Adult English Level 1  

Low Beginning

ELP: Level 1 / NRS: Level 2

This course is for learners with low beginning English language proficiency, who have basic overall English ability.

Level Goals: This course works to further develop students’ basic English skills, so that they can understand and communicate in everyday life (at home, with family) and professional settings (at work, at school).

Level Objectives: Through individual and group activities, students will practice:

●  identifying key words in context such as in basic, spoken or written contexts 

●  writing sentences, notes, and basic paragraphs describing everyday topics, as well as personal skills and past/future plans

●  recognizing and producing syllables and word endings 

●  gathering, recording, and producing information about relevance of the course topics to students’ community 

●   participating in conversations about everyday topics

Assessment: Students’ performance will be assessed based on their participation in classroom activities, homework completion, and performance in formative and summative in-class assessments.

Student Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate understanding of and use key vocabulary in short conversations, readings, and real-life, written documents related to work and everyday life.

2. Communicate by forming sentences, yes/no questions, wh- questions, and answers in present simple and continuous tenses.

3. Recognize and use imperatives and basic verbs in past simple tense.

4. Recognize word syllable formation, -ed and -s endings.

5. Use basic adjectives to describe appearances, daily activities or plans orally or through email communication.