Do you want to keep building your English vocabulary? Want to continue to gain English conversation skills?

Our ESL Intermediate (CEFR A2) Class is designed to build upon the foundational English language skills acquired at the beginner level. This course is suitable for students who have a basic understanding of English grammar, vocabulary, and conversation but wish to enhance their proficiency to communicate more effectively in both academic and everyday situations.

We will start Level 4 with Welcome to Earth.  Within each level, there are approximately 8 units and 10 classes within each unit.   Each level contains approximately 80 lessons. In each class, you will be introduced to new vocabulary and grammar concepts.  

The curriculum includes a variety of interactive activities, group discussions, listening exercises and reading comprehension tasks.  Additionally, we utilize multimedia tools and resources to make the curriculum engaging and enjoyable.  

Level 4 Schedule  - 10 Units 
Unit 1 - Welcome to Earth

Week 1
Vocab: island, mountain, cave; 
Q&A: What do you see on/in the __?; 
Verbs: is/are; 
Reader: Welcome to the monkey island part 1; 
Grammar: What is/are ___ doing?; 
Phonics: "ch-"; 
Sight words: water, yes, things.

Week 2
Vocab: hill, valley, canyon; 
Q&A: What do you see on/in the __?; Where does the ___ live?; 
Verbs: is/are; 
Grammar: why/because; 
Reader: Welcome to the monkey island part 2; 
Phonics: "ch-"; 
Sight words: water, yes, things; 
Shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, trapezoid.

Week 3
Vocab: cliff, desert, plain; 
Q&A: What do you see in the ___? Where does the ___ live?; 
Verbs: is/are; 
Grammar: what/why/is/are; 
Reader: Welcome to the monkey island part 3; 
Phonics: "ch-", "-tch"; 
Sight words: water, yes, things; 
Shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, trapezoid.

Week 4
Vocab: map, bigger, smaller; 
Review: cave, mountain, island, hill, valley, canyon, cliff, desert, plain; 
Q&A: What lives in/on the ___?, What is the difference between a __ and a __?.; Grammar: what/where/when/how; 
Phonics: "ch-", "-tch"; 
Sight words: water, yes, things; 
Shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, trapezoid. 

Week 5
Lesson 5
Quiz 1, reviewing everything learned so far..

Week 6
Review: What lives in/on a/an __?; 
Vocab: lake, pond, swamp, bigger, smaller;
Q&A: What lives in a ____?; 
Verbs: is/are; 
Grammar: How many? Where?; 
Sight Words  
Shape: Parallelogram; 
Board Game Review

Week 7
Review: swamp, lake, pond, smaller; 
Vocab: Narrow, wide, river, stream;
 Verbs: To fish; 
Q&A: Which is wider?, 
What can you do at a __?, What does it do?; 
Reader: Fishing for Dinner; 
Grammar: Where?; 
Sight Words: water, yes, home, things, thought; 
Shapes: Open/closed

Week 8
Review: river, stream, fishing, narrower, what can you do at a river?; 
Vocab" salt, salt/fresh water, sea, ocean; 
Verbs: To live; 
Q&A: Which is bigger? Where do/does (a) __ live?; 
Reader: Sandy the Shark; 
Grammar: How?; 
Syllables; 
Shapes: Open/closed.

Week 9
Review: fresh, sea, salt, 
Which is bigger? Where does a shark live?; 
Vocab: steep, waterfall, surface, deep; 
Reader: Sandy the Shark part 2; 
Which verb? (is/are/live/lives/living); 
Q&A: What do/does (a) __ eat?; 
Syllables; 
Comparing: same/different 

Week 10
Review: surface, deep, waterfall, steep, ocean animals; Vocab: glacier, iceberg; 
Reader: Sandy the Shark part 3; 
Verbs: is/are; 
Q&A: What kinds of animals live in the ___?, Is the ocean freshwater/saltwater?; 
Syllables; 
Shape review; Phonics: "ch" 

Week 11
Review Class: Sea animals; 
Vocab: lake, sea, ocean, river, stream, pond, swamp, fishing, salt/fresh, iceberg, glacier, surface, steep, deep, waterfall; 
Reader: Sandy the Shark part 4; 
Verbs: is/are/live/lives/living/fish/fishing; 
Q&A: which/what/where/how; 
Same/Different; Syllables; 
Sight Words: water/yes/home/things/thought; 
Shapes

Week 12
Quiz 2, covering everything from lessons 6-11


There are more units after Welcome to Earth
Unit 2 - Wild Animals
Unit 3 - China
Unit 4 - Are We There Yet?
Unit 5 - All About Hobbies?
Unit 6 - Around the World?
Unit 7 - What Do You Do?

This class is best for any student ages 5 to 10, or those students looking to practice English at an intermediate level. Students do not need to know the concepts or topics of the class beforehand. We will learn and review in class. 

The class materials will be presented via Google Slides and screen shared on the teacher's screen only. Learners will need nothing outside of the Outschool Zoom.