ENGLISH LABORATORY II

Course Description This workshop aims to consolidate and expand the communicative competence developed during the first year. The course introduces additional grammatical structures and communicative functions necessary to talk about past experiences, recent events and future plans. Particular attention is devoted to the development of oral interaction and communicative fluency. The workshop also strengthens the connection between English language learning and primary school teaching contexts. Learning Objectives The workshop aims to: • consolidate students’ communicative competence in English • expand vocabulary related to everyday life and school contexts • develop greater fluency in oral communication • introduce grammatical structures related to past and future events. Expected Learning Outcomes By the end of the workshop students will be able to: • interact in simple communicative situations with greater confidence • describe past events and experiences • talk about future plans and intentions • express recent experiences and duration of actions • understand short written texts. Professional Skills for Future Teachers The workshop supports the development of linguistic skills useful for future primary school teachers. Students will practise: • using English for basic classroom interaction • giving instructions and explaining simple activities • communicating with pupils using clear and simple English • understanding simple teaching materials and instructions • using English in basic educational situations. Children’s Literature and Storytelling The workshop includes activities based on short narrative texts from children’s literature. Students will explore how stories and storytelling techniques can be used to support English language learning in primary school classrooms. These activities aim to: • improve reading and listening comprehension • expand vocabulary • introduce basic principles of storytelling in language teaching. Course Contents The workshop will address the following topics: • Classroom language • Teaching English in primary school: basic methodological concepts • Talking about past events and experiences • Expressing recent experiences • Talking about future plans and arrangements • Vocabulary related to social life and school contexts • Reading short passages from children’s books. Grammar and Language Structures • Revision of A2 grammar structures • Simple Past • Adverbs of time • Present Perfect • Just / Already / Not Yet • Present Perfect Continuous • For / Since • Present Continuous for future arrangements. Organisation of the Workshop Lesson Topics Grammar Focus All the Skills above all focus on 1 Introduction; teaching English in primary school Grammar revision Speaking 2–3 Personal information and social activities Revision Speaking 4–5 Talking about past events Simple Past Speaking 6–7 Recent experiences Present Perfect Speaking 8–9 Duration of actions Present Perfect Continuous Speaking 10–11Future plans and arrangements Present Continuous (future) Speaking 12 Mock test and review Revision All skills Teaching Methodology The workshop adopts a Communicative Approach combined with elements of the Humanistic-Affective Approach. Activities include: • guided grammar practice • listening and reading comprehension activities • communicative tasks • pair work and role plays • short readings from children’s literature. Assessment Students’ learning will be assessed through: Written test • grammar exercises • vocabulary exercises • reading comprehension. Oral test • describing past experiences • discussing future plans • communicative interaction. Teaching Materials Teaching materials will be provided by the instructor. Suggested textbooks: • English File Elementary – Oxford University Press • Murphy, R., Essential Grammar in Use – Cambridge University Press.