Course Overview
The English File Beginner course materials are designed for adult
learners to quickly master the 6 skills of grammar, vocabulary,
pronunciation, speaking, listening and reading, using the
direct method to simplify learning by starting with everyday
examples.
Curriculum
Oxford University Press
Prerequisites
This course is designed for participants with no
English Language Skills.
Certification Exam
IESOL - Preliminary A1
Those who successfully complete this exam will be awarded
the City & Guilds IESOL Preliminary A1 qualification (International
English for Speakers of Other Languages).
About City & Guilds
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ago, City & Guilds is the leading vocational awarding body in the
UK, awarding almost 50% of all National Vocational Qualifications,
and awards over 1,000,000 certificates every year. As the only major
awarding body solely dedicated to vocational learning, City & Guilds
offers companies worldwide a recognized skills benchmark.
Course Outline
UNIT 1
Hello!
Grammar: verb be: I and you
Vocabulary: numbers 0-10
Pronunciation
Speaking: introducing yourself
Listening: people introducing yourselves
Where are you from?
Grammar: verb be: he, she, it
Vocabulary: countries
Pronunciation
Speaking: Where are you from? Where is he from? Where is she
from? Where is it from?
Listening: Can you hear the difference?
We're from the USA. We're American.
Grammar: verb be: we, you, they; negatives (all persons)
Vocabulary: nationalities; numbers 11-20
Pronunciation
Speaking: talking about nationalities
Listening: understanding a dialogue
Practical English - The alphabet
spelling your name
Vocabulary: classroom language
Listening: People in the street: What's your name? How do you
spell it? Where are you from?
UNIT 2
What's in your bag?
Grammar: singular and plural nouns; a / an, the
Vocabulary: small things
Pronunciation
Speaking: What's in your bag?
Listening: understanding short conversations
Family & Friends
Grammar: possessive adjectives; possessive s
Vocabulary: people and family
Pronunciation
Speaking: talking about family & friends
Listening: understanding dialogues
A man's car or a woman's car?
Grammar: adjectives
Vocabulary: colours and common adjectives
Pronunciation
Speaking: talking about cars
Listening: song
Reading: What car? - Men and women are different
Practical English - Personal information
introducing people - personal information: age, address, etc.
Vocabulary: phone numbers; numbers 21-100
Listening: People in the street: Do you have brothers and
sisters? How old are they?
UNIT 3
A bad hair day
Grammar: present simple: I and you
Vocabulary: common verbs 1
Pronunciation
Speaking: talking about your lifestyle
Listening: understanding a longer conversation
What do you have for breakfast?
Grammar: present simple: we, you, they
Vocabulary: food and drink
Pronunciation
Speaking: food questionnaire
Listening: a radio programme: You are what you eat
Reading: Breakfast in Japan and Hungary
He speaks English at Work
Grammar: present simple: he, she, it
Vocabulary: jobs and places of work
Pronunciation
Speaking: talking about people who work
Listening: understanding a dialogue
Reading: English at work
Practical English - What time is it?
telling the time
Vocabulary: days of the week
Pronunciation
Listening: People in the street: What do you do? Do you like it?
What time do you start and finish?
UNIT 4
Do you like mornings?
Grammar: adverbs of frequency; present simple
Vocabulary: a typical day
Pronunciation
Speaking: questionnaire: Do you like mornings?
Listening: an interview
Reading: A day in the life of James Blunt
Life at the top of the world
Grammar: word order in questions; question words
Vocabulary: common verbs 2
Pronunciation
Speaking: your free time
Listening: your free time
Reading: Hammerfest in winter
You can't park here
Grammar: can / can't: permission and possibility
Vocabulary: common verbs 2
Pronunciation
Speaking: Can you...?
Listening: understanding dialogues
Practical English - How much is it?
saying and understanding prices - buying a coffee
Pronunciation
Speaking: saying prices
Listening: understanding prices; song; People in the street:
Where do you usually have lunch? What do you have? How much is
it?
UNIT 5
Before they were famous...
Grammar: past simple: be
Vocabulary: in, at, on: places
Pronunciation
Speaking: Where were they?
A perfect day?
Grammar: past simple: have, go, get
Vocabulary: irregular verbs; revision of daily routine verbs
Pronunciation
Speaking: What did you do yesterday?
Listening: a phone conversation
Reading: One day in history
It changed my life
Grammar: past simple: regular verbs
Vocabulary: common verbs 3; more irregular verbs
Pronunciation
Speaking: What did you do this morning / yesterday?, etc.
Reading: I loved, I lived, I cried...
Practical English - What's the date today?
saying the date
Vocabulary: ordinal numbers; months
Listening: People in the street: When's your birthday? What did
you do on your last birthday?
UNIT 6
On an island in Scotland
Grammar: there is / there are
Vocabulary: hotels; in, on, under
Pronunciation
Speaking: Is there a TV? Where is it?
Listening: dialogue: asking about hotel facilities
Reading: Hotels with a difference
Dream town?
Grammar: there was / there were
Vocabulary: places
Pronunciation
Speaking: Good or bad holiday?
Listening: Jeff and Kelly's holiday
Reading: One man's dream
Strangers on a train
Grammar: revision of past simple; object pronouns: me, him, etc.
Vocabulary: common verbs 3
Pronunciation
Speaking: answering questions about a story
Listening: Strangers on a train
Reading: Strangers on a train
Practical English - What do you think of it?
asking for and giving opinions
Pronunciation
Listening: People in the street: What's the last film you saw?
What did you think of it?
UNIT 7
What do you like doing?
Grammar: like + verb + -ing
Vocabulary: activities
Pronunciation
Speaking: What do you like doing?
Reading: Free time
Trip of a lifetime
Grammar: be going to (plans)
Vocabulary: future time expressions
Pronunciation
Speaking: future plans: a dream trip
Listening: Liz's trip to South America
What's going to happen?
Grammar: be going to (predictions)
Vocabulary: the weather; revision: verb collocation
Pronunciation
Speaking: What's going to happen?
Listening: weather forecast
Practical English - Is there a bank near here?
asking for and giving directions
Vocabulary: prepositions of place
Pronunciation
Listening: understanding directions - People in the street: Is
there a / an ... near here?