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 Vocabulary Units

Day 1-4(4hrs)  Possessive Adjectives  Family Words

 Possessive Nouns  Birth,Marriage and Death Words
 Past Tense of Verb  Parts of the Body
 Passive Voice of Verb  Clothes
 Verbs + Prepositions
 Singular and Plural Nouns

Day 9-12(4hrs)  Countable and Uncountable Nouns  Useful Words and Expressions (Making
 Verbs + Prepositions Suggestions)
 Phrasal Verbs  Food and Drink
 Prepositions  In the Kitchen
 In the Bedroom and Bathroom

Day 13-16(4hrs)  Phrasal Verbs  Things in the Living room

 Prepositions  Jobs
 Commonly Used Verbs(take, do,  School and University
have)  Communication
Day 16-20(4hrs)  Commonly Used Verbs for Holidays  Holidays
and Transportation  Shops and Shopping
 Imperatives  Places and Things at the Hotel
 Can /Could / May ( Making a request)  Eating Out
 Would (Offering something)

Day 21-24(4hrs)  Verbs (go, do , play)  Sports

 Adjectives  Cinema
 Can (ability)  Free Time at Home
 Music and Musical Instruments

Day 24-28(4hrs)  Adjectives  Countries and Nationalities

 Asking and Giving Directions  Weather
 Prepositions of Place  In the Town
 In the Countryside

Day 29-32(4hrs)  Verbs  Animals

 Useful Expressions  Travelling
 UK Cultue
 Crime

Day 33-36(4hrs)  Adjectives  The Media

 Verbs( Infinitive/ Past/ Past  Problems at Home and Work
Participle)  Global Problems
 Have/ Had/Had

Day 37-40 (4hrs)  Verbs( Infinitive/ Past/ Past  Go/Went/Gone

Participle)  Do/Did/Done
 Make/Made/Made
 Come/Came/Come

Day 41-44(4hrs)  Verbs( Infinitive/ Past/ Past  Take/Took/Taken

Participle)  Bring/Brought/Brought
 Get/Got/Got
 Phrasal Verbs

Day 45-48(4hrs)  Present Simple Tense of Verb  Everyday Things

 Verbs (Infinitive/ Past/ Past  Talking
Participle)  Moving
 Commonly Used Verbs (for transport)  Talking About Language
 Parts of Speech
Day 49-52(4hrs)  Conjunctions  Conjunctions and Connecting Words
 Prepositions of Time  Days, Months, Seasons
 Adverbs of Frequency  Time Words
 Prepositions of Place  Places

Day 53-56(4hrs)  Adjectives  Manner

 Adverbs  Common Uncountable Nouns
 Uncountable Nouns  Common Adjectives (good and bad things)
 Common Adjectives( People)

Day 57-60(4hrs)  Verbs + Prepositions  Words and Prepositions

 Adjectives + Prepositions  Prefixes
 Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs and  Suffixes
Nouns  Words you may confuse
 Verbs (similar sounds, related
meanings , often mixed up)