The teaching goals

1. Understanding
   
   1.1. Listening:
          understand the main points of clear standard speech on regularly
          encountered matters (family, work, school, leisure etc.)
          understand the main points of radio and TV-programs on current
          affairs or on topics of personal or professional interest
   
   1.2. Reading: 
          understand texts that consist of high frequency everyday or job-related
          language
          understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in personal
          letters
   
   
   

2. Speaking
   
   2.1. Spoken interaction:
          deal with situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an English-speaking area
          enter unprepared into conversation on topics that are familiar, of personal interest
          or pertinent to everyday life (family, hobbies, work, travel, current events)
   
   2.2. Spoken production:
          connect phrases in order to describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions
          give reasons and explanations for options and plans
          narrate a story or relate the plot of a book or film and describe the reactions
   
   
   

3. Writing
   
          write simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest
          write personal letters describing experiences and impressions
   
   
   

Competences acquired in this course:

• Understand the main points in a clear language on familiar issues like work, school or travel
  

• Deal with most situations encountered during travel in areas where English is spoken
  

• Talk in a clear and simple manner about issues that are familiar or of general interest

• Speak about an event, an experience or a dream; describe goals and hopes
  

• Give reasons and explanations for projects and ideas