Curso de Inglés CAE 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 relationships, marriage, and family life.

• Discuss the most important issues to consider before getting married.

• Talk about the best ways to meet people.

• Evaluate the pros and cons of monitoring family members.

GRAMÁTICA:

• Use conditional sentences without if to hypothesize.

• Use wh- clauses as subjects and objects

VOCABULARIO:

• Binomial expressions with and, or, but (give and take, sooner or later, slowly but surely)

• Building synonyms (see – perceive; improve – enhance)

INTERACCIÓN ORAL:

• Use expressions like in the end and in a word to summarize or finish your points.

• Use then and in that case to draw a conclusion from something someone said.

Unit 2

OBJETIVOS:

• Talk about people and events in history.

• Determine what makes a historical event “world-changing.”

• Talk about the importance of one’s family history

GRAMÁTICA:

• Use the perfect infinitive to refer to past time.

• Use cleft sentences beginning with It to focus on certain nouns, phrases, and clauses.

VOCABULARIO:

• Adjective antonyms (lasting – temporary; superfi cial – profound)

• Metaphors (sift, bring to life)

INTERACCIÓN ORAL:

• Use expressions like Let’s not go there to avoid talking about a topic.

• Respond with That’s what I’m saying to focus on your viewpoint.

Unit 3

OBJETIVOS:

• Talk about feats, challenges, and developments in engineering.

• Evaluate the priorities in research and development.

• Discuss the usefulness of robots.

GRAMÁTICA:

• Use -ever words in talking about unknown people or things.

• Use negative adverbs (never, not only) + inversion to start a sentence for emphasis.

VOCABULARIO:

• Vocabulary of engineering projects (erect, install)

• Verbs (interact, determine)

INTERACCIÓN ORAL:

• Use expressions like given or considering to introduce facts that support your opinions.

• Emphasize negative phrases with at all and whatsoever.

Unit 4

OBJETIVOS:

• Talk about the news, who reports it, and how.

• Discuss if speed or accuracy is more important in news reporting.

• Evaluate how much you trust what you hear or read in the news.

GRAMÁTICA:

• Use continuous infinitive forms to report events in progress.

• Use the subjunctive to describe what should happen, what is important, and to refer to demands and recommendations.

VOCABULARIO:

• Noun and verb collocations (undergo surgery, contain an oil spill)

• Vocabulary to express truth or fiction (verify, fabricate)

INTERACCIÓN ORAL:

• Highlight topics by putting them at the start or end of what you say.

• Use this and these to highlight information and that and those to refer to known information

Unit 5

OBJETIVOS:

• Talk about whether information is true or not.

• Consider how you would handle an emergency.

• Talk about white lies and if they’re ever acceptable.

• Discuss if art forgers are still true artists.

GRAMÁTICA:

• Use be to to refer to fixed or hypothetical future events.

• Use passive verb complements.

VOCABULARIO:

• Idioms and phrasal verbs with turn (turn over a new leaf, turn around)

• Words in context (lucrative, laborious)

INTERACCIÓN ORAL:

• Use expressions like That doesn’t seem right to express concerns.

• Use to me, to her, etc. to introduce an opinion.

Unit 6

OBJETIVOS:

• Talk about being independent, the psychology of attraction, and the brain.

• Discuss the differences between online and in-person relationships.

• Discuss stereotypes.

GRAMÁTICA:

• Use objects + -ing forms after prepositions and verbs.

• Use reflexive pronouns — including to add emphasis — and each other / one another.

VOCABULARIO:

• Phrasal verbs (go by, pick up on)

• Expressions with be, do, go, have, take (be close to, have to do with)

INTERACCIÓN ORAL:

• Use expressions like I can see it from both sides and By the same token.

• Use to put it + adverb to indicate your meaning behind an opinion.