Module 1

Listening proficiency

The Beginners Academic Englis skills Level 1 Listening Proficiency Module is designed to help beginners improve their ability to understand and respond to everyday spoken English. This module focuses on listening to short, clear conversations, instructions, and dialogues that are relevant to real-life situations. Students will practice understanding key information, identifying main ideas, and following simple instructions in English

By the end of this module, learners will have the skills to follow basic conversations, understand simple messages, and engage in everyday communication.

Learning outcomes:

• Recognising and understanding the general meaning of spoken texts and identify the main ideas or themes.​
• Students should be able to listen for and identify specific details such as names, dates, locations, or actions.
• Learners should be able to understand spoken English from various regions or dialects, recognising diverse accents and pronunciations.
• To be able to answer questions based on a spoken text, demonstrating an understanding of the content.

Module 2

Confidence in communication

The Confidence in Communication module is designed to help beginners gain the skills and confidence they need to communicate effectively in English. This module focuses on improving speaking and listening skills through practical, everyday scenarios, such as introductions, asking questions, making requests, and expressing opinions. Students will build self-assurance in speaking English, whether in the classroom, at work, or in social settings.​

Learning outcomes: ​

• Give Directions: Learners can give and follow directions in various contexts (e.g., to a location or using public transportation).​
• Express Preferences and Opinions: Learners can express their likes, dislikes, and opinions on familiar topics (e.g., food, hobbies, and free time).​
• Make Requests and Suggestions: Learners can make polite requests and suggestions in different social situations (e.g., asking for help, suggesting a plan).
• Describe Events and Experiences: Learners can talk about past experiences, future, and current activities using appropriate tenses.​
• Use More Complex Sentences: Learners can form more complex sentences using conjunctions (e.g., and, but, because) and modals (e.g., can, should).

Module 3

Foundations and grammar and writing skills

The Foundations of Grammar and Writing Skills module is designed to provide English learners with the essential grammar rules and writing techniques they need to communicate clearly and accurately in written English. This module will help students develop their writing skills, enabling them to write simple sentences and paragraphs for a variety of everyday purposes. Emphasis will be placed on mastering basic grammar structures, sentence formation, and punctuation, all of which are crucial for effective written communication.​

Learning outcomes:

1. To be able to construct simple, compound, and complex sentences. Recognise subject-verb agreement and apply it in writing. To identify sentence components (subject, verb, object) and their order in basic sentences.​
2. To understand and use present, past, and future tenses. To correctly form and use simple present, present continuous, simple past, and future simple tenses and recognise and use correct time expressions related to each tense.​
3. To identify and use basic prepositions of place, time, and direction (e.g., in, on, at, to, for, with) and demonstrate correct use of prepositional phrases in context.​
4. To Use subject and object pronouns (he, she, it, they, etc.) correctly in sentences. Understand and use possessive pronouns (my, your, his, her, its, etc.) and apply possessive forms (apostrophes) with singular and plural nouns​.
5. To form and answer basic questions using the correct word order for yes/no and WH-questions (who, what, where, when, why, how). Understand and use question words to gather specific information.​
6. To use basic conjunctions (and, but, or, because so) to join words, phrases, or clauses. Understand and apply simple sentence connectors for logical flow in writing.

Module 4

Reading comprehension ​

The Reading Comprehension module is designed to help English learners develop essential reading skills for understanding simple texts in English. This module focuses on recognizing and understanding basic vocabulary, extracting key information, and making inferences from everyday reading materials. Students will learn to read and comprehend texts such as notices, forms, advertisements, and short stories, and practice answering questions based on what they have read.​

Learning outcomes:

• Recognising and understanding the general meaning of spoken texts and identify the main ideas or themes.​
• Students should be able to listen for and identify specific details such as names, dates, locations, or actions.​
• Learners should be able to understand spoken English from various regions or dialects, recognising diverse accents and pronunciations.​
• To be able to answer questions based on a spoken text, demonstrating an understanding of the content.​