日本語

Pronunciation Skills A

• practise difficult sounds in English: /r/ /l/, /i/ /ee/
• test your own pronunciation by asking other English speakers to identify what you are saying ▪ record different English speakers and analyse their pronunciation
• break a code made from difficult sounds

In Pronunciation Skills A, you learn how to pronounce Rs, Ls, the short ‘i’ sound and the long ‘ee’ sound correctly. Next, you listen to a number of recordings and choose which sound you hear. After this, you practise using the correct pronunciation with a number of British Hills staff. You then play a game in which you must pronounce words correctly to open a safe, before practising difficult tongue-twisters.

All About Me A1

• watch videos of native speakers introducing themselves and answer questions about them 
  
• make a video introduction of yourself, introducing your hobbies, job, and family

In All About Me A1 you will first watch several native English speakers introduce themselves and answer questions on the videos. Next, you reorder jumbled sentences to make the self- introductions of famous people. You then write your own self-introduction, before recording yourself on video. You then watch this video with your teacher, identifying mistakes or areas to improve, before recording again to make the perfect self-introduction.

Introducing Japan: Talking About Japan

• discuss and discover what aspects of Japanese culture are known around the world
• learn how to construct question and answer dialogues to describe Japanese places and
  things
• record yourself speaking to attain natural intonation and rhythm

In Introducing Japan: Talking About Japan you will learn how to describe the places, items, and people that make up Japan. First, you will learn how to answer the five essential questions fordescribing: ‘what,’ ‘where,’ ‘when,’ ‘how,’ and ‘what for.’ You will then discuss what Japanese customs and items are world famous, before playing a trivia quiz game that gives hints about Japanese items. Finally, you will prepare a written introduction for several aspects of Japanese culture, before recording yourself and analysing the video with your teacher.

My British Hills Stay A1

• make a video blog about your stay at British Hills
• study and test the simple past form of regular and irregular verbs

In My British Hills Stay A1 you will learn how to pronounce the /d/, /t/, and /id/ forms of the past tense. You then play a quiz to identify how many common verbs are pronounced. You will then look at irregular verbs, where the entire word changes in the past tense, before recording your very own video blog about your British Hills stay.

My Everyday Life

• practise describing times and activities using the present simple tense
• watch and discuss the routines of other people and complete task-based challenges 
  
• describe your daily routine in an oral presentation

In My Everyday Life you will first learn how to describe regular activities, such as “get up” or “go to work.” You then learn how to correctly and naturally tell the time and times of day, such as “in the evening.” Finally, you write and present your daily routine to your teacher and classmates.

Shopping A1

• enquire about prices for items in a shop
• role-play purchasing everyday items in a shop
• practise real-life authentic shopping in the BritishHills shop

In Shopping A1 you will first learn and practise common collocations for daily shopping goods: “a bunch of bananas,” “a loaf of bread.” Next, you watch two videos of English speakers shopping, before arranging and practising the same conversations. Finally, you are given a shopping list and some questions about the British Hills gift shop, before going there yourself and shopping!

Daily Routines

• describe the daily/weekly/monthly/yearly routines of yourself and others

In Daily Routines, you will practise talking about the things you do all the time. You begin by completing an interview worksheet with many questions about the times you do things like wake up and eat breakfast etc. You then drill the language so that you become able to naturally produce both questions and answers to describe daily routines. Next, you learn how to describe other people’s routines, using the third person form. You will see the routines of several famous people, then discuss what you imagine the routines are of various people, including professional sports people, business people, and so on.

Describing People: Faces

• describe facial features of friends and colleagues

In Describing People: Faces, you will practise describing the facial features of people so that others can identify them. You will first play an elimination game in which you must choose the correct person from a number of pictures as your teacher describes them. You will then learn vocabulary for various features: hair, hairstyles, facial features such as moustaches and freckles, and more. You will then do several listening activities where you must identify the person, before describing a number of people so that your teacher and classmates can identify them.

Describing People: Attire

• describe the clothing and styles of various people

​​In Describing People: Attire, you will practise describing fashion, styles, and clothes. You will first learn vocabulary to describe various types of clothing, from hats and scarves to boots and trousers. You will then learn how to describe these items with the correct word order, using adjectives such as colour, size, and shape to add information. Finally, you will role-play describing a friend you have lost at Tokyo station to station staff.

Introducing Japan: Weather & Places

• use adverbial phrases of frequency to talk about routines
• use adjectives to describe the weather and places
• use adverbs, adjectives, and the zero conditional structure to introduce and recommend places to visit in Japan

In Introducing Japan: Weather & Places you will first learn descriptive vocabulary – lively, picturesque, vibrant, and more! You will then describe your hometown. Next, you will learn how to use the zero conditional form to describe manners, learning how to describe Japanese customs and manners in English. After this, you learn vocabulary and phrases for describing the weather, before using everything you have learnt to describe your hometown to visitors. You then perform a roleplay, before watching a promotional video for Jamaica before making your own, for Japan!

Travel English: Accommodation

• learn and practice how to check-in to a hotel
• learn useful phrases for asking for help during a stay overseas
• call the British Hills reception and carry out a real-life conversation with hotel staff

In Travel English: Accommodation you will learn how to check-in to an overseas hotel, and practise useful phrases to help you when staying overseas. First, you take a quiz to identify different locations and amenities in a hotel. Next, you listen to several recorded conversations of guests asking for help in a hotel, and answer comprehension questions. You then learn several phrases for use in a hotel. Finally, you perform several role-plays practising making request in hotels.

Travel English: Incidents

• use the past continuous and simple past to report incidents
• use adjectives to describe people
• role-play reporting an incident at a police station and identifying the perpetrator

In Travel English: Incidents you will practise giving accounts and descriptions. First, you learn vocabulary used to describe incidents, crimes, and problems. You then learn how to use the past continuous to describe events happening. Finally, you practise describing people’s appearances, before placing your descriptions into a story about an imagined event that happened to you on vacation.

Travel English: Restaurants

• role-play ordering in a casual restaurant setting 
  

In Travel English: Restaurants, you will learn about the variety of English phrases used by customers and staff in both casual family restaurants and formal ones. First, you will learn the names for different types of restaurants in English, then you will watch videos of customers ordering in various restaurants. You will then study the different language used in casual and formal settings, before practising full conversations in which you order your meals. The lesson ends with you role-playing both customer and waiter in casual and formal restaurants.

Describing Things

• use adjective noun phrases to describe a scene in detail for their partner to draw 
  
• use correct adjective word order that sounds natural to native speakers

Many languages have a natural order of adjectives, and in English this is a specific pattern starting with general opinions and ending with material. In Describing Things you will learn the natural patterns used by English speakers to describe things, benefiting your vocabulary, your fluency, and the sophistication of your English language ability.

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