MYENGLISH COURSE OUTLINE
myEnglish- For Pre-intermediate (CEF A2)
GRAMMAR
Pre- question forms - ’have got’
Intermediat -pronouns - conjunctions -
e1 present simple - present
continuous - ‘to be’ +
adjective - ’would you like’
for invitations - ‘should’ for
advice - prepositions -
adverbs of frequency - zero
conditional - first conditional
- ‘there is’ and ‘there are’ -
verb forms
Pre- past simple - past
Intermediat continuous - present perfect
e2 – ‘ever’ and ‘never’ – ‘yet’
and ‘already’ – ‘for’ and
‘since’ - ‘to be’ - irregular
verbs - prepositions of time -
question forms - regular and
irregular verbs - adjectives -
invitations – offers - advice -
imperatives -‘there is’ and
‘there are’- infinitives - past
participles - pronouns -
adverbs of frequency
Pre- future forms - indefinite
Intermediat article - definite article -
e3 comparative and superlative
adjectives - future
predictions - first conditional
-present perfect - ‘for’ and
‘since’ -past tense - past
participles - ‘yet’ and
‘already’ - ‘used to’ and
‘didn’t use to’ for past habits
- gerunds
VOCABULARY
getting to know you -
family members and
relationships - appearance
– invitations describing
pictures - informal email
phrases - asking for help -
telling the time - daily
routines - time expressions
- free time activities -
houses and
accommodation - health
and fitness –numbers and
statistics - percentages
places - historical events -
natural disasters -
household objects -
crime - past time
expressions -
confusing verbs - parts of
a city -
location - directions -
outdoor activities - airport
vocabulary -travel –
tourism and tourists -
language for discussions
arts - music -
entertainment -
opinions - reviews -
meanings of ‘play’ -
clothes - patterns -
shopping -‘like’ ‘love’ and
‘hate’ - cars and driving -
technology - the internet -
online learning - letters
and emails - formal and
informal language - media
- life events – cities - news
- weather - change
COMMUNICATION WORKPLACE
SKILLS SKILLS
structuring and
asking questions - writing delivering a
a personal profile - presentation - time
improving writing - writing management
informal emails - making
invitations - responding to
invitations - describing
visuals - telling the time -
asking for help -
presenting statistics -
talking about rules - talking
about work
organising a text logically -
talking about experiences - presentation skills
describing places - asking to persuade others
for help - making - time
recommendations - management and
politely agreeing and developing a
disagreeing - making weekly schedule -
suggestions - talking about group discussion
achievements - writing a skills
short text - giving advice -
writing a thank you note
making plans and making a
arrangements - making presentation -
suggestions - giving ‘buying time’ when
advice - writing informal speaking - group
emails - discussion skills -
expressing opinions - asking and
responding to opinions - answering
buying clothes - questions - using
leaving a voicemail or the STAR
message -making structure for
enquiries and bookings - presentations
writing text messages -
discussing likes and
dislikes
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Intermediate (B2)
BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
SKILLS
Intermediate Discussing jobs - Finding out
1 about a job - Preparing a CV and
covering letter - Preparing for an
interview - Talking about previous
experience - Talking about what
you do and would like to do -
Talking about work and motivation
- Asking questions about job
responsibilities - Accepting a job
and confirming working
arrangements - Introducing
yourself to colleagues - Asking
about job roles and company
structures - Dealing with verbal
and written complaints about a
product or service - Describing
problems to colleagues -
Preparing for a meeting - Agreeing
on how to deal with problems in a
meeting - Negotiating to reach a
solution - Reviewing past
performance with your manager -
Agreeing future objectives
Intermediate 2 Describing plans for a new
product - Talking about figures
and statistics - Comparing and
Describing products - Writing
descriptions - Understanding and
reporting back on a presentation –
Planning, preparing and giving a
presentation - Answering
questions after a presentation -
Getting feedback on a
presentation - Taking instructions
and accepting responsibility for
tasks - Choosing between
alternatives - Organising travel -
Giving and understanding travel
instructions - Dealing with
changes of plan - Talking about a
work trip - Agreeing to work on a
future project - Staying in touch -
Giving feedback - Writing a report
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KEY LANGUAGE
ing adjectives - Wh- questions
in the past - Yes/No questions
in the past - Describing
personal qualities - Questions
with ‘what’ - Talking about job
interviews - Modal verbs for
advice - Adverbs of frequency -
Describing personal strengths -
Questions with would -
Vocabulary for job terms and
conditions - Question tags - Job
roles and responsibilities,
company structures - Making
and dealing with complaints -
Intensifiers with adjectives -
Making and agreeing with
suggestions - Reported speech
- Expressing
agreement/disagreement -
Synonyms for increase and
develop - Interrupting and
checking meaning - Zero and
first conditionals - Questions in
a review meeting - Future plans
and objectives
Marketing language - Figures
and statistics -Relative clauses -
pronouns – comparatives and
superlatives - Adverbs to give a
viewpoint - - Simple passive -
Signposting language -
Describing presentation
features - Indirect questions -
Going to vs will - Linking words
for cause and effect, contrast -
Responding to feedback -
Phrasal verbs -Adjectives and
adverbs - Checking information
- Time markers - Present simple
vs present continuous - Modals
of probability - - Past perfect -
Past simple and past
continuous - When and while -
Present continuous for future
arrangements - Opinions -
Reminding and requesting -
Ending a conversation - Making
recommendations - The third
conditional
PRONUNCIATION
Intonation for yes/no and wh-
questions - Word stress in
adjectives - Word stress in
sentences when giving advice -
Use of appropriate pausing in a
sentence to sound natural -
Word stress in words with more
than two syllables - Intonation in
Question tags - Intonation for
conversation expressions -
Polite intonation for dealing with
complaints about a product or
service - Word stress in
intensifiers - Rising/falling
intonation in agreement and
disagreement - Word stress -
Sentence stress - Contractions
and weak stress
Different 'a' sounds - Stress in
nouns and verbs - than in
comparatives - Sentence stress
- Word stress - Intonation to
react to suggestions, making
sure you understand, dealing
with interruptions and
clarification phrases -
Pronunciation of /ɔɪ/ /i:/ /ɪə/ /ɑ:/
/u:/ /aʊ/ - Emphasising the
modifier - Contractions -
Intonation when reacting to
feedback, bad news, questions
and sentences
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Intermediate 1 Attendees - Identifying Contacts -
Discussing Work Issues -
Reporting Back - Meeting a client -
Describing a company's services -
Making written proposals -
Updating a manager on progress -
Arranging a social event - Talking
about work - Evaluating
performance - Preparing for an
appraisal - Discussing a new role -
Creating a team - Giving receiving
good news - Setting up a mentor
arrangement - Supporting
colleagues - Chairing a meeting -
Reassuring a client
Upper Outlining plans - Presenting a
Intermediate 2 concept - Clarifying roles and
responsibilities - Informal progress
review - Receiving professional
guidance -Talking things through -
Giving and reacting to bad news -
Revising plans - Discussing the
change of plan - Finalising the
launch plans - Discussing a
presentation - Organising training
plans - Choosing training - Setting
up a workshop - Reviewing
feedback - Client feedback
Closing a project - Informal project
review - Preparing a professional
profile - Preparing for a strategic
review
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Questions - First and second Intonation in questions and
conditionals - Reported speech question tags - Connected
- Question tags - Comparative speech - Linking sounds with
and superlative adjectives - ‘you’ and ‘your’ - Contrastive
Networking - Personality stress in connected speech -
adjectives - Asking for Word stress in long words -
clarification - Phrasal verbs with Long and short vowel sounds
go - Idioms - Describing plans -
Adjectives and suffixes - Small
talk - Suggestions - Availability
and preference - Arrangements
- Likes and dislikes - Appraisal
language - Defining and
explaining – Comparing and
contrasting - Modifying
expressions - Giving and
reacting to good news -
Mentoring - Offering advice -
Meetings - Raising and
responding to concerns
Introducing a presenter - Vowel reduction - Emphasis
Summarising - Drawing and intonation - Weak forms –
attention to key points - Vowel sounds (as in ‘put’ v ‘but’
Wrapping up a presentation - (/u/, /u:/, /^/) - Emphasis -
Informal questions - Checking Intonation and sentence stress
understanding - Evaluating to express
performance - Giving certainty/understanding - Linked
reassurance - Offering solutions sounds: can’t have and needn’t
– Delivering/reacting to bad have - Adverbs and word stress
news – Dealing with problems - - Intonation to show interest or
Discussing documents - engagement
Present perfect continuous -
Speculating about the past -
Discussing future outcomes -
Checking for approval - Dealing
with questions - Suggesting
changes - Asking for
clarification - Prioritising -
Describing expectations -
Rephrasing - Describing events
- Analysing feedback - Giving
opinions - Modal verbs -
Expressing satisfaction -
Talking about hopes -
Congratulating others -
Expressions for ways of working
- Interacting informally -
Expressing contrast -
Discussing skills and talents -
Analysing a business – Talking
about the future
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