Valencian Community PAU Foreign Language II - English (Lengua Extranjera II: Inglés) study plan
Valencian Community PAU Foreign Language II - English (Lengua Extranjera II: Inglés) · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Reading comprehension - main idea, gist and global understanding & Text-type and discourse awareness - genre, purpose, tone and cohesion
Identify the main idea of four 400-500 word opinion articles per session and write it in a single sentence of no more than 20 words.
Distinguish main idea from supporting detail by labelling every paragraph of two texts as thesis, evidence, counterargument or conclusion.
Recognise the typical structure and purpose of the PAU text types (news report, opinion column, expository article, letter to the editor) and state purpose and intended audience in one line each.
Build a personal list of 15 discourse markers of contrast, addition and concession and locate them in authentic texts.
Your checkpoint
A one-page annotated text map for three authentic articles: thesis sentence, paragraph function labels, purpose and audience, plus a glossary of 15 discourse markers with an example from each text.
Reading comprehension - specific detail, inference and reference & Reading comprehension - main idea, gist and global understanding
Answer 20 true/false/not-given items and justify each answer by quoting the exact line of the text that decides it.
Paraphrase the question stems into your own words before searching the text, to avoid word-matching traps.
Resolve 15 pronoun and reference items (it, this, they, the former, the latter, such) by naming the exact noun phrase each one replaces.
Draw three inferences per text and mark which textual clue supports each inference.
Your checkpoint
A timed 25-minute comprehension set (one text, 8-10 items) with every answer accompanied by a quoted line number and a one-sentence justification; score recorded against an answer key.
Lexical competence in context - vocabulary, collocation and word formation & Reading comprehension - specific detail, inference and reference
Complete four gap-fill lexical sets of 10 items each, choosing between near-synonyms by checking collocation and register.
Convert 30 base words into the correct derived form (noun, adjective, adverb, negative prefix) and record the word family in a table.
Memorise and actively use 40 high-frequency collocations and phrasal verbs drawn from the texts you have read, not from a generic list.
Explain in writing why three plausible distractors in each exercise are wrong.
Your checkpoint
A personal word-family and collocation log of 60 entries, each with word class, a self-written example sentence and one common error to avoid; self-tested with a 20-item quiz scoring at least 16/20.
Grammatical competence in context - tense, aspect, voice, modality and syntax & Lexical competence in context - vocabulary, collocation and word formation
Transform 25 sentences through tense, aspect and voice changes (active to passive, direct to reported speech, perfect and continuous forms) and state the rule applied.
Select the correct modal or semi-modal in 20 contextual items and justify the choice as obligation, deduction, ability, permission or hypothetical.
Correct 15 faulty sentences involving conditionals, relative clauses, inversion and gerund versus infinitive, naming the error type each time.
Rewrite five sentences from a text into a different structure while preserving meaning exactly.
Your checkpoint
A 30-item grammar error-correction test written by you from your own logged mistakes, with an answer key and rule reference for each item; target 24/30 on a second attempt one week later.
Written production - task achievement, organisation and coherence & Written production - linguistic range, accuracy and register
Plan and write three PAU-style opinion or for-and-against essays of 150-180 words in 30 minutes each, using a fixed four-part plan: introduction, two developed arguments, conclusion.
Draft a checklist of 12 linking devices and force at least six into every essay without repetition.
Self-edit each draft against a rubric covering task achievement, organisation, range and accuracy, and rewrite the weakest paragraph.
Reduce repetition by replacing five overused words (good, bad, very, important, thing) with precise alternatives in each text.
Your checkpoint
A portfolio of three timed essays with first drafts, marked-up corrections and final versions, plus a completed self-assessment rubric for each; final drafts must reach at least 12/15 on your own rubric.
Written production - task achievement, organisation and coherence & Written production - linguistic range, accuracy and register & Text-type and discourse awareness - genre, purpose, tone and cohesion
Write two formal texts (a letter to the editor and a short article) and two informal texts (an email and a review) in the appropriate register, adjusting greetings, contractions and vocabulary accordingly.
Identify and reproduce the tone of three model texts, labelling each as neutral, critical, persuasive or humorous with textual evidence.
Apply cohesion editing to your own drafts: check pronoun chains, topic sentences and paragraph linking, and cut any sentence that does not advance the argument.
Write one 80-word summary of a 400-word article keeping only the thesis and two key supports.
Your checkpoint
A register-and-cohesion portfolio of four short texts (two formal, two informal) with a one-paragraph commentary on the register choices made in each, plus one 80-word summary checked against the source.
Mediation and reformulation - summarising, paraphrasing and transferring meaning & Reading comprehension - specific detail, inference and reference
Summarise three texts of 400-500 words in 60-80 words each, preserving the main claim and omitting examples, without copying more than three consecutive words from the source.
Paraphrase 15 sentences from authentic texts using changed structure and synonyms while keeping the original meaning intact.
Transfer information between formats: turn a short news item into a formal email, and a graph description into two spoken-style sentences.
Explain a text's argument to an imagined classmate in five sentences, then compress that explanation to two.
Your checkpoint
A mediation pack of three summaries, 15 paraphrases and two format-transfer tasks, with a plagiarism check confirming no copied runs of more than three words in the summaries.
Written production - task achievement, organisation and coherence & Written production - linguistic range, accuracy and register & Reading comprehension - main idea, gist and global understanding
Sit two full mock papers under exam timing (reading, grammar and lexis, writing) and record the score for each domain separately.
Analyse every lost mark and classify it as comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, organisation or time management.
Rewrite the two weakest mock essays using your correction log, then compare before and after versions.
Rehearse a 10-minute pre-writing routine (read the prompt twice, underline the task words, plan for three minutes, check for five) and apply it in both mocks.
Your checkpoint
A mock-exam report with both scored papers, an error classification table, the two rewritten essays and a one-page final revision sheet of your ten most frequent errors.
Milestones
Week 2: You can state the main idea of an unseen 450-word article in one sentence of 20 words or fewer and justify eight comprehension answers with quoted line references, scoring at least 7/8.
Week 4: You score at least 16/20 on your own 20-item lexical quiz and at least 24/30 on the grammar error-correction test on the second attempt, with every logged error assigned to a named rule.
Week 6: Three timed 150-180 word essays are complete, each containing at least six distinct linking devices and scoring at least 12/15 on your self-assessment rubric for task achievement and organisation.
Week 8: Both full mock papers are completed within the time limit, with a written error classification showing that no single error category accounts for more than a quarter of lost marks and that comprehension accuracy is at least 75%.