Elementary Power 60, Course A

Introduction

Elementary Power 60, Course A is an online course, consisting of 50 units of English, and providing approximately 60 hours of study for students.

Course aims

This course guides students through many areas of English language at Elementary, CEFR A1 level. When combined with Elementary Power 60, Course B, it will take students up to CEFR A2 level. The course blends grammatical structures, vocabulary, wordbuilding, spelling, reading, listening, writing, and speaking.

Граматика

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

  • Use the present simple in affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms.
  • Identify things using articles, there is/there are, have got, this, that, these, and those.
  • Use adjectives, including comparative and superlative forms.
  • Create yes/no and information questions.
  • Give information on time using prepositions.

Речник

By the end of the course, students will have learned approximately 400 lexical items, including common nouns, verbs, adjectives, and simple lexical sets.

Skills

Students will have had exposure to and practice in reading and hearing about everyday routines, families, pets, descriptions of cities, and descriptions of food.

Unit summary

Module 1

  • Речник: How do you feel today?
  • Граматика: To be – simple present affirmative
  • Четене: Mrs Brown
  • Слушане: Duncan
  • Речник: Adjective opposites
  • Граматика: To be – simple present negative
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Писане: Describing what people are like
  • Revision: Material from module 1

Module 2

  • Речник: Important verbs
  • Граматика: To be – simple present questions
  • Четене: Leonardo
  • Слушане: Mary
  • Речник: Colours
  • Граматика: There is/There are
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Говорене: Personal Information
  • Revision: Material from module 2

Module 3

  • Речник: Days, Months, Seasons, and Parts of the Day
  • Граматика: Asking for information
  • Четене: Eating in Britain
  • Слушане: My day
  • Речник: Countries, Nationalities, and Languages
  • Граматика: Articles
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Писане: Using adjectives for things
  • Revision: Material from module 3

Module 4

  • Речник: Food and drink
  • Граматика: Have got
  • Четене: My sister loves clothes!
  • Слушане: My dogs
  • Речник: Telling the time
  • Граматика: Demonstratives
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Говорене: Personal Information – questions
  • Revision: Material from module 4

Module 5

  • Речник: Parts of the Body
  • Граматика: Prepositions of time
  • Четене: Exmouth
  • Слушане: My family
  • Речник: Jobs
  • Граматика: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Писане: Writing about someone using Useful Phrases
  • Revision: Material from module 5

Follow-up

Students completing the Elementary Power 60 Course A course should move on to our Elementary Power 60 Course B course.