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Power Speaking Pre-Intermediate

4.8/5 (87 reviews)

Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate

This course helps students start forming sentences in real-world conversation. Students learn to organize their sentences and build confidence using English with their classmates and teacher. Using a communicative approach, the teacher emphasizes active participation and gives corrective feedback as needed. Lessons focus on active participation, pronunciation, and listening skills.

Students are encouraged to review course vocabulary and materials outside class to accelerate their progress.

Highlights

Learn to organize your sentences and speak English with confidence.
Learn in a student-centred class with many opportunities for discussion.
Join a field trip in Toronto and learn more about Canada.
Improve your pronunciation and self-expression.
Learn to express your opinions and hold longer conversations.
Get immediate feedback in one-on-one Power Speaking sessions with a native-speaking teacher.
Give two presentations every session.
Sample topics include making plans, sleep, directions, personality, shopping, and relationships.

Class Outcomes

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

• Answer questions in detail for one minute
• Communicate well enough in simple conversations to keep them going
• Build sentences with a subject and verb that express the intended idea
• Prepare and deliver a 10-minute presentation to the class while engaging the audience
• Create dialogues and sentences using course vocabulary
• Give basic directions
• Understand basic vocabulary for making plans and going shopping
• Work cooperatively with classmates to complete speaking tasks

Delivery Methods

• Group discussions
• Group assignments
• Homework assignments
• Role-plays and acting
• Individual in-class presentations

Evaluation

• Speaking and listening: 50%
• Participation: 25%
• Presentations and assignments: 25%

To progress to the next level, a score of 75% is required.

Attendance Policy

Regular attendance is essential to success in this class. Students who miss more than 3 days per session will find it very difficult to keep up.

Materials

• Daily handouts provided by the teacher
• Presentation and assignment guidelines

Morning Timetable

9:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Vocabulary, listening and speaking

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Break

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Language focus and connected speaking activities

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Language practice activities