Charte anglais 2 - Sciences Po

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Département des langues
B1 Skills-based English language teaching charter
A/ The requisite B1 exit skills in the four fields of language acquisition :
Listening skills A student must be able to :
• Understand a short direct or recorded exchange between at least two speakers on a political, social or cultural
subject.
• Understand the general meaning of a 5 minute news summary or current affairs commentary if the delivery is
standard and clearly structured.
Spoken skills
• Present a 5 minute demonstration of a short written (500 words) or spoken document, connecting phrases in a
way that allows for the expression of agreement or disagreement on a topical issue.
• Express hypothesis and establish comparison in order to highlight the advantages of disadvantages of various
options
• Participate spontaneously in short exchanges on familiar topics , accounting for and sustaining a personal
viewpoint
Written skills :
• Write a simple commentary (150 words) on a short oral or written text.
• Take simple notes on relevant points developed during classroom presentation
Reading skills :
• Understand 500 word texts written principally on high frequency everyday or job-related language.
• Identify the essential structure of one such text in order to produce a summary.
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B. Language Tools
The following elements will be verified in context as structural support for the communicative skills described
above :
1. Grammar
Nouns and noun phrases
• Revision and consolidation of the expression of quantity.
• Revision of comparison
• Lower intermediate noun / preposition and adjective / preposition combinations
• Exclamation

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Verbs and verb phrases
• Revision of the tenses studied in A2
• The three future forms : structure and meaning (present progressive, going to -, shall/will)
• The past perfect tense
• Concordance of tense and indirect speech
2. Sound production and reception
• Introduction to weak forms and strong forms
• Basic intonation
3. Vocabulary
• Development of vocabulary based on the Sciences Po web-based version of Road to IELTS at
http://www.clarityenglish.com/area1/RoadToIELTS-Academic/Start.phpprefix=SCIPO
• The vocabulary enumerated in relation to the different skills proposed
• Training in the correct use of the vocabulary proposed in "Useful Tools for Self-Study Purposes"
(http://supportscoursenligne.sciences-po.fr/e_langues/).
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C. Skills-based Assignments
1. Written training
Three written assignments spread over the semester and based on the written exercises required for the IELTS.
Correction of language and contents should involve clear instructions on the structures to be worked on (grammar,
syntax and vocabulary) outside the classroom, using wherever possible "Useful Tools for Self-Study Purposes"
(http://supportscoursenligne.sciences-po.fr/e_langues/). No mark or grade should be given.
2. Listening
Regular training based on the listening comprehension exercises required by the IELTS should be carried out over
the entire semester. The web based material offered by http://www.clarityenglish.com/area1/RoadToIELTS-
Academic/Start.phpprefix=SCIPO should be used for this purpose.
3. Spoken skills training
Role-play work and a short individual oral assignment should be proposed. Problems related to the handling of
contents and structure should be analysed and the appropriate remedial work recommended for student
investment outside the classroom.

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4. Reading skills
Guided reading comprehension exercises of the sort required for the IELTS should be proposed at regular
intervals. The web based material offered by http://www.clarityenglish.com/area1/RoadToIELTS-
Academic/Start.phpprefix=SCIPO should be used for this purpose.
Source
Adapted from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, Council of Europe, Language
Policy Division, Strasbourg