Corso di inglese B1.1A
ID CORSO 279528 – Edizione n. 1242-ATT-845-E-1
Il corso si terrà in presenza ogni giovedì dal 19/09 al 09/01
Orario 14:00 – 16:00
Sede: scuola Borgese
Course content
1 Welcome to the class
Topic: Introductions.
Grammar and vocabulary: The verb ‘be’ (positive form), subject pronouns, days of the week, numbers 0-20.
Skills focus: Listening – matching, gap fill, listening for gist. Pronunciation – vowel sounds, word stress. Speaking – introducing yourself.
2 One world
Topic: Countries and nationalities.
Grammar and vocabulary: The verb ‘be’ (negative and questions), countries and nationalities, numbers 21-100.
Skills focus: Pronunciation – weak vowel sounds, consonant sounds, word stress. Speaking – asking and answering questions. Reading – gap fill. Listening – listening for numbers.
3 What’s your email?
Topic: Classroom language, giving personal information.
Grammar and vocabulary: Possessive adjectives, classroom language.
Skills focus: Listening – following instructions, listening for information. Pronunciation – vowel sounds, letters of the alphabet, sentence stress. Speaking – giving personal information, information exchange. Writing – completing a form.
4 Are you tidy or untidy?
Topic: Objects.
Grammar and vocabulary: Singular and plural nouns, common objects, prepositions: in, on, under.
Skills focus: Pronunciation – final ‘s’ and ‘es’. Speaking – saying where things are, giving information about objects. Listening – ordering, table completion.
5 Made in America
Topic: America.
Grammar and vocabulary: Adjectives, colours, modifiers (very, quite, etc.)
Skills focus: Speaking – asking and answering questions, describing objects using adjectives, describing a picture. Pronunciation – long and short vowel sounds. Reading – matching headings to paragraphs, true/false sentences.
6 Slow down!
Topic: Feelings, using imperatives.
Grammar and vocabulary: Imperatives, ‘let’s’, feelings.
Skills focus: Speaking – talking about feelings. Listening – listening for information, listening for gist, gap fill. Reading – checking information. Speaking – role-playing conversations. Pronunciation – linking.
7 Britain: the good and the bad
Topic: Living in Britain.
Grammar and vocabulary: Present simple (positive and negative forms), verb phrases.
Skills focus: Reading – gap fill, reading for gist, matching. Pronunciation – third person -s. Speaking – talking about your country.
8 9 to 5
Topic: Jobs.
Grammar and vocabulary: Present simple (questions), jobs.
Skills focus: Reading – gapped text. Pronunciation – vowel sounds. Listening – listening for information, listening for gist. Speaking – asking and answering questions about jobs.
9 Love me, love my dog
Topic: Asking questions.
Grammar and vocabulary: Question words, word order in questions.
Skills focus: Listening – matching, listening for gist, gap fill. Pronunciation – sentence stress. Speaking – interviewing a partner. Writing – a personal profile.
10 Family photos
Topic: Family.
Grammar and vocabulary: Possessive ‘s, ‘Whose…?’, family vocabulary.
Skills focus: Reading – reading for gist. Pronunciation – vowel sounds. Listening – table completion. Speaking – asking and answering questions.
11 From morning to night
Topic: Daily routine.
Grammar and vocabulary: Daily routine, prepositions of time and place.
Skills focus: Speaking – talking about daily routines, interviewing a partner. Pronunciation – linking. Reading – reading for gist, reading for information. Listening – gap fill. Writing – an article.
12 Blue Zones
Topic: Blue Zones.
Grammar and vocabulary: Months of the year, adverbs and expressions of frequency.
Skills focus: Reading – reading for gist. Pronunciation – the letter ‘h’. Speaking – exchanging information. Listening – true/false sentences, listening for information.
13 Vote for me!
Topic: Talent competitions.
Grammar and vocabulary: Can/can’t, verb phrases.
Skills focus: Listening – listening for information. Pronunciation – sentence stress. Speaking – interviewing a partner, retelling information that you’ve been told.
14 A quiet life?
Topic: Noisy neighbours.
Grammar and vocabulary: Present continuous, verbs and phrases connected to ‘noise’.
Skills focus: Reading – reading for gist. Speaking – talking about noisy neighbours, describing pictures. Listening – gap fill, sentence completion, listening for gist. Pronunciation – the letters ‘ng’ and ‘nk’.
15 A city for all seasons
Topic: The weather and seasons, London.
Grammar and vocabulary: Present simple versus present continuous, the weather and seasons.
Skills focus: Listening – true/false sentences. Speaking – asking and answering questions, talking about things to do in London, role-playing a taxi journey. Reading – matching. Pronunciation – pronouncing he names of London attractions. Writing – social media posts.
16 A North African story
Topic: A story.
Grammar and vocabulary: Object pronouns, words in a story.
Skills focus: Speaking – talking about reading habits, telling a story. Reading and listening – reading and listening to a story, reading and listening for information. Pronunciation – vowel sounds.
17 The third Friday in June
Topic: The date, likes.
Grammar and vocabulary: Like (+ ing verb), the date, ordinal numbers.
Skills focus: Pronunciation – similar consonant sounds, saying the date. Listening – listening for numbers. Reading – reading for gist, gap fill. Speaking – interviewing a partner. Writing – writing comments for a forum.
18 Making music
Topic: Music.
Grammar and vocabulary: Vocabulary related to music, ‘be’ or ‘do’?
Skills focus: Listening – table completion, true/false sentences. Speaking – interviewing a partner, talking about music. Pronunciation – ‘y’ and ‘u’ sounds. Writing – an informal email.
