ESL Speaking, Listening and Vocabulary Curriculum Listening Skills Listening skills should include the ability to understand

and act on basic information in the following situations:

Personal Information: Name, Address, Telephone #., Nationality Etc. Telling the Time Numbers, Cardinal and Ordinal Simple Directions and Prepositions of Place Spelling Simple Descriptions of People and Places

Vocabulary

Descriptions of people: looks and character, the family Food drink and restaurants Likes and dislikes The home, rooms, furniture Town & country Shops and shopping The weather Time, the seasons, months, weeks, days etc. Films and television Leisure and interests Holidays - travel - hotels

Language Functions Language functions concern "chunks of language" which provide essential phrases for everyday use.

Introductions and greetings: How do you do? / Pleased to meet you. / How are you? , etc. Asking for information: How do you spell ____? / How do you pronounce? / Where is the nearest bank? / What does "X" mean?, etc. Offering: Can I help you? / Would you like some ...? etc. Requesting: May I have a coffee? / Could you help me? etc. Inviting: Would you like to come with me? Suggesting: Shall we go out this evening? / Let's have some lunch. / Why don't we play some tennis? etc. Asking for descriptions: What is he like? / What does it look like? etc.

Buying and selling: Which size are you? / How much does it cost? etc. Asking for directions: Excuse me, where is the train station? / Where is the nearest bank? etc. The language of travel: Hotels, restaurants, trains and planes, etc. Giving advice: You should see a doctor / I think he should work harder. etc.

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