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(New English File course book)

Course book: New English File (Beginner)
I. Week 1
1. Session 1
- Greeting (Self-intro) + Course Intro
- IPA Intro + Vowels
- Vocabulary (Number 0-20)
Homework: Practice IPA Vowels & learn by heart number 0-20
2. Session 2 (Unit 1 – Part A)
- IPA (Consonants)
- Grammar: Verb be (Positive)
- Vocabulary: Countries – Nationalities
Homework: Practice IPA Vowels & Consonants – Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar
Exercise
3. Session 3 (Unit 1 – Part B)
- IPA (Diphthongs + Review all)
- Grammar: Verb be (Negative + Question)
- Listening practice: Practical English (Ex 1 & Ex 3)
Homework: Practice IPA chart – Practice Pronunciation in Listening & Reading
(page 8)

II. Week 2
4. Session 4 (Unit 2 – Part A)
- Vocabulary: Small things
- Grammar: Singular - Plural nouns; a/an, the + This/That/These/Those
- Listening Practice: Practical English (Ex 1 & Ex 2)
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex – Practice writing short
sentences & Practice reading out loud the sentences
 5. Session 5 (Unit 2 – Part B)
- Vocabulary: People & Family
- Grammar: Possessive adjectives & ‘s
- Listening Practice: Practical English (Ex 3)
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex – Practice Writing about your
family & Practice reading out loud the sentences
6. Session 6 (Unit 2 – Part C)
- Vocabulary: Colors & Common adjectives
- Grammar: Adjectives
- Reading Practice (page 19)
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex – Practice Pronunciation
(Reading Practice)

III. Week 3
7. Session 7 (Unit 3 – Part A)
- Vocabulary: Common verbs 1
- Grammar: Present Simple (Affirmative)
- Practice Speaking: Telling the time (page 30)
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex – Practice Listening & Reading
(page 24)
8. Session 8 (Unit 3 – Part B)
- Vocabulary: Food & Drink
- Grammar: Present Simple (Negative)
- Listening Practice (page 27) & People in the street (page 30)
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex – Practice Pronunciation
(Reading practice page 26)
9. Session 9 (Unit 3 – Part C)
- Vocabulary: Jobs & Places of work
- Grammar: Present Simple (Questions) + Practice Pronunciation with the
dialogue
- Reading Practice (page 29)
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex – Practice Pronunciation in
Reading Practice.

IV. Week 4
10.Session 10 - Revision
- Review Unit 1,2,3 (Revise & Check)
- Review IPA
- Grammar: Question words
- Listening Practice: Understand the price (page 40)
Homework: Do exercise in page 13, 23, 33 – Practice Listening
11.Session 11 (Unit 4, Part A)
- Vocab: Common Verbs 2
- Grammar: Adverbs of frequency + Present Simple
- Pronunciation tip: Word stress/ Sentence stress
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab - Grammar Ex – Practice pronunciation tip
12.Session 12 (Unit 4, Part C)
- Vocab: Common verbs 2
- Grammar: Can/ Can’t
- Listening Practice: People in the street
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex – Practice Listening – Do Exercise
in page 42, 43

Course book: New English File (Elementary)

V. Week 5
13.Session 13 (Unit 3, Part D)
- Vocab: The date
- Grammar: Preposition of time
- Practical English (PE): In the coffee shop
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex – Practice speaking with PE
 14. Session 14 (Unit 4, Part B)
- Vocab: Free time activities
- Grammar: Like + V-ing
- Reading Practice (page 43)
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex – Practice pronunciation with the
reading passage in page 43
15.Session 15 (Unit 4 – Part C)
- Vocab: Love story phrases
- Grammar: Object Pronouns
- Reading Practice (page 45)
Homework: Grammar Ex – Practice pronunciation with the reading passage in
page 45

VI. Week 6
16.Session 16 (Unit 4 – Part D)
- Vocab: Music
- Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
- Practical English (PE): In a clothes shop
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex – Practice speaking with PE
17.Session 17 – Revision
- Review Exercise page 38 & 50
- Review for Mid-term (Test’s notice)
- Teacher’s own lesson
18.Session 18: Mid-term test
- Grammar: 30 minutes
- Listening: 20 minutes
- Reading (Pronunciation): 40 minutes or more (depends on the number of
students)

VII. Week 7
19.Session 19 (Unit 5 – Part A)
 - Grammar: Past Simple of be: was/were – Past simple (Affirmative)
- Pronunciation tip: How to pronoun –ed endings
- Listening Practice (page 52)
Homework: Practice how to pronounce ed – Grammar Ex – Practice Listening
20.Session 20 (Unit 5 – Part B)
- Vocab: Past time expression
- Grammar: Past simple (Negative + Question)
- Vocabulary & Speaking (page 55) – Class activity
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex – Practice Speaking
21. Session 21 (Unit 5 – Part D)
- Vocab: Irregular verbs + go/get/have
- Writing Practice (Short paragraph): Describing a friend (page 49)
- Practice reading student’s own writing
- Mid-term result + Correction
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Practice writing and do presentation

VIII. Week 8
22.Session 22 (Unit 6 – Part A)
- Vocab: House & Furniture
- Grammar: There is/was – There are/were + Preposition of place
- Listening Practice (page 64-65)
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex – Practice listening
23.Session 23 (Unit 6 – Part C)
- Vocab: Verb phrases
- Grammar: Present Continuous (Affirmative)
- Speaking Practice (page 110 & 113) – Describing 2 different pictures (Pair
work)
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex – Practice Speaking
24. Session 24 (Unit 6 – Part D)
- Vocab: Places in the city
 - Reading Practice (page 71)
- Practical English (PE): In the street
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Practice speaking with PE – Practice
pronunciation with the reading passage
IX. Week 9
25.Session 25 (Unit 7 – Part A)
- Vocab: Food, Countable/Uncountable nouns
- Grammar: a/an, some/any
- Listening Practice (page 77)
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex – Practice Listening
26.Session 26 (Unit 7 – Part B)
- Vocab: Drinks
- Grammar: How much/many; Quantifiers
- Reading Practice (page 79)
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex - Practice pronunciation with the
reading passage
27.Section 27 (Unit 7 – Part C)
- Vocab: Holidays & Verb phrases
- Grammar: be going to (plans & predictions)
- Practical English: In a restaurant
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex - Practice speaking with PE

X. Week 10
28.Session 28 (Revision)
- Review Unit 5,6,7 (Revise & Check)
- Review IPA/ -ed endings
- Writing Practice: Writing a postcard (page 73)
Homework: Do exercise in page 63, 75, 87 - Practice writing and do presentation
29.Session 29 (Unit 8 – Part A)
- Vocab: Personality adjectives
 - Grammar: Comparative adjectives
- Speaking & Listening: The True/False Show (page 88)
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex – Practice Speaking & Listening
30.Session 30 (Unit 8 – Part B)
- Vocab: The weather
- Grammar: Superlative adjectives
- Reading Practice (page 90)
Homework: Learn by heart Vocab – Grammar Ex - Practice pronunciation with the
reading passage

XI. Week 11
31.Session 31 (Unit 8 – Part C)
- Grammar: Would like to/ like
- Listening Practice (page 92)
- Practical English: Going home
Homework: Grammar Ex – Practice Listening - Practice speaking with PE
32.Session 32 (Unit 8 – Part D)
- Grammar: Adverbs
- Reading Practice (page 94-95)
- Revise & check (page 98)
Homework: Grammar Ex - Practice pronunciation with the reading passage – Do
exercise in page 99
33.Session 33
- Grammar: Imperatives (ESL Library)
- Writing Practice: Leisure time (Presentation)
- Final Test’s Revision (Test’s notice)
Homework: Grammar Ex - Practice writing and do presentation

XII. Week 12
34.Session 34: Final Test
- Grammar: 40 minutes
- Listening: 20 minutes
- Reading: 30 minutes
35.Session 35 (Final Test cont)
- Speaking
- Test correction
36.Session: End of course
- Test result
- Wrap-up ceremony