General English Course for Adults

Book: Face2Face
Elementary 1 (Level 4)

Course aim*

Through this course, learners can understand sentences and frequently used expressions
related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information,
shopping, local geography, employment). They can introduce oneself and others and can ask
and answer questions about personal details such as where they live and people they know.
Learners can also communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct
exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Finally, they can describe in simple
terms aspects of their background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate
need.

The course is divided into 3 levels: Elementary 1, Elementary 2 and Elementary 3. Each level is
33 hours of instruction.
Course objectives*

Skill Description

• Learners can understand phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary

related to areas of most immediate personal relevance, (e.g. very basic
Listening personal and family information, shopping, local area employment).
• They can catch the main point in short, clear, simple messages and
announcements.
• Learners can read very short, simple texts.
• They can find specific, predictable information in simple everyday material
Reading
such as advertisements, prospectuses, menus and timetables and can
understand short simple personal letters.
• Learners can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple
and direct exchange of information on familiar topics and activities.
• They can handle very short social exchanges, even though they can’t
Speaking usually understand enough to keep the conversation going themselves.
• They can use a series of phrases and sentences to describe in simple terms
their family and other people, living conditions, their educational
background and their present or most recent job.
• Learners can write short, simple notes and messages relating to matters in
areas of immediate need.
Writing
• They can write a very simple personal letter, for example, thanking
someone for something.
* Aims and objectives are guided by the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) descriptors.

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Face2Face Elementary (Level 1) Syllabus
Description
Course title Elementary 1
Course code
Number of weeks 6 weeks
Sessions per week 2 sessions
Contact hours per session 3 hours
Total contact hours 36 hours

Outline

Supplementary
Unit Session Learning points
materials/Quizzes
Session 1 Objectives
Vocabulary: countries and nationalities - jobs; a and an. At the conference be:
Grammar: be (1): positive and Wh- questions - subject pronouns and possessive adjectives. positive and Wh- questions;
Reading & listening: following and understanding short conversations of people at a conference - countries, Teacher’s Book,
phone numbers. p.152
Speaking: introducing yourself and people - talking about phone numbers and jobs.
To be achieved through
• Unit 1A [All exercises].
• Unit 1B [ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].
Some practice activities can be set for homework if needed.
Session 2 Objectives
Vocabulary: numbers 20-100. Short answer dominoes,
Reading: Personal information. Teacher’s Book, p.153
Listening& video: three conversations of people at a conference.
Help with listening: sentence stress (1) - hiring a car - asking people to repeat things. What’s in a name?
Grammar: be (2): negative, yes/no questions and short answers. Teacher’s Book, p. 219
Unit 1

Speaking: interviewing people in a conference list - asking for personal details - hiring a car.
To be achieved through

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 • Unit 1B [ex. 7, 8, 10, 11, 12].
• Unit 1C [ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9].
Some practice activities can be set for homework if needed.
Session 3 Objectives
Vocabulary: personal possessions – plurals - this, that, these, those - adjectives (1); adjective word At the car hire office
order and very. Teacher’s Book, p. 154
Listening: word stress and syllables.
Speaking: asking about things in the classroom.
Reading: understanding addresses and hotel registration forms.
Writing: filling in a hotel registration form using capital letters and addresses.
To be achieved through
• Unit 1D [ex. 1, 2, 4, 6 ,7, 8]
• Reading & Writing Portfolio 1 (Workbook, pp. 64-65) Optional / Homework
• Unit 2A [ex. 1, 2, 3].
Some practice activities can be set for homework if needed.
Session 4 Objectives
Vocabulary: family. Quiz 1
Grammar: have got: positive and negative, questions and short answers.
Reading: understanding texts about ‘what’s important to me?’ / The Browns family. Harry and Harriet
Listening: listening to a survey in a shop for specific information. Teacher’s Book, p. 155
Speaking: talking about personal possessions.
To be achieved through
• Unit 2A [ex. 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13].
• Unit 2B [ex. 1, 2, 3, 4]
Some practice activities can be set for homework if needed.
Session 5 Objectives
Vocabulary: time words. What’s in a name?
Listening& video: listening for specific information in a conversation about family - times and prices Teacher’s Book, p. 219
– watching a video at the cinema.
Reading: understanding adverts for an exhibition and for a cinema. Time and money
Grammar: possessive ‘s. Teacher’s Book, p. 156
Unit 2

Speaking: talking about family –telling the time - saying prices - buying tickets.
To be achieved through

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 • Unit 2B [ex. 5, 6, 8, 9, 11]
• Unit 2C [All exercises]
Some practice activities can be set for homework if needed.
Session 6 Objectives
Vocabulary: things in a house - prepositions of place. Where is it?
Speaking: asking questions with whose…. Teacher’s Book, p. 157]
Reading: understanding short texts about people’s possessions
Writing: writing about my possessions using correct punctuation and capital letters.
To be achieved through Personal possessions
• Unit 2D [ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Teacher’s Book, p. 202
• Reading & Writing Portfolio 2 (Workbook, pp. 66-67) Optional / Homework
• Unit 3A [ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7]
Some practice activities can be set for homework if needed.
Session 7 Objectives
Vocabulary: daily routines - free time activities. Quiz 2
Listening: listening for specific information in a conversation at an office party.
Speaking: talking about daily routines. World routines
Grammar: present simple (1): positive and Wh- questions (I/you/we/they). Teacher’s Book, p. 158
Reading: reading an article about an actress for gist and specific information.
To be achieved through Daily routines
• Unit 3A [9, 10, 11, 12] Teacher’s Book, p. 203
• Unit 3B [ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Some practice activities can be set for homework if needed.
Session 8 Objectives
Grammar: present simple (2): negative and yes/no questions (I/you/we/they) Time phrase snap
Speaking: talking about important dates. Teacher’s Book, p. 159
Vocabulary: time phrases with on, in, at, every – months - dates.
Listening& video: conversations about dates - a video/conversation about a birthday present.
To be achieved through
• Unit 3B [ex. 6, 8, 9, 10]
Unit 3

• Unit 3C [ex. 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, 6, 8, 9, 11]

Some practice activities can be set for homework if needed.

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 Session 9 Objectives
Vocabulary: frequency adverbs. Snakes and ladders
Grammar: subject and object pronouns. Teacher’s Book, p. 160
Listening: listening for specific information to someone doing a questionnaire.
Reading: understanding a questionnaire – understanding important information about people’s daily My day-to-day life
lives (job, family, daily routine, free time, etc.). Teacher’s Book, p. 220
Writing: writing a learner profile using connecting words: and, but, because.
To be achieved through Nouns, verbs and adjectives
• Unit 3D [ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Teacher’s Book, p. 234
• Reading & Writing Portfolio 3 (Workbook, pp. 68-69)
• Unit 4A [ex. 1, 2, 3]
Session 10 Vocabulary: free time activities - things you like and don’t like - verb+ ing
Reading: reading an email for specific information. Quiz 3
Grammar: present simple (3): positive and negative (he/she/it) - present simple (4): questions and
short answers (he/she/it) Verbs and nouns
Listening: listening for specific information in a conversation about ‘life at the observatory’. Teacher’s Book, p. 161
Speaking: talking about free time activities.
To be achieved through
• Unit 4A [ex. 5, 6, 7]
• Unit 4B [ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8]
Some practice activities can be set for homework if needed.
Session 11 Objectives Speaking Test
Vocabulary: food and drink - countable and uncountable nouns.
Grammar: A TV presenter’s weekend
Reading: understanding everyday material; e.g., a café menu - finding the most relevant information Teacher’s Book, pp. 162-163
in adverts for restaurants (opening times, types of food, etc.).
Listening & video: a conversation/video at the Sun Café for relevant information - a conversation Food Teacher’s Book, pp.
between a chef and his assistance for relevant information. 164
Speaking: requests and offers
Writing: an email
To be achieved through
Unit 4

• Unit 4C [ex. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7]
• Unit 4D [1, 4, 5, 6, 7]

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 • Reading & Writing Portfolio 4 (Workbook, pp. 70-71)
Some practice activities can be set for homework if needed.
Session 12
Final Test

Assessment General Guidelines

A. Assessments
1. Learners will have five assessments at regular intervals in each level:

Assessment Session How will the student be assessed? Timing Percentage

(Elementary 1) of course work
(Reading): Read a simple passage and respond to questions.
1 4 a. (Structure): Answer vocabulary, grammar and functional language 30 15%
questions. minutes
a. (Listening): Listen to a short track and respond to questions.
2 7 b. (Structure): Answer vocabulary, grammar and functional language 30 15%
questions. minutes
a. (Writing): Write a short text.
3 10 b. (Structure): Answer vocabulary, grammar and functional language 45 15%
questions. minutes
a. (Speaking): Respond to personal questions, describe a photo or 15% (= 10% final test + 5%
4 11 30
prepare a short talk about a topic. participation)
minutes
Final Test:
a. (Listening): Listen to a short track/s and respond to questions. 2 hours
b. (Reading): Read a simple passage/s and respond to questions.
5 12 40% (10% for each section)
c. (Writing): Write a short text.
d. (Structure): Answer vocabulary, grammar and functional language
questions.

To pass the level, learners must achieve a total of 60% to be able to take the certificate.

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