Online Level II Course ALC Books 13 24

Online Level II Course ALC Books 13 - 24 Foreign Languages Department Vasil Levski National Military University Bulgaria

Course Overview • Target • Schedule • Content • Objectives

Target • Students with at least 50 points on the ALCPT • Military or civilians working for the Bulgarian Armed Forces • Personnel who want to maintain and reinforce their acquired knowledge of English but are not able to attend regular courses

Course Schedule • 24 weeks • 15 hours per week Ø 10 hours online individual and collaborative group work Ø 5 hours offline reading and writing Ø Progress test/written assignment • Face-to-face periods: weeks 1, 12 and 24 • Deadlines Ø Weekly Ø Log on at any point during the week

Content • Basic grammar points and vocabulary areas • General military topics since the main audience is supposed to be military personnel

Objectives • Grammar topics Ø Modal verbs Ø Conditional sentences Ø Tenses: Present and Past Perfect – Simple and Progressive, Past Progressive, Future forms Ø Indirect speech Ø Passive voice Ø Degrees of comparison of adverbs Ø Prepositions of time and place Ø Word formation

• Vocabulary areas Ø Ø Ø Ø Sports Materials Shopping Traveling Health and keeping fit Accidents and disasters Terrain Applying for a job Recruiting and basic training Military ranks Military customs and courtesies Combat readiness Weapons and chemical substances

Course structure • Online course based on both individual and group tasks • 1 unit per week • Each unit includes Ø Grammar focus and exercises Ø Vocabulary focus: reading and listening texts Ø Function: practical speaking and writing tasks Ø Optional activities: reading, listening and reference materials Ø Homework writing tasks • Every second week – progress test on grammar and vocabulary • Final Test

Unit structure • Topics – reading texts and comprehension exercises • Grammar – explanations and exercises • Function – communicative models and practical tasks • Listening texts on the unit topics

Current course • Level II: ALC books 13 -24 • Participants: 7 students and 3 teachers • Duration: 17 April – 22 December

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