ENGLISH 1 SYLLABUS

1. Course Overview
English Module I is the first of four required modules of the English program for Banking
Academy's non-specialized students. It is designed to help students attain level 2 of the 6-level
Foreign Language competency framework based on Circular 01/2014/TT-BGDT. The module
assists students in developing all four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Furthermore, students will improve their vocabulary and strengthen their grammar through a
variety of topics and types of exercises, thereby better supporting the use of the English language
in learning, practice, and life.
2. Course Objective: At the end of the course, students are capable of
• forming groups, identifying members' roles, and planning group activities on a basic level in
order to solve a situation in everyday life in English.
• identifying the main content and details in monologues and short conversations on simple and
everyday topics.
• using simple and relatively accurate vocabulary, grammatical structures, and communication
strategies to talk about themselves and discuss everyday communication situations.
• identifying main ideas and details in short texts/readings with relatively understandable
vocabulary and expressions on commonplace topics.
• writing letters, messages, notes, or postcards on familiar topics using basic vocabulary, grammar
structures, and communication strategies with relative accuracy.
3. Course Assessment:
3.1. Midterm 1-Group Project Guideline:
*General requirement: Students work in groups of four to fulfill a task, which is to carry on a
conversation about one situation which may happen in real life. Firstly, each group is randomly
assigned a topic in the coursebook, from Unit 1 to Unit 5. Then, the group discusses and finalizes a
situation related to the given topic and create a conversation for that situation. Finally, all group
members act out the conversation in 3-4 minutes. Their performance is recorded on video and
sent to teacher for grading.
*Submission: After 10 sessions, group must submit a project package including:
A group work schedule: timeline, task division
Meeting minute: date, place, attendees, topics, discussion, etc.
A group work report: reasons for your grouping, outcome, efficiency, achievement,
contribution of each member (signed by all members of the group.)
A video
*Example of situation
Topic: Clothes
Situation: You’re Cinderella and you’re going on a date with Mr. Charming Prince this Saturday
night. Discuss with your friends about different types of clothes you can wear to that date.
You should say: Different type of clothes? Why/suitable? Why/like?/ Where/buy? etc.
Topic: Places & buildings
Situation: You just won 1 million dollars and you want to go around the world. Discuss with your
friends about the places you will go.
You should say: Where /go? Why?/How much money? What/pack?/Who/go with you? etc.
3.2. Midterm test 2: Speaking
* Format:
Part 1: Personal interview. Students answer questions about family, hobbies, study, future plans, etc.
Part 2: Working in pairs, ask and answer questions based on the picture and the problem
information.
*Assessment Criteria: Grammar and Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Interactive Communication
* Sample:
Part 1: First, let’s talk about school. What time do you finish school? What do you often do after
school? Now, let’s talk about home. Who do you live with? How many bedrooms are there in
your house?
Part 2: You and your partner will speak to each other. Candidate A, this is a card with some
information on it. Candidate B, this is a card with some words on it. Candidate B, please ask
Candidate A questions from the words and Candidate will answer.
Then you change the roles.

3.3. Final-term Test: Listening, Reading, Writing tests in A2/KET format.

4. Course Schedule

5. References:
https://helenadailyenglish.com/english-conversations-in-real-life-with-common-phrases-
meaning-example
http://eslgold.com/speaking-4/speaking_situations/
https://www.lingoneo.org/learn-english/page/topic-daily-life
https://www.uopeople.edu/blog/how-to-improve-english-speaking-skills/
https://www.learnrealeng.com/2017/11/74-topics-daily-life-english.html