This training course in English A1 provides you with basic training in this subject. It is important to note that the English is a language spoken all over the world, as it is the mother tongue spoken by more than 400 million people and is the foreign language most widely studied. Therefore, if you are thinking of learning a second language, English is the best choice. This training course will equip students with the knowledge they need to get by in conversations of everyday life, thereby achieving a Level A1. With the delivery of this training programme in English A1, students will acquire the vocabulary needed to cope in everyday situations and on sightseeing trips to foreign countries.
Cross-cutting
Languages
95 h
English A1
Languages
95 h
Introduction
Objectives
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Understanding and using everyday expressions very commonly used.
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Interact with simple way provided the other person speaks slowly and clearly.
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To study the verbs containing particles that are used very frequently.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. Lexical and semantic content
- Basic vocabulary related to:
- Tickets, prices and timetables. Tourism: countryside, beach, mountains. Holidays, types of accommodation (holiday lets, hotels, camping), documents, luggage.
- Formation of very common words: girlfriend, policeman.
- Most common affixes: cleaner, unhappy, impossible.
- Introduction to antonyms (tall–short) and words with similar meanings (table, desk).
- The most common false friends (conductor, library).
- Abbreviations of commonly used words (bike, fridge).
- Verbs with particles that are used very frequently (get up, come in).
- An introduction to some basic phrases: make a mistake, ask a question.
TEACHING UNIT 2. Grammar topics
- Prayer
- Nouns and adjectives
- Determinants
- Pronouns
- Verbs
- Adverbs
- Links
TEACHING UNIT 3. Spelling content
- The alphabet. Spelling.
- Graphical representation of phonemes and sounds:
- Capitalisation of proper nouns referring to people, places and other items: days of the week, months, nationalities and languages.
- Basic use of punctuation marks: full stop, colon, comma, question mark, exclamation mark, apostrophe and hyphen.
- Contracted forms (didn’t, can’t)
- Commonly used symbols: @, €, £, $
TEACHING UNIT 4. Phonetic and phonological content
- Vowel sounds and phonemes. The vowel system: Vowels: the contrast between long and short vowels.
- Consonant sounds and phonemes. The consonant system: Initial and final sequences: pronunciation of consonant clusters
- Phonological processes: devoicing, voicing, linking, assimilation and elision
- Stress and unstressed syllables: tonal patterns in the phrase. Basic patterns of rhythm and intonation.
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