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Topics

Functions

Grammar

Listening

Hours

1

It’s nice to meet you.

Alphabet; greetings and leave-takings; names and titles of address; numbers 1-10 and phone numbers

Introducing yourself and friends; saying hello and goodbye; asking for names and phone numbers

Possessive adj-s my, your, his, her; the verb be: affirmative statements and contractions

Linked sounds

Listening for the spelling of names and phone numbers

2 lessons /3 hours

2

What’s this?

Possessions, classroom objects, personal items, and locations in a room

Naming objects; asking for and giving the location of an object

Articles a, an, and the; this/it and these/they; plurals; yes/no and where questions with be; prepositions of place

Listening to find the location of an item

Pronunciation of plural s

3 lessons/4hours 30 mins

3

Where are you from?

Cities, countries and regions; adjectives of personality; numbers to 100 and age

Talking about geographical locations; asking for and giving information about places of origin, nationality, native language, and age describing people

The verb be: affirmative and negative statements, yes/no questions, short answers, and Wh-questions

Listening for countries and languages; listening to descriptions of people:  Syllabic stress of numbers; blending with is and are

3 lessons/4hours 30 mins

4

I’m not wearing boots!

Clothing; colors; seasons of the year; weather

Asking about and describing clothing; talking about the weather; finding the owner of an item

Possessive adj-s our, their, and possessives of names; present continuous affirmative and negative statement; isn’t and aren’t; conjunctions and & but; color adj-s before noun

Listening for descriptions of clothing

Sentence stress and rhythm

3 lessons/4hours 30 mins

5

What are you doing?

Times of the day, clock time; daily activities, Saturday activities

Asking for and telling time; asking about and describing current activities

Questions with what time; what+ doing and Wh-questions with the present continuous; conjunction so

Listening for the time; listening to identify what people are doing

Question intonation

3 lessons/4hours 30 mins

6

We live in the suburbs.

Places and transportation; family relationships; daily routines; days of the week

Asking for and giving information about where people live and how they go to work or school; talking about family member; talking about daily routines

Simple present statement with regular and  irregular verbs; simple present yes/no and Wh-questions; time expressions

Listening to people describe how they go to work or school; listening for days of the week Pronunciation of third-person singular s

4 lessons/6 hours

7

Does the apartment have a view?  Houses and apartments; rooms; furniture

Asking about and describing homes; saying what furniture is in a room

Simple present short answers; how many; there is; there are; there’s no, there isn’t a there are no, there aren’t any

Listening to descriptions of houses and apartments; listening to people shop for furniture  Pronunciation of th

3 lessons/4hours 30 mins

8

What do you do?

Occupations and workplaces

Asking for and giving information about work; giving opinions about jobs

Simple present Wh-questions with do; placement of adj-s before nouns; descriptive adj-s for occupations

Listening to people describe their jobs

Reduction of do and does

3 lessons/4hours 30 mins

9

Broccoli is good for you.

Food Pyramid: basic foods; desserts; meals

Talking about foods that are good or bad for you, food likes and dislikes, and eating habits; talking about food items you need

Countable and uncountable nouns; some and any; adverbs of frequency: always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, never

Listening for people’s food preferences

Sentence stress

3 lessons/4hours 30 mins

10

You can play baseball really well.

Sports; talents and abilities

Talking about sports you like and dislike; talking about talents and abilities

Simple present Wh-questions; can for ability

Listening for people’s favorite sports; listening to people describe their talents

Pronunciation of can and can’t

3 lessons/4hours 30 mins

11

What are you going to do?

Months and dates; birthdays, holidays, and celebrations

Saying dates; asking about birthdays; asking for and giving information about future plans, holidays, and celebrations

The future with be going to: Wh-question with be going to; future time expressions

Listening to people talk about evening plans

Pronunciation of going to

3 lessons/4hours 30 mins

12

What’s the matter?

Parts of the body; health problems and advice; medications

Talking about illnesses and health problems; giving advice; giving instructions

Have + noun; feel + adj; affirmative and negative imperatives

Listening to people talk about health problems; listening for medications and instructions  Sentence stress

3 lessons/4hours 30 mins

13

You can’t miss it.

Stores and things you can buy; locations in a city; tourist attractions

Talking about shopping; asking for and giving location and directions

Prepositions of place: on, on the corner of, across from, next to, between; giving directions with imperatives

Listening to people talk about shopping; listening to directions   Intonation for checking information

3 lessons/4hours 30 mins

14

Did you have a good weekend?

Weekends; household chores and leisure activities

Asking for and giving information about activities in the recent past

Simple past statement with regular and irregular verbs; simple past yes/no questions and short answers

Listening to people talk about their past weekend activities   Pronunciation of regular simple past verb endings: /t/, /d/, /id/

3 lessons/4hours 30 mins

15

Where were you born?

Biographical information; years; school subjects

Asking for and giving information about date and place of birth, school experiences, and the recent past

Statement and questions with the past of be; Wh-questions with did, was, and were

Listening for place and date of birth

Pronunciation of negative contractions

3 lessons/4hours 30 mins

16

Please leave us a message.

Telephone calls and invitations; going out with friends

Making phone calls; leaving phone messages; inviting people and accepting and declining invitations; making excuses

Object pronouns;

verb + to + verb; would

Listening to people make phone calls; listening for information in telephone messages

Pronunciation of want to and have to

3 lessons/4hours 30 mins