Verbal Communication Objectives
- Spoken Interaction
- Can participate in short conversations in routine contexts on topics of interest.
- Can adapt simple phrases to particular circumstances through limited lexical substitution
- Can talk about personal possessions, including household pets.
- Can express opinions and attitudes in a simple way.
- Can give simple reasons to justify a viewpoint on a familiar topic.
- Spoken Production
- Can use simple language to evaluate performance in a straightforward presentation.
- Listening
- Can generally follow changes of topic related to their field when conducted slowly and clearly.
- Can recognize when speakers agree or disagree in a conversation conducted slowly and clearly.
Vocabulary Objectives
- Thoughts, Feelings, Perceptions, and Opinions
- Can use basic language related to agreeing and disagreeing. (do you think?; why do you say?; I agree/disagree, etc.)
- Politics, History, Law, and Society
- Can use basic language related to crime and law enforcement. (police officer; crime; arrest; steal; rob; prison, etc.)
- Education, Study, and Languages
- Can use very general language related to studying. (take a course/class; lessons; classes; tests/ final exams; certificate; pass; study for/at, etc.)
Grammar Objectives
- Possessives, Pronouns and Quantifiers
- Can use a range of possessive pronouns with common verbs. (take mine; it’s theirs; use ours; I lost mine; I took hers; I like his, etc.)
- Adjectives and Adverbs
- Can express basic superlatives with common regular and irregular adjectives. (the biggest; the most expensive; the best/worst; the funniest, etc.)
- Can make basic comparisons with common regular and irregular adverbs of manner. (Can you talk more slowly?; She runs quicker than me; He plays tennis better than me, etc.)
- Word Order and Sentence Patterns
- Can introduce a subordinate clause with verbs (e.g. know, think, believe, hope + that). (I think (that) it’s a stupid idea; I believe she’s sick today; I hope (that) she likes it, etc.)
-ing Forms and Infinitives
- Can use infinitives after some common adjectives. (easy to do; happy to help; difficult to pass; hard to hear; isn’t difficult to learn, etc.)
Discourse and Linking
- Can show very basic contrast using however. (Their products are very expensive. However, they are still very popular, etc.)
- Can introduce a noun with there’s and give more information with it’s. (There’s someone at the door. It’s the postman, etc.)
Written Communication Objectives
- Writing
- Can signal contrast in simple text with a limited range of language.
- Can write a formal letter or email requesting information using basic conventions.