1. English: Level Intro
Beginner
Intro B - 30 hours
8 Units
Topics Speaking
Unit 1
Talking about food likes and dislikes,
giving opinions about healthy and
Basic foods, meals, desserts; Food unhealthy foods; food needs and haves;
pyramid describing eating habits
Unit 2
Talking about sports you watch or pla;.
asking about and giving info about
Sports; abilities and talents abilities and talents
Unit 3
Months and dates; birthdays,
holidays, festivals and special Asking about birthdays; giving dates;
ocassions talking about plans
Unit 4
Describing health problems and giving
Parts of the body; health problems advice; talking about common treatments
and advice; medications and medications
Review. Stop and check.
Unit 5
Stores and things you can buy Talking about stores and other places;
there; tourist attractions asking for and giving directions
Unit 6
Asking for and giving info about weekend
and vacation/seasonal activities;
Weekends; vacations; chores and comparing your childhood with the
fun activities; seasonal activities present
Unit 7
Asking for and giving info about
Biographical information; biographical info, date and place of birth;
memories; time line of your life describing memories
2. Unit 8
Describing people`s locations; making
phone calls, leaving phone messages;
Location phrases; phone calls, making, accepting and declining
invitations, going out with friends invitations, making excuses
Final Review
3. Grammar Reading / Writing / Vocabulary
Quantifiers some and any; count and Reading mealtime conversations/food
noncount nouns; general noun sentences related customs in different countries:
e.g. Eggs are good for you; specific noun Writing questions about mealtime habits
sentences e.g. I`m eating an egg; adverbs e.g. How often do you eat meat?:
of frequency and their placement Vocabulary related to topic
Simple present Wh- questions e.g. What
sports do you play? Where do you run? Reading about races/championships:
Can and can`t; Yes/No and Wh- questions Writing questions about sports:
for ability Vocabulary related to topic
Vocabulary - special event related verb
The future with be going to; Yes/No and phrases: Writing about weekend
Wh- questions with this grammar; future plans/birthday plans: Reading about
time expressions birthday customs in different countries
have+noun, feel+adjective; negative and Reading about ways to improve your
positive adjectives; imperatives health: Writing advice for health problems
Prepositions of place e.g. on the corner of, Reading about popular tourist attractions
across from etc.; giving directions with in NY (Google Maps): Writing down
imperatives directions
Reading about people`s past
Simple past statements with regular and vacations/weekends; Verb phrases about
irregular verbs; Yes/No questions and seasonal activities e.g. go skiing, play
short answers basketball: Writing about last weekend.
Reading about a famous person`s life:
Statements and questions with the past of Writing questions about someone`s life
be i.e. was, were; Wh- questions with did, you are interested in: Memory related
was, were vocab (school years, etc.)
4. 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 Writing messages: Reading about events
do laundry on a webpage: Inviting your friends
5. 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
6. Reduction of have to and want to:
Listening to phone conversations and
answering machine messages