Learning Objective
A1 - Basic 1
1 Greetings, Introductions
2 Talk About Yourself
3 Talk About your free Time
A2/B1 - Basic 2
4 Talk about Likes and Dislikes
5 Talk about the past
6 Talk about Plans
Language task Language Focus Student Spoken Learning Objective
BASIC 1
Hello, How are You? + Simple present of Be Ask and answer simple questions about daily
What’s Your Name? √ Subject Pronouns routines.
Where are You From? − Possessive Pronouns Ask and answer simple questions about personal
Tell me a Little About Yourself + information such as family, free time activities,
Why are you studying English? Simple present interests using simple phrases.
√ Ask and answer questions about likes and
What’s your schedule like? Present Continuous
Do you have a job? − dislikes.
Ask for and provide simple directions using
+ simple phrases.
Offer and respond to simple invitations.
What Do You Do in your free time? Use simple phrases to describe familiar
Simple present
Do you like sports? √ surroundings such as house, classroom, city, etc.
Can for ability
Can you play tennis (volleyball, etc.)? Describe familiar people and make simple
− comparisons.
Discuss people’s lifestyles and their occupations
BASIC 2
Do you like movies (TV)/music, etc.)? + Ask for and give information related to life
What kinds of movies (TV experiences
programs/types of music, etc.) do you √ Simple present Discuss future plans
like? What’s your favorite movie (TV Make complaints
program/type of music, etc.)? − Ask for and give simple suggestions, advice, or
Where did you grow up? orders.
+
Did you study English in elementary Simple past Relay information learned from a spoken or
school (junior high school/high school? √ Past of be written passage
What other languages did you study? Present information related to areas of personal
What was your favorite class? − knowledge or special interests such as hobbies,
sports, talents, etc.
What are you doing later doing later + Narrate a simple story or series of events that
Future with Present
today? occurred in the past
√ Continuous and
Are you doing anything special tonight? Discuss basic rules related to school, work, etc.
be going to
What are you going to do this weekend? −
 Learning Objective
B1 - Intermediate 1
7 Talk about Foods
8 Talk about your home?
9 Give advice
B1/B2- Intermediate 2
10 Describe the Past/Tell a Story
Talk about learning
11
Preferences
12 Speculate about the Future
Language task
INTERMEDIATE 1
Have you eaten Thai
(Vietnamese/Mexican, etc.) food?
Where did you eat it?
How did you like it?
What kinds of unusual foods have you
eaten?
Do you live in a house or an apartment? √
What is it like?
Compare your home with someone
else’s home
What advice would you give to tourists
visiting your country/city?
What do they need to do to be
prepared?
What places should they visit?
INTERMEDIATE 2
Describe a difficult event in your life
What happened?
What were you doing at the time?
If you could study anything you wanted,
what would you study?
Would you rather study in the day or at
night?
Would you prefer to take an art class or
a photography class?
What will you be doing a year from
now?
How do think it will be different then?
Will you have finished your studies?
Language Focus Student Spoken Learning Objective
Ask for and provide information about past
√
experiences and future plans
Simple Present vs. Ask for and offer reasons and explanations for
ᴧ
Present Perfect personal preferences and choices
Ask about and respond to questions regarding
−
past regrets
Describe people and life experiences with an
Descriptive Adjectives increased range of vocabulary
ᴧ Describe steps in a process
Comparisons
− Communicate rules and expectations for
behavior.
√
ᴧ Present Modals
−
+ Engage in a variety of increasingly detailed
transactional exchanges such as asking for
Simple Past
√ assistance with a specific matter, making a
Past Continuous
complaint, asking for further details
− Ask for and offer reasons and explanations in
informal and formal interactions, such as an
+ interview
Would rather and React to events by giving warnings, criticisms,
√ predictions, suggestions, or advice
Would prefer
Narrate more complex timelines such as those
− contained in a biography, novel, film, or
historical event
+ Discuss the relationship between ideas on a
topic, such as explaining cause and effect and
√ making comparisons
Future Tenses
Describe personal qualities and experiences
− using a widening range of vocabulary, idioms,
and phrases
 Learning Objective Language task
B2 - Advanced 1
ADVANCED 1/PASSAGES 1
Compare your life today with your life a +
few years ago
13 Compare Situations How has it Changed?
How do you think it will different in the
future?
What is the biggest problem in the
world (your country/city, etc.) today?
Talk about Problems and Why is that the most important
14
Solutions problem?
If you were responsible, how would you
fix it?
What does it mean to be polite in your
country?
Give examples of polite/impolite
15 Talk about Social Behavior
behavior
Is it OK to ask someone’s age (interrupt
someone/compliment a person, etc.)?
B2 - Advanced 2
ADVANCED 2/PASSAGES 2
Are you Superstitious?
Do you believe that certain things cause
Talk about Superstitions and
16 good and bad luck? Why or why not?
Beliefs
What things do people avoid doing
because of their beliefs?
What have you been told about your
childhood?
Were you raised by relatives other than
17 Talk about your Upbringing
your parents?
Were you encourages to be
independent?
If you could change things about the
past, what would it be?
Talk about hypothetical
18 What do you think you could/should
situations in the past
have done in that situation?
Would it have made a difference? Why? −
Language Focus Student Spoken Learning Objective
Ask for and respond to questions regarding
Verb Tenses (Present, hypothetical situations
√ past, future) Demonstrate ability to use tag questions to
Comparisons confirm information and communicate
− opinion
Participate in structured debates on current
+ topics
Superlatives Communicate the relationship between sets of
√ Present unreal information, such as problem/solution;
Conditional cause/effect; compare/contrast analysis
− Employ a range of vocabulary which includes
high-frequency, topic-specific, and academic
+ words and phrases
Give a formal presentation which
√ Infinitives communicates a central argument or opinion
with clear support
−
+ Engage in a variety of business-related
conversational exchanges such as welcoming
Relative Clauses
√ visitors, handling invitations, making small talk
Gerunds
Engage in a variety of business-related
− transactional exchanges such as scheduling
and rescheduling appointments and meetings
+ Demonstrate ability to effectively
communicate by telephone including handling
√ Passive Forms messages, speaking to secretarial staff, asking
for repetition, ending phone calls.
− Demonstrate ability to participate in and chair
meetings; demonstrate ability to solicit
+
questions on a topic, offer opinions, and lead
discussions.
√ Past Conditional