Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Academic and Research Vice-rector

Course Syllabus Format

1. COURSE IDENTIFICATION

Faculty or Unit: Vicerrectoría de

Initial: VIREL
Relaciones Internacionales
Training Field: Formación
Level: Profesional interdisciplinar básica común
Course: ENGLISH A2 Code: 900002A
Course Type: Metodológico Number of credits: 3
Course Designer: Nicolás Andrés López Course Editor: Nicolás Andrés López
Arciniegas Arciniegas
Development Day: February 5-2018 Updating Date: February 5-2018
Course Description:
English A2 course displays basic concepts related to elementary information to
introduce oneself on a foreign language context, such as Greetings, Personal
Presentations, Usage of different grammatical topics and vocabulary, which will
eventually help students develop easily in different environments.

English A2 course belongs to field of Foreign Language education that is present in

the curriculum headlines of academic programs at UNAD. This is a methodological
course, that is theoretical and practical. It has 3 academic credits, which contain the
independent work and tutorship time, for a total of 144 hours of academic work,
divided into 106 independent study hours, 36 hours of tutorship support and
monitoring. Such hours are intended for the student to recognize and own basic
contents of the English course.

2. TRAINING PURPOSES

Purpose of course training:

To develop English communicative competences in students, so that they can, not

only understand and use daily and common expressions and simple sentences, but
also to socialize with their peers. Thus, those students will be able to interact,
interpret, analyze and elaborate using their own ideas. Describe the purpose of
course training
Course Competences:
Interpretative competences:
• To identify essential information from an oral text with predictable or daily
topics, as long as they are clearly enunciated.
• To extract the topic from a conversation or a short text with basic vocabulary.
• To understand descriptions of places or routines, referring to specific aspects.
• To understand situations with a concrete need in order to answer.

Sociolinguistic competences
• To speak about different people, from their daily activities.
• To properly interact in situations that present a basic communicative
requirement.
• To respond to direct questions about themselves and third parties.
• To express obligations and make comparisons.

Production Competences
• To write simple sentences in order to make short descriptions of events and
activities.
• To write sentences following time sequences.
• To use simple techniques to begin, keep and end conversations.

Digital and technological Competences

• To use technology to learning the language, having into account suggestions
and recommendations from tutors.
• To acknowledge strengths and weaknesses towards the virtual language
learning.
• To seek and recognize learning strategies according their strengths and
weaknesses, in order to enhance language learning.
• To use interaction strategies and technology to overcome weaknesses and
enhance strengths to manage the language.
• To identify expression and communication mechanisms to practice the
language

3. Course Contents
Units/topic Required Bibliographic References
s
1. UNIT UNAD Florida, (2016) VERB “TO BE”. Taken
ONE from http://campus04.unad.edu.co/invil24/mod/resource/vie
“TALKING
ABOUT
w.php?id=83
ROUTINES” UNAD Florida, (2016) DESCRIBING ROUTINES: DO´S AND
DON’T´S. Taken from
http://campus04.unad.edu.co/invil24/mod/resource/view.php
?id=84
UNAD Florida, (2016) DESCRIBING ROUTINES; PRESENT
SIMPLE. Taken
from http://campus04.unad.edu.co/invil24/mod/resource/vi
ew.php?id=85
2. UNIT UNAD Florida, (2016) “WH” QUESTIONS. Taken from http:
TWO http://campus04.unad.edu.co/invil24/mod/resource/view.php
“TALKING
ABOUT
?id=87
RECREATIO UNAD Florida, (2016) “THERE IS/ARE”. Taken
NAL from http://campus04.unad.edu.co/invil24/mod/resource/vie
ACTIVITIE
w.php?id=88
S”
UNAD Florida, (2016) “TALKING ABOUT ACTIONS IN PROGRESS.
Taken from
http://campus04.unad.edu.co/invil24/mod/resource/view.php
?id=89
3. UNIT UNAD Florida, (2016) “TALKING ABOUT ACTIONS IN PROGRESS
THREE II”. Taken from
“WHAT´S http: http://campus04.unad.edu.co/invil24/mod/resource/vie
GOING ON”
w.php?id=91
UNAD Florida, (2016) “COMPARING PEOPLE AND THINGS”. Taken
from
http://campus04.unad.edu.co/invil24/mod/resource/view.php
?id=92
 UNAD Florida, (2016) “EXPRESSING OBLIGATION AND
NECESSITY”. Taken from
http://campus04.unad.edu.co/invil24/mod/resource/view.php
?id=93
UNAD Florida, (2016) “EXPRESSING OBLIGATION AND
NECESSITY II”. Taken from
http://campus04.unad.edu.co/invil24/mod/resource/view.php
?id=94

Additional bibliographic references for this course:

Unit 1: Englishexercises.org (2010) [Simple Present] Taken

from:http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5917
Introducing oneself. Two minute English Video (2012). Taken from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oceDC_w6uY

Unit 2: My English pages newsletter (2012) WH questions. Taken from

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-lesson-wh-questions.php

Describing places. Euroresidentes TV (2015). Taken from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZzU87S-IJ8

Unit 3: EFL net (2017) Comparative and superlative adjectives. Taken from
http://www.eflnet.com/tutorials/adjcompsup.php

4. LEARNING STRATEGY

Description of learning strategy:

Describe the learning strategy: The A2 English course is developed under the
task-based learning strategy, where the student must study and develop some
content and from this develop a series of activities that will strengthen their
learning. The A2 English course will be developed in 6 environments, which are:
 starting information, knowledge, collaborative learning, practice learning,
monitoring and evaluation, student’s management.
 Starting information: Forum News, General Forum, Presentation of the
course, Agenda, Duties and conditions for course development and how to
navigate the classroom.
 Knowledge: Contents and learning supports and glossary.
 Collaborative learning: Guides and forum recognition activities, Writing,
speaking and Creating the Blog.
 Practice learning: Guide for the development of the practical component
and tutorial of resources for the interaction.
 Monitoring and evaluation: E-portfolio, submission links, Self-
assessments, evaluative activities, Final Evaluation.
 Student’s management: Support information and General of the
university for the student.
This English course has a high practical content, since the tasks are carried out
production activities, as well as the constant review on online content of the
classroom and suggested practice pages for the development of different activities.
The evaluation of this course will be carried out as follows:

Initial evaluation: Where the student must develop an exercise of recognition of the
course with a percentage value of 5%
Intermediate evaluation: Where the student must develop tasks, writing, speaking,
in which applies the knowledge learned according to the units of the course with a
value of 70%
Final evaluation: Development of the final national assessment of the classroom with
a value of 25%

5. DISTRIBUTION OF ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES OF THE COURSE

Week Contents to develop Activity to develop according to the

1 and Unit 1- TALKING ABOUT
2 ROUTINES
3 1-1 Verb “TO BE”
4 1-2 Describing routines
5 1-3 Present simple
learning strategy
Activity 1 Recognition activity pre-knowledge
quiz.
Activity 2- Unit 1 quiz.
Activity 2 Unit 1 Quiz, Activity 3 Writing
Activity 3 – Writing.
6 Unit 2 TALKING ABOUT Activity 3 – Writing
RECREATIONAL
ACTIVITIES
7 2-1 “WH” Questions Activity 3 writing- Activity 4 Unit 2 quiz -
activity 5 speaking
8 2-2 There is /there are Activity 3- Writing - Activity 4. Unit 2 Quiz -
Activity 5 – Speaking - Activity 7. Technology
Integration
9 2-3 Talking about actions Activity 4. Unit 2 Quiz – Activity 5 speaking-
in progress Activity 6 quiz, Activity 7 blog debate.
10 Unit 3 WHAT ´S GOING Activity 5 speaking – Activity 6 quiz – Activity
ON 7 blog debate
11 3–1 Talking about actions Activity 5 speaking, Activity 6 quiz, Activity 7
in progress II blog debate
12 3-2 Expressing Obligation Activity 5 speaking, Activity 6 quiz, Activity 7
and necessity blog debate
13 Unit 3-3 Expression Activity 5 speaking, Activity 6 quiz, Activity 7
Obligation and necessity blog debate - Activity 8: General course review -
Activity 9: Oral and written production review
14 Unit 1- 3 What’s on the Activity 5 – Speaking - Activity 7. Technology
news Integration - Activity 8: General course review -
Activity 9: Oral and written production review
15 Unit 1- 3 What’s on the Review audios, readings and all topics for final
and news. exam
16

6. STRATEGIES OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT

Description of academic support strategies to apply in this course

To synchronous accompaniment to students, The English A2 tutors network
synchronously serves students within the following spaces:
1. Skype synchronous attention: Different schedules are organized to meet
the real-time concerns of students. This timeline is within the news forum,
collaborative learning environment and internal messaging.
2. Web- conferences: In the English A2 course, different meetings are
organized at different times where students can interact with their tutors using the
web- conference tool. View timeline within the collaborative learning environment
news forum and internal messaging.
3. Face-to-face attendance in the CEAD: In a real time, attendance at the
centers and/or CEAD where the tutors of the course network belong. The timeline is
within the news forum and general forum.
4. Asynchronous accompaniment to students: The English A2 tutors network
synchronously attends classrooms students within the following spaces.

Attention by internal messaging of the course: Resolution of doubts contacting

the tutor and director of the course.

Courier service network institutional mail: Follow-up on student performance

and direct contact with a tutor assigned on campus through the institutional mail
from the teacher to the student's personal mail.

General Forum Attention - forum of general questions and concerns and forum of
technical problems report: Interaction with the network of teachers of the course for
these academic spaces in order to support answers to the doubts of students

7. COURSE ASSESSMENT PLAN

Highest Evaluatio
Assess
WEEK Products to deliver according to Score/5 n
ment
NUMBER the Learning Strategy 00 Score/50
Stages
points 0 points
Activity 1. Recognition activity Pre-
Knowledge quiz. Student must 25
1 Initial 5%
present recognition activity and pre
knowledge quiz.
Intermed
Activity 2. Unit 1 quiz. Realize
2 iate Unit 10%
evaluation of unit contents
1
Activity 3. Writing. Writing about
Intermed
guidelines
3 iate Unit 24%
Activity 4. Unit 2 Quiz. Realize
2 350
evaluation about unit 2

Intermed Activity 5. Speaking. Video about

4-7 iate Unit personal information 36%
3 Activity 6. Unit 3 Quiz- Take quiz
evaluation unit 3
 Activity 7. Blog debate: Create a
blog about a famous person
Activity 8: General course Review.
The student evaluates their
performance in the activities
suggested in the course.
Activity 9: The student evaluates
his performance in oral and written
production.

8 Final Activity 10. Final exam 125 25%

Total Score 500 500
Points Points