English Syllabus Intro B
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English: Level IntroBeginnerIntro B - 30 hours8 Units
Topics Speaking Grammar Reading / Writing / Vocabulary Listening / Pronunciation
Unit 1
Unit 2
Sports; abilities and talents
Unit 3
Unit 4
Review. Stop and check.Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Final Review
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
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
Sentence stress: Listening for and practicing pronunciation of vocabulary items
Talking about sports you watch or pla;. asking about and giving info about abilities and talents
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
Word stress in can and can`t sentences: Listening for and practicing pronunciation of vocabulary items
Months and dates; birthdays, holidays, festivals and special ocassions
Asking about birthdays; giving dates; talking about plans
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
Reduction of going to: Listening to topic related conversations about events and plans
Parts of the body; health problems and advice; medications
Describing health problems and giving advice; talking about common treatments and medications
have+noun, feel+adjective; negative and positive adjectives; imperatives
Reading about ways to improve your health: Writing advice for health problems
Intonation of imperative sentences: Listening for and practicing pronunciation of vocab items; listening to questions and sentences about health
Stores and things you can buy there; tourist attractions
Talking about stores and other places; asking for and giving directions
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
Stress in compound nouns e.g. rest room, department store; Linking words: Listening to tourist/direction related conversations
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
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.
Different pronunciations of -ed endings: Listening to conversations about people's plans for vacations
Biographical information; memories; time line of your life
Asking for and giving info about biographical info, date and place of birth; describing memories
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.)
Negative contractions e.g. can`t, didn`t, wasn`t: Listening to places and dates of birth
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
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
Reduction of have to and want to: Listening to phone conversations and answering machine messages