BURSA ULUDAĞ UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023 / SPRING TERM
MODULE 2 – QUARTER 4
B1 PLUS LEVEL DIGITAL SYLLABUS
YDYO-MAT-M2-QUARTER 4

Course Name: B1+ General English Course

Digital Syllabus Description:

This seven-week B1+ Digital Syllabus is designed to provide learners of English as a foreign language with language exercises described in B1+
level of Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. (CEFR).

The main objectives of these materials are to enable learners to become basic language users who can
● evaluate learning process through enjoyable activities,
● recognize phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most immediate personal relevance,
● revise grammar structures with asynchronous lessons,
● read very short, simple texts and find specific, predictable information in simple everyday materials,
● utilize activities as an in-class or extra-curriculum learning tool,
● go beyond getting familiarized with the target words of the unit by internalizing them,
● solidify the vocabulary covered in lessons since encountering these words over and over on these platforms will contribute to enhancement in
vocabulary.
B1+ General English Course Learning Outcomes:
By the end of B1+ level, the students will be able to:
⮚ scan longer texts in order to locate desired information, and gather information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to
fulfil a specific task.
Ref: CEFR B1+ Communicative language activities/Reception/Reading comprehension/ Reading for orientation
⮚ deduce the probable meaning of unknown words/signs in a text by identifying their constituent parts (e.g. identifying roots, lexical elements,
suffixes and prefixes).
Ref: CEFR B1 Communicative language strategies/Reception/Identifying cues and inferring (spoken, signed and written)
⮚ extrapolate the meaning of a section of a text by taking into account the text as a whole.
Ref: CEFR B1+ Signing competences/Reception/Pragmatic competence/Sign text structure
⮚ recognise the line of argument such as cause-effect, reason-result, and advantage-disadvantage in the treatment of the issue presented, though not
necessarily in detail.
Ref: CEFR B1+ Communicative language activities/Reception/Reading comprehension/Reading for information and argument
⮚ exploit different types of connectors (numerical, temporal, logical) and the role of key paragraphs in the overall organisation in order to better
understand the argumentation in a text.
Ref: CEFR B1+ Communicative language strategies/Reception/Identifying cues and inferring (spoken, signed and written)
⮚ show understanding of straightforward, factual texts on subjects relating to their interests or studies.
Ref: CEFR B1+ Communicative language activities/Reception/Reading comprehension/Reading for information and argument
 DIGITAL SYLLABUS FOR B1+ LEVEL

Week& Dates& MATERIALS DESIRED OUTCOMES

Class Hours You will be able to…

WEEK 1 QUIZIZZ 1.1 / 1.2 / 2.1 Quizizz B1 + (1.1) (20 multiple choice questions)
20-24 Feb. 2023 Quizlet B1+ (10-word sets)
QUIZLET 1 • revise Present Continuous versus Present Simple, grasp when and how they are
used, and internalize them.
B1 + GRAMMAR EXERCISE 1 • recognize the action and state verbs and determine the correct tense to use with
them.
ASYNCHRONOUS LESSONS Quizizz B1 + (2.1+2.2) (20+20=40 multiple choice questions)
WEEK 1 • revise Present Perfect Simple and Past Simple as well as the lexical items related to
these two tenses.
• recall and revise collocations about decision making and internalize them.
• analyse and revise different structures regarding ability such as can, manage to, be
able to and understand their present and past forms.
• recognize and revise some dependent prepositions used with verbs and adjectives.

WEEK 2 QUIZIZZ 2.2 / 3.1 / 3.2 Quizizz B1 + (3.2) (20 multiple choice questions)
27 Feb.-3 Quizlet 2 (10 word sets) Quizlet 3 (11 word sets)
March, 2023 QUIZLET 2 / QUIZLET 3 • learn the Narrative Tenses by getting exposed to them over and over and
understand how and where they are used.
B1+ GRAMMAR EXERCISES 2 • gain awareness on how suffixes change the form of words, which ones belong to
which words and acquire their usages.
B1+ GRAMMAR EXERCISES 3 • revise quantifiers and articles.
 • practice gradable and ungradable adjectives by encountering them over and over in
END OF WEEK TEST 1 the exercises.

ASYNCHRONOUS LESSONS
WEEK 2

WEEK 3 QUIZIZZ 4.1 / 4.2 / 5.1 Quizizz B1 + (4.1+4.2) (20+20=40 multiple choice questions)
6-10 March, Quizlet 4 (7 word sets)
2022 QUIZLET 4 • recognize the differences among will, going to and could and compare and contrast
their different usages.
B1+ GRAMMAR EXERCISE 4 • revise the target words regarding goals and resolutions.
• gain more awareness on how prefixes change the form of the words, and which ones
END OF WEEK TEST 2 belong to which words.
Quizizz B1 + Unit 5 (5.1+5.2) (20+20=40 multiple choice questions)
ASYNCHRONOUS LESSONS • practice the target words and increase your vocabulary on employment skills and
WEEK 3 qualities.
• solidify the vocabulary related to business collocations since encountering these
words over and over on this platform will contribute to enhancement in vocabulary.
• practice used to and would and grasp in which situations they are used.
• differentiate affirmative, negative and interrogative forms of used to and understand
how to build sentences using different forms of used to.
• recognize passive and active sentences, comprehend how to use passive voice and
use present, past and modal forms in a passive sentence.
WEEK 4 QUIZIZZ 5.2 / 6.1 / 6.2 Quizizz B1 + (6.1+6.2) (20+20=40 multiple choice questions)
13-17 March, Quizlet 5 (10 word sets)
2023 QUIZLET 5 / QUIZLET 6 Quizlet 6 (10 word sets)
• revise ‘modals of obligation’ and practice the negative, affirmative and interrogative
B1+ GRAMMAR EXERCISE 5 forms.
• compare and contrast ‘have to’ and ‘must’ and particularly recognize how their
B1+ GRAMMAR EXERCISES 6 meanings differ in positive and negative forms.
• recall and revise the adjectives ending -ive and utilize these words where necessary.
ASYNCHRONOUS LESSONS • go over the words related to hobbies and free time activities and internalize these
WEEK 4 collocations better.
• revise Present Perfect Continuous as well as the lexical items related to it.
• comprehend had to and needed to by getting exposed to various exercises involving
these structures.

WEEK 5 QUIZIZZ 7.1 / 7.2 / 8.1 Quizizz B1 + (7.1) (20 multiple choice questions)
20-24 March, Quizlet 7 (10 word sets)
2023 QUIZLET 7 / QUIZLET 8 • revise ‘phrasal verbs’ and internalize them better.
• increase your vocabulary by revising the adjectives to describe food.
B1+ GRAMMAR EXERCISES 7 • comprehend ‘modals of deduction’ and ‘modals of speculation’ better and
consolidate your knowledge about which modal to use for which situation.
B1+ GRAMMAR EXERCISES 8 • compare and contrast ‘comparatives’ and ‘superlatives’ and use them correctly in a
sentence.
END OF WEEK TEST 3 • use ‘the…. the….structure’ in real life contexts.

Quizizz B1 + (8.1+8.2) (20+20=40 multiple choice questions)

 Quizlet 8 (10 word sets)
ASYNCHRONOUS LESSONS • gain some knowledge about which word family a word belongs to by examining
WEEK 5 suffixes and internalize different forms of the words to use in real life contexts.
• comprehend the function of ‘defining and non-defining relative clauses’, and
recognize the differences between them.
• enhance your vocabulary associated with creative thinking by revising and
internalizing these words over and over.
• improve your vocabulary by recalling positive adjectives. Revising them will
promote expansion in your vocabulary.

WEEK 6 QUIZIZZ 8.2 / 9.1 Quizizz B1 + (9.1+9.2) (20+20=40 multiple choice questions)
27-31 March, Quizlet 9 (10 word sets)
2023 QUIZLET 9 • practise ‘second conditional’ and comprehend which structures to use in the main
clauses and if clauses.
B1+ GRAMMAR EXERCISES 9 • recall and revise some verbal idioms.
• practise ‘reported speech’, understand why and how we use it and what changes we
END OF WEEK TEST 4 make while reporting sentences.
• learn how to use ‘reporting words’ instead of reporting the whole sentences word by
ASYNCHRONOUS LESSONS word.
WEEK 6 • benefit these reporting words in expressing yourself clearly in productive skills.
WEEK 7 QUIZIZZ 9.2 / 10.1 / 10.2 Quizizz B1 + (10.1+10.2) (20+20=40 multiple choice questions)
3-7 April, 2023 Quizlet 10 (10 word sets)
QUIZLET 10 • revise ‘should have V3’ and comprehend this grammar structure.
• practise ‘if clause type 3’ and contrast it with ‘should have V3’.
B1+ GRAMMAR EXERCISES 10 • enrich your vocabulary by revising words associated with psychology.
• recall and revise expressions with mind to expand your vocabulary.
END OF WEEK TESTS 5

ASYNCHRONOUS LESSONS
WEEK 7