UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGOGICA NACIONAL FRANCISCO MORAZANCI-UPNFMSyllabus A- 1

Instructor: Ms. Daniela GeorgeAcademic Term: II Period 2015 Classroom: English LabIntroduction: English is an international language that connects borders. It gives people from non-speaking countries the opportunity to communicate, do business and study. UPNFM has seen and understood the importance of speaking a foreign language and provides through the Language Center (CI-UPNFM) the opportunity to learn English as a Foreign Language.Required Textbook: Goldstein, B & Gray, L. New American Framework A1, Richmond.Required Hours: A1 requires 130 hours of Classroom classes and 30 hours of independent study (platform and workbook). Students who do not complete a minimum of 125 class hours will be ask to repeat the course.Exit Level: At the end of the 160 required hours of instruction, you will:1. Understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.2. Introduce yourself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where you live/ they live, people you know and things you have/ they have.3. Interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.4. Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).5. Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.6. Describe in simple terms aspects of your background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

Evaluation: The evaluation will be done as follows:No.DescriptionDateSummative evaluation %

1.Write an e-mail.(Introducing yourself)June 11th 5%

2.Expose a country information (Where is it located, spoken language, agriculture, etc.)June 18th 5%

3.

Present your own family tree.June 25th 5%

4.Test 1 June 26th 10%

5.Act out your own daily routines, per day and time.July 2nd. 5%

6.

Describe your ideal home (using a croqui). July 9th5%

7.Role-play: Reserving a room (Booking). July 16th5%

8.Presentation: Tell what you do in your free time.July 23rd.5%

9.Test 2July 24th10%

10.Presentation: Informing about a touristic place in Honduras.August 6th 5%

11.Presentation: Telling and showing abilities.August 13th5%

12.Giving a partners physical description.August 20th 5%

13.Test 3August 27th 10%

14.DiaryAugust 28th5%

15.Workbook---5%

16.Extra- Reading Activity---5%

17.Classwork---5%