Instituto de Idiomas - Universidad de la Punta

Programa de INGLÉS ADULTOS

Nivel: I
Régimen de cursado: Cuatrimestral

Bibliografía Obligatoria
Libro “Traveller” Beginners
Diccionario Bilingüe

Bibliografía complementaria
“Grammar way 1”
Englishtips.org

Contenidos
Unidades Vocabulario Objetivos Gramaticales
INTRODUCTORY ➢ Greetings. ➢ Greeting and ➢ What’s your name?
UNIT ➢ Names introducing ➢ I’m…./ My name’s…
➢ Alphabet oneself. ➢ How do you spell…?
HELLO ➢ Classroom ➢ Spelling. ➢ Plural Nouns,
language. ➢ Understanding irregular “s”
➢ Countries and and using ➢ Imperative
Nationalities classroom (affirmative)
language.
NICE TO MEET ➢ Greetings ➢ Greeting and ➢ Subject pronouns +
YOU ➢ Countries and saying goodbye positive form of to
Nationalities ➢ Introducing be
Module 1 ➢ Relationships oneself and ➢ Possessive
➢ Numbers (0- others. adjectives
100) ➢ Exchanging basic ➢ Who?/ What?/
➢ Jobs. personal How?/Where…from
information. ?
➢ Identifying ➢ Indefinite article
relationships. “A/An”

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ALL ABOUT ME ➢ Personal ➢ Identifying and ➢ Demonstrative
items. describing Pronouns.
Module 2 ➢ Colours. objects. ➢ The verb Be “It”
➢ Items related ➢ Expressing ➢ Plurals (regular,
to travelling. possession. irregular)
➢ Family ➢ Talking about ➢ Possessive case.
members. one’s family ➢ Whose.
➢ Clothes. members. ➢ The verb “have got”
➢ Opposite ➢ Discussing ➢ Adjectives.
adjectives. clothes.
➢ Physical ➢ Expressing
appearance. opinion.
➢ Describing
people’s physical
appearance
EVERYDAY ➢ Telling time
LIFE ➢ TV ➢ Telling the time. ➢ Present simple
programmes ➢ Expressing likes ➢ What time? / When?
Module 3 ➢ Days of the and dislikes. ➢ Prepositions of time
week. ➢ Talking about ➢ Adverbs of
➢ Free-time free-time frequency.
activities. activities
➢ Daily routines. ➢ Talking about
➢ Ways of routines.
getting ➢ Discussing TV
around. programmes.
➢ Household
chores.

PLACES ➢ Rooms and ➢ Identifying the ➢ There is/ There are

parts of a location of ➢ Prepositions of place
house. objects. ➢ Indefinite article
➢ Furniture and ➢ Describing rooms “A/An”, Definite
Module 4 appliances. and houses. article “The”.
➢ Places in a ➢ Referring to the ➢ Object personal
town/city. location of places pronouns.
➢ Addresses in a town. ➢ Imperative.
➢ Buildings. ➢ Asking for, giving
➢ Location and and
directions. understanding
➢ Ordinals directions.
➢ Adjectives ➢ Asking and
describing answering about
homes. where one lives.

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Nivel: II
Régimen de cursado: Cuatrimestral

Bibliografía Obligatoria
Libro “Traveller” Beginners
Diccionario Bilingüe

Bibliografía complementaria
“Grammar way 1”
Englishtips.org

Contenidos
Unidades Vocabulario Objetivos Gramaticales
MODULE 5 ● Food and drinks ● Expressing ● A/AN /SOME
FOOD ● Containers preference ● Countable and
● Prices ● Ordering food Uncountable
● Taking an nouns
● Money order. ● Some/any
● Making ● Would like +
,accepting, noun
refusing offers ● How Much/ How
Many

● Jobs ● Talking about ● The verb Can

MODULE ● Skills and abilities talents and ● Present
6 ● Everyday activities abilities Progressive
GET BUSY ● Phrases related to ● Making a ● Let’s/How about
the environment phone call,
● Weather,computer suggestions
parts and
● Numbers over a arrangements
hundred ● Talking about
current
activities
● Talking about
the weather

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MODULE 7 ● Accidents and ● Talking about ● Past simple
LOOKING Injuries. past events ● Time
BACK ● Parts of the body ● Discussing expressions
● Opinion adjectives facts ● Why/becouse
● Years ● Talking about ● Past simple of
● Academic subjects famous the verb BE
● Life events people ● Past simple vs
● Sports ● Giving Simple present
reasons
● Talking about
sports
● Comparing
past and
present facts

MODULE 8 ● Seasons ● talking about ● future BE going

ON ● Months and dates a holiday to
HOLIDAY ● Holiday activities ● making plans ● time expressions
● Geographical ● inviting ● want to / would
features ● accepting and like to
● sightseeing refusing ● the verb Should
invitations
● talking about
health
problems
● asking for and
giving advice
● referring to
the past and
future

Nivel: III
Régimen de cursado: Cuatrimestral

Bibliografía Obligatoria
Libro “Traveller” Elementary
Diccionario Bilingüe

Bibliografía complementaria
“Grammar way 1”
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 “Traveller” Extra Material – Grammar Book
Englishtips.org

Contenidos
Unidades Vocabulario Objetivos Gramaticales

➢ Revision of ➢ Revision of `previous skills ➢ Revision of

levels 1 and 2 ( level 1 and 2) grammar topics,
particularly rules
and usage of
tenses.
FEELING GOOD ➢ Containers. ➢ Ordering food and
➢ Food and taking an order. ➢ Countable/Uncou
Unit 4 drink. ➢ Making, accepting ntable nouns.
➢ Food courses. and refusing offers. ➢ Some /Any/ No.
➢ Parts of the ➢ Talking about food ➢ How much…? /
body. preferences and How many…?
➢ Ailments. eating habits. ➢ Much / Many / A
➢ Words and ➢ Talking ailments lot of / Lots of / A
phrases asking for and giving few / A little.
related to advice. ➢ Object personal
fitness. ➢ Expressing opinion. pronouns.
➢ The verb Should.

➢ Education.
➢ Academic ➢ Talking about past ➢ Past simple.
THINKING subjects. events/ past holidays. ➢ Past simple of the
BACK ➢ Holiday ➢ Talking about school verb be.
activities. days. ➢ The verb COULD.
Unit 5 ➢ Professions. ➢ Narrating events / a ➢ Adjectives-
➢ Words / story. adverbs of
phrases ➢ Talking about famous manner.
related to people.
crime. ➢ Expressing ability in
➢ Years. the past.
➢ Describing feelings.
➢ Describing the
manner in which
something happens.

➢ Months and ➢ Talking about events ➢ Future GOING

dates. and special dates. TO.
➢ Ordinals. ➢ Making future plans. ➢ CAN, COULD,
➢ Animals. ➢ Making requests and MAY, WILL,
➢ Wishes. responding to them. WOULD for
EVENTS ➢ Expressing obligation. requests.
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 ➢ Word building ➢ Making suggestions. ➢ The verb HAVE
Unit 6 (-er and –or ➢ Inviting, accepting TO (affirmative)
endings for and refusing an ➢ Compounds of
people) invitation. SOME, ANY, NO,
➢ Wishing people well in EVERY.
different situations. ➢ Let’s … / How
about …? / Why
don’t we/you …?
➢ Which…?

➢ Clothes and ➢ Identifying and ➢ Ones/ones.

ONE OF A KIND accessories. describing clothes. ➢ Too/enough.
Unit7 ➢ Words related ➢ Expressing preference. ➢ Comparatives
to money. ➢ Talking about prices forms.
➢ Words/ Phrases and sizes. ➢ Superlatives
related to ➢ Asking for and giving forms.
appearance. opinion.
➢ Means of ➢ Describing
transport. appearance/personality.
➢ Prepositions of ➢ Making comparisons.
movements. ➢ Asking for and giving
➢ Location and directions.
directions. ➢ Distinguishing
➢ Adjectives between British and
describing American English.
personality
➢ Present Perfect
➢ Geographic ➢ Talking about Simple (ever, never,
features. experiences / misfortunes. before).
ADVENTURE ➢ Equipment. ➢ Linking past and ➢ Present Perfect
present time. Simple vs Past Simple.
Unit 8 ➢ Narrating past events.

Nivel: IV
Régimen de cursado: Cuatrimestral

Bibliografía
Libro “Traveller Pre-intermediate
Diccionario Bilingüe

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Unidades Vocabulario Objetivos Contenidos
gramaticales

REVISION Revision of previous Revision of oral Revision or all

vocabulary in previous objectives presented in grammatical skills
text, Traveller previous text/units presented in
Elementary, units 3 -8. previous
text/units.

Ø Conversational Ø Ability to express daily Ø Present simple

YOUTH CULTURE English routines, habitual actions vs. Present
and phrases related to and permanent continuous
UNIT 1 communication situations in present and Ø Stative verbs
Ø Phrases describing past. Ø Past simple
likes and dislikes Ø Talk about past events Ø Used to
Ø Free-time activities Ø Discuss likes, dislikes, Ø Prepositions of
Ø Words often confused friends and friendship time
Ø Personality adjectives Ø Ask and answer about Ø Quantifiers
personal information (some, any, a few,
etc.)

WHAT AN Ø Adjectives –ed and –

EXPERIENCE ing Ø Ask and answer about Ø Past continuous
Ø Adjectives to describe experiences Ø Past continuous
UNIT 2 food. Ø Talk about strange vs. Past simple
Ø The weather food Ø Time clauses
Ø Common e- Ø Use visual prompt to (when, while…etc.)
mail/letter phrases tell stories and guess the Ø Present perfect
Ø Adverbs and adverbial end simple
phrases. Ø Make up story using Ø Present perfect
visual prompts simple vs Past
simple

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GOING PLACES Ø Words related to Ø Communicate at the Ø Modals can,
travelling by plane check-in desk. could, may, be able
Ø Nouns ending in –ion, Ø Express obligation, to
-ation,-ment,-ance,-al lack of obligation, and Ø Have to, don´t
UNIT 3 Ø Accomodation and prohibition. have to, need to,
facilities Ø Ask for and give don´t need to,
Ø Geographical features information. needn´t, must,
Ø Adjectives describing Ø Give opinions mustn´t.
places Ø Express preferences Ø Indirect
and justify questions
Ø Comparisons

NOWADAYS Ø Words and phrases Ø Talk about the future Ø Future will
related to money Ø Speculate and make Ø Will have to, will
UNIT 4 Ø Expressions with decisions be able to
make. Ø Express opinions and Ø Too, enough
Ø Collocations related positive and negative Ø Relative clauses
to technology aspects
Ø Adjectives ending in – Ø Define people, things
ful, -less and places

Nivel: V
Régimen de cursado: Cuatrimestral

Bibliografía
Libro “Traveller” Pre-intermediate H.Q. Mitchell
Diccionario Bilingüe

Bibliografía complementaria
“Grammarway 2”

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Unidades Vocabulario Objetivos Contenidos Gramaticales

➢ Revision of ➢ Revision of ➢ Revision of grammar

previous previous oral topics, particularly rules
vocabulary skills and usage of present
simple/perfect, past
and future/ relative
clauses.

Help ➢ ➢ Conversing with

Unit 5 Words/phrases a doctor. ➢ Infinitive and/or –ing
related to health, ➢ Asking for and form
emotional giving advice ➢ Should – had better
problems, and related to health (advice)
accidents. issues. ➢ Passive voice (Present
➢ Prepositional ➢ Narrating simple – Past simple)
phrases with “in” accidents and
➢ Idioms other experiences.
describing feelings ➢ Making
appointments

Time out ➢ Words ➢ Describing ➢ Conditionals Type 1.

Unit 6 related to sports actions, conditions ➢ Might, may, could
➢ Collocations and their ➢ If vs. when
➢ Compound consequences. ➢ So/neither/too/either
nouns ➢ Expressing ➢ Present perfect
➢ Places of possibility continuous
entertainment. ➢ Expressing ➢ Present perfect
➢ Words preferences and continuous vs. Present
related to films opinions. perfect simple
➢ Discuss places
of
entertainment/films

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 Good job ➢ Opposites ➢ Conversations ➢ Question tags.
Unit 7 ➢ Words at a bank/money ➢ Negative questions
related to exchange/bank ➢ Exclamatory
money/banks transactions. sentences
employment and ➢ Expressing ➢ Clauses of result
qualifications interest, surprise, ➢ Reflexive Pronouns
➢ Jobs results ➢ Past Perfect Simple
➢ Talking about
work and
qualifications

Way of life ➢ Words related ➢ Interviewing ➢ Reported speech

Unit 8 to music and the and reporting. (statements, questions,
music industry ➢ Giving and commands, requests)
➢ Words related following ➢ Conditionals Type 2
to instructions ➢ Wishes and unreal
cooking/celebration ➢ Talking about past
s food and quantity
➢ Customs
➢ Wishes
➢ Making and
refusing invitations

Nivel: VI
Régimen de cursado: Cuatrimestral

Bibliografía obligatoria
Libro “Traveller” (Intermediate – B1)
Diccionario Bilingüe

Bibliografía complementaria
“Grammarway 2”

Unidad Vocabulario Objetivos Contenidos Gramaticales

⮚ Words easily ⮚ To express ⮚ Present Simple –
Unidad 1 confused. enthusiasm, make Present Progressive.
“Window on the ⮚ British and suggestions and give ⮚ Stative verbs.
World” America English. directions

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 ⮚ Verbs + ⮚ To talk about language ⮚ Questions and
Prepositions. learning and different Question words.
⮚ Negative cultures and lifestyles. ⮚ Indirect questions.
prefixes and suffixes. ⮚ To learn to distinguish ⮚ Past Simple.
between permanent and ⮚ Used to – be/get
temporary situations. used to.
⮚ To learn to refer to
past habits and events.
⮚ To learn how to ask
questions informally and
formally.
⮚ To learn how to write
a paragraph based on
prompts.
⮚ To acquire skills and
strategies that will help you
in exams.
⮚ Phrasal verbs ⮚ To talk about fictional ⮚ Past Progressive
Unidad 2 with on and off. heroes, historical figures, ⮚ Past Simple vs. Past
“Heroes” ⮚ Collocations everyday heroes and their Progressive.
with say and tell. achievements. ⮚ Relative clauses.
⮚ Adjectives ⮚ To learn how to use ⮚ Adjectives – Adverbs
formed from nouns appropriate tenses to talk of manner.
and nouns formed about past events and ⮚ Comparisons.
from adjectives. situations.
⮚ Similes. ⮚ To learn how to make
⮚ Words comparisons.
related to natural ⮚ To learn how describe
disasters. a person.
⮚ To learn how to tell a
story.
⮚ To learn to write and
informal letter including a
narrative.
⮚ To acquire skills and
strategies that will help you in
exams.
⮚ Lexical set ⮚ To talk about jobs, job ⮚ Present Perfect
Unidad 3 (geographical interviews and qualifications. Simple – Present Perfect
“Work & features). ⮚ To talk about free time Progressive.
Leisure” ⮚ Strong activities and leisure facilities. ⮚ Must, have to, need,
adjectives. ⮚ To learn how to use would rather, had better.
⮚ Expressions appropriate tenses to link the ⮚ May, might, could.
with make and do. past with the present. ⮚ Must, can’t.
⮚ Words easily ⮚ To learn to write and
confused. informal letter giving news

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⮚ Nouns and a formal letter of
deriving from verbs. application.
⮚ To learn how to
express obligation,
prohibition and absence of
necessity.
⮚ To learn how to
express preference and make
suggestions.
⮚ To learn how to
express possibility and make
deductions.
⮚ To acquire skills and
strategies that will help you in
exams.

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