General English - Elementary

(i) Course Book Details
Soars, J and Soars, L, New Headway Elementary Student’s book, 3rd Edition, OUP. ISBN: 0-19-471509-4-

(ii) Expected Learner Outcomes
Expected learner outcomes are based on descriptors from the Common European Framework and European Language Portfolio level A1/A2.

Speaking
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
•Talk about personal situations in a limited number of topic areas.
•Talk about the present.
•Ask questions with some help.
•Communicate with help and some mistakes.

Listening
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
•Understand main points of controlled speech
•Understand some radio and tv with help
•Understand simple personal conversations
•Understand most of what the teacher says, but still have difficulty with other native speakers

Reading
By the end of this course, learner will be able to:
•Understand the main points of these simple texts: postcards, letters, diaries, stories, instructions, maps, and timetables.
•Read comfortably at 60 words per minute.

Writing
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
•Write simple texts with clear meaning and reasonable accuracy.

(iii) Syllabus
Grammar
Verb To Be (Pres.simple/past simple)
Possessive adjectives
Possessive ’s
Present Simple
There is/are
Wh- questions
Prepositions of place
This,that,these,those
Can/can’t/could
Past Simple
Count/uncount nouns
I’d like/ I like
a/some/much/many
Comparatives and superlatives
Have got
Present continuous
Whose
Possessive pronouns
Going to future
Infinitive of purpose
Adjectives and adverbs
Present perfect/yet/just

Functional
Simple Greetings
Meeting people
Buying and selling
Telling the time
Saying sorry
Asking for clarification
Directions
On the phone
What’s the date
Special occasions
Polite offers/requests
Making suggestions

Vocabulary / Topical
Countries
Everyday objects
Plural nouns
The family
Opposite adjectives
Food and drink
Leisure activities
Rooms
Things in the house
Places in town
Languages
Collocations
Relationships
Silent letters
Phonetic symbols
City and country
Clothes
Describing people
At the airport
Feelings
At the Chemist’s

(iv) Further Information
This syllabus will be supplemented using additional resources according to the needs of the learners.