Focus (20’) Instruction/Pattern with Practical ExamplesAudience

Beginner to intermediate language learners, students, work/study expats, and anyone who wants to get into conversation quickly.

Learning achievements

• Basic pronunciation and speech rhythm + 50 common conversation patterns

• Sentence construction with key tenses (Present/Past/Future + Modals)

• Core vocabulary 1500–3000 words with “Spaced Repetition”

• Situational conversation: introduction, shopping, travel, interview, professional email

• Listening/Note-taking skills, Skimming/Scanning

• Writing paragraphs and emails with structure (Topic–Support–Closing)

Course structure (12 weeks, 2 90-minute sessions per week)

1. Quick Start: Pronunciation, Phonetic Alphabet, Everyday “Key Sentences”

2. Present Simple/Continuous + First 100 Words + Conversation Etiquette

3. Past simple/continuous + short narrative

4. Futures (will/going to) + planning

5. Adjective, adverb, comparison/superlative + description of objects/people

6. Modal verbs (can, should, must…) + polite request

7. Countable/uncountable nouns, quantifiers + ordering food/shopping

8. Conjunctions/Relationships + Connecting Ideas in Speech/Writing

9. Listening Skills: Dictogloss, Shadowing, Chunking

10. Email and paragraph writing + quick editing

11. Professional conversation: meeting, resume, interview

12. Summary + Oral/Written Exam Schedule + Maintenance Plan

Pattern of each session (90 minutes)

• Warm-up (10’) Short discussion based on images/topic of the day

• Input (20’) Leveled text/video + Chunk extraction

• Focus (20’) Instruction/Pattern with Practical Examples

• Practice (25’) Pair work: Role play, Info-Gap

• Production (10’) Mini-project: 60 seconds of audio/video recording

• Feedback (5’) Targeted correction: pronunciation/grammar/vocabulary

Learning method

• CLT + Task-based: Focus on the message, not just rule memorization

• Lexical Approach: Teaching “ready-made combinations” (chunks) such as I’m wondering if…

• Active Recall and Spaced Repetition: Timed Review with Flashcards

• Shadowing & Dictation: Improve pronunciation, rhythm, and listening accuracy

Language Learner’s Toolbox

• Flashcard of the week (minimum 100 phrases/week)

• Personal Phrasebook: 10 selected phrases of the week with examples

• Speech recording: 2 minutes a day Voice + trainer feedback

• Email/Resume Templates: Greeting/Introduction/Request/Closing

• Pronunciation checklist: problem sounds, word/sentence stress

Sample Lesson: “Polite Requests with Modals”

Goal: Turn a direct request into a polite one.

• Input: Short restaurant conversation, extraction of Could I…? / Would you mind…?

• Exercise: Rewrite 8 direct sentences → politely

• Role-playing: Hotel/Airport/Workplace (3 locations)

• Output: 60-second recording of various requests + written feedback

Evaluation and progress

• Placement Test (CEFR) Beginning of the course

• Continuous: Audio/Written Assignments (40%)

• Midterm: Speaking Interview + Writing Task (30%)

• Final: Real project (professional email + 3-minute presentation) (30%)

• Criteria: Fluency, accuracy, vocabulary, pronunciation, coherence