This document outlines the topics, grammar, vocabulary, skills, and activities covered in a 30-hour beginner English course divided into 8 units. The course introduces topics like introductions, occupations, shopping, entertainment, families, sports, vacations, and neighborhoods. Key grammar areas include questions, present tenses, adjectives, and adverbs. Reading, writing, listening, speaking, and pronunciation skills are developed through conversations, descriptions, forms, and exercises related to the unit topics and grammar.
1. English: Level 1
High-beginner
1A - 30 hours
8 Units
Topics Speaking
Unit 1
Introducing yourself and friends; asking
Introductions; greetings names and about someone e.g Are you on
titles; countries and nationalities vacation?; exchanging personal info
Unit 2
Occupations and workplaces; daily Describing work/school giving opinions
schedules, clock time about jobs; talking about daily schedules
Unit 3
Talking about prices, giving opinions
Spending habits, shopping and about prices; talking about preferences,
prices; clothing and personal items; comparing things; buying and selling
colors and materials things (ebay)
Unit 4
Music; movies; TV programs;
entertainers; invitations and Talking about likes and dislikes; giving
excuses; dates and times opinions; making invitations and excuses
Review. Stop and check.
Unit 5
Talking about family and family
members; exchanging info about what is
Families; family relations and happening in or around the present;
family life describing family life
Unit 6
Asking about and describing daily/weekly
routines and exercise; talking about how
often you do things; talking about what
Sports and exercise; routines you can do
2. Unit 7
Talking about past events; giving
Free-time and weekend activities; opinions about past experiences; talking
vacations about vacations (using pictures)
Unit 8
Asking about and describing locations of
Stores and places in the city; places; asking about and describing
neighborhoods; houses and neighborhoods; asking about quantities
apartments How many...? How much...?
Final Review
3. Grammar Reading / Writing / Vocabulary
Wh- questions and statements with be;
Yes/No questions and short answers with Reading about greeting customs around
be; Contractions; subject pronouns; the world: Writing questions about
possessive adjectives personal information; filling out forms
Simple present Wh- questions e.g. What
do you do? and statements; adjectives to Reading conversations, writing and
give opinions: That`s interesting! My job is vocabulary related to the topic; names of
boring, etc.; time expressions at, in, on, occupations: Write a description about
around, early, late, before, after your job e.g. part-time, etc.
Demonstratives this/that these/those; one/ Comparing prices in your country and the
ones; questions How much? and Which U.S.: Reading about different ways of
one?; comparisons with adjectives e.g. shopping: Vocabulary - common
cheaper then, nicer than; adjectives to collocations of nouns and material e.g.
give opinions: That`s expensive! leather bag
Simple present Yes/No and Wh- questions
with do e.g. Do you like jazz? Who do you
like?; Question What kind...?; object
pronouns; modal word would for
invitations; verb+to+verb for making Reading about famous actors/musicians:
excuses e.g. I need to study. I have to Vocabulary of music/movie/TV genres:
work. Writing invitations and excuses.
Topic related vocabulary: Writing about
Present continuous Yes/No and Wh- your family members and your family life:
questions; statements and short answers; Reading about an American family:
determiners (quantifiers): all, almost all, Reading topic/grammar related
most, many, a lot of, some, etc. conversation
Adverbs of frequency; questions with
How? How often...? How much time...? Reading about fitness: Writing about
How long...? How well...? How good...?; favorite activities: do, go, play + sports
Short answers verb phrases
4. Past simple Yes/No and Wh- questions; Reading about different kinds of
statements with regular and irregular vacations: Writing a post card: Adjectives
verbs; short answers; past tense of be e.g. describing events: Collocations with Did,
Were you away last weekend? It was.... had, went, took, etc.
There is, there are; one, any, some; Adjectives to describe places and
prepositions of place for describing where neighborhoods; topic and grammar
stores/buildings are; How much...? How related reading: Writing about where you
many...? Countable and uncountable live/describing your home: Comparing two
nouns neighborhoods
5. Listening / Pronunciation
Listening for personal info questions and
conversation
Unstressed words- prepositions of time:
Listening for and practicing pronunciation
of vocabulary items
Linked sounds; linking final consonants to
the vowels that follow them: Listening to
topic/grammar related conversation
Intonation of Yes/No and Wh- questions:
Listening to invitations; identifying musical
styles
Blending with does e.g. What does
she...?: Listening to people talk about
their family
Sentence stress-adverbs of frequency are
stressed: Listening for verb phrases,
activities, listening to conversations about
free-time activities and daily routines
6. Reduced forms of Did you...? What did
you...?: Listening to topic/grammar related
conversations and adjectives describing
events
Reduced form of there is; linking words in
there are: Rhythm, stress and intonation
of target language: Listening to topic
related conversations