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.

Γραμματική

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.

Λεξιλόγιο

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

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

Module 2

  • Λεξιλόγιο: Important verbs
  • Γραμματική: To be – simple present questions
  • Ανάγνωση: Leonardo
  • Ακρόαση: Mary
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Colours
  • Γραμματική: There is/There are
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Μιλώντας: Personal Information
  • Revision: Material from module 2

Module 3

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

Module 4

  • Λεξιλόγιο: Food and drink
  • Γραμματική: Have got
  • Ανάγνωση: My sister loves clothes!
  • Ακρόαση: My dogs
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Telling the time
  • Γραμματική: Demonstratives
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Μιλώντας: Personal Information – questions
  • Revision: Material from module 4

Module 5

  • Λεξιλόγιο: Parts of the Body
  • Γραμματική: Prepositions of time
  • Ανάγνωση: Exmouth
  • Ακρόαση: My family
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Jobs
  • Γραμματική: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Γράφοντας: 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.