lunes, 31 de enero de 2011

LEVEL 5 PROGRAM

PROGRAM LEVEL 5

 

BUSINESS ENGLISH LEVEL 5

SCHEDULE
CONTENTS

Autonomus Learning




FINANCE AND ECONOMICS

Week 01
31 January-5 February
Introduction/
Reading plan: level 5 2000 words: Gurus on Marketing: ebrary
Virtual portfolio Keeping a record of personal expenses
Express possibility and obligation

1.       Write a paragraph about your thoughts regarding expenditure for a year’s study away from home
2.       Register and participate in the following page: http://clubonline.anglia.org/
Reading: Gurus on Marketing:
Topic 1. Peter Druker

Week 02
7-12 February
starting out
Reading plan control

1.       Describe 3 different products offered by banks
quiz reading peter druker

Week 03
14-19 February
Managing expenses
Bank accounts credit cards applications
Finance Glossary

1.       Write examples with finance Glossary

Reading: theodore Levitt


Week 04
21-26 February
Reading plan control
Tutorial  class
Practice pruebas saber pro


Quiz Reading theodore Levitt

Week 05
28 Feb-5 March

Economic issues: inflation, prices, imports, exports, economy system, prices increases , calculate rates of inflation


*Write three paragraphs talking about inflation, causes of inflation, levels of inflation in your country
*read and write a short summary of this article
reading: Michael porter

 Week 06
7-12 March
Investments: advantages and disadvantages
Describing changes in a company performance<: production, profits
Reading plan control

*Make a chart comparing various types of investments 

Quiz: reading Michael porter

Week 07
14-19 March
Changes in the way we do things
Global problem
Infringement of copyrights
Economics Glossary

*explain the mind map in 3 paragraphs
reading: Philip KIotler

Week 08
21-26 March
Reading plan control
Team project 4 Prepare a report about retail credit service

Prepare a report about retail credit service
Quiz: Philip Klotler

Week 09
28 March 2 April
Tutorial class
Practice pruebas saber pro

Correct your mistakes

Week 10
4 - 9 April
Mid term
Reading plan control

FIRST ORAL AND WRITTEN EVALUATION
FEEDBACK
Quiz: readings: philp kloter, peter drucker, Theodore Levitt, Michael Porter




MANAGEMENT  : GLOBAL CONCERNS IN BUSINESS

Week 11
11-16 April
cultural issues: living and adapt to differences in a foreign country

Describe Colombia culture
Reading: Tom peters

Week 12
25-30 April
corporate culture : making request
Business Glossary
Reading plan control

 Compare two companies in organizational culture terms
Write a short summary of the principles of management and prepare a power point presentation
quiz: Reading: Tom peters


Week 13
2-7 May
workplace changes.
Outsourcing

Research information about China, where outsourcing has become an important part of the economy
Reading: George Day

Week 14
9-14 May

global concerns in the business world

Prepare the project team presentation No. 5
meetings
solve the following quiz about meetings vocabulary
write an e-mail informing about a meeting


Week 15
16-21 May

ethical trading
Reading plan control
General review

make a mind map with effective presentation tips :
             . quiz: Reading: George Day

Week 16
23-28 May 
 Final examination 



30 May-4 June
PROJECT  PRESENTATION: Reading plan
Virtual portfolio

Talk about the reading plan
Quiz: George Day and Tom peters.

6th June
Typing grades






program Level 1




SCHEDULE
CONTENT

RESOURCES- PORTFOLIO

Week 01
31 January-5 February
Introduction
Language: To be
Be + adjective (+ noun)
Possessive nouns
Reading plan: level 1 500 words-600
Virtual portfolio introduction


Portfolio: how to develop the digital portfolio
Book: 20000 leagues under the Sea Jules verne, express publishing.
Reading week 1: the monster from the deep
Send portfolio: cristysoledad1@yahoo.com

Week 02
7-12 February
MOMENTS IN LIFE
Language: Present Simple, adverbs of frequency
Vocabulary:  routines
everyday activities
Reading plan control

Portfolio:
Describing photographs
Quiz: Reading week 1: the monster from the deep

Week 03
14-19 February
MOMENTS IN LIFE
Language: Simple Present
Vocabulary:  jobs


Portfolio:
Describing jobs activities
Reading: saved from the Ocean
Reading: saved from the Ocean

Week 04
21-26 February
 Tutorial  class
Reading plan control

Quiz: Reading: saved from the Ocean
Write a weather forecast


Week 05
28 Feb-5 March
Language: adjectives Comparatives/superlatives
The definite article
 Vocabulary: Geographical features
weather & seasons

Portfolio: Design a poster  and talk about important geographical features .
Reading: inside the nautilus and Outside the nautilus

Week 06
7-12 March
Language: Comparative structure, question words
Vocabulary: animals, their anatomy and habitats
Reading plan control

Portfolio: write a poster about a missing pet
Project: a leaflet about an endangered species
quiz¨ Reading: inside the nautilus and Outside the nautilus


Week 07
14-19 March
Language: present continuous tense
Vocabulary: clothes & accessories, colors

Paste a picture and describe it
Reading: An Underwater Cemetery

Week 08
21-26 March

Language: present continuous, Going to
Vocabulary:  Free time activities
Reading plan control

Portfolio:
quiz: Reading: An Underwater Cemetery


Week 09
28 March 2 April
Language:  Future with Will
Tutorial  class


reading: the Giant Pearl and the Shark
and the lost City.

Week 10
4 - 9 April
Mid term
Reading plan control

FIRST ORAL AND WRITTEN EVALUATION
FEEDBACK
Quiz reading: the Giant Pearl and the Shark
and the lost City
reading: the Giant Pearl and the Shark
and the lost City.

Week 11
11-16 April
Language:  Prepositions of time
Vocabulary: rooms, things in a house

reading: the Giant Squid

Week 12
25-30 April
Vocabulary: Regular and irregular verbs
Reading plan control

quiz: the Giant Squid

Week 13
2-7 May
Language:. Past simple verb to be

Vocabulary: biographies of famous people

www.famousdead.com.
Reading: the Battle and The whirlpool

 Week 14
9-14 May
Language: past simple
Vocabulary: events

http://www.grammar.cl/Games/To_Be_Past.htm

Week 15
16-21 May
Review tenses: past
Reading plan control

quiz Reading: the Battle and the Whirlpool


Week 16
23-28 May
Final Exam

FINAL ORAL AND WRITTEN EVALUATION


30 May-4 June
PROJECT  PRESENTATION: Reading plan Virtual portfolio

Talk about the reading plan

6 June
Typing grades