This document provides a course description for a C2 level English course from September 2021 to May 2022. The 135-hour course will be held in-person on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-6pm and 6-8:30pm. Students will develop advanced communication skills across speaking, reading, listening and writing competencies. Grammar and vocabulary will also be reviewed. Continuous assessment includes classwork, assignments, an oral presentation and final exams in May. A minimum of 70% attendance is required to pass.

1. COURSE DESCRIPTION

2. C2 in English (CEFR)

3. Around 135 hours

4.  From 15th September 2021 to May 2022
 IN-PERSON CLASSES
Group 16:00: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Group 18:30: Only Tuesdays

5.  Develop communication in varied situations
personal, academic, professional..in a
natural way, understanding and producing
texts with rich vocabulary and structures,
dealing with topics that are abstract and
concrete, of a general or specialized
character, in different registers and styles.

6.  Speaking: debating, discussing, negotiating,
presentations (complex topics).
 Reading: authentic books, internet,
newspapers.
 Listening: interviews, YouTube, radio, news,
TV, TED talks.
 Writing: expressing opinions, discursive
essays, articles, formal letters (covering
letters, job applications, asking for funding,
suggesting a course of action), making
proposals and reviews)

7.  Review grammar (inversion and fronting,
ways of expressing emphasis, modal
verbs, tenses and complex phrasal verbs,
complex verb patterns, prepositions and
relative clauses)
 Review and learn vocabulary: specialised
and abstract, colloquial and academic
expressions, idioms, and common sayings.
Topics: work, health, gaming and sports,
current affairs, history, headlines, news
and media, business, trends, law and
crime.

8. “Outcomes Advanced, 2nd edition”
National Geographic Learning, with Workbook(optional)

9.  At least, one authentic book from a selection
you can find in Aula Virtual to share in a book
club class in February and for a book review
compilation in a padlet.

10. Oral presentation:
5 minutes based on an article from a recent
newspaper or magazine in English and
commenting on vocabulary at the end (with a
short follow-up in-class discussion in grupo
presencial).
Grupo presencial: Thursdays at the beginning
of the class.
Grupo semipresencial: online on Thursdays
(18:30-20:30)

11. ENGLISH
SPANISH: u jokin´?

12. OBLIGATORY
 It is mandatory to attend, at least,
70% of classes to be assessed by
continuous assessment (evaluación
de progreso)
Everyone can do the exams in
“evaluación extraordinaria” in May,
even if they haven’t come to class.

13.  Communicative, but YOU HAVE TO SPEAK,
PARTICIPATE and do the ONLINE WORK (mainly if
enrolled in a “curso semipresencial”.)

14.  From textbook activities (grammar and
vocabulary).
 Watch videos (answer questions, prepare
discussions)
 Read articles (answer questions, prepare
discussions).
 Write shorter or longer pieces.
 Prepare and record oral presentations.

15. From the school’s website, go to Acceso a
Aula virtual on the right and in Departamento
de Inglés click on Cursos Profesores 2021-22

16. Go to Level C2.1, and then to Ramiro Cebreiros

17.  Now you are in, to be able to work, you will
have to register in the course, using the
enrolment code: C212021. If you are not
asked to provide the code when you enter,
try to do an activity, for example, the first
course task, write in the forum, you will be
asked to enrol, do it with the code. You can
start working.

18.  Work and study every week
 Check our Aula Virtual

19.  Listen to the radio in English, watch series
and films in English, talk to native English
Speakers, read newspapers, magazines,
books in English, go to the school’s library.
 Come to class.

20. 1) CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT: through work in class,
written assignments, oral presentation and task.
Obligatory: minimum 70% attendance
-Students will be informed about their progress
before Christmas and on 10th March (the marks
from these two periods will be worth 25% of the
final mark).
- Final assessment session: 4th May: students will be
informed about final mark (marks from March to
May will account for 50% of the final mark)
2) Exam Convocatoria extraordinaria
(2nd half May), (to be announced).

21.  The marks collected will be from each of the following five parts:
A minimum of 5 (out of 10) must be obtained in each part. If the
total averages 5, the course will be passed.
 In Convocatoria Extraordinaria in May, only the skills that
haven’t been passed must be retaken. This will be a
conventional exam, although shorter than Prueba de
Certificación.
Comprensión
lectora
Comprensión
oral
Expresión
escrita
Mediación Expresión e
Interacción
oral

22. Tuesdays and Thursdays 15:30
 You can also contact me through Aula Virtual
Educamadrid using the message system
and my email from Educamadrid:
rcebreirosalvarez@educa.madrid.org

23.  Library with computers and WIFI, where you
can also check out books and DVDs.
 Computer room

24.  Read the information sheet on the classroom
board.

25.  People with disabilities: If you are disabled,
please come and talk to me for exams and
classes to be adapted.
 Information about the school and its social
networks.
 Rules and obligations: attendance to class,
punctuality, no smoking, privacy, mobile use,
respect.
 Information on Pruebas de Certificacion and
evaluation
 Student ID (for library and discounts)

26.  Obligatory face masks (covering mouth and
nose).
 Open windows and door.
 Use hand sanitizer you’ll find in the
classroom and corridors.
 Watch for Covid symptoms, don’t come to
class if you have them and inform me
privately if you have tested positively

27. I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME
AND REALLY ENJOY THE CLASS