This document summarizes a 16-week English course for young Kuwaiti military officers preparing for training with the British Military. The course is divided into two phases over 16 weeks: the first focuses on general English skills for 10 weeks, while the second focuses on military-specific English and skills like presentations over 6 weeks. By the end, students will take a STANAG Level 2 English exam. This particular lesson is in week two of phase one, revising past tenses needed for level 2 speaking and writing assessments.

1. Joint Services Command and Staff College
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2. This is a group of young Kuwaiti military officers who
are preparing to go to Young Officer’s courses run
by the British Military. They come to the Defence
School of Languages for 16 weeks to improve their
English skills, after having spent three months in an
English college in the south of England. The course
is divided into two phases. The first phase is 10
weeks with the main focus being on general
language. The second phase is 6 weeks and
concentrates on the military language they will need
to have other skills such as giving presentations
(using powerpoint). By the end of the 16 weeks,
students sit a STANAG Level 2 exam (language
level set by NATO) in all four skills.This lesson
comes in Week Two of Phase 1. Students need to
be able to use the narrative tenses in speaking and
writing for Level 2 and this is a revision of the past
simple, past continuous and past perfect. I use
English File Intermediate as the topic of sport is of
interest to the students.

3. This is a group of young Kuwaiti military officers who are preparing to
go to Young Officer’s courses run by the British Military. They come to
the Defence School of Languages for 16 weeks to improve their
English skills, after having spent three months in an English college in
the south of England.
The course is divided into two phases. The first phase is 10
weeks with the main focus being on general language. The second
phase is 6 weeks and concentrates on the military language they will
need to have other skills such as giving presentations (using
powerpoint). By the end of the 16 weeks, students sit a STANAG Level
2 exam (language level set by NATO) in all four skills.
This lesson comes in Week Two of Phase 1. Students need
to be able to use the narrative tenses in speaking and writing for Level
2 and this is a revision of the past simple, past continuous and past
perfect. I use English File Intermediate as the topic of sport is of
interest to the students.

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 Each paragraph - one main idea
 Signposts the various arguments
 One ‘topic’ sentence
 Linking expressions
 Supporting evidence (long essays)
 Vary in length – general rule is 3 sentences
minimum

5. Find words similar to ‘and’
 First / Furthermore / Finally
 Firstly / Secondly / In conclusion (do not have a
long list)
 To begin with / The second point is / Moreover /
To conclude
 Next / Then / Lastly

6. Find words similar to ‘or’
 Alternatively
 On the other hand
 The alternative is
 Another possibility would be

7. Find words similar to ‘but’
 However
 Nevertheless
 Although
 Despite
 On the other hand
 Instead
 Conversely
 Then
 In comparison
 In contrast