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General English Courses - Sample Programme Combination
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (B1-B2)
This is a sample two-week programme for participants joining an Intermediate level (Common European Framework levels B1-B2).
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Week 1
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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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09.00-10.30
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Oral and Written Level Assessment
Orientation: The school, Valletta, Malta
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Grammar Review: Question Forms, Auxiliary verbs, Present and Past tenses
Active and Passive present and past
Speaking: Information Gap: Complete a written biography by asking questions
Feedback |
Vocabulary: Sports verbs
(hit, shoot, bowl etc)
Equipment (bat, kit, gear trainers, etc)
Speaking: Describe the actions and equipment of a sport – class guess the sport
Listening: People talking about sport
Reading and Speaking: Sport. Politics and Ethics |
Grammar Review: Contrasting uses of past narrative tenses
Speaking: Telling true past anecdotes / incidents
Phonology: Placing stress on new information |
Grammar Focus: modal verbs for obligation and advice can’t, (don’t)have to, mustn’t, should(n’t)
Listening: an elderly man talks about rules when he was at school
Speaking: Rules and conventions in my school / job |
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11.00-12.30
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Integration into new class
Speaking and Listening activities:
Getting to Know You ice-breaking communicative activities
Feedback
Writing; Reading a letter and finding and correcting the grammar, spelling and punctuation errors
HW: Write a similar letter about yourself |
Social English: Everyday idioms ( it’s my round, it’ll do you good, etc)
Listening: Responding to utterances using today’s idioms
Grammar Review: Uses of Present Simple and Continuous;
Action/State verbs
Reading: A day in the life of ..
Speaking: What are the important things in your life? |
Grammar and Vocabulary: Describing people tactfully
Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs and idioms to talk about relationships (bump into, get on with, chalk and cheese, etc)
Listening: My wife / my husband
Speaking: Tell partner about someone you know well
HW: Write about a friend. |
Vocabulary: Art, Music, Literature (painting, lyrics, novel etc)
Reading and Speaking: Jigsaw readings about famous artists, musicians, writers
Vocabulary: adjectives to give opinions about art etc (brilliant, inspired, weird)
Speaking: Musicians, writers etc I like |
Social English;
Entertaining guests (oh you shouldn’t have, help yourself, etc)
Listening:
Entertaining guests in different countries
Speaking: Entertaining guests in my country
Review of the week’s Grammar and Vocabulary
Looking ahead to next week |
NB Phonology and interactive communication are integrated into all aspects © Alan Marsh BREAK | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK |
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13.00-14.30
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Consolidation and Extension
Learning Skills:
Keeping a vocabulary notebook;
Words to describe English (nouns, pronouns, articles etc)
Classroom Language and Equipment (can you play it again, please: rub out my mistakes; rub things off the board etc) |
Consolidation and Extension
Speaking: Defining Strategies
Explaining things, actions, concepts, feelings when you don’t have the exact word in English (it’s something you use to…; it’s a kind of; it’s another words for; it’s the general word for..; it’s the opposite of..)
Vocabulary
Shapes and materials (it’s round/square; it’s made of wool/plastic/glass etc.) |
Supervised Self-Access Session:
Study and Practice areas: Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Speaking, Listening , Reading, Writing.
With a teacher |
Consolidation and Extension
Speaking/Vocabulary:
Phrasal verbs 1 |
Consolidation and Extension
Speaking/Vocabulary:
Phrasal verbs 2
Phonology: Phonetic symbols; rhyming vowels
Listening: Focus on pronunciation through a recorded song
Negotiation of next week’s programme: What would you like to do more of?
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NB Phonology and interactive communication are integrated into all aspects © Alan Marsh
Week 2
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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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09.00-10.30
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Review of Last Week.
Planning the Week Ahead
Speaking Activities: Meeting People – Keeping a Conversation Going + Review of language used |
Grammar Review and Practice Practice: Using modal verbs to speculate about the Present and Past e.g It could / might / must be….
It could have been/ may have been / must have been … |
The News Part 1
Using Various Reading Strategies to Understand a Newspaper
Discussion and Roleplays about news Events
Listening Strategies for Understanding the News in English on radio and video |
Grammar and Vocabulary Review of Wednesday’s activities:
Focus on Tense Review of Past tenses in English and the Use of the Passive in news reports. |
Class Correction of Homework
Short Test on Language Used this week + review
Computer Session: Individual Work (with teacher) Focusing on Weak Areas
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11.00-12.30
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Integrating new students
Speaking and Listening activities: Communicative activities to integrate new students
Specialised Vocabulary Areas: Describing People: Appearance and Personality
Listening Skills and Video |
Speaking and Listening:
Talking on the Telephone –Strategies, Phrases and Roleplays
Vocabulary: Understanding and saying money, dates, decimals, phone numbers
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The News Part 2
Speaking, Reading Listening and Writing: Producing a Class Newspaper in English
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Pronunciation Focus: Stress, Rhythm and Intonation
Writing and Giving A Short Spoken Presentation
Writing: Drafting an account of my language stay in Malta: Organisation of the text, vocabulary to use.
Complete for Homework |
Speaking and Listening: Plans for the Future
Grammar and Vocabulary: Focus on future Forms
Looking Ahead to next week: More Phrasal Verbs in English
Speaking and Listening: Places of Interest to Visit during the weekend | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK |
13.00-14.30 |
Consolidation and Extension
Speaking/ Vocabulary
Idioms and Fixed expressions (keep an eye on, I can’t make it then, let’s take it in turns etc) |
Consolidation and Extension
English for Travelling:
Changing money; getting a train / plane
Speaking/ Vocabulary
‘Hot’ Verbs1: domake,, have, take |
Supervised Self-Access Session:
Study and Practice areas: Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Speaking, Listening Reading, Writing. With teacher |
Consolidation and Extension
Speaking/ Vocabulary
‘Hot’ Verbs2: get
Video: A news bulletin
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Consolidation and Extension
Speaking/ Vocabulary
‘Hot’ Verbs3: go
Learning beyond the classroom: Identifying
Objectives and means |
NB Phonology and interactive communication are integrated into all aspects © Alan Marsh
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