Places in the town
Unit 1 is about places in an urban area. It develops all language skills and can be used in ESOL literacy classes. Learners use numbers, letters and word recognition to create a simple key or label places on the map.
Unit 1 is about places in an urban area. It develops all language skills and can be used in ESOL literacy classes. Learners use numbers, letters and word recognition to create a simple key or label places on the map.
Unit 2 is about describing the location of places using simple prepositions of place. It develops all language skills and can be used in ESOL literacy classes. Learners listen and follow simple instructions, find locations on a 2d map, and create their own simple sentences.
Li’s story is a resource for all beginner ESOL learners, including those with basic literacy needs. Learners will develop narrative ideas, read and follow a story about a mother whose child is taken ill at school. They will be able to participate in a range of learning activities which develop early language and reading skills.
Tom’s story is a resource for all beginner ESOL learners, including those with basic literacy needs. Learners will develop an everyday story from pictures and develop their listening and speaking skills as they do so. Opportunities are given for role play and drilling of simple, functional language.
Unit 3 is about what happens at places in town. It develops all language skills and can be used in ESOL literacy classes. Learners listen to sound clips and discuss what they can hear and where, build sentences and identify verb-noun collocations. Learners also develop simple transactional dialogues such as buying food in a café, a ticket on the bus, or paying at the checkout.
Amir's Story is a resource for all beginner ESOL learners, including those with basic literacy needs. Learners will develop an everyday story from pictures and write their own text in collaboration with each other. As teacher, you will be facilitator, guide and scribe. The text produced can be used for further literacy activities, and suggestions are given for this.
Leon’s story is a resource for all beginner ESOL learners, including those with basic literacy needs. Learners will develop ideas for a narrative and develop listening and speaking skills as they consider a realistic life problem from the characters’ points of view - a teenager, his parent, his employer and friends - deciding on the best outcome.