English Course Programme – Elementary Level (University of

English Course Programme – Elementary Level (University of Madeira)
Topics
1. Introducing Oneself
2. Greeting
3. Alphabet and Numbers
4. Age
5. Days, Months and Ordinal Numbers
6. Birthday
7. Address and Phone Number
8. Countries and Nationalities
9. Colours
10. Family
11. Jobs
12. Descriptions concerning Height, Weight, Age and
Appearance
13. Clothes
14. Abilities
15. Parts of the House and Furniture
16. Activities
17. Hobbies and Sports
18. Seasons of the year
19. Food and Drinks (Meals)
20. Time
Grammar
Question words: What/Who
Possessive determiners: My/Your
Question word: How
Subject personal pronouns
Verb - to be (affirmative)
Question word: When
Prepositions of time: in/on
Possessive determiners (singular)
-To be: present simple (negative and interrogative)
Yes/no answers
Possessive determiners (singular and plural)
Present simple: have got (affirmative, negative and
interrogative)
Plurals
Irregular plurals
Position of adjectives
Connector: and
Possessive case
Whose
Can/can’t
Connector: but
Present simple: there + to be
Question word: How/Many/Where
Prepositions of place
Present continuous
Prepositions of time: in/on/at
Verb –to like (affirmative, negative and interrogative)
Some/Any
What time
Lessons
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3
4
5
6
7
8/9
10
11/12
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17/18
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21. Daily Routine
22. Transportation
23. Giving Directions
24. Weather
25. Holiday Activities
Oral Presentation (to be arranged)
Revision
Written Exam (to be arranged)
Correction of the exam
26. British and American Culture
Present simple (affirmative, negative and interrogative)
Prepositions of time: before/after
Adverbs of frequency
Preposition by
Weather adjectives
Note: Each lesson corresponds to one hour
Recommended bibliography:
Gonçalves, M. & Coelho, M. Tween 5 – Student’s book. Porto: Areal editores.
Gonçalves, M. & Coelho, M. Tween 5 – Workbook. Porto: Areal editores.
Gonçalves, M. & Coelho, M. Tween 5 – Fun. Porto: Areal editores.
Temple, M., Santos, V., Barbosa, T. & Fouto, C. Dicionário Oxford Pocket Plus – para estudantes de inglês (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
(Other documents provided during the course)
Developed by Susan Carvalho
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