ESOL for Education: Entry Level 3/Level 1

Week 1: Big city problems (reading, vocabulary)

• Developing an awareness of big city problems; finding main ideas and supporting details in texts; learning new vocabulary to talk about cities and the environment.
• Vocabulary (Exploring idioms) 

Week 2: The food revolution (listening and vocabulary) 

• Developing an awareness of the food revolution in the 21^st century; learning new vocabulary to talk about food; developing the ability to hear main ideas and supporting details in videos and audio materials. 
• Speaking part 2 (Cooking and Eating) 

Week 3: Collaboration and teamwork skills (listening) 

• Developing an awareness of collaboration, teamwork and their importance; engaging in a practical teamwork activity and reflecting on one’s own performance in it.
• Reading (Becoming a writer) 

Week 4: Writing:Paragraph development 

• Developing an awareness of paragraph development in English; writing a paragraph following the conventions of English academic writing.
• Speaking (Expressing Opinions) 

Week 5: Crowdfunding (reading and vocabulary) 

• Developing an awareness of crowdfunding, a new business model and the entrepreneurial literacy of the 21^st century; learning new vocabulary to talk about crowdfunding and entrepreneurship; understanding reference words in texts.
• Listening (Starting a New College Course) 

Week 6: A Job without a boss (listening, speaking) 

• Hierarchy in the workplace (practising listening for details and fluency in speaking). 
• Reading and speaking (Work Exchange) 

Week 7: Initiative as a 21^st century skill (speaking, teamwork) 

• Developing an awareness of initiative and its importance, and engaging in a hands-on initiative activity and reflecting on your own performance in it.
• Speaking part 2-3 (Inventions) 

Week 8: Definition paragraphs (writing) 

• Developing an awareness of definition paragraphs in English and writing a definition paragraph following the conventions of English academic writing.
• Listening (Sustainable housing) 

Week 9:  

• Nouns 1 and 2 (special omissions of the definite article)
• Writing (The Golden Years) 

Week 10: 

• Last Goodbyes to Internet Explorer (speaking)
• Vocabulary (Generation X,Y,Z) 

By the end of the course, learners will:

• Speak more fluently and accurately, using a wide range of relevant vocabulary.

• Write more confidently, using paragraphs appropriately.

• Listen in a range of different ways according to your purpose.

• Read more rapidly, using techniques to enable you to achieve your goals.

• Collaborate and engage more effectively with your peers. 

• Appropriately use your initiative in an academic context.