Conversation 1 (Pre-Intermediate)

Course details

Outline:

Social Communicatio:

• Lesson 1: Introductions and Greetings
  • identify self; introduce self and other; understand and use formal and informal introductions and leave takings.
    
• Lesson 2: More About You
  • Ask and tell about basic personal information and reasons for studying English
    
• Lesson 3: Congratulations
  • Extend congratulations in appropriate situations; compare cross-cultural customs
    
• Lesson 4: Apologies
  • Extend apologies in appropriate situations; compare cross-cultural customs.

• Lesson 5: Good and Bad Manners
  • Compare and contrast polite and impolite behavior across cultures.
    
• Lesson 6: Helping Each Other
  • Offer and risk for help in various situations; compare cross – culture customs
    
• Lesson 7: Expressing Sympathy
  • Extend sympathy in appropriate situations; compare cross-cultural  customs
    

Personal Life:

• Lesson 1: Daily Life
  • Compare and contrast differing lifestyles; clarify and / or reconfirm personal lifestyle
    
• Lesson 2: Favorite Foods
  • Compare and contrast food preferences; explain and introduce personal food preferences.
    
• Lesson 3: Personality Characteristics
  • Identify and discuss various characteristics of personality; explain own personality characteristics.
    
• Lesson 4: Friends
  • Compare and contrast positive and negative aspects of friendship; explain opinions about friendship.
    
• Lesson 5: Childhood Memories
  • Ask and answer questions about childhood memories
    
• Lesson 6: Cultural Identity
  • Identify and discuss cultural traits and traditions; compare and contrast cultural differences; explain own cultural heritage
    
• Lesson 7: Life Story
  • Ask and answer questions about personal experiences; share personal stories
    
• Lesson 8: Future Plans, Hopes and Dreams
  • Explain and ask about future goals and way of reaching them
    
• Lesson 9: Learning Styles
  • Identify and discuss characteristics of various learning styles; clarify and/or reconfirm personal preferred learning style; discuss language learning skills
    

Family Life:

• Lesson 1: Families
  • Identify and discuss family members and roles in the family ; share personal family memories
    
• Lesson 2: Falling in Love
  • Compare and contrast personal and cross-cultural perspectives on courtship
    
• Lesson 3: Marriage
  • Identify and discuss common milestones in marriage; share opinions about marriage
    

• Lesson 4: Having a Baby

  • Identify and discuss common preparations for having a baby and experiences with babies.
    
• Lesson 5: Growing Up

Identify and discuss contrasting lifestyles and problems of adolescence ; share and compare experiences as adolescents

• Lesson 6: Parenting
  • Identify and discuss common problem of parenting; clarify , share , and/or reconfirm personal opinions about disciplining children
    

• Lesson 7: After School

  • Compare and contrast supervised and unsupervised behavior of children after school; discuss ways for parents to be involved in children’s education outside school; discuss community programs for learning English and for special learning problems
    
• Lesson 8: Divorce
  • Identify and discuss cause for divorce across cultures and legal solutions to marital problems
    
• Lesson 9: Growing Old
  • Identify and discuss problems and pleasures of growing old.

Prerequisite:
Level-5