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ESL FOCUS 2 SYLLABUS – CLASS 10A

School Year: 2023 – 2024
I. COURSE OBJECTIVES

The course aims at helping learners to achieve an overall English language proficiency of Intermediate User defined as A2+/ B1 level on the
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The course is designed to prepare the foundation for students to get ready for
IELTS-oriented lessons in grade 11 & 12. Specifically, at the end of the school year students are expected to be able to:
Reading skills
- Get familiar with, practice various types of academic texts on different topics.
- Get famililar with, practice types of questions in IELTS reading skill.
Listening skills
- Follow and understand a range of academic spoken materials and questions in recorded dialogues, narratives or standard speech.
- Get famimilar with and practice listening for specific information, main ideas and opinions.
- Get familiar with a range of listening task types including completion, matching, and multiple.
Speaking skills
- Communicate efficiently in face to face situations requiring direct exchange of information on familiar matters.
- Be able to respond to questions in task 1 and task 2 IELTS Speaking on guided topics.
Writing skills
- Understand the sentence basics and paragraph basics.
- Produce short review, story, descriptive paragraph, and email/ letter on different topics.
- Brainstorm, develop, organize ideas and compose paragraphs on guided topics.
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Grammar
- Demonstrate good control of essential grammatical structures on tenses; verb patterns, comparatives; conditionals; relative clauses; passive and
reported speech.
Vocabulary:
- Understand a range of vocabulary in context. Demonstrate some control of high frequency idioms, collocations, shades of meaning, phrasal
verbs, fixed phrases in context in guided topic.
Exam skill: Be familiar with IELTS test format.

II. PACING GUIDE

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TIME UNIT UNIT OBJECTIVES

Listening:
Can identify key details in a simple recorded dialogue or narrative.
Can follow the main points in a simple audio recording aimed at a general audience
Reading:
Can scan a simple text to find specific information.
Can identify specific information in a simple factual text.
Exam Focus: Note completion
Exam Focus: Matching
Can understand short, simple personal emails and letters.
Speaking:
14/8/2023 Can draw simple conclusions about people in
– Unit 1 – Lives people live pictures (e.g. ‘he’s happy’), using a limited range of fixed expressions.
1/9/2023 Can use simple language to describe people’s personality and emotions.
Can ask and answer basic questions about family and friends in a limited way.
Can ask and answer questions about habits and routines.
Can answer simple questions about their life and experiences.
Can communicate in routine tasks requiring simple, direct exchanges of information.
Can express their opinions on familiar topics, using simple language.
Can show interest in conversation using fixed expressions.
Can talk about their hobbies and interests, using simple language.
Writing:
Can write short, simple personal emails/letters about familiar topics, given prompts or a
model.
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TIME UNIT UNIT OBJECTIVES

Listening:
Can identify key details in a simple recorded dialogue or narrative.
Exam Focus: Matching
Can recognize a range of common linking words/ phrases signaling the sequence of events in
short, simple narratives.
Can get the gist of short, simple stories if told slowly and clearly.
Reading:
Can scan short texts to locate specific information.
Exam Focus: Multiple choice
Can follow the sequence of actions or events in a text on a familiar everyday topic.
Can follow the sequence of events in simple narrative texts by recognizing common linking
words/phrases.
Speaking:
4/9/2023
Can express attitudes using simple language.
– Unit 2
Can talk about past events or experiences, using simple language.
6/10/2023
Can state personal learning goals, given a model.
Can use simple language to describe people’s personality and emotions.
Can describe weather conditions in their country using simple language.
Can ask someone simple questions about their life and experiences.
Can describe very basic events in the past using simple linking words (e.g. 'then', 'next').
Can briefly say what they think will happen next in a simple story or play.
Can describe past events or experiences using simple descriptive language to add interest.
Can narrate a story.
Can show interest in conversation using fixed expressions.
Writing:
Can rewrite a simple text to correct mistakes.
Can write a story with a simple linear sequence.
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TIME UNIT UNIT OBJECTIVES

Listening:
Can understand the main points of narratives and conversations about familiar topics (e.g.
work, leisure) delivered in clear standard speech.
Can follow the maint points in a simple audio recording, if provided with written supporting
material.
Exam Focus: Multiple choice
Can understand the key points about a radio program on a familiar topic.
Can identify key details in a simple recorded dialogue or narrative.
Reading:
Can guess the meaning of an unfamiliar word from context.
Can scan short texts to locate specific information.
Can understand the main points in simple description texts on familiar topics.
9/10/2023
Exam Focus: Matching
– Unit 3
Can identify key subject vocabulary in written descriptions.
3/11/2023
Speaking:
Can discuss films, books or plays in simple terms, using fixed expressions.
Can express opinions using simple language
Can give simple reasons to explain preferences, given a model.
Can ask and answer questions about past times and past activities.
Can draw simple conclusions about people in pictures (e.g. ‘he’s happy’), using a limited
range of fixed expressions.
Can give an extended description of everyday topics (e.g. people, places, experiences).
Can give or seek personal views and opinions in discussing topics of interest. (C)
Writing:
Can write a short review of a restaurant, movie, etc. using simple language.
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TIME UNIT UNIT OBJECTIVES

Listening:
Can infer speakers’ opinions in conversations on familiar everyday topics.
Can follow the main points in a simple audio recording, if provided with written supporting
material.
Exam Focus: Matching
Can identify key details in a simple recorded dialogue or narrative narrative.
Reading:
Can identify specific information in a simple factual text.
Can scan short texts to locate specific information.
Can understand the main points in simple description texts on familiar topics.
Exam Focus: Gapped text
Speaking:
6/11/2023 Can participate in short conversations in routine contexts on topics of interest.
– Unit 4 Can ask and answer questions about habits and routines.
8/12/2023 Can talk about furniture and rooms using simple language.
Can suggest pros and cons when discussing a topic, using simple language.
Can give simple reasons to explain preferences, given a model.
Can give an extended description of everyday topics (e.g. people, places, experiences).
Can describe plans and arrangements.
Can express belief, opinion, agreement and disagreeablely politely.
Can make and respond to suggestions.
Can write short, simple descriptive texts about familiar
Writing:
Can write short, simple descriptive texts about familiar places using basic connectors, given
a model.
Can write a description of a real or imagined event (e.g. a recent trip).
Can use commas to separate clauses in a sentence.
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TIME UNIT UNIT OBJECTIVES

Listening:
Can follow the main points in a simple audio recording aimed at a general audience.
Can identify key details in a simple recorded dialogue or narrative.
Can understand the main points of narratives and conversations about familiar topics (e.g.
work, leisure) delivered in clear standard speech.
Exam Focus: True/False
Reading:
Can get the gist of short factual school texts.
Can scan short texts to locate specific information.
Can derive the probable meaning of simple unknown words from short, familiar contexts.
Can draw simple conclusions about the information given in a factual text on a familiar
topic.
1/1/2024 Exam Focus: Matching
– Unit 5 Can understand basic types of standard letters and emails on familiar topics (e.g. enquiries,
19/1/2024 complaints).
Speaking:
Can describe plans and arrangements.
Can suggest pros and cons when discussing a topic, using simple language.
Can make and respond to suggestions.
Can convey simple relevant information emphasizing the most important point.
Can express belief, opinion, agreement and disagreement politely.
Can give brief reasons and explanations, using simple language.
Writing:
Can write simple texts giving key information about their culture (e.g. food, national
holidays, festivals).
Can write a formal email/letter requesting information.
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TIME UNIT UNIT OBJECTIVES

Listening:
Can identify key details in a simple recorded dialogue or narrative.
Can understand the main points of narratives and conversations about familiar topics (e.g.
work, leisure) delivered in clear standard speech.
Exam Focus: Multiple Choice
Reading:
Can make basic inferences from simple information in a short text.
Can skim a short text to identify its main purpose.
Exam Focus: Multiple matching
Can understand information in advertisements for jobs and services.
Speaking:
22/1/2024
Can express belief, opinion, agreement and disagreeablely politely.
– Unit 6
Can give or seek personal views and opinions in discussing topics of interest.
1/3/2024
Can describe someone's personality in a basic way, if guided by prompts.
Can make simple predictions about the future, given a model.
Can give an extended description of everyday topics (e.g. people, places, experiences).
Can give detailed accounts of experiences, describing feelings and reactions.
Can give informal advice on everyday matters, using a range of fixed expressions.
Can make and respond to suggestions.
Can ask for advice on a wide range of subjects.
Writing:
Can vary the formality of greetings in emails/letters based on intended recipients.
Can write a basic letter of application with limited supporting details.
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TIME UNIT UNIT OBJECTIVES

Listening:
Can identify key details in a simple recorded dialogue or narrative.
Can understand the main points of a short, informal interview on a familiar topic.
Exam Focus: Matching
Can extract key factual information such as dates, numbers and quantities from a
presentation.
Reading:
Can scan short texts to locate specific information.
Can skim a short text to identify its main purpose.
Can identify specific information in simple letters, brochures and short articles.
Can understand simple factual titles and headlines relating to common events.
Exam Focus: Multiple choice
Can scan a simple text, identifying the main topic(s).
4/3/2024 Can understand basic types of standard letters and emails on familiar topics (e.g. enquiries,
– Unit 7 complaints).
29/3/2024 Speaking:
Can give brief reasons and explanations, using simple language.
Can give straightforward descriptions on a variety of familiar subjects.
Can discuss everyday, practical issues when the conversation is conducted slowly and
clearly.
Can express belief, opinion, agreement and disagreeablely politely.
Can compare quantities in a basic way.
Can describe what they are looking for when shopping.
Can make a complaint.
Can use simple, fixed expressions to make offers in a simple business transaction.
Writing:
Can vary the formality of greetings in emails/letters based on intended recipients.
Can write a basic email/letter of complaint requesting action.
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TIME UNIT UNIT OBJECTIVES

Listening:
Can understand the main points of a short, informal interview on a familiar topic.
Exam Focus: Multiple choice
Can identify key details in a simple recorded dialogue or narrative narrative.
Can understand a limited range of basic language related to common symptoms and
illnesses.
Reading:
Can scan short texts to locate specific information.
Can skim a short text to identify its main purpose.
Exam Focus: Open-ended questions
Can infer information from the labels on basic diagrams (e.g. bar charts, timelines) in simple
informational texts.
1/4/2024 Can identify the main topic and related ideas in a structured text.
– Unit 8 Speaking:
12/5/2024 Can compare their own and others' possessions using simple language.
Can give straightforward descriptions on a variety of familiar subjects.
Can speak in general terms about environmental problems.
Can report the opinions of others, using simple language.
Can describe basic symptoms to a doctor, but with limited precision.
Can give basic advice using simple language.
Can make and respond to suggestions.
Can make simple recommendations for a course of a range of common linking
words/phrases (e.g. ‘but’, action in family everyday situations.
Writing:
Can contrast two ideas in simple connected text using ‘although’, ‘on the other hand’).
Can write simple informal emails/letters and online postings giving news or opinions.
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III. ASSESSMENT

1. Form of assessment:

- Continuous assessments: homework, speaking challenge, writing portfolio, progress tests, ...

- Summative assessments: midterm exam, final exam.

2. Assessment weight:

Assessment Continuous assessment Midterm exam Final exam

Number of
4 1 1
grades
Coefficient 1 2 3