24 hours basic grammatical skills including use of the interrogative and discourse forms covering:

-Verb forms and other grammatical structures

-Introductions and greetings

-Asking for information

-Offering

-Requesting

-Inviting

6 hours descriptive skills including:

-Comparative language

-Vocabulary building for people and places

-Communicative structures for expression of opinions

-Asking for descriptions

6 hours English numeration including:

-Time, quantity, cost and numbering vocabulary

-Buying and selling structures

-Requesting and giving the time

-Various numerical expressions including cardinal numbers, fractions, decimals etc.

16 hours receptive skills development including:

-Listening comprehension focusing on varying elements of vocabulary and structure

-Video comprehension developing combined visual-audio receptive skills to deduce meaning from context

-Reading skills strategies including intensive skimming and scanning development tasks, as well as intensive reading exercises

14 hours written skills development including:

-Development of basic writing skills applying studied grammatical structures

-Standard writing formats including formal and informal letters

-Expression of opinions in writing

-Instruction flow writing skills

-Narrative written structures to express past events

14 hours basic terminology based on students' needs

-Identification of equipment required, intensive vocabulary training

-Descriptive language development of equipment use and functions

-Integrated interrogative and discourse use with targeted vocabulary and functions

-Language formation for instruction in, and explanation of basic equipment use

 

30 hours practical application and self-instruction

14 hours use of "Authentic" materials to extend receptive development including both classroom and self-instruction:

-Reading comprehension of authentic time-tables and schedules

-Listening comprehension of authentic radio broadcasts in both British and American English

-Communicative and decision making activities based on authentic reading materials

-Authentic video materials to improve extraction of information from authentic source

-Use of the Internet to extract authentic materials on specific areas of interest

-Introduction to self-instruction English sites located on the Internet including pen-pals, quizzes, listening comprehension and idiomatic language development

-Written communication tasks for authentic task oriented goals

-Self-instruction CD-ROM using various English learning software packages

-Self-instruction using listening and video materials from the self access language laboratory with follow comprehension exercises

10 hours of class communicative activities including:

-Role-plays in various authentic situations

-Debating various points of view to strengthen the ability to expression points of view

-Information gathering activities concerning time, place, cost and personal descriptions

-Project development in groups and pair-work to increase communication practice

-Group generated narrative writing production

6 hours specific targeted vocabulary development:

-Interviewing activities to enhance instruction and explanation processes with specific focus on basic individual vocabulary needs

-Lexis development and extension in appropriate areas

-Role-play to increase active use of targeted language areas

-Group created written reports giving instruction on various aspects of target vocabulary