B1+/B2 IMPROVING ORAL SKILLS WITH AUDITORY STIMULATION

Alumnado UPV
Personal UPV
AlumnadoPlus UPV
Familiares de primer y segundo grado de los anteriores.
Personal vinculado a la UPV con carné en vigor.

Course Contents
Part one
Session 1 – -ed endings & irregular verbs in the past tense’
 Improving pronunciation of –ed endings
 Improving pronunciation of common irregular verbs
 Checking differences in meaning
 Discussion time

Session 2 – Homophones
 Checking differences in meaning
 Identifying homophones – reading
 Identifying homophones – listening

Session 3 – Word Stress
 Stress in two-syllable words
 Stress in longer words
 Discussion time

Session 4 – Work and Jobs
 Defining: jobs – qualities – reasons
 Explaining: giving reasons for choices and opinions
 Debating: agreeing / disagreeing

Session 5 – Food and Eating Habits
 Classifying word types.
 Showing preference. Using words in context
 Speaking time

Session 6 – Communication and Technology
 Describing photos
 Talking about habit
 Hypothesising /guessing
 Revision

Course Contents
Part Two
Session 1 – Intonation and Sentence Stress.
• Pronunciation practice of lexical set.
• Three syllable word stress
• Changing meaning through word stress.
• Changing meaning through sentence stress.
• Roleplay.
Session 2 – The Gender Gap
• Pronunciation practice of lexical set.
• Gender equality - whole class discussion.
• Reading, listening and pronunciation practice
• Comprehension questions – small groups.
Session 3 – Taboo
• Pronunciation practice of lexical set.
• Taboo behavior in your country and whole class discussion.
• Reading, listening and pronunciation practice.
• Comprehension questions small groups.
Session 4 – Politics
• Pronunciation practice of lexical set.
• Discussion.
• Reading, listening and pronunciation practice.
• Comprehension questions
Session 5 – Global Inequality
• Pronunciation practice of lexical set.
• Discussion.
• Reading, listening and pronunciation practice.
• Comprehension questions
Session 6 – Relationships
• Pronunciation practice of lexical set.
• Discussion.
• Reading, listening and pronunciation practice.
• Group discussion
Course Contents
Part Three
Session 1 – The News
• Class discussion
• Key words and phrases
• Reading and listening. Pronunciation
• Group discussion
• Further practice
Session 2 – Short Stories
• Class discussion
• Reading and listening. Pronunciation
• Group discussion
• Further practice
Session 3 – Poetry
• Class discussion
• Guess the missing words
• Reading and listening. Pronunciation
• Group discussion
• Further practice
Session 4 – Plays
• Class discussion
• Performing a play
• Reading and listening. Pronunciation
• Group discussion
• Further practice
Session 5 – Definition Derby
• Class discussion
• Reading and pronunciation
• Group discussion
• Further practice
Session 6 – Jokes
• Class discussion
• Reading and listening. Pronunciation
• Group discussion
• Joke telling
Further practice