Course contents: General English Programmes

This lesson teaches common expressions for meeting people. Through listening and role play the students learn how to introduce themselves and greet other people in both formal and informal situations.

In this lesson, the students listen to two dialogues and study the questions that the speakers use to ask about each other’s background, work, hobbies, travel experience, etc. The students then practise getting to know one another using the language from the lesson. The worksheet also introduces terms for describing people you know, e.g. an acquaintance, a mutual friend, a flatmate, a colleague, etc.

This lesson teaches common words and expressions for describing food and drink, restaurant service and parts of meals. Through listening and role play, students learn how to order a meal in a restaurant as well as discuss menu options with a guest and decide who to pay.

In this lesson, students learn and practise vocabulary related to food and drink.

This lesson teaches common words and expressions for describing clothes (in British and American English), clothing material and shopping for clothes. Through listening and role play, the students learn how to ask to try on an item, enquire about sizes and colours, and decide whether or not to buy.

In this lesson, students learn and practise vocabulary related to clothes

This lesson teaches common words and phrases for describing hotel facilities, service and staff, as well as practical expressions to use with a hotel receptionist. Through listening and role play, students learn how to book a room, check in and check out.

This lesson teaches useful words and phrases for describing banking products and services including types of bank accounts, loans, payment methods and foreign exchange. Through listening and role play, the students learn how to exchange money from one currency to another, pay in and withdraw cash, enquire about their bank balance and check their overdraft limit.

This lesson teaches useful expressions for giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing. The students listen to three travellers discussing the impact of tourism on a historical European town and study the language used in the conversation. At the end of the lesson, the learners select from a list of discussion topics and practise sharing their own opinions.

In this lesson, students learn and practise vocabulary related to land and sea.

In this lesson, students learn and practise vocabulary related to road and transport.

This lesson teaches vocabulary for describing and discussing ideas. Students listen to a dialogue between two friends planning a weekend break and practise asking for, making and responding to suggestions.

This lesson teaches vocabulary and expressions for making plans and arrangements. Through listening and role play, the students learn how to schedule, cancel and re-schedule a meeting. The use of the present continuous for stating future plans is also studied, as well as common phrasal verbs used when making arrangements.

The theme of this lesson is probability and chance. Students read an article on an unusual, statistical approach to planning their week. Collocations for describing several routines and activities are studied. In the grammar exercises, students learn how to express probability and chance using modal verbs and other useful structures. At the end of the lesson, students select from a list of topics and discuss what they believe will happen in each case.

In this lesson, students study and practise basic grammatical structures for talking about future plans and decisions – the present continuous, will + infinitive and going to + infinitive. The lesson is suitable for both classroom practice and self-study.

This short lesson filler teaches common social expressions that English speakers use in a variety of situations, including be careful, bless you, congratulations, cheers, good luck, never mind, etc. The students practise the expressions through a role play activity.

The lesson teaches vocabulary and expressions related to the topic of staying and living with other people. Through listening and role play, the students learn how to welcome a guest, make small talk, make offers and requests, as well as thank somebody for their hospitality.

In this lesson, the students learn and practise expressions for offering, accepting and refusing help. The lesson also teaches common phrases for responding when other people express their gratitude.

This short lesson filler teaches common social expressions that English speakers use in a variety of situations, including by all means, calm down, get well soon, what a pity, get well soon, it doesn’t matter, etc. The students practise the expressions through a role play activity.

This lesson teaches common expressions for making apologies, excuses and promises. Through listening and role play, the students learn how to apologize for something, accept or reject an apology, explain a problem or mistake and promise action.

In this lesson, students learn and practise vocabulary related to health and illness.

In this lesson, students learn vocabulary for describing telephone equipment and using a telephone. Through listening and role play, students study and practise useful expressions for making and answering a phone call, as well as taking and leaving messages.

In this lesson, students learn and practise vocabulary related to gadgets and appliances.

In this lesson, students learn and practise vocabulary related to computers and the Internet.