32 CLASS HOURS 32 CLASS HOURS 32 CLASS HOURS 128 CLASS HOURS

BIBLIOGRAPHY LEARNING GUIDE : face2face UPPER - INTERMEDIATE AUTHOR: CHRIS REDSTON & GILLIE CUNNINGHAM STUDENTS BOOK WORKBOOK REFERENCE BOOKS : INTERACTIONS GRAMMAR A COMMUNICATIVE GRAMMAR PATRICIA K WERNER MARY HITCHELL MC GRAW-HILL

I. Introduction.
The primary goal of this program is that you will acquire language skills through a clear working plan which contains precise instructions with plenty of opportunity for self-evaluation. Your role to distance learning program is to participate actively and creatively in learning, using both the materials you study in the course and your own knowledge and language

resources. In the last decades the student text was the focal point of the
instruction process. Today, the text plays an important role, but is complemented by many exercises for the student's use. The CD's, the workbook, and especially the Learning Guide, provide practice for each unit so the students have the opportunity to use English for everyday situations and purposes related to social life, work and leisure. In addition the learners will be able to personalize the language, make use of their own knowledge, experiences and express their own ideas and opinions. This is a flexible program easily adaptable for your own needs and available time. We want to provide the support that you need through our exercises, key ideas and learning suggestions.

General Objectives
To provide the necessary skills for their professional and integral development. To establish the strategies to develop the communicative skills. To get acquainted with the theory bases of the subject. To read intensively in order to understand the text.. To provide the students with extra explanation about the studied topics. To apply the learned aspects in practical exercises.

II. Course materials.

a) The Student's Book. Following an approach and methodology used in the face2face extends the use of a wide variety of stimulating and challenging activities. These activities cover skills of listening, speaking reading and writing. The Student's Book contains twelve units with a Review Unit at the end of each unit in the back of the textbook; including a set of communication activities. . b) The Workbook. The Workbook contains varied exercises that provide additional practice to develop your skills. Each unit of the Workbook parallels the corresponding unit of the Student's Book in context. Do the Workbook exercises as a review. c) CD-ROM. The CD's are available for you to use for self-study. Exercises that are recorded on the CD's are indicated in the text with a green box and the number to the lesson that is referred to. The CD'S contain recordings of conversations, grammar, summaries, pronunciation exercises, and listening activities. d) The Learning Guide. It's a very important material designed to help you. It mainly contains the structure of the English Language as a system that puts words together into meaningful units. You will find here the practical application of the grammar. The goals for each unit are clearly stated.

III. Organization of the Study Guide.

a. Goals.

A clear approach of a complete English program allows students be creative in using their new language while developing their grammatical sense.

This guide to the student text is designed to provide the support that the students need through key ideas, exercises and learning suggestions. b. Level length and evaluation.

Each level covers twelve units divided in 4 parts (months). After covering six units of self instruction, students are expected to fulfill a Study guide questionnaire On line in their Virtual Class. The exercises of the test correspond to the sixth receding units. There are two Study guide questionnaires. Each one covers six units of the Student's Book. They are divided into sections, making it easy to identify students' strengths and weaknesses.

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Level schedule.

It has been designed so that students can complete the text in about 4 months. The amount of time which students will spend on individual units will be affected by factors such as the difficulty of material or the extent to which Practice Exercises and Self Evaluation Exercises are added. The following course schedule is meant to be a general guide which should be adjusted to the abilities of the students and the program requirements.

FIRST PERIOD FIRST MONTH SECOND MONTH UNIT 1 - 1 week UNIT 4 - 1 week UNIT 2 - 1 week UNIT 5 - 1 week UNIT 3 - 1 week UNIT 6 - 1 week ON LINE ON LINE EVALUATION 1 EVALUATION 2 ON LINE STUDY GUIDE 1 EXAM

SECOND PERIOD THIRD MONTH FOURTH MONTH UNIT 7 - 1 week UNIT 10 - 1 week UNIT 8 - 1 week UNIT 11 - 1 week UNIT 9 - 1 week UNIT 12 - 1 week ON LINE ON LINE EVALUATION 1 EVALUATION 2 ON LINE STUDY GUIDE 2 EXAM

d. Tutorage. There is a tutor for each Level, who can help you with any problems. At her/his office you can find information about schedules, professors, course materials, learning problems, tests, and study guides.

e. Learning suggestions. Suggestions for learning each lesson include practical techniques to help students complete the tasks of the lesson's objectives in a lively way. You may choose to follow the suggestions or use them as departure points for making your plans. 1. How to learn Quick Review. This activity is presented in a graphic form and contains information about the world that introduces the topic of the unit. a) It is recommended that you make a full use of the illustration and information in it. The Information will give you a new situation in which to use the new language patterns you are going to practice. a) Do the tasks.
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c) Answer the questions.

d) You can then move ahead confidently and efficiently in exercises which follow this introductory material.

2. How to learn Vocabulary. These exercises introduce vocabulary that you will use in the unit. a) Look at the pictures. b) Read the instructions carefully c) Complete the tasks, using a dictionary if needed. e) Then check your answers.

3. How to practice Conversation. These activities introduce the new grammar points and functions, they present the grammar in a situational context. We suggest the following procedure:

Part A:

a) Look at the picture and try to understand the situation. b) Cover the conversation and listen to the conversation in the CD. c) Uncover the conversation and read it line by line. d) Be sure you understand the new vocabulary and idiomatic expressions. e) Listen to the conversation again and try to repeat after the speakers.

Part B: f) Go over the questions. h) Play the part B of the audio program. i) Answer the questions. j) Check your answers. See Audio script at the end of the textbook

4. How to learn Grammar.

These activities present summaries of the new grammar items and some grammar exercises. a) Listen to the audio program as you look at the light green boxes
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b) See your Workbook if more clarification or grammar explanation is needed; there are additional grammar exercises in the Workbook that can be used for a good understanding of the grammar point. c) Complete the tasks.

5. How to practice Pronunciation.

These exercises are designed to practice pronunciation features usually found in the Conversations or Grammar Focus exercises. a) Read the instructions carefully. b) Play the CD once or twice while you read the words or phrases. c) Look at the arrows which show the intonation (->), the stress mark ( ') and the stressed syllables in boldface (children) d) Play the audio program again, this time pausing it so you can repeat after the speakers. 6.

How to practice Listening.

Look at the picture and the instructions Try to understand the situation Play the program once or twice. Complete the tasks Play the audio program again and check your answers. Refer to the Audio Video Links provided.

These exercises provide follow up written practice related to the topic of the unit: a) b) c) d) e) f)

7. How to practice Writing.

These exercises will help develop your compositional skills. They are often task-based.

a) Follow the task's instructions carefully. b) Read the writing sample (if any). c) Gather the necessary information and make a chart with your notes. d) Write a draft for your composition.

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e) Write the paragraphs. f) Revise your composition. Clarify ideas. Correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. 8. Reading.

These exercises develop reading skills. The questions about the topic of the reading help to understand the reading. a) Read the title and the pre-reading question(s). b) Look at the pictures to get an idea of the situation. c) Read the article. Mark any new word or phrase whose meaning you have trouble guessing from the context. d) Find the definitions of any new words you marked. New Key Vocabulary can be found in the Text Book . See the corresponding Unit. e) Complete the tasks.

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Extra practice activities. These activities are found at the back of the book. Activity for each Unit in the book. a) When possible, take turns sharing this activity with friends. b) Go over the instructions. c) Do the tasks. After you have completed the Study Guide exercises for each unit, complete the Student's Book exercises with the same teaching point. At the end of a unit, do the entire corresponding unit's Workbook exercises as a review. There is one

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How to practice Writing.

These exercises will help develop your compositional skills. They are often

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task-based.

g) Follow the task's instructions carefully. h) Read the writing sample (if any). i) Gather the necessary information and make a chart with your notes. j) Write a draft for your composition. k) Write the paragraphs. l) Revise your composition. Clarify ideas. Correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. 11. Reading.

These exercises develop reading skills. The questions about the topic of the reading help to understand the reading. f) Read the title and the pre-reading question(s). g) Look at the pictures to get an idea of the situation. h) Read the article. Mark any new word or phrase whose meaning you have trouble guessing from the context. i) Find the definitions of any new words you marked. New Key Vocabulary can be found n this Study Guide. See the corresponding Unit. j) Complete the tasks.

12. Interchange Activities. These activities are found at the back of the book. interchange Activity for each Unit n the book. d) When possible, take turns sharing this activity with friends. e) Go over the instructions. There is one

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f) Do the tasks.
After you have completed the Study Guide exercises for each unit, complete the Student's Book exercises with the same teaching point. At the end of a unit, do all the corresponding unit's Workbook exercises as a review. f. Didactic Units.

1. Organization of a Ddactic Unit. Informative Data: Required information to be written in capital letters using the proper blank space. Title of the Unit and topics. E.g.: Unit One. Title: Work, rest and play. Topics: Life stories, super commuters, time to relax, speed dating. Goals: Communication: Activities which focus on speaking skills. Functions: Each lesson is based on a series of situations related by structure and content.
Grammar: These notes state some general principles of grammar

for the new structures in the unit. The notes correspond point by point to the grammatical goal of the unit . Vocabulary: Specific vocabulary to be used in the unit. 2. Parts of the Unit. Key Ideas. These grammatical points are introduced in functional contexts and through grammar summaries that illustrate the meaning and use of them. Test yourself exercises. These exercises are designed to help students to check their own progress. If students score lower than seventy percent of accuracy, they should check Practice Exercises or review the exercises in their workbooks. New Vocabulary. It is an important element in learning a second or foreign language. It is presented at the end of learning English guide.

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g. Monthly Evaluation. These are on line exercises to check students progress at the end of every unit. Each exercise is divided into sections which test one skill at a time. These exercises have to be answered in the on line platform each month and will give your monthly score that is necessary for the study guide score. h. The Exams. There are two exams to asses Student's learning. There is one test to be used after every six units. (See the academic schedule), A satisfactory rate of learning should lead to 70 percent and above accuracy (14/20).

ONCE YOUVE PRACTICED LISTENING AND READING, (with the use of the links given previously), AND COMPLETED THE STUDY OF THE UNITS 1 6 NOW !!! IS THE TIME TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING EVALUATION THROUGH YOUR VIRTUAL CLASSROOM.

Dear students, During this Semester: Sept. 2013- February 2014, the Study Guide for the English Proficiency will be held ON LINE, taking advantage of the new technology. The Nature of the Distance Mode is based on self studying which means every students have to study on their own. Of course, there are tutoring sessions to explain any difficult topics for you. Students are supposed to finish studying until Unit 6 from your Textbook before they access the On line Guide to complete the evaluation. The On line Study Guide is made up with:

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Listening = 10 questions Reading = 10 questions Grammar = 10 questions Writing = 10 questions The Listening and Reading Section has its respective LINK to Access the Internet to find the Audio and paragraph which should be practiced as much as possible to be able to answer the questionnaire. Students will have 60 minutes to answer the On line guide and this Guide will be published until September the 16th. Note. Students will access the On line Guide only once. The evaluation will not be opened again.

THE ARMED FORCES UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES DISTANCE EDUCATION MODE PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH SEMESTER: Sept. 2013- Febr. 2014 ON LINE STUDY GUIDE PRACTICE INGLES VII- VIII

Please, do not send this questionnaire, you will fulfil it through your Virtual Class. This is a Sample only !!!

I. LISTENING SECTION

(10 points)

INGLES VII-VIII (ingresar en google)

LISTENING : http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=b1NSYGJJnLg

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Questions: 1L. The woman is talking about a. Taking care of children b. Behavioral health c. Animals health

2L. The professional recommends people to have a pet in a case of a. Injuries b. Learning problems c. Depression

3L. Taking care of a pet teaches .. to the children. a. responsibility b. discipline c. organization

4L. Pets are a. Good listeners b. Good helpers c. Good assistants

5L. .. are some of the advantages of having pets. a. Loneliness and unconditional love b. Conditional love and tenderness c. Unconditional love and company

6L. Petswith you. a. Dont cry b. Dont argue c. Dont fight

7L. It is possible to get the exercise you need by a. Having a dog b. Walking your pet c. Feeding your pet

8L. Owning a pet can be .. a. Expensive b. Cheap

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A good idea

9L. The woman doesnt recommend to have a pet for people who .. a. Work b. Are sick c. Have a busy schedule

10L. If you cannot own a pet on your own, you can a. Buy one b. Volunteer c. Start a conversation

II. READING SECTION

(10 points)

INGLES VII-VIII (ingresar en google)

READING: http://www.eoi.zallaheo.net/datos/gestion_fdepartamentos/archivo_eu1 070/intermedio_clave_respuestas.pdf

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ONLY THE READING ABOUT IRELAND

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QUESTIONS: 11R. What seems to be the trouble between British and Irish. ____ a. They have rarely been complimentary. b. They have been friends many years ago. c. They have got insulting nicknames.

12R. People make _____ feel at home and have fun. a. British b. Irish c. Foreigners

13R. The prestigious British travel guide Lonely Planet says___ a. Drinking good liquor makes foreigners to feel like home. b. Visit this country is the most fun thing to do. c. None of the above

14R. The friendliest country in the world is______ a. Great Britain b. Ecuador c. Ireland

15R. The 2008 edition of The Lonely Planet Bluelist says__ a. Foreigners feel upset with this kind of groups. b. People from other countries like to visit them. c. They feel good and getting fun. 16R. Irish always get____ a. Fun b. Upset c. Everything is possible

17R. Irish point of view ____ a. Everything is possible b. Get fun on weekends

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Drinking beer is a kind of fun.

18R. Irish are happy because____ a. They drink beer. b. They have the best beer over the world. c. Their beer has a lot of foam.

19R. The best touristic attraction is____ a. To write good jokes. b. Have the best funny places. c. The best Beer factories over the world.

20R. The 2008 edition of The Lonely Planet Bluelist said____ a. Years have left good humour and attitude. b. Strangers feel upset being there. c. None of the above

III. GRAMMAR SECTION

(10 points)

21G. Tom coffee. He doesnt like it. a. Isnt drinking b. doesnt drink c. not drinks 22G. Were there any letters today? No, the postman .. yet. a. doesnt come b. wasnt come c. hasnt come 23G. How long has Sarah been living in Germany ? .. five years. a. since b. for c. during 24G. a. b. c. I in the country, but I had to move to the city for my new job. used to live used to living wasnt used to living

25G. Im feeling tired. I dont think I tonight

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a. go out b. will go out c. am going out 26G. a. b. c. If I were in Susies position, I leave and get another job. should might must

27G. You .... that letter its not addressed to you ! a. shouldnt to read b. shouldnt read c. ought not to

28G. If they . By car, it would have been a lot quicker. a. had gone b. would go c. would have gone

29G. a. b. c.

Where .. ? I always go to Snips do you cut your hair do you have your hair cut have you cut your hair

30 G. Do you know .. ? a. where John lives b. where lives john c. where does john live
IV. WRITING SECTION: Conversation (10 points)

31W. Do you take a long time to get ready in the morning? Yes, . a. I have. b. I take c. I do.

32W. Have you taken a lot of risks in your life? No, .

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a. I hadnt. b. I havent. c. I dont. 33W. Do you think you take life too seriously? Yes,. a. I think. b. I do. c. I take.

34W. Have you ever taken advice from someone? No, . a. I havent. b. I dont. c. I hadnt.

35W. Do you think anyone you know takes you for granted? No, a. I havent. b. I dont. c. She doesnt. 36W.Do you think you take responsibility for things you shouldnt? No, a. I dont. b. I didnt. c. I havent.

37W. Has anyone taken advantage of you when youve offered to help them? Yes, .. a. She has. b. I have. c. They have.

38W. Do you take any notice of people who criticize you? No, .. a. I havent. b. They dont. c. I dont.

39W. Do you take your time when youre clothes shopping? Yes, . a. I take. b. I am.

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I do.

40W. Do you ever take sides in family arguments? No, .. a. I havent. b. I dont. c. I hadnt.

Good Luck !!!

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