INDEPENDENT USER B1

Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.  Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

INDEPENDENT USER B2

Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation. Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

First Semester Reading Comprehension

The course will focus on a variety of reading texts taken from B1and B2 level sources.

Readings will be taken from: textbooks, academic sources, newspapers, magazines, the internet, novels, fiction and nonfiction sources.

Second Semester Reading Comprehension

The course will focus on a variety of reading texts taken from B2 and C1 level sources.

Readings will be taken from: textbooks, academic sources, newspapers, magazines, the internet, novels, fiction and nonfiction sources.

 First and Second Semester Writing

Four main types of writing will be taught and practiced.

Expository, descriptive, persuasive and narrative writing.

Writing topics include – University- Travel- Money- Music- Books reviews- The media -Special occasions- Health and fitness- Dreams- Rules and regulations- Recent and past experience- Stories- Famous people-The Internet-Inventions- Requests- Complaints- Interpreting data.

The teaching material prepared by the language assistant in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the language assistant specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Course books

-Redman Stuart. (2017). English Vocabulary in Use (Pre-intermediate and intermediate) Fourth Edition with answers. Cambridge: CUP