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.

Gramatika

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.

Slovná zásoba

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

  • Slovná zásoba: How do you feel today?
  • Gramatika: To be – simple present affirmative
  • Čítanie: Mrs Brown
  • Počúvanie: Duncan
  • Slovná zásoba: Adjective opposites
  • Gramatika: To be – simple present negative
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Písanie: Describing what people are like
  • Revision: Material from module 1

Module 2

  • Slovná zásoba: Important verbs
  • Gramatika: To be – simple present questions
  • Čítanie: Leonardo
  • Počúvanie: Mary
  • Slovná zásoba: Colours
  • Gramatika: There is/There are
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Hovorenie: Personal Information
  • Revision: Material from module 2

Module 3

  • Slovná zásoba: Days, Months, Seasons, and Parts of the Day
  • Gramatika: Asking for information
  • Čítanie: Eating in Britain
  • Počúvanie: My day
  • Slovná zásoba: Countries, Nationalities, and Languages
  • Gramatika: Articles
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Písanie: Using adjectives for things
  • Revision: Material from module 3

Module 4

  • Slovná zásoba: Food and drink
  • Gramatika: Have got
  • Čítanie: My sister loves clothes!
  • Počúvanie: My dogs
  • Slovná zásoba: Telling the time
  • Gramatika: Demonstratives
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Hovorenie: Personal Information – questions
  • Revision: Material from module 4

Module 5

  • Slovná zásoba: Parts of the Body
  • Gramatika: Prepositions of time
  • Čítanie: Exmouth
  • Počúvanie: My family
  • Slovná zásoba: Jobs
  • Gramatika: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Písanie: 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.