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ENGLISH IN FOUR SKILLS
Speaking
1  Introducing oneself;
introducing someone;
checking information;
 Exchanging personal
information;
 Saying hello and good-bye;
 Talking about office objects
2  _________________
 asking for and giving
opinions;
 describing daily schedules
3  Talking about prices;
 giving opinions;
 discussing preferences;
 making comparisons;
 buying and selling things
4  Talking about likes and
dislikes;
 Giving opinions;
 Making invitations and
excuses
Course outline up to pre-intermediate level
Grammar Pronunciation/Listening Writing/Reading
 Wh-questions and statements  Linked sounds  ________________
with be;  Formal/Informal ways of  ________________
 questions with what, where, who greeting
 yes/no questions and short  Responding “Hello”
answers with be;
 subject pronoun; possessive adj
 Simple present Wh-questions and  Syllable stress  __________________
statements;  Listening to descriptions of  __________________
 question: when; time expressions: jobs and daily routines  __________________
at, in, on, around, early, late, until,  ______________________
before, and after
 Demonstratives: this, that, these,  _______________________  ___________________
those;  ___________________
 one and ones;
 questions: how much and which;
 comparisons with adjectives
 Yes/no and Wh-questions with  Intonation in questions  ___________________
do;  Listening for likes and dislikes  ___________________
 Question: what kind;
 Object pronoun;
 Modal verb would; verb + to +
verb
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Speaking Grammar Pronunciation/Listening Writing/Reading

5  ____________________  Present continuous yes/no and  Intonation in statements  __________________
 Exchanging information Wh-questions, statements, and  __________________
about the present short answers;
 Describing your life  Quantifiers; all, nearly all, most,
many, a lot of, some, not many,
and few;
 Pronoun: no one
6  Asking about and  Adverbs of frequency: always,  Intonation in statements  __________________
describing routines and almost always, usually, often,  _______________________  __________________
exercise; sometimes, hardly ever, almost
 Talking about frequency; never, and never;
 Discussing and talking  Questions: how often, how long,
about abilities how well, and how good;
 Short answers
7  Talking about past events;  Simple past yes/no and Wh-  Reduction of did you  __________________
 giving opinions about past questions, statements, and short  Listening to descriptions and  __________________
experiences; answers with regular and opinions of past events and
 talking about field trips irregular verbs field trips
 Past of be  Pronunciation /t/ /d/ /id/
8  Asking about and  There is/ther are; one, any, and  Reduction of there is/there are  __________________
describing locations of some;  ________________________  __________________
places;  Prepositions of place;
 Asking about and  Quantifiers;
describing neighbourhoods;  Questions: how many and how
 Asking about quantities much;
 Countable and uncountable
nouns
9  Asking about and  Questions for describing people:  Contrastive stress  ___________________
describing people’s What…look like, how old, how  ________________________
appearance; tall, how long, and what colour;  ________________________
 Identifying people  Modifiers with participles and
prepositions
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10  Describing past
experiences;
 Exchanging information
about past experiences and
events
11  Asking about and
describing cities;
 Asking for and giving
suggestions;
 Talking about travel
12  Talking about health
problems;
 Asking for and giving
advice and suggestions
 Making requests
13  Expressing likes and
dislikes;
 Agreeing and disagreeing;
 Ordering a meal
14  ______________________
 Making comparisons;
 Expressing opinions;
 Talking about distances and
measurements
15  Talking about plans;
 Making invitations;
 Accepting and refusing
 Present perfect yes/no and Wh-  Linked sounds  __________________
questions, statements, and short  ________________________  __________________
answers with regular and
irregular past participles;
 Already and yet
 Present perfect vs simple past
 For and since
 Adverbs before adjectives;  Can’t and shouldn’t  __________________
 Conjunctions: and, but, though,  ________________________  __________________
and however;
 Modal verbs can and shuold
 Adjective + infinitive;  Reduction of ‘to’  __________________
 Noun + infinitive;  ________________________  __________________
 Modal verbs could and should
for suggestions;
 Modal verbs can, could, and may
for requests
 So, too, neither, and either;  Stress in responses  __________________
 Modal verbs would and will for  ________________________  __________________
requests
 Comparative and superlative  Questions of choice  __________________
forms of adjectives;  ________________________  __________________
 Questions: how far, how big,
how high, how deep, how long,
how hot, and how cold
 Future with present continuous  Reduction of ‘could you’ and  __________________
and be going to; messages with ‘would you’  __________________
‘tell’ and ‘ask’  ________________________
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invitations;
 Giving reasons;
 Talking and leaving
messages
16  Exchanging personal  Describing changes with the  Vowel sounds /oʊ/ and /ʌ/  __________________
information; present tense, the past tense, the  ________________________  __________________
 Describing changes; present perfect, and the
 Talking about plans for the comparative;
future  Verb + infinitive