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)