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.
Learning Competencies:
Speaking: The students will have the opportunity to use English when communicating
with their teacher and classmates. They will be given some presentation tasks to practice
the new learned vocabulary and grammar structures.
Writing: The students will be writing sentences and dialogues on a daily basis to practice
the new learned vocabulary and grammar structures. They will also write journals and
essays based on the lesson.
Reading: The students will be reading texts which includes sentences and dialogues with
the useful expressions in English.
Listening: Students will be listening statements, proper pronunciation, stress, intonation,
speech rate and rhythm from their teacher.

Beginning ESL: Scope & Sequence

Grammatical Concepts
Day 1-4(4hrs)

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

Vocabulary Units

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

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

Day 9-12(4hrs)

Day 13-16(4hrs)

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Verbs + Prepositions
Phrasal Verbs

Day 16-20(4hrs)

Day 21-24(4hrs)

Day 24-28(4hrs)

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)
Parts of Speech

Everyday Things
Talking
Moving
Talking About Language

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 37-40 (4hrs)

Day 41-44(4hrs)

Day 45-48(4hrs)

Day 49-52(4hrs)