 1st Draft (subject to development): Syllabus for Core & Practice Classes

 101 Beginners
 Weekly language functions using the 3 language components (vocab + gram.+ \p\)

Weeks LANGUAGE Vocab, Grammar Pronunciation Practice Class

FUNCTIONS Listening or  Use the same theme,  Ss use the target vocab, gram & \p\
not necessarily the of the week as much as possible.
Reading same material, of the  VI: 10-15 min. correction focused on
vocab, listening or the target lang.at the end of the
reading classes to class or 5 min. after each activity
introduce gram. when correction goes from the
most to the least useful: Self, then
peer, then T's correction.
 Give model As before each activity

1 - Introduce - Greetings, leave- - Subject pron. Verb to be - Meet new people

oneself takings - Possessive adj. contractions - Fill out a form
- Provide - Names, titles of - Verb to be - Give personal info at a reception desk…
personal address - Asking for names & etc.
info - (1-100) ordinal & contacts/personal info
cardinal numbers
(e.g., video)
- Contacts: (phone
numbers, email
address, physical
address… etc.

2 - Introduce - Countries, - Wh- Qs (to be) Word stress in - Conversation games: Travel around
oneself to nationalities, & - Yes/no Qs (to be) + countries/nationali Google world map, find/name counties,
foreigners languages short As ties/languages nationalities & languages
- Introduce - - Suffixes of - Find only easy capitals
others nationalities/
around the languages
world
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Weeks LANGUAGE Vocab, Grammar Pronunciation Practice Class
FUNCTIONS Listening or  Use the same theme,  Ss use the target vocab, gram & \p\
not necessarily the of the week as much as possible.
Reading same material, of the  VI: 10-15 min. correction focused on
vocab, listening or the target lang.at the end of the
reading classes to class or 5 min. after each activity
introduce gram. when correction goes from the
most to the least useful: Self, then
peer, then T's correction.
 Give model As before each activity

3 - Name - Things in the - a, an Plural -s - What’s this/that/those/these?

objects classroom - this/that/those/these - Fun games: Ask for & give the locations
- Describe - Possessions - Regular plurals of objects in a pic.
locations - Where Qs +
prepositions of place
4 Give - City map - Where's/are …? - Describe maps
directions - Prep. of place - Describe your neighborhood & street
- Directions adv. (e.g.,
right, left, straight)
5 - Talk about - jobs; a and an - Yes/no Qs & short As - Personalization: Talk about your job, the
jobs - Wh- Qs jobs of all the people you know & your
classmates
- Jobs in pics
6 - Talk about - Family tree - Possessive –s - Personalization: Draw your family tree,
family share a screenshot, talk about your
family & friends’ families
- Talk about your classmates' family trees
shared.
Pics: Talk about celebrities’ families
- Game: Define a family character &
classmates guess who (s)he is in your
family.

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Weeks LANGUAGE Vocab, Grammar Pronunciation Practice Class
FUNCTIONS Listening or  Use the same theme,  Ss use the target vocab, gram & \p\
not necessarily the of the week as much as possible.
Reading same material, of the  VI: 10-15 min. correction focused on
vocab, listening or the target lang.at the end of the
reading classes to class or 5 min. after each activity
introduce gram. when correction goes from the
most to the least useful: Self, then
peer, then T's correction.
 Give model As before each activity

7 - Describe - Characters adj. - Object pron. (e.g., I - Personal: Describe the characters you
characters - Feelings love her; I fear him … know & your feelings about them.
& feelings etc.) Mention/don't names
about
them
8 - Tell time - Time words & units - Time Qs & As - Tell the time
- Say & write - Days, months, years - Prices Qs & As - Say & write dates
dates (e.g., 1998, 2005) - Ask about prices
- Ask - Say & write dates - Say prices of your things
about/say - Currencies (e.g., - Say prices of items in pics at
prices euro, dollar, GBP, Am./Br./int'l/Egy. stores
EGP) + where to
write symbols
- Prices & decimals
9 - Describe - Rooms & furniture - There is, are, isn't, Contractions (e.g., - Personalization: Draw & describe your
your aren't, any there’s, there isn’t) house/apt., share drawing, have fun!
house/apt. - Yes/no Qs - Tell the differences between 2 apt.
drawn & shared or found online.
10 - Talk about - Foods & drinks - (Non)count - Personalize: Tell us what you have/don't
foods - There’s, are, isn't, have in the fridge, what you need to buy,
aren't and your (dis)likes.
- Some, a lot of, any - Trip to the grocery store: describe a
- (Dis)like/don’t like muted video trip, shop, have fun!

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Weeks LANGUAGE Vocab, Grammar Pronunciation Practice Class
FUNCTIONS Listening or  Use the same theme,  Ss use the target vocab, gram & \p\
not necessarily the of the week as much as possible.
Reading same material, of the  VI: 10-15 min. correction focused on
vocab, listening or the target lang.at the end of the
reading classes to class or 5 min. after each activity
introduce gram. when correction goes from the
most to the least useful: Self, then
peer, then T's correction.
 Give model As before each activity

11 - Talk about - Weather words/adj. - Adj. - Personal: Talk about weather in your city
the - Seasons - Linking verbs (e.g., or country.
weather seem, feel) - Talk about weather around the world.
- Describe nature around the world during
seasons (e.g., muted videos, pics … etc.)
12 - Talk about - Simple clothes - Clothes adj. (e.g., - Describe your favorite clothes with adj.
clothes - Colors tight, loose, long, & colors.
short… etc.) - Describe pics.
- Linking verbs (e.g.,
looks nice)
- Pair plurals (e.g.,
socks)

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