The course consists of three study hours each week, for 16 weeks:

Hours 1 & 2 (Wednesdays, 6:00 - 7:50 pm) are workshop-style, interactive lessons. Learners will work (in pairs and groups) on It's Up to You and English Reflections:

  • Weeks 1 - 9: Pre-project learning section, up to the mini-presentation (Week 9).
  • Weeks 10 - 15: Project Packs, up to the final presentation (Week 12).
  • Week 16: Unwind section, during which students will evaluate and reflect on their progress.

Hour 3 is a self-study hour, in which learners prepare individually for the presentations, write "My Reflections" in their English Reflections, and do other related, self-directed work. This lesson is just as important as the others, since students choose and perform the study that they feel they need.

It will be a good idea for students to make study groups and to meet each other in their own time, in order to plan and prepare the min-presentations and the final presentations. These meetings are considered as the third weekly hour of the course.

Schedule of Weeks

Weeks 1 - 9

Week 1
  • Introduction: the course, textbook, aims, structure, assessment.
  • Introductory activities
  • English Reflections: "Today's Thoughts" (pages 1 - 11)
Week 2
  • Pre-project learning activities.
  • It's Up to You, pages i - 12.
  • English Reflections: "My Reflections" (pages 12 - 15)
Week 3
  • Pre-project learning activities.
  • Peer-assessed conversations
  • It's Up to You, pages 13 - 17.
  • English Reflections: "My Reflections" (pages 16 - 19)
Week 4
  • Pre-project learning activities.
  • Peer-assessed conversations
  • It's Up to You, pages 18 - 20.
  • English Reflections: "My Reflections" (pages 20 - 23)
Week 5
  • Project packs preview (1)
  • It's Up to You, page 21.
  • English Reflections: "My Reflections" (pages 24 - 29)
Week 6
  • Pre-project learning activities.
  • Project packs preview (2)
  • It's Up to You, pages 22 - 25.
  • English Reflections: "My Reflections" (pages 30 - 37)
Week 7
  • Preparation for the mini-presentations.
  • Project packs preview (3)
  • It's Up to You, pages 26 - 30.
  • English Reflections: "My Reflections" (pages 38 - 41)
Week 8
  • Preparation for the mini-presentations
  • It's Up to You, pages 31 - 37.
  • English Reflections: "My Reflections" (pages 42 - 77)
Week 9
  • Performance and assessment of the mini-presentations.
  • It's Up to You, pages 38 - 42.
  • English Reflections: "My Reflections" (pages 48 - 51)


Weeks 10 - 15

Week 10
  • English Reflections: "My Reflections" (pages 52 - 55)
  • Choose and begin on project packs.
  • It's Up to You, pages 64 - 244.
  • Plan, design and prepare final projects
Week 11
  • English Reflections: "My Reflections" (pages 56 - 59)
  • Continue on project packs. It's Up to You, pages 64 - 244.
  • Plan, design and prepare final projects
Week 12
  • English Reflections: "My Reflections" (pages 60 - 67)
  • Continue on project packs. It's Up to You, pages 64 - 244.
  • Plan, design and prepare final projects
Week 13
  • English Reflections: "My Reflections" (pages 68 - 79)
  • Continue on project packs. It's Up to You, pages 64 - 244.
  • Plan, design and prepare final projects
Week 14
  • English Reflections: "My Reflections" (pages 80 - 90)
  • Continue on project packs. It's Up to You, pages 64 - 244.
  • Plan, design and prepare final projects
Week 15
  • Perform and assess final projects (presentations)
  • Hand in your English Reflections to the professor.
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Week 16

Week 16
  • Windup activities
  • Final participation assessments
  • Evaluating
  • Reflecting
  • It's Up to You, pages 245 - 254.

Most recently updated on July 31, 2004