Progressive Skills in English. Transferable skills Transferable vocabulary Transferable grammar...

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Progressive Skills in English

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Progressive Skills in English

Progressive Skills in English

• Transferable skills• Transferable vocabulary• Transferable grammar• Transferable knowledge

Progressive Skills in English

• Four levels plus English Skills for University– from False Beginner to IELTS 6.5 = A2/B1 to C1/C2– over 300 hours of tuition per level– many routes through material for fewer hours

• Full workbook for each level

Progressive Skills in English

• Ten knowledge themes per level– Education– Psychology and Sociology– Work and Business– Science and Nature– The Physical World– Culture and Civilization– Technology– Arts and Media– Sports and Leisure– Nutrition and Health

Progressive Skills in English

• Four skills sections per theme– Listening

• to lectures and talks; note taking

– Speaking • preparation for oral presentation • preparation for participation in tutorials

– Reading • for academic research; note taking

– Writing • academic assignments of all discourse types

Progressive Skills in English

• Extra lessons in every theme– Everyday English

• practice in conversational functions

– Knowledge Quiz• reviewing information and vocabulary

– Portfolio Work• integrated skills work• allows students to build a body of own work

Progressive Skills in English

• Five lessons per skill 1. Vocabulary

• for schemata, knowledge, vocabulary

2. Real-time practice• ‘have a go’ at the target skill while revising learnt skills

3. Learning new skills• highlighting and practising new skills

4. Grammar• specific grammar knowledge for the skill

5. Applying new skills• parallel activity to real-time task

Progressive Skills in English

• Objectives – for each skill section– for each lesson– for each exercise

• Extra exercises in the TB– to introduce the lesson– to close the lesson– for weaker students– for more able students

Progressive Skills in English