Beginner English: Places and Getting Around
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Beginner English: Places and Getting Around
This course is part of English Language Skills A1-A2 CEFR: Beginner Specialization
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What you'll learn
Describe towns, cities, and landmarks and talk about weather, climate, and distances.
Read signs, use transportation, and understand schedules.
Book travel, check in, and ask questions at the airport.
Describe places written and spoken form.
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There are 5 modules in this course
In this course, you will develop your English conversational skills that you can use to build your personal and professional relationships. Learning activities in this course will take place on Voxy, an engaging language learning platform that automatically adapts to your current level and your performance across reading, listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills so that every lesson is optimized for rapid improvement.
Each week is made up of engaging, short, task-based lessons that can be done anywhere, anytime. Lessons include content from the real world, so you will learn from dozens of real conversations about a variety of common topics that come up when describing places, navigating transportation, and using essential travel language. By the end of the course, you will feel confident talking about places, navigating, and traveling.
This week, you will learn about this course and understand how to use Voxy's innovative platform.
What's included
4 videos4 readings2 assignments1 app item
4 videos•Total 9 minutes
- Welcome to the Beginner English Specialization•3 minutes
- Sample Voxy Lesson•4 minutes
- Studying with Real World Content•1 minute
- Introduction to 'Beginner English: Places and Getting Around'•1 minute
4 readings•Total 45 minutes
- Do You Need the Voxy App?•10 minutes
- About Voxy Lessons•10 minutes
- Needs Analysis & Voxy Orientation•5 minutes
- Introduction to 'Beginner English: Places and Getting Around'•20 minutes
2 assignments•Total 25 minutes
- Is This Course The Right Level For You?•15 minutes
- Learning Goals•10 minutes
1 app item•Total 60 minutes
- Needs Analysis & Voxy Orientation•60 minutes
This week, you will look at how to describe towns, cities, and landmarks. You will also practice talking about weather, climate, and distances to give more details about different places.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
4 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Describing a Town or City•5 minutes
- Weather and Climate•5 minutes
- Landmarks and Locations Around Town•5 minutes
- Describing Distances•5 minutes
4 assignments•Total 40 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
4 app items•Total 140 minutes
- Describing a Town or City•35 minutes
- Weather and Climate•35 minutes
- Landmarks and Locations Around Town•35 minutes
- Describing Distances•35 minutes
This week, you will learn about reading signs, using transportation, and understanding schedules. By the end, you will be able to confidently give and follow directions in different settings.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
4 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Reading Signs•5 minutes
- Modes of Transportation•5 minutes
- Transport Schedules•5 minutes
- Giving Directions•5 minutes
4 assignments•Total 40 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
4 app items•Total 140 minutes
- Reading Signs•35 minutes
- Modes of Transportation•35 minutes
- Transport Schedules•35 minutes
- Giving Directions•35 minutes
This week, you will focus on learning important language for booking travel, checking in, and asking questions at the airport. You will also practice asking questions when you need help or aren't sure about something.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
4 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Booking Travel•5 minutes
- At the Airport•5 minutes
- Checking In•5 minutes
- Asking Questions•5 minutes
4 assignments•Total 40 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
4 app items•Total 140 minutes
- Booking Travel•35 minutes
- At the Airport•35 minutes
- Checking In•35 minutes
- Asking Questions•35 minutes
This week, you will use everything you learned to describe places written and spoken form.
What's included
5 readings6 assignments3 discussion prompts
5 readings•Total 70 minutes
- About the Writing Task•10 minutes
- Self-Evaluation and Example•30 minutes
- About the Speaking Task•10 minutes
- How to Use Prepositions of Place•10 minutes
- Congratulations!•10 minutes
6 assignments•Total 185 minutes
- How to Describe Weather•30 minutes
- Task: The Seasons in My City•60 minutes
- Reflection •15 minutes
- How to Use Prepositions of Place•20 minutes
- Task: An Interesting Place•30 minutes
- Self-Evaluation, Example, and Reflection•30 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 90 minutes
- Discuss With Your Peers•30 minutes
- Discuss With Your Peers•30 minutes
- Reflect On Your Progress•30 minutes
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