CENTRO DE LENGUAS

ENGLISH BASIC 2
SPEAKOUT ELEMENTARY
(Units 6-7, 8-10, 11)

GENERAL OBJECTIVES: By the end of this level, students will be able to give basic descriptions of people and places. They will be able to describe
special moments in their life stories such as childhood, school, college, etc. They will be able to participate in simple social interactions that require to
make suggestions and recommendations using fixed expressions. They will use simple descriptive language to compare objects, places, and people, in
an oral and written way. They will describe future plans and wishes in a general way.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
 Can talk about past events.
 Can talk about what people are doing at the moment.
 Can mention their future plans.
 Can give advice about health matters.
 Can describe the weather.
 Can write paragraphs about the topics mentioned above.

UNIT AND TOPIC COMMUNICATIVE OBJECTIVES LANGUAGE VOCABULARY SKILLS

OBJECTIVES

Unit 6 The Past • To talk about past events • Past simple:  Dates and time phrases *Reading: an article about
• To describe your favourite was/ were  Life story “time twins”.
In their past Time childhood things •Past simple. collocations *Writing: write your life
twins • To talk about how your weekend story.
 Activities
What did you do? was *Listening: listen to
Nelson Mandela • To interview a special person interesting facts about famous
people’s lives.
Suggested time: 10
hours VIDEO: Nelson Mandela: The fight for freedom.
Pages: 57 to 66
 *Reading: read an article
• To talk about how you like to • Comparatives  Travel about a bike tour across
Unit 7 Holidays travel • Superlatives  Places Asia.
• To compare places and holidays *Writing: write a short
Travel partners • To plan and talk about a long travel article about a
The longest bike ride journey town/city
Can you tell me the • To give directions in the street *Listening: listen to people
way? • To describe a town/city you know discussing how they like to
Hong Kong travel. To understand
directions; learn to check
and correct directions.
Suggested time: 10
hours. VIDEO: Going Local: Hong Kong
Pages: 68 to 74

FIRST EXAM
Unit 8 Now • To talk about what people are • Present Continuous  Verbs+ Prepositions *Reading: read research
doing. about language people use
Having a great time •To talk about what you wear • Present Simple and  Appearance on social networking sites.
What a difference! • To give recommendations about Present Continuous *Writing: write a summary
What do you films  Types of film of a survey.
recommend? • To describe an event *Listening: listen to people
Changing trends talking about actors.
VIDEO: Robert Peston Goes Shopping
Suggested time:10
hours
Pages: 78 to 84
*Reading: read about a
Unit 10 Plans • To talk about your future • Be going to; would like to  Plans lottery win. To read an
plans/wishes article about nature’s
Life’s a lottery • To make predictions about • Will, might, won’t  Phrases with get dangers
Survive situations *Writing: improve your
Let’s do something • To make and respond to  Art and culture use of linkers: too, also, as
Wild Weather suggestions for a day out well. Write a short story.
• To talk about weather *Listening: listen to a radio
Suggested time: 10 interview with lottery
hours winners.
Pages: 98 to 104 VIDEO: Wild Weather: watch an extract from a documentary about the wettest place in Europe
SECOND EXAM
 Unit 11 Health *Reading: read an article
I do not feel well • To talk about what to do when  Should/shouldn’t  The body; health about multi-tasking. Read
One thing at a time you don’t feel well and give advice about helpful cities.
Help!  Adverbs  Communication *Writing: learn to use
Fat or Sugar? • To talk about ways to reducing adverbs in stories and how
stress  Verbs of movement to make stories more
Pages: 108 to 114 interesting. Write some
advice for a health forum.
• To give advice and offer help
*Listening: listen to a
radio programme about
• To talk about diets
colds and flu. Listen to
situations where people
Term length: 18 hours offer help.

VIDEO: Horizon: Sugar Versus Fat

FINAL TERM: Taking into account that the final term consists of only one unit, we highly recommend you to use the rest of
the time either to reinforce any topic from this level or to develop the FINAL PROJECT.
FINAL EXAM
 EVALUATION BIMONTHLY COURSES

Classes include two kinds of activities:

 INDEPENDENT WORK fosters students’ autonomy, responsibility, and motivation towards their learning process. Students develop online learning
activities assigned on Pearson virtual platform MyEnglishLab.

 CLASS WORK consists of all the activities done by the students under the teacher’s guidance.

Evaluation is done from both a qualitative and a quantitative perspective. During the learning process, teachers identify students’ abilities and needs and
give them feedback. Also, teachers get an exact measure to report the students’ learning results, based on the following percentages:

INDEPENDENT WORK/ PLATFORM 5%

FIRST TERM EXAM:
 Reading
 Writing
FIRST TERM 30% 25%
 Listening
 Speaking
INDEPENDENT WORK / PLATFORM 5%
SECOND TERM EXAM:
 Reading
 Writing
SECOND TERM 30% 25%
 Listening
 Speaking
INDEPENDENT WORK / PLATFORM 5%
THIRD TERM EXAM:
 Reading
 Writing
FINAL EXAM 40% 35 %
 Listening
 Speaking / FINAL PROJECT