Breakthrough
Focus and Suitability
Course Summary
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This course has been designed for students who are in the early years of their secondary education. Typically, they will have been learning English for 6 months or more. They will be able to use a limited range of functional phrases and will be starting to build a small vocabulary in key topic areas.
The course gives students the experience of communicating successfully in English with a native speaker, often for the first time. There is also the chance to use English collaboratively with their peers through the many varied games and activities. Students quickly come to realise that the real value of language learning lies in being able to apply their knowledge and skills to exchange ideas and information – and that this is possible even with limited language.
During the course students will consolidate and develop word-level vocabulary groups and learn an extended range of useful phrases. In addition to providing a focus for the course activities, the workbook incorporates many pages intended to function like a ‘picture dictionary’ to provide an invaluable learning resource long after the course has finished.
This course is a great confidence-builder for students who have only recently begun to learn English in a more systematic way. It aims to provide a foundation for learners’ communication skills in English and to leave them with a positive attitude that they will carry forward into their regular classes.
A1
Elementary
Target Age
10-12 years
CEF Level
A1
Length of Course
1 week
Hours per Week
25
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Core Contents
'Can do' Outcomes
I can ask and answer simple questions about myself, my family, my teacher and my friendsI can ask and answer simple questions about my life and things I can doI can greet people in different ways and have a simple conversation with themI can use dates and numbers in different formsI can name different parts of the body and tell a doctor what is wrong with meI can name different types of clothes and describe clothes, faces and hair I can understand the difference between a story in the past and a story about daily lifeI can say where things are in the classroomI can name different types of foodI can name and talk about places in a town and give directions I can go shopping for food and drinkI can complete a simple writing project and tell someone about itI can write and perform part of a show with the help of my teacher
Introducing yourself and others; expressing interests Asking and responding to questions Using and understanding numbers Body parts and talking about feeling ill Describing clothes and personal appearanceAsking and answering basic questions about the past Using common past tense verbs to tell a story Describing the location of people and objects Food, drink, containers and amounts Names of shops and buildings in a town Giving directionsShopping for food and drink
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