English: Level 1High-beginner1B - 30 hours8 Units

Topics Speaking Grammar Reading / Writing / Vocabulary Listening / Pronunciation

Unit 1

Unit 2

Past experiences; unusual events

Unit 3

Cities, hometowns, countries

Unit 4

Review. Stop and check.Unit 5

Food and restaurants

Unit 6

Unit 7

Unit 8

Final Review

Appreance and dress; clothing and clothing styles; people

Asking about and describing people's appearance; identifying people

Questions for describing people: what___ look like, how old, what color, how long, how tall; modifiers with participles and prepositions

Reading about clothing styles: Writing a description of some type of fashion: Vocabulary related to fashion and clothing

Listening to descriptions of people: Contrastive stress

Describing past experiences; making plans; exchanging information about past experiences and events

Present perfect yes/no questions and statements; regular and irregular past participles; already, yet; present perfect and past tense contrast

Reading about unusual or dangerous sports: Writing a description of an unusual activity: Vocabulary related to sports an events

Listening for time and place of an event; listening to descriptions of events: Pronunciation of the word have

Asking about and describing cities; asing for and giving suggestions; talking about travel and tourism

Adverbs and adjectives; conjunctions and, but, however, though; modal verbs: can, should

Reading about cities around the world: Writing a description about a city learner has visited: Vocabulary related to travel

Listening to descriptions of cities and hometowns; listening for incorrect information: Pronunciation of can't and shouldn't

Health problems, medicine and remedies

Talking about health problems; asking for and giving advice; making requests, asking for and giving suggestions

Infinitive complements; modal verbs can, could, may requests

Reading about home remedies: Writing about a home remedy: Vocabulary related to medicine, remedies and being sick

Listening to advice; listening to requests in a store: Reduced form of to

Expressing likes and dislikes; agreeing and disagreeing; ordering a meal and talking to restaurant staff

so, neither, too, either; modal verbs would, will for requsts

Reading about customers tipping in different countries: Writing a restaurant review: Vocabulary related to restaurants and eating out

Listening to people make dinner plans; listening to someone ordering at a restaurant: Stress responses

World geography; countries; the environment

Describing countries; making simple comparisons; expressing opinions; talking about distance and measurements

Comparative and superlative of adjectives; questions with how: how far, how big, how high, how deep, how long, how hot, how cold

Reading about the environment: Writing about and interesting or beautiful place: Vocabulary related to the environment and nature

Listening to a TV game show; listening for information about a country: Intonation in questions

Invitations; leisure-time activities; telephone messages

Talking about plans; making invitations; accepting and refusing invitations; giving reasons; taking and leaving messages

Future with present continuous and be going to; message with tell, ask

Reading about telephone manners: Writing a request to give a message: Vocabulary related to leisure-time activities and telephone language

Listening for information about invitation; receiving telephone messages: Reduced forms of could you and would you

Life changes; plans and hopes for the future

Exchanging personal information; describing changes; talking about plans for the future

Describing changes with the present tense, the comparative, and past tense, and the present perfect; verb + infinitive

Reading about plans of successful young people: Writing about future plans: Vocabulary related to future plans

Listening to descriptions of changes; listening to hopes for the future: Reduced form of to