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Contents

This course is a matrix organized course in which specific content will be covered according to specific topics to give students the communicative skills of the English language. The course will focus on developing the four skills speaking, reading, writing and listening, with special emphasis on the oral skill. Something relevant about the course is that, even though it is a language course and its emphasis is on language learning, many of the activities will be focused on strengthening the classroom community and motivation among students.

The way it is put together is based on the principle of building and recycling. In other words, each content unit will lead to more complex topics, but the content learned will be reutilized in every class. The warm-up activity in every class will provide students with the opportunity to focus on meaning and use of the language. On the other hand, a variety of assessment activities (ongoing, self, formative and summative) throughout the course will help students to become aware of responsible for their own learning process, and, at the same time, will provide the teacher with useful information to make decisions on the lesson planning.

It is an eighteen-month program which students will attend for 15 hours a week. The program is divided into quarters and will unfold in this way:

 

STARTER (A0)

 

Culture and soft skills

Module

(monthly)

Lessons

Language Content

 

Topics

1.My name is Hannah, not Anna

1a

1b

1c

2a

2b

·         Verb be (+)(-)(?)

·         Possessive adjectives

·         Definite and indefinite articles

·         Plurals

·         Adjectives

 

 

·         Days of the week

·         Numbers form 1-100

·         The alphabet

·         The world

·         Classroom language

·         Things

·         Colors, adjectives and modifiers

·         Sentence stress

·         Long and short vowel sounds

·         Introducing people

 

 

 

2. A writer´s room

2c

3a

3b

3c

4a

·         Imperatives, let´s

·         Simple present (+)(-)(?)

·         Question words

·          Possessive  ’s(Saxon Genitive)

 

·         Feelings

·         Connected speech

·         Verb phrases

·         Third person –s

·         Jobs

·         Schwa sound

·         Question words

·         Sentence stress

·         Family

 

3. What a life!

4b

4c

5a

5b

·         Prepositions of time/place

·         Adverbs of frequency

·         Present continuous

·         Abilities/capabilities

 

·         Everyday activities

·         Linking and sentence stress

·         Adverbs and expressions of frequency

·         The letter h

·         Verb phrases

·         Sentence stress

 

4.Sun and the City

5c

6a

6b

6c

·         Simple present/present continuous

·         Object pronouns

·         Verb like

·         Be or do?

·         Final test (oral and written)

·         The weather and seasons

·         Places in New York City

·         Consonant clusters

·         Saying the date

·         Diphthongs

·         Reading in English

·         Music

·         Ordinal numbers

·         Phone language

 

ELEMENTARY (A1)

 

                                                                                                                      

Culture and soft skills

Module (monthly)

Lessons

Language Content

Topics

1.A night to remember

 

7a

7b

7c

8a

·         Simple past regular verbs

·         Simple past irregular verbs

·         Simple past verb “be”

·         Simple past review

 

·         Word formation

·         Past time expressions

·         Go, have, get

·         Sentence stress

·         -ed endings

·         Verbs

·          

2. A house with a story

8b

8c

9a

9b

 

·         There is /are

·         There was/were

·         Countable/uncountable nouns

·         Quantifiers

 

·         The house

·         Sentence stress

·         Prepositions: place and movement

·         Silent letters

·         Food and food containers

·         High numbers

·         Fricative sounds

3.Quiz night

9c

10a

10b

10c

·         Comparative adjectives

·         Superlative adjectives

·         Going to

 

·         Places and buildings

·         Vacations

·         Verb phrases

·         Consonant groups

·         Sentence stress

·         Vowel sounds

 

4.First impressions

11a

11b

11c

12a

12b

12c

 

·         Verbs+infinitives

·         Adverbs(manner and modifiers)

·         Articles

·         Present perfect

·         Present perfect or simple past?

·         Question formation

 

·         Common adverbs

·         Verbs that take the infinitive

·         The internet

·         Word stress

·         Sentence stress

·         Irregular past participles

·         Word groups
         

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Pre-intermediate (A2)

Culture and soft skills

Module(monthly)

Lessons

Language Content

Topics

1. Where are you from?

1a

1b

1c

2a

2b

·         Word order in questions

·         Simple present

·         Present  continuous

·         Simple past

·         Past  continuous

 

·         Common verb phrases, spelling and numbers

·         Describing people: appearance and personality

·         Clothes

·         Prepositions of time and place

·         Vowel sounds

·         The alphabet

·         Regular verbs –ed endings

·         Sentence stress

 

2. Plans and dreams

2c

3a

3b

3c

4a

 

·         Time sequencers and connectors

·         Going to

·         Present  continuous (future arrangements)

·         Defining relative clauses

·         Present perfect + yet and already

 

·         Word stress

·         Airports

·         Verbs + prepositions

·         Expressions for paraphrasing

·         Housework: make or do

·         Fast speech

·         Sounding friendly

·         Pronunciation in a dictionary

3.Fashion and shopping

4b

4c

5a

5b

 

·         Present perfect vs simple past

·         Relative pronouns

·         Comparative adjectives and adverbs

·         Superlatives

·         Ever + present perfect

 

·         Shopping

·         Adjective endings –ed and –ing

·         Time expressions

·         Describing a town and city

·         Word and sentence stress

·         Vowel sounds

4. I will never forget you

5c

6a

6b

6c

·         Quantifiers

·         Will/won´t (predictions)  

·         Will/won´t (promises)

·         adjectives + prepositions

·         Verb tense review

 

·         Health and the body

·         Vowel sounds

·         Opposite verbs

·         Verb + back

·         Adjective + preposition

·         Two-syllable verbs

Intermediate  (B1)

Culture and soft skills

Modules

Lessons

Language Content

Topics

1.Being happy

7a

7b

7c

8a

8b

 

·         Infinitives

·         Gerunds  

·         Have to and must

·         Can/can´t

·         Should  

·         First conditional

 

·         Uses of get

·         Verbs + infinitive

·         Verbs + gerund

·         Modifiers

·         Weak form of  the preposition to

·         Linking

·         Sentence stress

·         Tense and lax u and i

·         Confusing verbs

2. What would you do?

8c

9a

9b

9c

 

·         Possessive pronouns

·         Second conditional

·         Present perfect ( for and since)

·         Present perfect vs simple past

 

·         Adverbs of manner

·         Sentence rhythm

·         Animals

·         Phobias and words related to fear

·         Biographies

·         Word stress

·         Sentence stress

3.The mothers of invention

10a

10b

10c

11a

 

·         Passive voice

·         Used to

·         Might

·         Expressing movement

 

·         Verbs

·         School subjects

·         Word building: noun formation

·         Diphthongs

·         Sentence stress

·         Sports

4. Are you a morning person?

11b

11c

12a

12b

12c

Review

 

·         Word order and phrasal verbs

·         So /neither + auxiliaries

·         Past perfect

·         Reported speech

·         Subject questions

 

·         Phrasal verbs

·         Similarities

·         Linking

·         Sentence stress

·         Say or tell?

·         Verb phrases

·         Contractions

·         Double consonants

·         Th sound

 

 

Upper-intermediate (B2)

Culture and soft skills

Module

Lessons

Language Content

Topics

1.Family life

1a

1b

2a

2b

3a

·         Simple Present and Continuous/action & nonaction verbs

·         Future forms (will, going to)

·         Present Perfect and Simple Past

·         Present Perfect (for, since)

·         Present Perfect Continuous

·         Comparatives and Superlatives

 

·         Food and cooking

·         Vowel sounds

·         Family, adjectives of personality

·         Sentence stress, word stress and adjective endings

·         Money

·         Strong adjectives

·         Transportation

·         Consonant sounds

·         Linking

2.Failure and success

3b

4a

4b

5a

5b

·         Articles( a/an/the)

·          Can/could/be able to

·         Modals of Obligation(Must, have to, should)

·         Should have

·         Past tenses: simple, continuous and perfect 

·         Used to and usually

·         Collocations: verbs/adjectives + prepositions

·         Sentence stress

·         -ed and –ing adjectives

·         Phone language

·         Business communication skills: socializing. introductions

·         Sports

·         Relationships

·         Silent consonants

·         linking

3. What is the right job for you?

6a

6b

7a

7b

8a

·         Passive Voice

·         Modals of Deduction(might, can´t, must

·         First Conditional

·         Second Conditional

·         Reported Speech

·         Gerunds & Infinitives

 

 

·         Movies

·         The body

·         Sentence stress

·         Diphthongs

·         Education

·         Housing

·         Shopping

·         Making nouns from verbs

 

4.Lucky encounters

8b

9a

9b

10a

10b

 

 

·         Third Conditional

·         Quantifiers

·         Relative Clauses: defining and nondefining

·         Tag Questions

 

·         Work

·         Word stress

·         Making adjectives and adverbs

·         Electronic devices

·         Phrasal verbs

·         Sentence stress

·         Linking

·         Compound nouns

·         Crime

·         Intonation in tag questions

         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADVANCED ( C1)

Culture and soft skills

Module

Lessons

Language Content

Topics

Practical English

1.Questions and answers

1a

1b

2a

2b

3a

3b

 

·         Question formation

·         Auxiliary verbs

·         Present perfect simple and continuous

·         Adjective order

·         Narrative tenses

·         Such…that

·         So

·         Adverbial phrases

 

·         Figuring out meaning from context

·         Compound adjectives, modifiers

·         Friendly intonation, showing interest

·         Sentence rhythm

·         Illnesses and injuries

·         Clothes and fashion

·         Word stress

·         Vowel sounds

·         Air travel

·         Adverbs and adverbial phrasal

·         Regular and irregular past forms

Services and systems

1.      Working with words: service convenient, user-friendly

2.      Business communication skills: Presenting. Explaining how something works

3.      Practically speaking: how to introduce information

Customers

1.      Working with words: customer service. Expectations.

2.      Business communication skills: exchanging information. Getting information.

3.      Practically speaking: starting a conversation on the phone.

Guests and visitors

1.      Working with words: business travel.

2.      Business communication skills: Socializing. Welcoming visitors.

3.      Practically speaking: how to make and respond to offers

4.      Language at work: obligation, necessity and prohibition

2. Eco-guilt

4a

4b

5a

5b

6a

6b

·         Future perfect

·         Future continuous

·         Conditionals

·         Time clauses

·         Unreal conditionals

·         Structures after wish

·         Gerunds and infinitives

·         Used to, get used to and be used to

·          

·         The environment, the weather

·         Expressions with take

·         Vowel sounds

·         Sentence stress and rhythm

·         Feelings

·         Word stress with 3 or 4 syllable adjectives

·         Music

·         Sleep

·         Words that come from other languages

·         Linking

Security

1.      Working with words: security at work.

2.      Business communication skills: Presenting. Explaining and asking about changes.

3.      Practically speaking: How to introduce and respond to news.

Working together

1.      Working with words: teamwork and partnerships.

2.      Business communication skills: Meetings. Presenting and discussing plans.

3.      Practically speaking: how to encourage people.

Logistics

1.      Working with words: Logistics and supply chains.

2.      Business communication skills: Exchanging information. Placing and handling orders.

3.      Practically speaking: how to leave a voicemail message.

 

3.Breaking news

7a

7b

8a

8b

 

·         Past modals: must, might, may, should, can’t, couldn’t + have,etc.

·         Verbs of the sentences

·         The passive(all forms)

·         Reporting verbs

·         Verbs often confused

·         The body

·         Weak form of have

·         Silent letters

·         Crime and punishment

·         The media

·         Word stress

Facilities

1.      Working with words: describing a place of work.

2.      Business communication skills: meetings. Making suggestions and recommendations.

3.      Practically speaking: How to link ideas.

Decisions

1.      Working with words: decision-making put forward an idea.

2.      Business communication skills: meetings. Participating in a discussion.

3.      Practically speaking: how to be persuasive.

Innovation

1.      Working with words: innovation and new ideas.

2.      Business communication skills: presenting. Giving a formal presentation.

3.      Practically speaking: how to respond to difficult questions.

Breakdown

1.      Working with words: breakdowns and faults.

2.      Business communication skills: Exchanging information. Discussing problems.

3.      Practically speaking: How to check someone understands.

4.      Language at work: advice and recommendation.

 

4.The dark side of the moon

9a

9b

10a

10b

·         Clauses of contrast and purpose

·         Uncountable and plural nouns

·         Quantifiers

·         Articles

 

·         Advertising

·         Business

·         Language at work

·         Business

·         Meetings. Updating and delegating tasks.

·         Speed networking.

·         Word building: prefixes and suffixes

·         Science

·         Collocation: word pairs

·         Stress in word families

·         Pausing and sentence stress

 

Processes

1.      Working with words: processes, basic procedure.

2.      Business communication skills: socializing. Planning future contact.

3.      Practically speaking: how to get someone's attention.

Performance

1.      Working with words: personal qualities.

2.      Business communication skills: meetings. Appraising performance and setting objectives.

3.      Practically speaking: how to give feedback.

Success

1.      Working with words: fact-finding and achievement. 

2.      Business communication skills: meetings. Reporting back.

3.      Practically speaking: how to generalize

 

Key Language Skills:

·         Speaking, Listening, Pronunciation, Vocabulary, Reading & Writing

Applied Learning:

·         Students practice conversation and speaking skills using practical, real-world English. They learn to write with accuracy and effectiveness, develop strategic listening skills and improve their use of grammar.

Skill Enhancement Classes:

·         Allow students to customize the program to suit their individual interests. Sample classes: Idioms, Film, Current Events, and Culture.

Materials

Students and teachers use the AMERICAN ENGLISH FILE BOOK SERIES by Oxford University as a way to guide the learning process and do extra-practice at home. The contents of the books will be completed throughout each level, and students will use the work book in order to do their homework. In the advanced level, students will also use Professional English in Use by Cambridge University in order to improve their customer service skills.

Other Resources

In our oxford learn platform students work on their individual language skills and objectives through technology-supported learning. With this platform students will have the chance to work on those aspects of your English skills which require the most attention, such as vocabulary development, reading and listening comprehension, and pronunciation.