Curso Gratis Online - Inglés Intermedio

CONTENIDOS

Los contenidos de este nivel se clasifican en dos bloques; uno de ámbito general del idioma inglés y otro de ámbito profesional. Conjuntamente, la acción formativa es un total de 270 horas que se desarrolla a continuación.

El bloque de ámbito general está diferenciado entre la temática de las lecciones o módulos y los contenidos gramaticales. Este bloque es un total de 250 horas.

Por su parte, el bloque de ámbito profesional, de 20 horas, hace referencia a contenidos específicos que el alumno podrá elegir en función del sector en el que se desarrolla su actividad.

De esta manera, los contenidos de esta acción formativa son:

A. BLOQUE DE CONTENIDOS DE ÁMBITO GENERAL

• Temática (lecciones) y funciones del curso:
  • 1. ‘Still hungry?’
    • Send back something you ordered and order something different. Express your dissatisfaction.
  • 2. The menu
    • You order a meal in a restaurant. Name your favourite dishes, say what you do not like and discover basic food vocabulary.
  • 3. Desserts
    • Express your choices in a restaurant. Order dessert and ask for the bill.
  • 4. Booking a villa
    • Make a reservation for a holiday apartment explaining when you would like to rent it and for how long. Learn about rooms and household appliances. Enquire about facilities.
  • 5. Arriving at the villa
    • Learn how to criticise things that do not work in the home. Learn basic household vocabulary.
  • 6. Weather forecast
    • Ask questions and express your feelings concerning the weather. Describe different kinds of weather.
  • 7. Organising a meal
    • You invite friends to come for dinner. Discuss what you are going to eat and the tasks you need to accomplish to prepare the meal. Learn the names of ingredients and kitchen utensils.
  • 8. Setting the table
    • Your guests are arriving and you need someone to set the table. Give instructions on how you want this done and where to find certain utensils.
  • 9. Going out
    • Discuss your evening entertainment preferences with a friend. Talk about how you spend your leisure time and hobbies.
  • 10. Going to a concert
    • You are going to a concert with friends. Discuss your musical tastes and talents.
  • 11. The switchboard
    • Learn basic polite expressions needed to talk with business clients on the phone. Take contact details and reach a compromise with a difficult client.
  • 12. An appointment
    • Introduce yourself and make an appointment by telephone.
  • 13. Correspondence
    • You want to write a letter. Learn vocabulary for letter writing.
  • 14. At the post office
    • You are in the post office. Ask questions about sending mail and learn vocabulary for the post office.
  • 15. Banks & cashpoints
    • You want to withdraw some money while in a foreign country. Explain a problem with your cash card in a bank. Learn basic banking vocabulary.
  • 16. Paying a bill
    • You discuss payments with foreign business clients. Learn different means of payment and negotiate the final cost and payment schedule.
  • 17. Window-shopping
    • You go into town to shop with a friend. Give your opinion about which products to buy.
  • 18. The fitting room
    • You go clothes shopping. Learn the name of items of clothing and compare them. Discuss size and colour.
  • 19. Grocery shops
    • Ask for advice on ingredients and cooking while grocery shopping.
  • 20. At the supermarket
    • You go food shopping with your child. Learn vocabulary related to products found in supermarkets.
  • 21. An emergency
    • Seek assistance for an injured person. Learn basic medical vocabulary.
  • 22. At the doctor’s
    • You feel ill. Describe your symptoms and discuss treatments with a doctor.
  • 23. Agreeing to meet
    • Deal with a business call. Assist the caller and take their name and number. Arrange an appointment and respond to their questions.
  • 24. Business calls
    • You make arrangements to have a stand at a trade fair. Explain your requirements in detail.
  • 25. The company stand
    • Speak to a client at a trade fair. Detail the features of your product and convince the client of its merits. Arrange an appointment for a product demonstration.
  • 26. Comparing products
    • Convince someone of the quality of your product.
  • 27. Making a sale
    • You meet a client who would like to place an order. Discuss product type and price. Negotiate the discount. Agree the delivery date.
  • 28. Negotiating
    • Negotiate the specific details of an order. Convince your client to choose your product over that of your competitor.
  • 29. Trouble with orders
    • Reply to a dissatisfied customer. Apologise for problems and try to find a compromise.
  • 30. After-sales service
    • Deal with an angry customer. Attempt to find solutions to their problems. Arrange assistance.
  • 31. Handling an invoice
    • You phone a client whose invoice is overdue. Ask when payment can be expected and arrange terms.
  • 32. Deferring payment
    • Find a solution with a customer whose payment is overdue.
  • 33. Organising a stay
    • A client would like to pay your company a visit. Give advice on where to stay and leisure-time activities. Ask for details of the trip.
  • 34. Welcoming visitors
    • Ask practical questions about a client’s visit. Propose various leisure-time activities to be included in the visitor’s itinerary.
  • 35. A car trip
    • You go on a car trip. Express your agreement/disagreement and reach a compromise. Describe the features of a car. Ask for precise directions.
  • 36. On the motorway
    • Give advice about the way someone is driving. Ask for petrol at a petrol station and have a conversation with a police officer.
• Contenidos gramaticales:
  • Little - A little - Much
  • Few - A few - Many
  • Regular comparatives
  • Irregular comparatives
  • Use of the past participle as an adjective
  • Different meanings of 'all'
  • Construction of the preterite
  • Possessive pronouns
  • Comparing equals
  • As much as - As many as
  • Also - As well - Too
  • 'To be' and 'to have': preterite
  • How much - How many
  • The place of 'even'
  • The negative imperative
  • Some - Any
  • Direct and indirect questions
  • Will - To be going to
  • Near future: BE + ING
  • Use of the preterite
  • Question tags
  • To look forward to
  • Construction of the present perfect
  • Use of the present perfect
  • Had better - Would rather
  • Must - Have (got) to
  • The expression 'used to'
  • Yet - Not yet
  • Ever - Never
  • Regular superlatives
  • The preterite continuous
  • Can - Could - Be able to
  • Not . . . either
  • Irregular superlatives
  • Simple present with 'when'/'while'
  • Should - Ought to: probability
  • Use of the passive
  • Strong probability with 'must'
  • Relative pronouns and adverbs
  • Phrasal verb particles
  • Construction of the passive
  • 'Will' and 'shall'
  • Some other uses of the possessive
  • For - Since - Ago
  • The indefinite possessive
  • Wishing and regret
  • Near certainty in the past
  • The past subjunctive
  • Currencies
  • To remember - To remind
  • Past perfect
  • Permission with 'to let'
  • 'Always' + present continuous
  • Construction of the present conditional
  • Use and omission of 'the'
  • The prepositions 'in' and 'at'
  • Verbs + infinitive clause
  • Construction of compound nouns
  • Use of compound nouns
  • Use of the present conditional
  • Verbs expressing stages of an action
  • Verbs without a continuous form
  • How long
  • Either...or - Neither...nor
  • Verbs introducing a second action
  • Verbs expressing a wish to act
  • Still - yet
  • Dependent clauses with 'that'
  • Sequence of tenses
  • Conditional perfect
  • Holiday – Holidays
  • Use of present perfect continuous
  • Construction of present perfect continuous
  • To be likely
  • Should - Ought to: probability
  • Suggestions with 'should'
  • Some other uses of the possessive
  • Phrasal verb particles
  • Prepositions at the end of a clause
  • Simple present with 'when'/'while'
  • Even though - Even if
  • Sequence of tenses with 'if'
  • The past subjunctive
  • The past perfect subjunctive with 'if'
  • Infinitive clause
  • The prepositions 'in' and 'at'
  • Expressions with the present perfect
  • Expressing percentages
  • Currencies
  • Last - Later – Alter
  • The more . . . the more
  • Verbs expressing stages of an action
  • Invariable cardinal numbers
  • Singular nouns in '-s'
  • Different meanings of 'since'
  • Within - Within . . . of
  • Till – Until
  • Verbs expressing impressions and feelings
  • The simple conditional perfect with 'should'
  • Expression of preference
  • Different meanings of 'rather'
  • When 'that' may be left out
  • Means with 'by'
  • So that
  • Dependent clauses with 'that'
  • Permission with 'to let'
  • Verbs: reactions and preferentes
  • Meaning and use of ‘so’
  • Verbs without a continuous form
  • Use of compound nouns
  • For how long - Since when
  • Use of present perfect continuous
  • Verbs without continuous forms: exceptions

B. BLOQUE DE CONTENIDOS DE ÁMBITO PROFESIONAL (ESPECÍFICOS DE SECTOR)

De cara a la realización de este bloque, se ofrece a los alumnos la posibilidad de elegir la especialización acorde a su ámbito profesional:

• Sector servicios
• Sector industrial
• Sector construcción
• Sector transporte
• Sector agrario