Survival English Course
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This two month course is intended for students who wish to learn basic conversation skills so that they may function in Canada more easily. It is also for pre-intermediate learners whose grammar knowledge outweighs their communication ability. The daily lessons provide grammar and communication practice in a range of situational contexts. The tasks introduce useful and interesting vocabulary through simple controlled dialogues, leading to freer practice. On a weekly basis, the course provides opportunities for learners to practice the language introduced in the classes in real life settings.
Objectives
• Introduce self, use phrases for greeting
• Ask for help, advice
• Ask and give directions
• Order food and drinks in a restaurant / coffee shop
• Make a phone call
• Explain health problems at the pharmacy
• Distinguish between formal and informal English
• Pronounce confusable consonants well
• Express thoughts about the future
• State intentions and plans
• Describe past events and narrate using past tenses
• Make suggestions
Pre-requisite Level: 4 - 6
Course Evaluation:
Attendance & HW 10%
Participation 15%5
Contact Assignments 25%
Final Exam 50%
Course Materials: Master Binder, Handouts, Resource Library
AM Elective: 120 hrs (2 x 60 hrs)
OUTLINE
WEEK 1
Introductions
Opinion Agree/Disagree
Listening – about people
WEEK 2
Coffee shop
Ordering
Invitations
Food
WEEK 3
Restaurant
Ordering
Family
Relationships – advice
WEEK 4
Listening with a movie
Music genres
Listening to music
Vocabulary
WEEK 5
Asking for Directions
Listening to directions
Prepositions
Health Vocabulary
WEEK 6
Health problems
Human body
Making an appointment
Should and shouldn’t
Phone calls
WEEK 7
Supermarket
Identifying different foods
Travel planning
Presentation of dream trip
WEEK 8
Occupations
Writing about jobs
Interview for a job
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