English: Level IntroBeginnerIntro B - 30 hours8 Units

Topics Speaking

Unit 1

Unit 2

Sports; abilities and talents

Unit 3

Unit 4

Review. Stop and check.Unit 5

Unit 6

Unit 7

Basic foods, meals, desserts; Food pyramid

Talking about food likes and dislikes, giving opinions about healthy and unhealthy foods; food needs and haves; describing eating habits

Talking about sports you watch or pla;. asking about and giving info about abilities and talents

Months and dates; birthdays, holidays, festivals and special ocassions

Asking about birthdays; giving dates; talking about plans

Parts of the body; health problems and advice; medications

Describing health problems and giving advice; talking about common treatments and medications

Stores and things you can buy there; tourist attractions

Talking about stores and other places; asking for and giving directions

Weekends; vacations; chores and fun activities; seasonal activities

Asking for and giving info about weekend and vacation/seasonal activities; comparing your childhood with the present

Biographical information; memories; time line of your life

Asking for and giving info about biographical info, date and place of birth; describing memories

Unit 8

Final Review

Location phrases; phone calls, invitations, going out with friends

Describing people`s locations; making phone calls, leaving phone messages; making, accepting and declining invitations, making excuses

Grammar Reading / Writing / Vocabulary

Quantifiers some and any; count and noncount nouns; general noun sentences e.g. Eggs are good for you; specific noun sentences e.g. I`m eating an egg; adverbs of frequency and their placement

Reading mealtime conversations/food related customs in different countries: Writing questions about mealtime habits e.g. How often do you eat meat?: Vocabulary related to topic

Simple present Wh- questions e.g. What sports do you play? Where do you run? Can and can`t; Yes/No and Wh- questions for ability

Reading about races/championships: Writing questions about sports: Vocabulary related to topic

The future with be going to; Yes/No and Wh- questions with this grammar; future time expressions

Vocabulary - special event related verb phrases: Writing about weekend plans/birthday plans: Reading about birthday customs in different countries

have+noun, feel+adjective; negative and positive adjectives; imperatives

Reading about ways to improve your health: Writing advice for health problems

Prepositions of place e.g. on the corner of, across from etc.; giving directions with imperatives

Reading about popular tourist attractions in NY (Google Maps): Writing down directions

Simple past statements with regular and irregular verbs; Yes/No questions and short answers

Reading about people`s past vacations/weekends; Verb phrases about seasonal activities e.g. go skiing, play basketball: Writing about last weekend.

Statements and questions with the past of be i.e. was, were; Wh- questions with did, was, were

Reading about a famous person`s life: Writing questions about someone`s life you are interested in: Memory related vocab (school years, etc.)

Prepositional phrases e.g. at home, on vacation; subject and object pronouns; invitations with Do you want to...? and Would you like to.....?; making excuses with verb+to e.g. I need to clean, I have to do laundry

Writing messages: Reading about events on a webpage: Inviting your friends

Listening / Pronunciation

Sentence stress: Listening for and practicing pronunciation of vocabulary items

Word stress in can and can`t sentences: Listening for and practicing pronunciation of vocabulary items

Reduction of going to: Listening to topic related conversations about events and plans

Intonation of imperative sentences: Listening for and practicing pronunciation of vocab items; listening to questions and sentences about health

Stress in compound nouns e.g. rest room, department store; Linking words: Listening to tourist/direction related conversations

Different pronunciations of -ed endings: Listening to conversations about people's plans for vacations

Negative contractions e.g. can`t, didn`t, wasn`t: Listening to places and dates of birth

Reduction of have to and want to: Listening to phone conversations and answering machine messages