Develops the confidence to understand and take part in everyday conversations and short talks: introducing yourself, asking for and giving information, describing people and places, and asking for clarification.
To help learners understand clear everyday speech and communicate simply and confidently in familiar situations.
| Week | Topic & Activity |
|---|---|
| 2 | Meeting people Introduce yourself and others; ask and answer personal questions. Role play: First day on campus. |
| 5 | Getting information Ask for, give and check practical information. Task: At the station, the library and the bank. |
| 8 | Listening for detail Identify key details in short recordings and announcements. Language lab: Everyday listening. |
| 11 | Describing and explaining Describe places and processes in a few connected sentences. Pair work: My home town. |
| 14 | Short talks Give a two-minute prepared talk and answer simple questions. Speaking assessment preparation. |
Continuous assessment: weekly class tasks and a learning portfolio, a midterm progress check during the teaching weeks and an end-of-module assessment in the final exam week (a written task and, where relevant, a speaking assessment). Results are reported as Pass, Merit or Distinction, with the CEFR level reached in each skill.