English Language (Starter) Course

This particular English Language (Starter) 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 (greetings, phone numbers, filling in a form, ordering and paying food and drink in a cafe, talking about tv programme etc.) enable students to deal real life situation very effectively.
" Improve your writing and spelling systematically and gain confidence in typical problem areas
Students have the option to sit Examinations for Pitman Qualifications.

Module 1
1) Names and introduction
2) Vocabulary: jobs; a/an
3) he/she/his/her
4) I/my/you/your/his/her
5) Pronunciation
6) The alphabet; How do you spell …?
7) Numbers 0 - 20
8) Improve your writing: full stops; question marks
9) Capital letters (1)
10) Listen and read

Module 2
1) Vocabulary: countries
2) be with I and you
Negatives
3) Nationalities
is/are/am
Questions
4) Numbers 21 - 100
5) Improve your writing: Writing about yourself
6) Pronunciation
7) Ages
8) Capital letters (2)
9) Question words
10) Listen and read

Module 3
1) Vocabulary: nouns
2) Plural nouns
3) be: plural
4) Opposites
5) be with we and they
6) we're they're/our/their
7) Spelling
8) Food and drink vocabulary
9) this/that/these/those
10) Prepositions
11) Pronounciation
12) Listen and read
130 Improve your writing: A postcard

Module 4
1) Vocabulary: places in a town
2) Prepositions
3) there is/there are
Negative sentences
Questions
All forms
4) some, any and a
5) Common adjectives
6) Listen and read
7) Improve your writing: Capital letters (revision)
is or are?
8) Pronunciation

Module 5
1) Family Vocabulary
2) Possessive 's
3) 's = is or possessive?
4) Present Simple
Negative
Questions
Short answers
5) Question words: How, What, Where, Who
6) Personal possessions
7) Improve your writing: Writing about your family
8) Prepositions
9) Articles
10) Pronunciation
11) Listen and read

Module 6
1) Vocabulary: likes and dislikes
2) Object pronouns
3) Vocabulary: useful nouns
4) Present Simple: he and she
5) Pronunciation
6) Present Simple
Questions
Negative
All forms
7) Improve your writing: Using pronouns
8) Listen and read

Module 7
1) Daily routines
2) Present Simple
Questions
All forms
3) Vocabulary: days of the week
4) Adverbs of frequency
5) Word order with adverbs
6) Verbs and nouns
7) Time expressions
8) Telling the time
9) Listen and read
10) Improve your writing: Personal descriptions
11) Spelling: Double letters
12) Pronunciation

Module 8
1) Action verbs
2) can and can't
Short answers
3) Vocabulary: parts of the body
4) Questions
Question words
Forming questions
5) Big numbers
6) Listen and read
7) Spelling: 'silent' letters
8) Improve your writing: Describing yourself
9) Pronunciation: Wh-questions

Module 9
1) Vocabulary: common adjectives
2) Past Simple of be
wasn't/weren't
Questions
Was/were and wasn't/weren't
Short answers
3) Improve your writing: Writing about the past
4) Word order
5) Listen and read
6) Spelling and pronunciation: Contractions
7) Pronunciation: Years
8) Vocabulary revision

Module 10
1) Past Simple: irregular verbs
2) Past Simple: spelling of -ed endings
3) Past Simple: regular verbs
4) Vocabulary: life events
5) Sentences in the past
6) Improve your writing: A personal history
7) Spelling: months
8) Listen and read
9) Prepositions
10) Spelling
11) Pronunciation

Module 11
1) Vocabulary: holiday expressions
2) Past Simple
Negative
Yes/no questions
Short answers
Wh- questions
3) Vocabulary: time phrases
did, was and were
4) Past Simple of irregular verbs
5) and or but?
6) Spelling
7) Listen and read: Holiday destinations
8) Improve your writing: Write an email
9) Pronunciation: Past Simple questions

Module 12
1) Vocabulary: things you buy
2) Want to
3) Vocabulary
Colours
Sizes
4) going to
Positive and negative sentences
Questions
5) Pronunciation: going to
6) Missing words
7) Listen and read
8) Improve your writing: Punctuation and capital letters
9) Spelling