Curso de Inglés B2 en Campus Virtual Oficial de la Universidad de Cambridge

Cada unidad dispone de material teórico, material práctico, vídeos de situaciones cotidianas, estrategias de conversación, videojuegos, revisión y un examen formal. El curso cubre todas las destrezas del idioma:

• Expresión oral / Speaking

• Expresión escrita / Writing

• Comprensión auditiva / Listening

• Comprensión lectora / Reading

• Pronunciación

Unit 1

OBJETIVOS:

• Talk about getting along with friends and family

• Compare experiences of growing up in different types of families

• Share views on dealing with difficult friends

GRAMÁTICA:

• Use phrasal verbs

• Use infinitives and -ing forms after adjectives, nouns, and pronouns

VOCABULARIO:

• Phrasal verbs on the topic of house rules (have friends over)

• Idiomatic expressions (drive your friends away, tag along with someone)

INTERACCIÓN ORAL:

• Make your meaning clear with expressions like What I’m saying is and I mean

• Use expressions such as I have to say to show that you want to make a strong point

Unit 2

OBJETIVOS:

• Talk about farming, food, and nutrition

• Share ideas for eating a healthy diet

• React to statistics

GRAMÁTICA:

• Use the passive to focus on information when talking about the past, present, and future

• Use complements of verbs that describe causes and effects

VOCABULARIO:

• Human body parts and processes (heart, metabolism)

• Noun and verb forms of the same root (discovery, discover)

INTERACCIÓN ORAL:

• Use rhetorical questions to make a point

• Give examples with expressions such as such as, like, take, and for instance

Unit 3

OBJETIVOS:

• Define and discuss success and happiness

• Share stories about happy moments and times when things went wrong

GRAMÁTICA:

• Use the determiners all, both, each, every, neither, none of, no

• Use -ing forms as reduced relative clauses, to describe simultaneous events, and as subjects and objects

VOCABULARIO:

• Expressions with get (get off the ground, get under way, get off to a good start)

• Synonyms (study = analyze)

INTERACCIÓN ORAL:

• Use expressions like As far as (success) is concerned to focus in on a topic

• Use expressions like As far as I’m concerned / can tell to give and soften opinions

Unit 4

OBJETIVOS:

• Describe travel and vacation experiences

• Report conversations

• Share views on what to take on trips

• Discuss the effects of tourism

GRAMÁTICA:

• Use reported speech to report statements

• Use reported speech to report questions and instructions

VOCABULARIO:

• Adjectives ending -ed and -ing (amazed, amazing)

• Synonyms (industries, businesses)

INTERACCIÓN ORAL:

• Use expressions such as you mean, so what you’re saying is, and so I guess when drawing conclusions

• Ask for more details about someone’s ideas or opinions, using In what way?

Unit 5

OBJETIVOS:

• Talk about weddings, gifts, and other traditions

• Discuss the positive and negative aspects of globalization

GRAMÁTICA:

• Use relative clauses with when, where, and whose

• Use verbs with direct and indirect objects

VOCABULARIO:

• Expressions to describe wedding customs (bride, walk down the aisle)

• Opposites (loss ≠ preservation)

INTERACCIÓN ORAL:

• Soften your comments with expressions like kind of, a little, and not really

• Use Yeah, no to agree with someone and then make a comment of your own

Unit 6

OBJETIVOS:

• Talk about intelligence, skills, and abilities

• Discuss views on parents’ and teachers’ roles in developing children’s talents

GRAMÁTICA:

• Use adverbs before adjectives and adverbs

• Use as . . . as and comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs

VOCABULARIO:

• Expressions to describe types of intelligence and abilities (linguistic, articulate)

• Collocations (raise awareness)

INTERACCIÓN ORAL:

• Use vague expressions like and that kind of thing when you don’t need to be precise

• Show that you strongly agree with someone, using No doubt