| Writing |
Style and register; formal and informal language; punctuation; the paragraph; connecting words and expressions; cover letters; the essay: types (e.g. argumentative, descriptive, etc.) and main parts (title, introduction with thesis statement, body, conclusion, in-text quotations and the list of works cited); MLA. |
Speaking
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Participating in debates, expressing opinions and arguments, structuring and delivering presentations, job interviews.
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| Grammar |
Review and consolidation of different categories, among others, verbs (modal verbs, multi-word verbs, etc.); nouns, pronouns, articles and determinants, adjectives and adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions, linking adverbials, and cohesive devices.
Consolidation and expansion of grammatical structures: passive voice; indirect style; participle clauses; conditional sentences; relative structures; adverbial subordinates; cleft sentences; clauses with "whoever", "whatever", etc. |
| Vocabulary |
Vocabulary expansion, with special attention to idiomatic and fixed expressions.
Themes: describing compatibility and emotion, finding work and describing professional skills, expressing opinions and debating on current issues and events (diversity; the environment; human rights; cinema, music and literature, among others).
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