Students learn to communicate needs, opinions, and feelings as well as to describe present and past events in complete sentences. Listening practice stresses commonly used English expressions for social survival. An introduction to the grammatical skills required for basic communication in English. Vocabulary and fundamental grammatical structures are presented contextually, and students practice these structures in discussions designed for pair or group interaction and in writing exercises. An introduction to basic reading and vocabulary.
Students develop prediction and intuition skills through reading exercises.
The course includes exercises in learning to skim, scan, and guess the meaning of words contextually. Vocabulary is presented in lexical groupings which make vocabulary easier to remember and reproduce. An introduction to writing techniques and practice in applying grammatical forms and structural concepts to written tasks. Students discuss familiar topics and do activities which serve as brainstorming sessions for writing assignments. Students present role-plays and situational activities that involve working cooperatively in pairs or groups.