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ESL Syllabus

Textbook: English Vocabulary in Use (Elementary)


Course Description: This class will deal with the learning competencies involved in
developing the students Basic English vocabulary and grammatical structures so they can
successfully communicate in English.

Beginning ESL: Scope & Sequence

Grammatical Concepts
Day 1-4(4hrs)

Day 9-12(4hrs)

Day 13-16(4hrs)

Vocabulary Units

Possessive Adjectives
Possessive Nouns
Past Tense of Verb
Passive Voice of Verb
Verbs + Prepositions
Singular and Plural Nouns

Family Words
Birth,Marriage and Death Words
Parts of the Body
Clothes

Countable and Uncountable Nouns


Verbs + Prepositions
Phrasal Verbs

Prepositions

Useful Words and Expressions (Making


Suggestions)
Food and Drink
In the Kitchen
In the Bedroom and Bathroom

Phrasal Verbs
Prepositions
Commonly Used Verbs(take, do,
have)

Things in the Living room


Jobs
School and University
Communication

Commonly Used Verbs for Holidays


and Transportation
Imperatives
Can /Could / May ( Making a request)
Would (Offering something)

Holidays
Shops and Shopping
Places and Things at the Hotel
Eating Out

Verbs (go, do , play)


Adjectives
Can (ability)

Sports
Cinema
Free Time at Home
Music and Musical Instruments

Adjectives
Asking and Giving Directions
Prepositions of Place

Countries and Nationalities


Weather
In the Town
In the Countryside

Day 29-32(4hrs)

Verbs
Useful Expressions

Animals
Travelling
UK Cultue
Crime

Day 33-36(4hrs)

Adjectives
Verbs( Infinitive/ Past/ Past
Participle)

The Media
Problems at Home and Work
Global Problems
Have/ Had/Had

Verbs( Infinitive/ Past/ Past


Participle)

Go/Went/Gone
Do/Did/Done
Make/Made/Made
Come/Came/Come

Verbs( Infinitive/ Past/ Past


Participle)

Take/Took/Taken
Bring/Brought/Brought
Get/Got/Got
Phrasal Verbs

Present Simple Tense of Verb


Verbs (Infinitive/ Past/ Past
Participle)
Commonly Used Verbs (for transport)

Everyday Things
Talking
Moving
Talking About Language

Day 16-20(4hrs)

Day 21-24(4hrs)

Day 24-28(4hrs)

Day 37-40 (4hrs)

Day 41-44(4hrs)

Day 45-48(4hrs)

Parts of Speech

Conjunctions
Prepositions of Time
Adverbs of Frequency
Prepositions of Place

Conjunctions and Connecting Words


Days, Months, Seasons
Time Words
Places

Day 53-56(4hrs)

Adjectives
Adverbs
Uncountable Nouns

Manner
Common Uncountable Nouns
Common Adjectives (good and bad things)
Common Adjectives( People)

Day 57-60(4hrs)

Verbs + Prepositions
Adjectives + Prepositions
Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs and
Nouns
Verbs (similar sounds, related
meanings , often mixed up)

Words and Prepositions


Prefixes
Suffixes

Words you may confuse

Day 49-52(4hrs)

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