English Language (Intermediate) Course

This particular English Language (Intermediate) syllabus develops learning skills in a number of ways:
· The discovery approach to grammar encourages learners to experiment with languages and to work out rules for themselves.
· The task-based approach encourages learners to take a pro-active role in their learning.
· Looking words and phrases up in the mini-dictionary gives students constant practice of a range of dictionary skills
· The resource bank contains training worksheets aimed at developing students' awareness of the importance of taking an active role in their learning process.
· Real life - speaking and writing activities based round everyday situation related to the task (making social arrangements, writing 'thank you' letters, etc.) enable students to deal real life situation very effectively.

Students have the option to sit Examinations for Pitman Qualifications

Module 1

1) Making Questions
2) Short Answers
3) Question tags
4) Present Simple or Continuous
5) Word order: adverbs of frequency
6) Pronunciation: / / (schwa) / the letter 's'
7) Grammar snack: both / neither
8) Vocabulary: activities with do / play / go
9) Improve our writing: spelling of the -ing form
10) Listen and read: unusual lifestyles

Module 2

1) Past Simple or Continuous
2) Pronunciation:
Syllable stress in Past Simple forms
3) Used to
4) Still, not any more / longer
5) Listen and read: Frankenstein
6) Grammar snack:
Articles (first and second mention)
7) Vocabulary: scientists and technologists
8) Improve your writing:
Spelling of Past Simple forms/
Using when / while / as / during / for in stories

Module 3

1) Comparatives and superlatives
2) Comparative and superlative adverbs
3) Comparing things in different ways
4) Vocabulary: places around town
5) Grammar snack: prepositions of place (at, in, on)
6) Pronunciation: / / and / /
7) Improve your writing
Punctuation (capital letters)
8) Grammar snack: the definite article (places)
9) Improve your writing: postcards

Module 4

1) Present Perfect Simple and Past Simple
2) Present Perfect + just / yet / already
3) For, since and ago
4) Present Perfect Continuous
5) Grammar snack: articles with school, college, etc.
6) Vocabulary: describing people's appearance
7) Pronunciation: / /, / / and / /
8) Listen and read: Tom Cruise
9) Improve your writing: punctuation (commas)

Module 5

1) will and won't
2) going to
3) Present Continuous for future arrangements
4) Other ways of talking about the future
5) Future clauses with if, when, etc
6) Grammar snack:
Prepositions of time for the future
7) Pronunciation: / /, / / and / /
8) Vocabulary: jobs / adjectives to describe jobs
9) Real life: formal telephone conversations
10) Improve your writing: apostrophes

Module 6

1) -ed / -ing adjectives
2) Grammar snack:
Preposition after -ed / -ing adjectives
3) The passive
4) Vocabulary: films, TV and newspapers
5) Grammar snack:
Prepositions for talking about books, film, etc.
6) Pronunciation: / f /, /v /, and /w/
7) Listen and read: letters for TV magazine
8) Improve your writing
Linking ideas without repeating yourself

Module 7

1) Polite requests
2) Ways of making offers
3) Will (instant decisions and responses)
4) Jazz chant (go)
5) Grammar snack: articles (making generalisations)
6) Listen and read: food from other countries
7) Vocabulary : food and cooking
8) Pronunciation: lost letters
9) Improve your writing:
Sending and replying to invitations by e-mail

Module 8

1) Defining relative clauses
2) Prepositions with defining relative clauses
3) Quantifiers (a few, a lot of, etc.)
4) Grammar snack:
Articles with countable / uncountable nouns
5) Vocabulary: formation of nouns
6) Pronunciation: /3/, / /, / / and / /
7) Reading
8) Improve your writing:
Formal and informal styles

Module 9

1) Futures for prediction (will, might, may, etc.)
2) Hypothetical possibilities with if
3) Real and hypothetical possibilities
4) If sentences in social situations
5) Grammar snack: work order
Of adverbs (certainly, probably, definitely)
6) Vocabulary: money verbs and prepositions
7) Improve you writing: opening a bank account
8) Listen and read: lottery winners
9) Pronunciation: / /

Module 10

1) Past Perfect or Past Simple
2) Present Perfect or Past Perfect
3) Reported statements
4) Reported questions
5) Say and tell
6) Vocabulary: weather phrases
7) Listen and read: Sherlock Holmes
8) Pronunciation: connected speech (links between words)
9) Grammar snack:
Define article for shared knowledge

10) Improve your writing:
Time expressions for telling stories

Module 11

1) Obligation and permission
2) Obligation and permission in the past
3) Must and have to
4) Make and let
5) Spelling and pronunciation:
School/university subjects
6) Vocabulary: transport (noun + noun)
7) Grammar snack:
Prepositions of movement
8) Grammar snack: -ing forms as nouns
9) Improve your writing: linking words

Module 12

1) Could have/ should have/ would have
2) Past sentences with if
3) Grammar snack: verb + object + infinitive
4) Jazz Chant:
Verbs that describe behaviour and reactions
5) Vocabulary:
Using the dictionary (revision)
6) Real life:
Starting and finishing conversations
7) Improve your writing:
A letter to sort out a problem