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Beginner's ESL Vocabulary & Conversation Club (Certified Instructor)

Completed by 107 learners
Ages 5-9
Live Group Class
In this ongoing class, students will practice conversing in English at the A1/A2 beginner level. Students will receive lots of support and encouragement to build their confidence and expand their speaking ability.
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(166 reviews)

Live video meetings
1x per week
1-4 learners per class
25 min

What's included

1 live meeting
25 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

US Grade Pre-Kindergarten - 2
Beginner Level
In this ESL Beginner's Conversation Club, students will meet weekly to develop their English skills by engaging in guided conversation about a variety of fun, planned topics! In our beginner conversation club, students will review vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and sentence frames. After a short review lesson, students will practice with guided conversation. 

Each week's discussions will feature a different topic with a vocabulary list that is appropriate to the A1/A2 levels on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). When students are ready for more natural conversation, they can advance to the ESL Conversation Club at the B1/B2 level. 

UPCOMING LESSONS:

MEASURE TIME (February 10-11, 2025)
In this lesson, we will talk about our schedules and telling time.

Vocabulary: day, half, hour, minute, o'clock, quarter, second, time, week, what, when

Verbs: to be, to leave, to arrive

Sentence Frames:
When does she leave for school? 
She leaves a 6:30 AM. / She leaves at half past six.

What time is it?
It is five o'clock.

How many minutes are in one hour?
There are sixty minutes in one hour.

When does she arrive home?
She arrives at three o'clock.

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 Measure Length & Distance (February 17-18, 2025)
In this lesson, we will talk about measuring length and distance.

Vocabulary: centimetre/centimeter/cm, far, kilometre/kilometer/km, long, millimetre/millimeter, metre/meter
(USA: inch, foot, yard, miles)

Verbs: to be, to measure

Comparatives: longer / longest, shorter / shortest, taller / tallest

Sentence Frames:
How long is the pencil?
The pencil is 19 centimeters long.
The pencil is 7.5 inches long.

Which pencil is shorter?
The blue pencil is shorter.

How far away are her grandparents?
Her grandparents are 12 miles away.
Her grandparents are 20 kilometers away.

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Measure Weight (February 24-25, 2025)
In this lesson, we will talk about measuring weight.

Vocabulary: gram/gramme (g), kilogram/kilogramme (kg), litre/liter
(USA: ounces, pounds, tons)

Comparatives: heavier, heaviest, lighter, lightest

Verbs: to be, to weight

Sentence Frames:
How much does the elephant weigh?
It weighs 5000 kilograms.

How much does the rhinoceros weight?
It weighs 5,100 kilograms.

Which is heavier?
The rhinoceros is heavier.

How much does the goldfish weigh? 
The goldfish weighs 100 grams.

How much does the betta fish weigh?
The betta fish weighs .25 grams.

Which fish is lighter?
The betta fish is lighter.

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PAST THREE MONTHS' LESSONS:

Monday, December 9 & Tuesday, December 10th: Shopping & Math
In this lesson, we will practice English vocabulary needed when shopping.

Vocabulary to review:
nouns: bill, cash, cent, change, cheap, check (USA)/ cheque (UK), closed/open, cost, credit card, customer, department store, dollar, euro, expensive, for sale, how much, price, pound, receipt

Verbs: to be, to buy, to cost, to get, to pay for, to go shopping

Sample Sentence Frames: 
What does he buy? He buys pencils.
What do they buy? They buy flowers.
How much does the toy cost? It costs five dollars.
How much does the shirt cost? It costs eight euros.
Is the car expensive? Yes, it is expensive.
Did you get a receipt? Yes, I got a receipt.

December 16 & 17: REVIEW LAST THREE LESSONS:
(NEEDS AND WANTS/I'M THANKFUL/SHOPPING)

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December 23 (No Classes on December 24/Christmas Eve)
HOUSE/HOME

Vocabulary: 
bed, breakfast, to clean, dinner, to drive, floor, laundry, mail, to make, recycle/recycling, school, to sort, to sweep,  table, to set the table, to take out trash, trash, to tidy, to wash

Who does the laundry?
Who sweeps the floor?
Who makes breakfast?
Who makes dinner?
Who makes the bed?
Who drives the children to school?
Who takes the trash out?
Who sets the table?
Who tidies the bookshelf?
Who sorts the recycling?
Who sorts the mail?

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December 30 & 31
HOUSEHOLD CHORES

Vocabulary:
bed, breakfast, to clean, dinner, to drive, floor, laundry, mail,
to make, recycle/recycling, school, to sort, to sweep, table,
to set the table, to take out trash, trash, to tidy, to wash
Who does the laundry?
Who sweeps the floor?
Who makes breakfast?
Who makes dinner?
Who makes the bed?
Who drives the children to school?
Who takes the trash out?
Who sets the table?
Who tidies the bookshelf?
Who sorts the recycling?
Who sorts the mail?

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January 6 & 7: MY COMMUNITY

Vocabulary: airport, bank, beach, book, bookshop/bookstore, bus station, cafe, cinema, college/university, department store, grocery store, hospital, hotel, library, museum, music/musician, neighbor (USA)/neighbour (UK), park, pharmacy, police station, post office, railway/train station, school, stadium

Verbs: to be, to get, to go, to hear, to meet, to see

Sentence frames:
Where does she see friends? She sees friends at the post office.

Where did his neighbor go? His neighbor went to the hospital.

Where do they hear music? They hear music at the cafe.

Where does he see his neighbor? He sees his neighbor at the library.

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January 13 & 14: REVIEW HOUSE & HOME/HOUSEHOLD CHORES/MY COMMUNITY

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Monday, January 20 and Tuesday, January 21: WINTER WEATHER
In this lesson, we will talk about winter weather.

Vocabulary: cloud, cloudy, cold, fog, foggy, flower, grass, hot, hill, ice, ice skate, lake, mountain, pond, rain, rainy, river, skate, skis, snow, snowboard, snowstorm, storm, sun, sunny, temperature, warm, weather

Verbs: to be, to feel, to be frozen/to freeze, to ice skate, to see, to ski, to snowboard

Sentence Frames:
How is the weather? The weather is cold.
How does she feel? She feels cold.
What does he do when the river is frozen? He ice skates. 
What does he do with there is snow on the hill? He snowboards.

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Monday, January 27 and Tuesday, January 28: WINTER HOLIDAYS
In this lesson, we will talk about winter holidays. 
How is the weather? What do you do when it is fall?

VOCABULARY:
Holidays: Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Lunar New Year, New Year’s Eve, Three Kings Day, Valentine’s Day, Winter Solstice

Foods: black-eyed peas, cake, candy, chocolate, cookies, fish, grapes, latkes (potato pancakes), noodles, oranges, soup, 

Months: December, January, February

Other: candles, Christmas Tree, dancing, decorations, games, gifts, lanterns, wreath,  music, singing

Verbs: to be, to celebrate, to do, to eat, to give, to go, to light

Sentence Frames:
What winter holidays do you celebrate? I celebrate Christmas, New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day.

What do you eat when it is the Lunar New Year? I eat dumplings and fish.

Do you light candles for your winter holidays? I light candles for Hannukah.

Do you give gifts? We do not give gifts on New Year's Eve.

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Winter Clothes (February 2-4, 2025)
Vocabulary: baseball cap/cap, boots, clothes, coat, dress, gloves, hat, jacket, jeans, jumper (UK)/sweater (USA), mittens, raincoat, scarf, shirt, shoes, shorts, skirt, sock, suit, tights, trousers (UK)/pants (USA), T-shirt, umbrella

Present Tense Verbs: to put on, to wear
Present Continuous Verbs: to be + putting on, to be + wearing
Future Tense Verbs: will + put on, will + wear

Sentence Frames:
(Present Tense)
What do you put on? I put on shoes.
What does she put on? She puts on boots.
(Present Continuous Tense)
What is he putting on? He is putting on his raincoat.
What are they putting on? They are putting on shoes.
(Future Tense)
What will she put on when it snows? She will put on a coat.
What will you put on when it rains? I will put on a raincoat.

Learning Goals

Students will develop confidence and proficiency speaking in English with planned conversations.

Other Details

Pre-Requisites
Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases. Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

Joined February, 2021
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from Berklee College of Music
Rachel Hoffman grew up in a musical family. She began studying music formally at the age of five and has honed her skills through many years of voice lessons, piano lessons, choirs, ensembles, solo performances, vocal competitions, and by studying at the prestigious Berklee College of Music where she received her Bachelor of Music degree with honors. As a Professional Music major, she specialized in Songwriting, Vocal Performance and Private Studio Instruction.

Rachel moved to Nashville, TN in 1998 to work for Warner-Chappell Music Publishing. Since that time, she has taught private lessons, performed in and around town, taught songwriting, music theory and performance techniques in high schools and homeschool cooperatives and runs her award-winning, research-based early childhood music business. She believes that music benefits everyone and strives to keep lessons and classes accessible to all whether they are 100 minutes or 100 years old.

Music is just one language that Rachel loves. She has also studied English, Chinese, and Spanish. She completed the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) program in 2019 and has taught English to more than 500 young English learners since! When she is not teaching, you might find her baking, engaged in a DIY project, or playing with her dog, Lewis.

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