Laser B2 New Edition Syllabus English

LASER B2 SYLLABUS Area: Foreign Languages (English) Upper Secondary Education UNIT 1
Relationships OBJECTIVES Throughout this unit, the student will be able to achieve the following
points: > Practice predicting and scanning as a reading skill.
> Learn topic vocabulary, phrasal verbs, word formation, confusable
words and word patterns.
> Study and practice the use of the present simple, the past simple and
stative verbs.
> Learn the use of the present perfect simple and the past perfect
simple.
> Practice deduction as a listening skill.
> Learn and practice discourse management as a speaking skill.
> Learn to write an informal letter or email.
> Revise the contents learnt by completing the activities of the Check
your Progress section for Units 1-2. CONTENTS
Listening
- Listen to some people talking in eight different situations. For
questions 1-8, choose the best answer A-C.
- Discuss the answers with the rest of the class.
Speaking
- Listen to a candidate answering personal questions in an English exam
and say, from the questions given, which fits to the candidate's
answer.
- Listen again and answer some questions.
- Work in groups of four playing the roles of candidates and
interviewers.
- Choose T or F after reading the statements of exercise 2 on page 16.
- Practice using the present simple and past simple. Find 10 mistakes in
exercise 2, page 8, and correct them. Reading
- Read the text and find examples of relationship problems and solutions
to them.
- Read again and choose, from sentences A-H, the one which fits each gap
1-7.
- Find words or phrases in the text which have a similar meaning to the
words and phrases given.
- Read a text about a heartbroken teenager and circle the different
feelings mentioned.
- Read a text about James Dean and decide which answer A-D best fits
each gap.
Writing
- Read the email on page 16 and answer the questions.
- Look at the sentences given, from the email, and write them in a
different way.
- Answer Adam Wilson's email on page 17.
- Complete the Writing Planner 1 on page 206.
- Use the verbs given in the correct form to complete the sentences in
exercise 3, page 8.
- Write five questions to ask someone about their family and friends and
what they did last week.
- Make adjectives from the verbs given and decide whether they describe
feelings or situations.
- Use the correct form of the phrasal verbs about relationships in the
box, to replace the words in bold.
- Practice word formation doing the table on page 9.
- Practice confusable words by choosing the correct one to complete each
sentence.
- Practice the present perfect simple and the past perfect simple by
completing the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
first one.
- Make sentences using the past perfect simple and the words or phrases
in bold.
Language knowledge and use Linguistic knowledge: . Grammar
- present simple, past simple, stative verbs / present perfect simple,
past perfect simple
. Vocabulary
- topic vocabulary (relationships) / phrasal verbs / word formation /
confusable words / word patterns
Learning reflexion:
- Use of the Speaking, Writing, Key word, Phrasal verb and Grammar
databases, to organise, acquire, remember and use language.
- Progressive use of learning resources, such completing the Check your
Progress and the Revision sections every six units.
- Reflection on the use of grammar structures adapted to different
communicative aims by using the Grammar Database.
- Start using self-evaluation and self-correction strategies by
completing the Writing Planner section.
- Accept mistake as a part of the learning process.
- Show active participation in group works and activities by doing
online projects in the Webquests section.
- Show self-confidence and initiative to express themselves in public by
studying the Speaking Database and completing all the Speaking
activities.
BASIC COMPETENCES
|Basic Competence |Page |Activity |Evaluation Criteria|
|C1 |Linguistic |SB pages |All the activities of the |Show interest in |
| |communicative |6-17 |unit use the language as an |learning English. |
| |competence. | |instrument of communication.| |
| | | |E.g. reading the Grammar | |
| | | |sections of the unit. | |
|C2 |Mathematical | | | |
| |competence. | | | |
|C3 |Knowledge of |SB pages |Students read texts with |Express curiosity |
| |and |12-13 |references to relationships.|in learning about |
| |interaction | | |Social Science in |
| |with the | | |English. |
| |physical | | | |
| |world. | | | |
|C4 |Competence in | |Student's CD-ROM, DigiBook |Feel pleasure in |
| |information | |and web pages: |using new |
| |and | |www.macmillanexams.com // |technologies in |
| |communication | |www.macmillanenglish.com |order to revise and|
| |technologies | | |extend what they |
| | | | |have learnt. |
|C5 |Social and |SB pages |Moral and Civic Education: |Be willing to |
| |civil |6-7 |Understand the importance of|respect everyone |
| |competence. | |respecting others. | |
|C6 |Cultural and |SB page |References to James Dean. |Show pleasure in |
| |artistic |15 | |learning cultural |
| |competence. | | |facts. |
|C7 |The competence|SB pages |Students complete the Check |Show interest in |
| |of learning to|30-31 |your Progress section for |learning how to |
| |learn. | |Units 1-2 revising the |learn English. |
| | | |contents learnt in the | |
| | | |units. | |
|C8 |The competence|SB page |Use the Writing planner |Be willing to |
| |of personal |17 |section so as to organise |listen to and |
| |autonomy and | |their writing task in an |interact with |
| |initiative. | |autonomous way. |others. Have a |
| | | | |positive attitude |
| | | | |towards own ability|
| | | | |to participate in |
| | | | |class activities. |
|C9 |The emotional |SB page |Students learn to work in |Enjoy group |
| |competence. |209 |groups respecting each other|participation. |
| |(Castilla la | |and admitting both their own|Show respect for |
| |Mancha) | |success and their |others in the |
| | | |classmates'. |group. |
| | | |E.g. Do the Webquest for | |
| | | |Units 1-2 | |
Socio cultural aspects and intercultural awareness > References to relationships.
> Respect for others
> Respect for other cultures LITERARY EDUCATION . Assessment and active participation in literary activities in the
classroom.
. Appreciation of literature as a source of pleasure showing criticism
towards it.
. Development of reading autonomy.
. E.g.: Reading text: Are you a heartbroken teenager? MacMillan also offers a wide range of reading books in English adapted to
the age of the student. For further information please click the MacMillan
Readers website: http://www.macmillanreaders.com/ CROSS-CURRICULAR ITEMS . Social Science: Relationships.
. Art/Design: Students read about James Dean.
. Education for Citizenship: References to good behaviour. ATTITUDES AND VALUES > Politeness in the other language.
> Effort with new vocabulary and structures.
> Interest and respect in the classmates' opinions, mother tongue, accent,
origin, etc.
> Overcome mental blocking when meeting new people in the target language
> Attentive-assertive listening
> Use of target language in class MIXED-ABILITY ACTIVITIES Consolidation activities:
> SB: Check your Progress section for Units 1-2
> WB: Revision section.
> Student's CD Rom activities for Unit 1 Extension activities:
> Teacher's Book: Additional activities.
> SB: Speaking, Writing, Key word, Phrasal verb and Grammar databases and
Webquests.
EVALUATION 1. EVALUATION RESOURCES . Formative evaluation
- Classroom observation to check both individual and global
progress