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LRCE ESL Syllabus Program 1

This document provides a syllabus for an English for Adult Learners program consisting of 60 hours over 10 tutorial days. The syllabus outlines 20 lessons that will cover topics such as choosing dictionaries, self-introductions, verb tenses, question words, modals, favor requests, opinions, restaurants, conjunctions, articles, conversations, interviews, and social protocol. Review activities like cooking, culture exchange, and debates are also included. The final lesson involves a public speaking assessment and preview of the next program.

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LRCE ESL Syllabus Program 1

This document provides a syllabus for an English for Adult Learners program consisting of 60 hours over 10 tutorial days. The syllabus outlines 20 lessons that will cover topics such as choosing dictionaries, self-introductions, verb tenses, question words, modals, favor requests, opinions, restaurants, conjunctions, articles, conversations, interviews, and social protocol. Review activities like cooking, culture exchange, and debates are also included. The final lesson involves a public speaking assessment and preview of the next program.

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LRCE SYLLABUS FOR ENGLISH FOR ADULT LEARNERS


PROGRAM 1
DURATION: 60 HOURS/10 TUTORIAL DAYS

Introduction - How to choose a "good" dictionary:


Definition of a "good" dictionary (what to look for)
American English or British English
Publishers (Webster's or Oxford)
Shopping for an affordable dictionary
Hard cover versus soft cover

How to read a dictionary:


What is an accent (its purpose, symbol, and location).
Noun, verb (transitive verb, intransitive verb), adjective, adverb
Idiom
The terms obsolete and chiefly British

Lesson 1 - Self Introduction


Basic and common self introduction
Accent placements - How old are you? How old are you?)
Basic propositions of date on, in (day, month, year)
Date of month of year structure (1st of June, 1980)
Question words what, where, when, how
The "th" pronunciation (John Smith)
Initial titles and names of occupations

Lesson 2 - Weekend dialogue (What do you usually do on weekends?)


Auxiliary do, does, did, and will
Adverbs of frequency
Adjectives after ...find it ~ (i.e. boring, interesting, wasteful)
Boring versus bored, interesting versus interested
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Lesson 3 - Introduction to the present, past and future tenses


Role playing - I go to work everyday
Regular and irregular verbs
Transitive and intransitive verbs
Public speaking - My Daily Routine

Lesson 4 - Weekend Passages (Present, Past, Future)


Statements and questions
Vocabulary
Introduction to public speaking
Chain story

Lesson 5 - Now I am watching TV.


Present, past and future continuous tenses
Vocabulary (adjectives)
Dialogue (What were you doing.....last night?) and role playing

Lesson 6 - Direct Questions


Is, are, was, were
Do, does, did, will, would, can, could, have
Dialogue - Are you a friend of Alice's?
Vocabulary
Role playing

Lesson 7 - Question words


Who, where, when, what, how, etc
Wh-dialogue (Who's the guy I saw you with at the party last night?)
Role playing
Wh...quizzes (Who invented the telephone?)
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ACTIVITIES FOR REVISION


Picture story based on an edited video movie
Karaoke singing

Lesson 8 - Telephone Conversation


Phone dialogue
May I...versus Can I....?
Making 911 and 411 calls
Confirming and cancelling reservations

Lesson 9 - Reading Exercises


Blogs on travels and cultures
Vocabulary
Understand complex sentence structures
Create your own free blog on-line

Lesson 10 - Countable & Uncountable Nouns


Statements and questions (There is some sugar in the bowl)
Shopping dialogue
How and where to bargain
Field trip - shopping at the farmers market or grocery store

Lesson 11 - Basic Prepositions


Prepositions of place, direction and time
Prepositional phrases
Intransitive verb + preposition + noun (object pronoun)
Common mistakes among American English speakers
Is it “my father and I or my father and me?”
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Lesson 12 - Modals
Can, could, have to, ought to, must, might, and should
Could/should have + participle
Tag Question

Lesson 13 - How To Ask For A Favor


Would and could, may I and can I...
The conditionals (present real and unreal)
Dialogue - Could you please do me a favor?

ACTIVITIES FOR REVISION


Cooking 101
Group of two per dish
Culture exchange session
Public speaking: Come visit my hometown!

Lesson 14 - Opinion Dialogue


Role playing
Vocabulary
Game - Debate on cue

Lesson 15 - Restaurant Dialogue


Role playing
Vocabulary
New cuisines, new names, dining out

Lesson 16 - Conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor, etc)
Correlative conjunctions (either, not only, neither, both, whether, etc)
Subordinating conjunctions (although, as much as, as long as, etc)
Simple case study (group investigation)
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Lesson 17 - Article On-Line


Newspaper article
Vocabulary
Sentence structure analysis
Subject-verb agreement
Active & passive voices
Grammar and vocabulary exercises

Lesson 18 - Open Conversations Outdoors


Picnic at Presque Isle (summer)
Dinner with the neighbors (winter)

Lesson 19 - The Interview


Review all lessons
Role playing
Public Speaking: Profile of a prominent individual

Lesson 20 - Basic Social Protocol


Words better kept unsaid
Acceptable and unacceptable gestures
Subjects to avoid in a conversation

Final Lesson - Public Speaking


Assessment Test
Survey Questions
Preview of ESL Program 2

Note: This is a sample syllabus for ESL Program 1 and, therefore, is subject
to last minute changes.

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