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
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
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
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
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
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
Daily Routines
- describe the daily/weekly/monthly/yearly routines of yourself and others
Describing People: Faces
- describe facial features of friends and colleagues
Describing People: Attire
- describe the clothing and styles of various people
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
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
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
Travel English: Restaurants
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.
- 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