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Focus on Grammar 4

Academic syllabus

University of GuayaquilFaculty of Industrial Engineering

Ing. Teleinformática

UNIT 1  

Simple Present Tense and Present Progressive

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to talk about what old friends are doing now.

UNIT 2 

Simple Past and Past Progressive

 OBJECTIVE

To have students use the target grammar to talk about what popular entertainment students have enjoyed recently and what was popular in the past.

UNIT 3 

Simple Past, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to talk about what old friends are doing now.

UNIT 4 

Past Perfect and Past Perfect Progressive

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to write about and discuss a famous athlete.

UNIT 5 

Future and Future Progressive

OBJECTIVE:

To have students research college courses and write about them using the future and future progressive tenses.

UNIT 6 

Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive

OBJECTIVE:

To have students research the cost of a college education and compare it to their earnings potential using the future and future progressive tenses.

UNIT 7 

Negative Yes/No Questions and Tag Questions

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to learn about and talk about wild animals.

UNIT 8 

So, Too, Neither, Not Either, and But

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to talk about finding their ideal roommate.

UNIT 9 

Gerunds and Infinitives: Review and Expansion

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to create a job personality profile.

UNIT 10 

Make, Have, Let, Help, and Get

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to talk about job skills and responsibilities.

UNIT 11 

Phrasal Verbs: Review

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to discuss how to manage stress.

UNIT 12 

Phrasal Verbs: Separable and Inseparable

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to discuss a charitable organization and volunteer work.

UNIT 13 

Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to review a movie.

UNIT 14 

Adjective Clauses with Object Relative Pronouns or When and Where

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to discuss an historical event.

UNIT 15 

Modals and Similar Expressions: Review

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to take lifestyle quizzes and learn about health.

UNIT 16 

Advisability in the Past

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to read about regrets and offer advice.

UNIT 17 

Speculations and Conclusions about the Past

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to solve a mystery story.

UNIT 18 

The Passive: Overview

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to write about and discuss the history of computers.

UNIT 19 

Passives with Modals and Similar Expressions

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to write about and discuss how to prevent global warming.

UNIT 20 

The Passive Causative

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to discuss how to increase the value of a home.

UNIT 21 

Present Real Conditionals

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to write about and discuss how to travel safely and avoid travel scams.

UNIT 22 

Future Real Conditionals

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to write about and discuss how they make difficult decisions.

UNIT 23 

Present and Future Unreal Conditionals

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to imagine life on a private island.

UNIT 24 

Past Unreal Conditionals

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to discuss daily life in an ancient civilization. 

UNIT 25 

Direct and Indirect Speech

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to read about and discuss modern romance.

UNIT 26 

Indirect Speech: Tense Changes

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to discuss journalists and the events they cover.

UNIT 27 

Indirect Instructions, Commands, Requests, and Invitations

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to discuss rules of etiquette.

UNIT 28 

Indirect Questions

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to write about and discuss interviews with taxi drivers.

UNIT 29 

Embedded Questions

OBJECTIVE:

To have students use the target grammar to talk about space tourism.