General English Elementary CEFR Level: A1 -...

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General English Elementary

CEFR Level: A1

Author of the syllabus: Klára Černíková

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General English Elementary

Syllabus M-F Open

Course duration: 36 lessons 90 minutes each

CEFR Level – A1 CEFR start: A1 CEFR end: A2

CA Institute of Languages E-Mail: [email protected]

Overview

CA Institute’s General English courses are designed for students who are seeking to further expand their understanding and fluency in the English language. Goals

By the end of this course, students can understand short, simple texts on familiar matters of a concrete type (articles, extracts from textbooks, websites, advertisements, leaflets, etc.) with high frequency everyday language. They can communicate in simple and direct way and are able to produce simple texts.

End of course “CAN DO” statements

• n I can say hello. I can say phone numbers and email addresses. I can say names and addresses. I can start a conversation. I can write personal information.

• n I can use English in the classroom. I can introduce my family. I can describe people. I can talk about time.

• n I can ask for information. I can talk about countries. I can say where I am in town.

• n I can respond to news. I can say dates. I can talk about

Materials English Result Elementary Student's book English Result Elementary Workbook New English File Elementary Student’s Book New English File Elementary Workbook

Other resources Film, documentaries, TV, projector, internet, dictionaries, special projects

Milestones Weekly quizzes Mid-course exam Final exam Certificate upon



habits. I can describe a typical day. • n I can introduce people. I can describe objects. I can ask

for things in shops. I can ask about people’s interests. • n I can ask about prices. I can order food. I can talk about

food. I can offer things. • n I can talk about free time activities. I can talk about the

weather. I can talk about likes and dislikes. • n I can invite and reply. I can talk about clothes. I can talk

about what’s happening. I can describe actions. • n I can ask for transport information. I can give and follow

directions. I can ask and describe a holiday. I can tell a story.

• n I can continue a conversation. I can talk about a career. I can talk about what happened. I can talk about life stories.

• n I can make suggestions. I can say what’s wrong. I can compare things. I can understand opinions.

• n I can make an appointment. I can say how I feel. I can talk about future arrangements. I can talk about intentions.

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Prerequisites

N/A

Requirements

It is necessary to be flexible and prepared. Please complete all assignments beforehand and bring the following to class:

1. Laptop

2. Articles, textbooks, documents and homework

completion

Special activities

Weekend courses Intensives Movie night Much more… .

Topic Outline / Schedule

Important Note: Refer to the course calendar for specific meeting dates and times. Activity and assignment details will be explained in detail within each week's corresponding learning module. If you have any questions, please contact your instructor.



n Lesson 1

Icebreaker. Go over course materials and goals. Learn basic greetings and phrases and using “sorry” to ask for repetition. Practice. Learn verb “to be”. Practice. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 2

Warmer. “To be” and greetings review. Phone numbers & email addresses. Possessive adjectives. Practice. Listening: Questionnaire - listen for basic information(name, address, phone number and email address). Ask partner for the information about a person from the listening. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 3

Warmer. “To be”, possessive adjectives, numbers and vocabulary review. Numbers 20+. Practice. Singular/plural nouns. Countries. Practice. “To be” in interrogative Asking and answering about personal information. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 4

Warmer. “To be”, possessive adjectives, numbers, nouns and vocabulary review. “To be” in negative form. Practice. Capital letters. “Mr., Mrs., Ms., Miss”, polite words and phrases. Question words(who, what, how etc). Practice. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 5

Warmer. Lessons 1-4 progress test. Games. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 6

Warmer. Things in the classroom. Imperatives. Articles. Practice. Days of the week. Alphabet for spelling. Practice. Game (hangman-vocabulary review). Asking for help. Saying goodbye. Sentence stress. Practice. Review. Cooler

n Lesson 7

Warmer. Vocabulary and articles review. Possessive ’s. Demonstratives (this, that, theses, those). Family vocabulary (daughter, father, married etc.). Identifying people (Who's that? I don't know. This woman is my mother etc.) Practice. Professions (celebrity types - actress, singer etc.). Word stress - Listening + Practice. Listening for key information. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 8

Warmer. Family and jobs review. People (baby, teenager, married couple etc.) and jobs (a doctor, an engineer etc.) vocabulary. Position of adjectives in phrases (an old lady). Practice. Reading for detail. Listening. Pronunciation: Linking words together + listening. Practice. Prepositions of time. Telling the time. Practice. Punctuation the apostrophe. Writing: A message of introduction. Review. Cooler.



n Lesson 9

Warmer. Places (bookshop, café etc.). Useful phrases (Excuse me…, Where is the…., It's over there… etc.) Finding information on the map and further practice. Countries and nationalities + noun and preposition phrases (the capital of, in Germany etc.) Practice. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 10

Warmer. Demonstratives, places and countries review. Articles (a, an, the). Practice. Regular and irregular plural nouns (e.g. boy-boys, man-men). Practice (with demonstratives). Forms of transport. Telephone greetings. Arranging to meet. Role play. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 11


n Lesson 12

Warmer. Present simple (affirmative, interrogative and negative - do, don't). Practice. “And”, “do” and “but” as linkers, adverb phrases (a little, quite well, etc.). Game. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 13

Warmer. Present simple tense, languages and currencies review. Ordinal numbers. Practice. Reading for detail. Writing: My country and languages. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 14

Warmer. Present simple review. Places, signs and notices. Responses to news (Good luck! Cheer up! etc.). Practice. Listening for detail. Adverbs of frequency. Months, days of the week and parts of the day review and practice with frequency adverbs. Pronunciation of “th” [θ] and [ð] consonants. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 15

Warmer. Present simple review. Present simple in 3rd person singular (he, she, it). Irregular verbs (have-has etc.) Morning habits + essential vocab to describe one's morning. Practice. Speaking: My typical morning/his or her typical morning. Pronunciation: Live and leave. Personality test: “Are you a morning person or a morning monster?” Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 16

Warmer. Vocabulary and present simple tense review. Objective pronouns. Prepositions of place. Phrases to introduce people. Parts puzzle. Describing people and objects vocabulary. Order of adjectives. Practice. Listening for detail. Speaking: My best friend (description). Review. Cooler.



n Lesson 17

Warmer. At the shop and office supplies vocabulary. “I would like…” phrase. Reading: Shop conversations. Role Play. Interest and special gifts vocabulary and reading. Writing: a self portrait. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 18

Warmer. Mid-course test. Games.

n Lesson 19

Warmer. Mid-course test Questions & Answers. Adverbs of frequency review. Countable and uncountable nouns. Containers (bags of..., bottle of…, packet of…, etc.) phrases (How much…, That's cheap/expensive! Here you are. etc.) Practice. Role Play. Shopping tips (www source)- reading and discussion. Listening for prices. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 20

Warmer. Present simple, prices and shopping phrases review. Quantifiers (some, any, much, many, a little, a few, a lot of). Vocabulary: food. Reading. Speaking. Spelling “ee” and “ea”. Practice. Listening (differences). Review. cooler

n Lesson 21

Warmer. Vocabulary review. There is, there are. Practice. Describing pictures. Offering food and drink to guests. Role Play. Writing: Food in my country. Review. .Cooler

n Lesson 22

Warmer. Morning activities review. Daily routine and free-time activities. “-ing” form. Reading. Question forming. Speaking: Talk about free time. Weather vocabulary (sunny, fog). Listening. Making suggestions (Let's…, How about….) Practice. Planning a day out-Role Play. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 23


n Lesson 24

Warmer. Vocabulary review. Modal “can” (ability), -ly adverbs. Practice. Speaking: can you do this? Pronunciation: “can” and “can't”. Likes and dislikes (don't like, hate, enjoy, etc.). Listening for key words and detail. Like doing and like something. Practice. Writing: An average day. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 25

Warmer. “There is/there are” review. Inviting people and responding to invitations. Present continuous. Writing: an invitation and a response. Role Play. Clothes. Listening. Describing pictures. Speaking: What (not) to wear at a wedding.



n Lesson 26

Warmer. Present continuous and clothes review. Present continuous + action verbs. Practice. Describing pictures. Reading and listening. Describing actions. Present simple and present continuous practice. Reading and writing: Moment poems. Public transport vocabulary and useful phrases. Listening: following directions. Reading for detail. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 27

Warmer. Lessons 24-26 progress test (focus on present simple and continuous). Games. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 28

Warmer. Weather review. Past simple - “to be” + yes/no answers. Practice. Holiday vocabulary. Adjectives (boring, crowded etc.). Reading. Speaking. Past simple affirmative (regular verbs). Pronunciation: “-ed” forms. Practice. Writing a postcard. Yes/no questions (past simple tense). Past simple interrogative and negative. Time expressions. Practice. Reading - finding specific information. Practice conversations. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 29

Warmer. Past simple “to be” and regular verbs review. Irregular past forms. Practice. Jobs and career vocabulary. Reading: a funny story. Role Play: job interview. Time phrases + past tense. Past simple regular and irregular verbs practice. Reading for detail (life stories). Speaking - retelling a story. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 30

Warmer. Past tense and holiday vocabulary review. Comparatives (too/not + adjective+ enough). Practice. Reading: advertisement, brochure. Group discussion. Stress in long words. Making suggestions (You could…., Why don't you…?). Role Play. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 31

Warmer. Comparatives review. Quantity (too much/many + noun, not enough + noun; a few/ a little). Practice. Rooms and furniture. Comparatives “-er” + than, more…..than. Adjectives. Practice. Pronunciation: long and short vowel sounds. Practice. Reading and listening: a poem. Speaking: comparing things. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 32

Warmer. Past tense and comparatives review. Regular and irregular superlatives. Furniture - catalog - finding specific information. Listening for detail. Pronunciation: p, b, v, w. Practice. Using of “too” and “enough” + adjectives. Reading and writing: Tips for guests. Review. Cooler

n Lesson 33

Warmer. Past tense, comparatives and superlatives review. Reading. Listening for key facts. Role Play: making an appointment. The body and illness vocabulary. Reading for general meaning. Phrases to say how you feel. Role Play. Review. Cooler.



n Lesson 34

Warmer. Past tense, body and health vocabulary, comparatives and superlatives review. Present continuous future phrases. Practice. Sentence stress in questions. Listen for key facts. Game. Review. Cooler.

n Lesson 35

Warmer. Future intentions (“be going to”). Lifestyle vocabulary. Practice. Understanding fast speech (word and sentence stress). Reading for key information. Speaking: intentions. Writing: Thank you letter. Present continuous and “ be going to” for future review. Cooler.

n Lesson 36

End of course quiz and play game covering entire course.

Useful Links

GRAMMAR

http://www.englishpage.com Highly recommended. Wide selection of grammar exercises http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/grammar.htm A comprehensive selection of grammar exercises from the University of Victoria, Canada. Check out the home page for some reading exercises, too. http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/ A wide range of grammar quizzes at different levels. Includes some vocabulary and phrasal verbs practice. http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/trouindx.htm ESL Blues offers interactive grammar exercises for elementary and intermediate students as well as explanations of common errors. http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com Grammar rules and exercises LISTENING PRACTICE http://www.esl-lab.com A selection of everyday conversations / listening quizzes at three levels of difficulty (American English) http://www.elllo.org/english/About.htm English Language Listening Lab online with over 1000 listening activities at different levels. Canadian, US, British, Irish, New Zealand and Australian accents. http://legacy.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/listening.html



Links to various sites where you can practice your listening. From Beginner to Advanced. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/btp Watch short video extracts on famous places in the UK and answer multiple choice questions. Advanced level. PODCASTS http://www.businessenglishpod.com/category/business-english/ Wide range of podcasts. http://www.listen-to-english.com Two short (3 to 5 minute) podcasts available every week, in clearly spoken English. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/index.shtml „6-Minute English‟. Podcasts for learners of English. Excellent resource. Transcripts available. http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts A wide range of BBC podcasts (advanced level). http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/topics Podcasts on subjects as varied as peace symbols, pilgrimages and twins. Consult the archive online (click on the topic), or subscribe free of charge to receive a monthly podcast. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/professions/ Interviews with famous writers, painters, filmmakers, musicians, scientists, sports personalities, etc. from the BBC archives. Advanced level ; no transcripts. SOCIAL ENGLISH http://australianetwork.com/livingenglish Australian TV series for elementary level students of English. Everyday situations such as expressing thanks, booking into a hotel, introducing people. 42 episodes with full transcript and notes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/howto/ Listening practice and useful expressions: suggesting, advising, disagreeing, showing interest, etc. Intermediate level. VOCABULARY http://a4esl.org/q/h/vocabulary.html Vocabulary quizzes organized according to topic: clothes/occupations/nationalities, etc. and level (easy/medium/difficult). Has links to grammar, crosswords, etc. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/index.shtml Words in the News: listening and vocabulary development based on BBC news stories.



http://www.englishpage.com/vocabulary/vocabulary.html Vocabulary building, practice tasks and follow-up exercises. Described as advanced but more intermediate level, in fact. PHRASAL VERBS http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/ Interesting dictionary where you can look up a phrasal verb by preposition or by verb. Includes quizzes and worksheets. http://www.phrasalverbdemon.com Phrasal verbs dictionary, examples, practice exercises & listening. Good for lower levels, too. http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/quizzes-verbs.html Now offering quizzes on 134 phrasal verbs. Answer keys available. http://www.englishdaily626.com/biz-idioms.php?002 Business idioms PRONUNCIATION HTTP://WWW.BBC.CO.UK/WORLDSERVICE/LEARNINGENGLISH/GRAMMAR/PRON/ General pronunciation tips and practical exercises. http://www.shiporsheep.com/ Good practice exercises on minimal pairs: e.g. sherry/cherry; pen / pain. READING http://www.thebigproject.co.uk/news/ Direct access to a very wide range of UK, US and other online newspapers in English. http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/index.htm Reading texts and exercises from Upper Beginner to Advanced levels. Very easy to navigate. http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/reading.php Scroll down to the blue box where you will find four levels of reading exercises. http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ Thousands of articles with useful comprehension and vocabulary exercises. http://www.eyercize.com/practice/paste_read Speed reading techniques. Paste your own text in or have one selected for you. http://www.unepd.info/index.html An online study course from the UN that aims to help users improve their English language skills while extending their knowledge of the history and workings of the UN.



WRITING http://www.unejn.org/documents/LME/eWorkbook_Units/eWorkbook.htm United Nations English Language program (New York): online materials for practicing letters, memos & e-mails. http://www.plainenglish.co.uk A simple, practical guide to the principles of plain English. Check out the Free Guides. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/678/01/ Writing guide MISCELLANEOUS http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish BBC gateway site with news, grammar, vocabulary, quizzes, pronunciation. Highly recommended. http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish.htm British Council gateway site with themes, stories, tests, games, etc. for adults and children

Mandatory Reading

HANCOCK, M., MCDONALD, A. (2013), Engl ish Result E lementary Student’s Book , Oxford University Press.

MCKENNA, J., (2013), Engl ish Result E lementary Workbook, Oxford University Press.

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