This level is for learners who have completed the Elementary level, and it corresponds to the A1 CEFR level. Throughout this course, engaging activities and interactive material are incorporated to introduce learners to new reading and writing skills. These include, but are not limited to, strategies for addressing various types of reading questions, constructing different types of sentences and paragraphs, and acquiring an expanded vocabulary alongside an understanding of some grammar rules.
By the end of this course, you will have learned the following:
Reading
- Recognizing main ideas from details through different types of questions and skills:
- Skimming
- Scanning
Making different types of inferences
- Inferring author’s opinion
- Inferring connections between statements and examples
- Inferring future situations
- Inferring author’s attitude (beliefs)
Note-taking skills
- Taking margin notes on main ideas
- Listing details in notes
- Taking notes using a timeline
- Taking notes using an organisational chart
Reading sub-skills
- Predicting content from visuals
- Recognizing the meaning of we, us, and our in reading texts
- Identifying the sequence of events
- Identifying the main elements in a story
Vocabulary
- Related to finding ideal jobs
- Related to creative thinking
- Related to making money
- Related to rules and etiquette
Grammar
- Descriptive and possessive adjectives
- Simple past
- Comparative adjectives
- Imperative sentences
Writing
- A descriptive paragraph
- Adding supporting sentences
- A complete paragraph
- Using visuals to support writing
- A well-organized paragraph
- Giving explanations
- A blog post
- Using parallel structure
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