CEC Buenos Aires

English Levels

Summary

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This Syllabus is prepared to provide our courses with both structure

Introduction

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and dynamism.

I

Our courses are continuously improved, and this present Syllabus

Elementary

II

is periodically revised with input from both teachers and students.

III

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CEC Argentina ensures Canadian content is added to each level in

order to promote Canadian Culture and its idiosyncrasies

Pre-Intermediate

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II

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Intermediate

II

III

IV

Post-Intermediate

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II

Advanced

I

II

Pre Intermediate II

Comments

Books

Book Spectrum 2B

Units 5 to 7

Lessons 24 to 40

CEC Network Booklet

Pre Intermediate II

Topics

Comparisons            The weather

Descriptions              Suggestions

Requests                    Advice

Accidents                   Plans

Invitations                  Offers

Introductions              Socializing

Grammar

Comparisons with …er than, more/less… than and as…as

Should

Be supposed to

Look like

Be like

May

That + noun clause

Review: subject questions and short answers

Review the future with going to, the present continuous as future, and the future with will

Tag questions

Rejoinders with so and neither

Functions

Talk about the weather

                  plans

                   an accident

                   he weather

                   things in common

Ask for and show identification

Suggest an alternative

Make a comparison

          a suggestion

State an expectation

Describe someone’s appearance

               someone’s personality

               a car accident

Request permission formally

Report a lost item

Thank someone

Give advice

Provide information

Express sympathy

Wish someone well

Say what you think

Invite someone

Offer to bring something

          help

Accept or decline help

Introduce yourself

Continue a conversation

Say good-bye to a host

Pre Intermediate II

SKILLS

Writing

Write an accident report

          about plans

          a letter

Listening

Listen to  preferences

                the intonation of affirmative statements with contrast

                a weather report

                the intonation of statements and questions

                descriptions of car accidents

            for people’s plans

                  things people have in common

Reading

Read a newspaper article

         a survey

         a magazine article