CEC Buenos Aires

English Levels

Summary

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This Syllabus is prepared to provide our courses with both structure

Introduction

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and dynamism.

I

Our courses are continuously improved, and this present Syllabus

Elementary

II

is periodically revised with input from both teachers and students.

III

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CEC Argentina ensures Canadian content is added to each level in

order to promote Canadian Culture and its idiosyncrasies

Pre-Intermediate

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II

I

Intermediate

II

III

IV

Post-Intermediate

I

II

Advanced

I

II

Elementary III

Comments

Books

Book Spectrum 2A

Units 1 to 4

Lessons   to

CEC Network Booklet

Elementary 1II

Topics

Greetings                             Introductions

Personal information           Housework

Sports and leisure time activities

Appointments                       Health

Advice                                  Job skills

Abilities                                Offers

Problems                               Suggestions

Telephone calls                     Shopping

Clothing                                Locations

Colors                                    Opinions

Compliments                         Past activities

Furniture                                Nicknames

Parts of the body                         Sizes

Grammar

Prepositions: in, on ,at with addresses

Verbs followed by infinitives

Frequency adverbs and expressions

Review: have got

Still

Should

Review: impersonal pronoun: you

Can

So and because

Review: the Present Continuous

Verbs and prepositions

Go and come with and without and

Equivalent uses of the present continuous and the simple present

Prepositions of location: in front of, in back of, by

Too and enough

Sense verbs + adjectives

The Past of be: yes-no questions

Which

Indefinite pronouns: one and ones

Functions

Greet someone formally and informally

Introduce someone formally

Find out where someone lives

Talk about housework

Talk about sports

Talk about leisure-time activities

Talk about frequency

Introduce yourself to a receptionist and give the time of your appointment

Talk about health problems

Offer sympathy

Give and accept advice

Talk about abilities

Ask what someone is doing

Offer help

Talk about a problem

Make a suggestion

Make a telephone call

Get a wrong number

Remind someone

Shop for clothes

Talk about location

Functions

Talk about color and size

Talk about fit

Ask for an opinion

Return something to a store

Compliment someone

Talk about the past

Ask about store hours

Identify items

Talk about price

Elementary 3

SKILLS

Writing

Write  about your job: fill out a job application form

           a letter to a friend

           about a famous person

           about your favorite room

Listening

Listen for a name and a time

            to the intonation of short statements

            for locations

            to someone complaining about health problems

            to a job interview

           to a loudspeaker announcement

            to suggestions

            to vowel and consonant reduction and blending in: got to, got a, get a

            to a description of clothing

            to a contrast of the two th sounds

Reading

Read a newspaper article

         information about Canada

         a biographical article

         a magazine article

         a short historical text