English Level Three
English 3 - ELP:
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Goals and Objectives (What will the students be able to do?)
Here are things that students should be able to do before moving on to the next level. The numbers in brackets correspond to the criterion in the "Language Needed" section below to help you decide what you will need to teach for each goal.
1. Describe homes, rooms and furniture.
[1] [2] [3] [4]
2. Talk about homes to rent and renting.
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
3. Describe what they have in their fridge/kitchen/bag or other day-to-day storage item.
[1] [2] [3]
4. Buy things in a store, ask for prices, show/explain what they need.
[4] [5] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
5. Describe the clothes they usually/sometimes/often/never wear.
[13] [14] [15]
6. Describe what happened in different years of their life.
[16] [17] [18]
7. Describe events when they were children/teenagers, young adults.
[16] [18] [20] [21]
8. Ask questions about things other people did in the past.
[16] [17] [18] [20] [21]
9. Respond to other people’s news and ask follow up questions
[17] [18]
10. Talk about different types of music and movies.
[19]
11. Express something that happened that day.
[16]
12. Understand and respond to simple news stories, / start a conversation about the news
[18] [20]
13. Make suggestions and respond to them
[22] [28]
14. Understand and tell/write a short story about something that happened to them in the past
[16]
15. Talk or write about things they usually do on vacation
[24] [14] [26] [27]
16. Say what they can/can’t do about where they live and where they go on vacation.
[24] [25]
17. Describe and compare places.
[26]
18. Find important facts in tourist information articles.
19. Discuss and plan a day out.
[28] [29] [22]
20. Write a simple email or personal letter inviting another person on a trip or activity.
[28] [25]
21. Talk/write about things people do at work.
[30] [32]
22. Describe things that they/other people are doing now compared to what they usually do at this time.
[33] [14]
23. Talk about types of transport.
[34] [14]
24. Have a short phone conversation.
[35]
25. Talk about things they can/can’t do generally or connected to a simple job description.
[36] [37] [38]
Language Needed (What will you teach?)
Here are grammar, vocabulary, and realia items that students should be familiar with before moving on to the next level.
01. (Grammar) There is/There are.
02. (Grammar) How much?/How many?
03. (Grammar) Countable/uncountable nouns
04. (Grammar) Basic quantifiers (some, any, a/an).
05. (Grammar) Demonstrative pronouns (this, these, that, those)
06. (Grammar) Rooms in a house, furniture, types of homes (apartment, condo, detached house).
07. (Realia) A simple rental advert.
08. (Vocabulary) Types of shops/stores
09. (Determiners) Ex. This one/Those two
10. (Vocabulary) Typical things in a convenience store.
11. (Review) Prices for items at a store.
12. (Grammar) Phrases typically used in a store (saying what you want politely etc.)
13. (Realia) Supermarket or clothing store flyers/websites
14. (Grammar) Frequency adverbs with present simple.
15. (Vocabulary) Clothes and review of colours.
16. (Grammar) Past Simple (positive, negative, Wh- Questions, yes/no questions, short answers, regular verbs, irregular verbs, verb “to be.”
17. (Vocabulary) Common follow-up questions (What was it like? Who did you go with? What did you do? Are you ok now? etc),
18. (Vocabulary) Phrases for responding to news (“Oh, wow!”, “Oh my God!”, “What a shame!”, “You're joking!”, “Really?” etc.)
19. (Vocabulary) Music and movie genres.
20. (Vocabulary) Past time phrases (last…, in the 19th century, the day before yesterday, in the eighties (80s), about 50 years ago, in March 2020 etc)
21. (Vocabulary) Past Simple most common news verbs (lost, found, told, broke, fell, took, chose, won, said, put), phrases to talk about news (Did you hear about the….? Did you read what happened in…? Yes, isn’t it awful. Yes, it’s horrible., No, what happened?)
22. (Realia) A short news article from a local newspaper or website.
22. (Vocabulary) Phrases for making suggestions (Let’s…. Why don’t we..? How about we…?)
23. (Vocabulary) Definite and indefinite articles
24. (Grammar) Present Simple review, most common vacation verbs and vocabulary (sunbathe, go for walks, go sightseeing, go cycling, rent a bike/car, camp, stay in a hotel/with friends, etc)
25. (Grammar) Can/Can’t for possibility,
26. Common adjectives for places (crowded, quiet, dirty, dangerous, clean, boring, empty, modern, noisy, etc),
27. (Grammar) Comparative adjectives
28. Vocabulary connected to vacation deals.
29. (Realia) Booking websites like Expedia or Kayak.
30. (Vocabulary) Phrases for planning a day out (Would you like to….? Let’s go …? What do you want to do? Where would you like to go? I’d prefer…, I want to go to… I’d rather go…. I’d like to go …)
31. (Grammar) Present Simple Review, verb collocations with play, study, have, go, study, book, get, stay (ex. book a room/flight/table, get home/there/to my place, stay in a hotel/with us/with family or friends)
32. (Vocabulary) Basic work vocabulary and collocations (customer, report, contract, meeting, conference, write a report, answer email/phone, take messages/notes, sign contracts/letters, etc)
33. (Grammar) Present Simple vs Present Continuous (positive, negative, wh-questions, yes/no questions, short answers), time phrases (now, at the moment, today)
34. (Vocabulary) Methods of transport, transport verbs and phrases (take the bus/train/subway, go on foot, go by car/train, cycle, fly, drive, sail, go by plane/boat, etc)
35. (Vocabulary) Phone phrases (Can I please talk to…? This is… Speaking. It’s.. Can you call me back? Hello, is that…? etc)
36. (Grammar) Can/can’t for ability
37. (Vocabulary) Common ability verbs (drive, cook, play an instrument, sing, ski, surf, ride a horse, speak another
language)
38. (Realia) A job posting from an online job site such as indeed.ca, monster.ca, or jobbank.ca
Suggested Materials
All suggested materials can be found in the Hansa Teacher's Textbook Repository. Level 3 material should be graded to CLB level 3 or the lower spectrum of CEFR A2.
American English File 1 - Units 1 to 6
Face to Face (Elementary) - Units 5 to 8
Interchange 1 - Units 1 to 16
Life by Nat Geo (Elementary) - Units 1 to 6
