General English Course at Beginner Level A1 Language skills and systems covered


The tables below show the different language skills and systems (vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation) covered in each unit of the Navigate book at CEFR level A1 (Beginner) which is the coursebook used for the General English Course at Beginner Level.

The programme below is a sample programme as our teachers use supplementary material from other books to cover different areas of language related to the topic of each lesson.

1  First meetings GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION LISTENING/READING SPEAKING/WRITING
  •  Introduce yourself
  • Ask questions with be
  • Say countries and numbers 1-10
  • Talk about where you’re from
  • Say the alphabet
  • Use question words
  • Say hello and goodbye
  • Fill in a form
1.1 On business or holiday?  Verb be (I/you) Introduction Listening recognizing questions

1.2 Where are you from? 

 

Verb be (we/you)

Numbers 1-10

Countries

Saying names of countries Reading recognizing proper nouns
1.3 How do you spell that?  Question words The alphabet

1.4 Speaking and writing

 

Speaking hello and goodbye

Writing filling in a form

 

1.5 Video At the hotel       Review  

 

 

2  Questions GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION LISTENING/READING SPEAKING/WRITING
  • Use singular and plurals forms
  • Say numbers 11-100
  • Talk about jobs
  • Use the verb be (he/she/it/they)
  • Use subject pronouns
  • Use prepositions of place
  • Tell the time
  • Write a blog

 

 2.1 What’s this in english? 

this/that/these/those

Verb be (it/they)

Objects p16

Regular plural nouns

Numbers 11-100

word stress: -teen and -ty Listening understanding singular and plurial  
2.2 What’s your job  Verb be (he/she/it/they)

 Jobs

 

word stress: jobs

Reading understanding pronouns (1)

Video Vox pops 1 & 2

 
2.3 Where are they?  Subject pronouns Prepositions of place in, on, near/next to      
2.4 Speaking and writing         

Speaking the time

Writing a blog

2.5 Video Witney Antiques     Review 

 

 

 

3  People and possessions GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION LISTENING/READING SPEAKING/WRITING
  • Use adjective + nouns phrases
  • Talk about possessions with have got
  • Ask and answer about possessions using have got
  • Use opposite adjectives
  • Use possessive determiners and possessive’s
  • Talk about family
  • Use everyday expressions
  • Write a social media message
 3.1 My neighbours  have got, has got

Adjective + noun phrases (1)

Irregular plurals

Reading identifying key words
3.2 Possessions  have got negatives and questions Opposite adjectives stress in yes/no questions and answers
3.3 Family 

Possessive determiners ( my,his,our,…)

Possessive’s

 

Family

Listening understanding final’s

Video Vox pops 3

3.4 Speaking and writing 

Speaking using everyday expressions

Writing an informal email

 

3.5 Video A gadget-free life 

 

4  My life GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION LISTENING/READING SPEAKING/WRITING
  • Use present simple positive with common verbs
  • Talk about your life
  • Use the present simple negative
  • Talk about journeys
  • Ask present simple yes/no questions
  • Talk about your day
  • Ask for things in a shop
  • Write an informal email

 

4.1 About me    Present simple positive   Common verbs present simple with he/she/it Reading understanding verb phrases  
4.2 Journeys  Present simple negative

 

Transport

  Listening understanding positive and negative contractions  
4.3 My day  Present simple yes/no questions

Daily activities

Verb + noun phrases

stress in present simple yes/no questions and answers Video Vox pops 4  
4.4 Speaking and writing         

Speaking in a shop

Writing an informal email

 

4.5 Video A day in the life of a journalist

 

5  Style and design GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION LISTENING/READING SPEAKING/WRITING
  • Use adverbs of frequency
  • Talk about clothes
  • Ask Wh-questions
  • Talk about a building you like
  • Use the present simple
  • Talk about style and fashion
  • Ask for and give travel information
  • Make arrangements by text

 

5.1 Clothes style

 

Adverbs of frequency Colours and clothes word stress: clothes Reading and, but, because
5.2 Amazing architecture  Wh- questions Adjectives Listening understanding chunks

 5.3 Styles around the world 

 

Present simple – all forms

Parts of the body

Very/really + adjective

plural forms Video Vox pops 5

 

5.4 Speaking and writing 

Speaking asking for and giving travel information

Writing making arrangements by text

 5.5 Video Architecture in Amsterdam 

 

6   Places and facilities GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION LISTENING/READING SPEAKING/WRITING
  • Use there is/there are
  • Talk about places in a town
  • Talk about hotel facilities
  • Ask questions with Is there…? / Are there…?
  • Use each and all the
  • Describe rooms and furniture
  • Explain problems
  • Write a hotel review
6.1 Two towns  there is/they are

   Places in a town

Recording vocabulary

     
6.2 Is there Wi-fi ?  Is there…?/Are there…?  Hotel facilities Is there…?/Are there…? Listening understanding where and when  
6.3 Has each flat got a kitchen?  each and all the Rooms and furniture linking (1)

Reading words that look similar

Video Vox pops 7

 
 6.4 Speaking and writing         

Speaking explaining problems

Writing a hotel review

6.5 Video House searching 

 

 

7  Skills and interests GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION LISTENING/READING SPEAKING/WRITING
  • Use can and can’t
  • Talk about your abilities
  • Use can to ask and answer about abilities
  • Use adverbs of manner
  • Use like + -ing
  • Talk about your hobbies
  • Make simple requests
  • Write a post on a social media website
7.1 She can paint  can/can’t

Skills

Abilities

Sentence stress: can, can’t Listening the schwa sound /e/
7.2 Can you help?  Can you…? Adverbs of manner can,can’t in questions and statements Reading scanning for specific information

 

7.3 I like going out 

like + -ing

  Hobbies

like/love/hate + -ing

linking vowels with /w/ or /j/ Video Vox pops 7

7.4 Speaking and writing  

 

Speaking simple requests

Writing a post on a social media website

 7.5 Video An usual hobby 

 

8  Our past GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION LISTENING/READING SPEAKING/WRITING
  • Use the verb be in the past
  • Talk about your life then and now
  • Use past simple regular verbs to talk about the past
  • Describe a past life
  • Use object pronouns
  • Tell a story about a photo
  • Use expressions for special occasions
  • Show interest
  • Write a biography

 

8.1 When we were seven 

Verb be past simple Dates was and were    

 

8.2 Lives from the past 

Past simple regular verbs was born/died regular past simple endings

Listening past or present

Video Vox pops 8

 

 

8.3 Special moments

 

Object pronouns Past time expressions linking (2) Reading understanding pronouns (2)  

 

8.4 Speaking and writing 

       

Speaking expressions for special occasions

Writing a biography

8.5 Video The Wright siblings 

 

9  Unusual stories GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION LISTENING/READING SPEAKING/WRITING
  • Use past simple irregular verbs
  • Talk about a memory
  • Use past simple negatives and questions
  • Use common verb phrases
  • Use ago to say when something happened
  • Talk about the last time
  • Talk about the weather
  • Write a review of an event

 

9.1 Happy moments 

 

Past simple irregular verbs Adjective + noun phrases (2)

 

9.2 A good excuse

 

Past simple negatives and questions Verb phrases (1) Sentence stress Listening words that sounds the same

 

 9.3 New stories 

 

ago Words from context Word stress in two-syllable works

Reading guessing meaning from context

Video Vox pops 9

 

9.4 Speaking and writing 

 

Speaking the weather

Writing a review of an event

 9.5 Video Whatever the weather 

 

10  New places, new projects GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION LISTENING/READING SPEAKING/WRITING
  • Use going to for future plans
  • Talk about a future project
  • Ask and answer questions using going to
  • Talk about a life change
  • Use would like + noun/verb
  • Talk about a cafe
  • Order food and drink
  • Write invitations and thank-you note

 

10.1 We’re going to raise £5.000  going to positive and negative Future time expressions going to Reading identifying the subject  
10.2 A new life  going to questions and short answers

Verb phrases (2)

Propositions of time

   

10.3 Cafe cities 

 

would like Cafe food silent letters

Listening identifying words in connected speech p101

Video Vox pops 10

 
10.4 Speaking and writing         

Speaking ordering food and drink

Writing invitations and thank-you notes

 

10.5 Video A New York cafe