English Language (Elementary) in Middlesex

English Language (Elementary) syllabus has a multi-layered structure, which includes a comprehensive grammar and vocabulary syllabus, incorporating systemic work on listening, speaking, reading and writing. It has an integrated approach to pronunciation, and includes learner training and revision. The programme encourages learners to use the language they know, even at this relatively low level.

This particular English Language (Elementary) 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 (giving personal information, buying a ticket, write a diary in English, street talk, 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

Syllabus

Module 1
1) Names and Countries
2) Personal information: be
3) Is or are
4) Negative sentences
5) Personal questions: be
6) Short answers
7) Possessive adjectives
8) Indefinite article: a(n)
9) Vocabulary: jobs
10) Vocabulary booster: countries and nationalities
11) Listen and read
12) Punctuation: capital letters
13) Improve you writing: Addresses in English
14) Pronunciation Practice

Module 2
1) Identifying objects: this, that, these, those
2) a/a or ? with objects and plurals
3) have/has got
4) 's = is or has?
5) Adjectives and nouns
6) Vocabulary booster: More everyday objects
7) Vocabulary: Relationship vocabulary
8) Listen and read
9) Possessive's
10) Spelling: Plurals
11) Pronunciation: The sounds /s/ and /z/
12) Prepositions
13) Improve your writing: Writing about people in your family

Module 3
1) Present Simple: Questions
Negatives
Positive and negative
Questions and short answers
2) Subject and object pronouns
3) Vocabulary: Collocations with common verbs
4) Vocabulary booster: buildings
5) Listen and read
6) Prepositions; in, at or to
7) Opposites
8) Pronunciation: The letter i
9) Improve you writing: Commas, full stops, and and but
10) Too, both and neither

Module 4
1) Present Simple: Spelling
2) Present Simple with he/she/it
Short answers
Negatives
Positives and negatives
Questions
3) Adverbs of frequency
4) Activity verbs
5) Word order: frequency adverbs, auxiliaries
6) Vocabulary booster: everyday activities
7) Like, love hate + -ing
8) Listen and read
9) Pronunciation: plural nouns with /s/, /z/ and /iz/.
10) Improve you writing: A paragraph about a friend

Module 5
1) Can/can't
Short answers
2) Articles: a and he
3) Most, a lot of, some, not many
4) Listen and read
5) Prepositions
6) Vocabulary: Means of transport
7) Vocabulary booster: travel
8) Pronunciation: The letter a
9) Spelling
10) Improve you writing :
Completing an immigration form

Module 6
1) Countable and uncountable nouns
2) Vocabulary: Food
3) There is/there are
Short answers
4) Some and any
5) Some any, a(n) and no
6) Vocabulary booster: things to eat
7) Listen and read
8) Questions with how much and how many
9) Vocabulary: Containers: a cup of, a glass of, a bottle of
10) Pronunciation: Sentence stress
11) Improve you writing: Describing food from your country

Module 7
1) Past Simple: was/were
Short answers
2) Past Simple: Spelling of -ed endings
Regular verbs
Irregular verbs
Regular and irregular verbs
3) Past time phrases
4) Prepositions of time
5) Pronunciation: Past tense endings
6) Vocabulary booster: common verbs
7) Listen and read
8) Ordinal numbers
9) Improve your writing: Time linkers: before, after, then

Module 8
1) Vocabulary: Common verbs in the past tense
2) Past Simple: Negative
Questions
Short answers
3) Question words
4) Past Simple: Positive, negative and question forms
5) Prepositions
6) Pronunciation: Past forms
7) Vocabulary booster: Books, magazines and newspapers
8) Listen and read
9) Improve your writing: A diary

Module 9
1) Adjectives: opposites
2) Comparative adjectives
3) Superlative adjectives
4) Comparative and superlative adjectives
5) Vocabulary: Shops and shopping
6) Pronunciation: comparatives
7) One and ones
8) Improve your writing: Describing a place
9) Listen and read
10) Vocabulary booster: a supermarket

Module 10
1) Spelling: ing forms
2) Present Continous
Question words
Short answers
All forms
3) Present Continuous and Present Simple
4) Vocabulary: Describing people
5) 's
6) Vocabulary: Clothes
7) Listen and read
8) Improve your writing: Correcting mistakes
9) Pronunciation: Stress in questions

Module 11
1) Can/can't for ability: Questions and short answers
2) Question words
3) Word order in questions
4) Articles
5) Vocabulary booster: animals
6) Listen and read
7) More about numbers
8) Pronunciation: Numbers
9) Improve your writing: Full stops, apostrophes and question marks

Module 12
1) Future plans: going to
Want to
Would like to and want to
2) Future forms
3) Vocabulary: Ways to spend the weekend
4) Word combination with go, have ,stay
5) Suggestions and offers
6) Pronunciation: I'll, we'll
7) Future time expressions
8) Talking about he weather
9) Prepositions
10) Listen and read
11) Vocabulary: Definitions
12) Improve your writing: Write about a popular holiday place

Module 13
1) Present Perfect
Positive and negative
Questions and short answers
2) Irregular past participles
3) Spelling: Regular past particles
4) Ever, before, never, always
5) Definite and zero article
6) Articles: a, an and the
7) Vocabulary booster: the post
8) Pronunciation: Past participles
9) Improve your writing: Writing a note

Module 14
1) Have to, don't have to
Questions and short answers
2) Have to, don't have to, can, can't
3) Vocabulary: Town facilities
4) Prepositions of movement
5) Listen and read: Unusual place to visit
6) Vocabulary

Module 15
1) Infinitive of purpose
2) Might, might not
3) Will and won't (probably)
4) Might (not), will and won't
5) Infinitives with and without to
6) Vocabulary: Education and learning
7) Listen and read
8) Vocabulary booster: in and Internet café
9) Pronunciation: Contracted forms
10) Improve your writing:
Abbreviations on application form (Mr, Mrs, Dr, n/a)

Duration      UK/EU Nationals      Overseas Students already in the UK    Overseas Students

6 Months            £400                                             £400                                             N/A  

1 Year                 £700                                            £700                                           £1200

Students have the options to sit examination for Pitman Qualifications.