Course Outline

 A course outline for a class of 12 elementary adults, following the Trinity grade 3 syllabus.
 The students attend two 90 minute lessons each week. The school requires you to divide the week into Reading and Writing on Tuesday, and
Listening and Speaking on Thursdays.
 The school has class sets of books called 'Elementary Listening Tasks' and 'Elementary Reading Tasks.' These are not course books but you can use
material from them if you want to.

Course Aims:
 By the end of the course, students will be able to conduct simple conversations on everyday topics.
 They will have improved their understanding of the uses of the present continuous and present simple, and started to use the past simple.
 They should also be able to use simple links such as and, and then, but and because.
 There will be a strong emphasis on pronunciation throughout the course.
Objectives:
 Students will achieve these aims through reading and listening comprehension practice and a range of speaking and writing activities.
 Students will give short presentations in pairs at the end of the course.
Week Tuesday 6.00-7.30 pm – Reading and Writing Thursday 6.00-7.30 pm – Listening and Speaking
1 Getting-to-know-you activities/Needs analysis Aims: To expand and practise language for talking about basic
personal information
Activities: 1. Short listening comprehension – interviewer asks
Materials/Activities: Find some-one-who, paired interviews someone about their typical day
2. Interviews – students interview each other to practise language
from interview.
Topic: Home life.

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Week Tuesday 6.00-7.30 pm – Reading and Writing Thursday 6.00-7.30 pm – Listening and Speaking
1 Language:
Functions: Describing daily routines and times, giving basic
personal information including dates.
Vocabulary: Giving dates, prepositions of time on, in, at (e.g., my
birthday is on 1st March).
Grammar: Asking each other simple questions about everyday life.
Pronunciation: Focus on the use of contractions (e.g., I'm, isn't, he's,
etc.). Basic stress and intonation patterns for words, short sentences
and simple questions.
Materials: Listening Comprehension from U3 'Elementary Listening
Tasks' - Worksheets to help students construct interview questions.

2 Aims: To revise and practise language from last lesson Aims: To expand and practise language for talking about sports and
- To learn new vocabulary for describing rooms hobbies
Activities: 1. Reading comprehension – an account of someone's Activities: 1. Short listening comprehension – short video report
working day including place descriptions about popular sports and hobbies in the UK
2. Describing own houses/place of work – picture dictation in pairs, 2. Role plays – students role play people from video
short writing activity 3. Class survey – students design own survey in pairs then ask
Language: questions round the class to complete.
Function: Describing daily routines and times, describing houses/ Topic: Free time.
places of work and rooms. Language:
Vocabulary: Giving dates, rooms, furniture, prepositions of Vocabulary: Describing sports and hobbies.
place/time. Function: Expressing ability and inability.
Materials: Reading comp from U2 'Elementary Reading Tasks' Grammar: can and can't (e.g., I can swim, I can't play the violin)
Pictures of houses and places of work
Materials: 'Learn English Conversation' video

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Week Tuesday 6.00-7.30 pm – Reading and Writing Thursday 6.00-7.30 pm – Listening and Speaking
3 Aims: To introduce and practise present continuous to describe Aims: To give students freer practice of present continuous to
actions in progress describe actions in progress
Activities: Activities:
1. Reading comprehension to introduce target language in context 1. Watch video (sound down) of animals – make commentary in
2. PPP lesson using examples from reading comp as context pairs, compare original commentary. Correct and practice.
3. Controlled practice activities: Describing what people in pictures 2. Mime game + Q&A for further practice.
are doing. Language:
Language: Function: Describing current activities of real people (mime
game?).
Vocabulary: verbs describing actions, revision of rooms, furniture. Grammar: present continuous – asking each other simple questions
Prepositions. (Is he washing the car?, What are you doing?, etc.).
Grammar: present continuous affirmative and negative (e.g. he is Pronunciation: Basic stress and intonation patterns for words,
washing the car, she isn't running). short sentences and simple questions.
Materials: Reading comp from U4 'Elementary Reading Tasks' Materials: YouTube video of animals
Pictures and worksheets for controlled practice
4 Aims: To introduce and practise vocabulary for describing places. Aims: To provide further practice of vocabulary for describing
To introduce past simple of verb 'to be' for describing states in the places and past simple of verb 'to be.'
past' (e.g. The museum was originally a rich family's house). To introduce language for giving directions
Activities: Activities: 1. Listening comprehension – someone describing a place
1. Reading comprehension - Places in the local area – reading short they visited on holiday – students complete details on map
descriptions of places, including examples of was/were 2. Giving directions – pair work using simple maps
2. Writing own descriptions of local places using target language Language:
Language: Function: Giving and asking for very simple directions and
Vocabulary/grammar: locations.
Past tense of the verb to be. Vocabulary/grammar: Introduce/revise some of:
Vocabulary for describing buildings and settings

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 Prepositions of movement: from, to, up, down, along, across.
Week Tuesday 6.00-7.30 pm – Reading and Writing Thursday 6.00-7.30 pm – Listening and Speaking
4 Materials: Reading text – simplified version of tourist information Prepositions of time: on, in, at.
brochure Prepositions of place: near, in front of, behind, opposite.
Past tense of the verb to be.
Link words: and, and then.
Materials: Listening Comprehension from U6 'Elementary
Listening Tasks'
Maps, pictures to illustrate prepositions of location

5 Aim: Consolidation of language from last two lessons First half: Revision Lesson - games and activities to cover all areas
- to look at use of link words looked at so far.
Activities: 1. Reading comprehension Second half:
2. Planning written work in small groups Aims: Improve listening skills. Introduce vocabulary related to
Language: giving presentations
Topic/function: Describing a journey, reading comprehension – Activities:
further work on:
Listening Comprehension: Short video on how to give a
Vocabulary/grammar: Prepositions, Past tense of the verb to be. presentation
Link words and, and then, but, because
Speaking preparation: Put students in pairs to prepare mini-
Write a story about a journey for homework. presentations (10 mins each) on a topic of their choice in weeks 8
Materials: Reading comprehension about my journey from the UK and 9.
to here (I will write text) Language:
Vocabulary: Basic phrases for presentations Today we are talking
about, first, here you can see, have you got any questions? Etc.
Materials:
Materials for games and activities
Video

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 Vocabulary sheet

Week Tuesday 6.00-7.30 pm – Reading and Writing Thursday 6.00-7.30 pm – Listening and Speaking
6 Progress test (45 minutes) First half of lesson: Return tests
Work in pairs on preparing their mini-presentations. Activities to review weak areas in test.
They can get support from me in this lesson. The rest of the Second half of lesson:
preparation must be done as homework.
Aims: To introduce and practise language for talking about jobs and
Materials: describing work routines.
Test
Activities: 1. Short listening comprehension
2. Paired interviews
Materials:
Marked tests, materials for review activities
Listening Comprehension from U7 'Elementary Listening Tasks'
7 Aims: Aims:
1. To provide further practice of language for talking about jobs and 1. To provide further practice of common regular verbs in the past
describing work routines. simple.
2. Introduce some common regular verbs in the past simple. 2. Introduce common irregular verbs in the past simple (go, come,
get).
Activities: 3. To introduce weather vocabulary
1. reading comprehension.
2. Controlled practice (speaking and writing) of some common Activities:
regular verbs in the past simple. 1. Listening comprehension – description of a holiday, revise
language for describing places and the past simple, introduce
Language: weather vocabulary.
Grammar: past simple 2. Freer speaking practice: Ask each other simple questions using the
Vocabulary/topic: work past simple and weather vocabulary.
Pronunciation of past tense endings. Materials: Listening Comprehension from U8 'Elementary Listening

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 Materials: Reading comp from U7 'Elementary Reading Tasks' Tasks'
Worksheet
Week Tuesday 6.00-7.30 pm – Reading and Writing Thursday 6.00-7.30 pm – Listening and Speaking
8 Aims: Consolidation of language from last two lessons First half of lesson:
Activities: Three mini-presentations, followed by questions and answers from
1. Grammar exercises Further work on the past simple, weather and students.
holiday vocabulary.
2. Reading comprehension Second half of lesson:
Aim: Practise intensive listening skills
Materials: Worksheet Activities:
Short story from MacMillan Elementary Graded readers series Listen to a song (with past simple) – gap fill Lost Boy Ruth B
Pre-teach vocab, Introduce Peter Pan briefly when pre-teaching
vocab for song.
Materials: Video clip of Peter Pan, Video of Lost Boy
Gap fill Lost Boy worksheet - Vocabulary worksheet
9 First half of lesson: Three mini-presentations, followed by Revision: Teams – competition: Vocabulary and grammar games to
questions and answers from students. cover all areas looked at so far.
Second half of lesson: Materials: As needed for activities selected
Aims: To practice extensive reading and recycle vocabulary
Activities: Reading comprehension and discussion
Writing homework – write a story incorporating words from a list
Materials: Short story? (If they enjoyed the MacMillan one in last
lesson or I will adapt or write myself to incorporate lots of the
language we have looked at. If they didn't like doing a short story,
Reading comp from U10 'Elementary Reading Tasks' )
Vocabulary list to revise for homework

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10 End of course test -Feedback on presentations. End of course party – students bring in snacks, watch a short video or
listen to a song. Give back tests.

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