English: a course in 36 lessons
Every sixth lesson is a review, every thirty-sixth a level test. Each lesson has a core of 20 to 25 minutes, plus a word deck and a writing task outside it.
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Introduce yourself and ask someone to repeat · Say where you are from · Say your age and phone number
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- 1 Introduce yourself and ask someone to repeat I can say hello, say my name, say that I don't understand, and ask someone to repeat something or to spell it.
- 2 Say where you are from I can say which country I am from and what my nationality is, and ask someone else the same.
- 3 Say your age and phone number I can say how old I am, give my phone number and ask someone else the same.
- 4 Talk about your family I can name the people in my family, say whose person or thing it is, and avoid saying a name twice.
- 5 Say what you've got I can say what I have got and haven't got, ask about the same, and name several things in the plural.
- 6 Review 1 (lessons 1–5) review
- 7 Make a sentence people will understand I can say a simple sentence in three parts — who, does what, what — and not put the words in an order that changes the meaning.
- 8 Ask a question and say "no" I can ask someone what they do, give a short answer "yes" or "no", and say what I don't do.
- 9 Talk about another person I can talk about another person — where they live and work — and ask about them.
- 10 Tell the time and talk about your day I can ask what time it is, tell the time and say when I do things.
- 11 Say how often you do things I can say how often I do something and join two sentences into one.
- 12 Review 2 (lessons 7–11) review
- 13 Describe your home I can say what there is in my flat and where things are.
- 14 Use the article "the" and demonstratives I can name a thing for the first time and then talk about it again without confusing the listener.
- 15 Talk about food and things you can't count I can say what I eat and what I like, and ask if there is something in the house.
- 16 Order in a café and make a suggestion I can order food and a drink, answer a follow-up question and suggest going somewhere.
- 17 Buy something and ask the price I can ask the price, understand the answer and say a number up to a thousand.
- 18 Review 3 (lessons 13–17) review
- 19 Say what you like and what you want I can say what activities I like and what I want, and ask other people the same.
- 20 Say what you can do I can say what I can and can't do, ask for something politely and ask for permission.
- 21 Ask where things are I can ask where the place I need is and understand the answer.
- 22 Give directions I can tell someone how to get to a place and understand directions.
- 23 Understand timetables I can say how I travel and understand a transport timetable.
- 24 Review 4 (lessons 19–23) review
- 25 Say what is happening right now I can say what I am doing right now and tell it apart from what I usually do.
- 26 Talk about the weather I can say what the weather is like now and ask about the weather in another place.
- 27 Say where you were I can say where I was yesterday and what was there.
- 28 Talk about how you spent the weekend I can say what I did yesterday and at the weekend.
- 29 Tell the story of a trip in order I can tell a story of several events and say them in order.
- 30 Review 5 (lessons 25–29) review
- 31 Say the date and your birthday I can say a date, ask about someone's birthday and understand a date in a letter.
- 32 Talk about plans I can say what I am going to do and ask other people about their plans.
- 33 Say what hurts I can say what hurts, understand a simple piece of advice and name parts of the body.
- 34 Read and write an unfamiliar word I can read an unfamiliar word aloud and write down a word I hear, without guessing.
- 35 Talk about yourself in a connected way I can tell a connected story about myself: who I am, where I live and work, what I like, what I did yesterday and what I am going to do.
- 36 A1 test level test
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