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PLAN DE PROFESORADO EN <strong>Idioma</strong> <strong>Inglés</strong><br />

B. Specific Objectives<br />

By the end of this course, students will be able to:<br />

• Apply strategies to develop analytical reading.<br />

• Speak English fluently in a variety of situations for<br />

different purposes and audiences.<br />

• Read a great variety of articles, magazines, or book<br />

reviews critically.<br />

• Apply appropriate reading techniques to improve<br />

their reading-comprehension abilities<br />

4. Contents<br />

Unit 1. Current Salvadoran Issues<br />

The contents of this unit will depend on what is happening<br />

in El Salvador at the time the unit is developed. Suggested<br />

topics:<br />

• The Role of the Government in Current Social Issues<br />

Affecting the Salvadoran Population<br />

• Elections in El Salvador<br />

• Common Problems Salvadoran People Are Facing<br />

Nowadays<br />

Unit 2. Science and Technology<br />

• The Breakthroughs of Science and Technology<br />

• The Role of Science in Today`s Society<br />

• Science and Technology vs. Natural Phenomena<br />

Unit 3. Family and Education<br />

• The Family as a Fundamental Social Institution in El<br />

Salvador<br />

• The Salvadoran Educational System at Different<br />

Levels<br />

• Higher education status in El Salvador<br />

Unit 4. Exploring the Planet<br />

• A Look at the Central American Fauna and Flora<br />

• Weather Conditions all over the World<br />

• Natural Resources<br />

Unit 5. Salvadoran writers and their works<br />

• The Legacy of the Most Prominent and Unforgotten<br />

Salvadoran Writers<br />

• Different Researches on the Salvadoran Educational<br />

Reality<br />

5. Methodology<br />

Classes in this subject will be conducted in English so<br />

that the students have the opportunity to be in contact<br />

with the language. Different reading strategies will be the<br />

basis for discussion and analysis of the material used in<br />

class.<br />

Even though the instructor will provide the students with<br />

the necessary tools to further develop the language and<br />

to gain more insight in reading and conversation related<br />

matters, the students will be responsible for their own<br />

learning. To achieve this, the students will be exposed to<br />

the carrying out of tasks likely to be encountered in reallife<br />

situations outside the classroom.<br />

Out-of-class study will be promoted to help the students<br />

be more independent as the teaching-leaning process<br />

takes place. This will eventually give the students the<br />

chance to work on their own and use the material and<br />

learning tools provided by the instructor.<br />

As stated in the description of the subject, the students will<br />

participate in debates, discussions, pair and group work<br />

activities, plays, and other communicative tasks that will<br />

enable them to be more fluent, accurate, independent,<br />

and undertaking.<br />

6. Evaluation Guidelines<br />

• Practice: 80%<br />

• Theory: 20%<br />

To evaluate students’ learning achievements regarding<br />

reading and conversation, the instructor will assess<br />

what has been delivered through the teaching learningprocess<br />

and its components such as objectives, activities<br />

and expected outcomes. Therefore, the following<br />

assessment activities are suggested:<br />

Conversation<br />

Presentations, interviews, impromptu speeches, role<br />

plays, dramatizations, task-based activities, informal<br />

debates, class discussions, and forum discussions.<br />

Reading<br />

Comprehension checks, making inferences, identifying<br />

main ideas and details, guessing from context,<br />

completion exercises, completing charts, identifying<br />

places and addresses in maps, previewing, predicting,<br />

brainstorming, skimming, scanning and summarizing<br />

paragraph level, reading club, keeping a Lexis notebook.<br />

Formación Inicial Docente<br />

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