ENGLISH COURSE_FOR BEGINERS

TEACHING ENGLISH TO BEGINNERS STUDENTS

TEACHER ORDER OR PLAN

It is very important to proceed methodically on what has introduced. The following are the list of 20 points to be covered:

     1.   Greetings and introduction

     2.   Number   e.i 1- 100 – pronunciation, counting skills, telephone number, etc

     3.   Alphabet – spelling skills

     4.   Give name and personal information – name, tel number, address etc

     5.   This, that, here, there – recognize the connection between ‘this -  here, and that – there’

     6.   Present of the verb to be, - conjunction of the verb, qn and negative forms for all subjects

     7.   Basic descriptive adjectives – ability to describe objects simply

     8.   Basic preposition use. Eg in, at, to, on, etc

     9.   ‘There is’ and ‘there are’ – eg the different between singular and plural, qn and negative form.

     10.                Some, any, much, many. Eg where to use them, to make qn, to make negative etc

     11.                Question words. Eg the use of WH-words in qns

     12.                Adverb of frequency eg always, often, sometime, never etc

     13.                Subject pronoun eg I, you, she, he, they etc

     14.                Possessive adjectives eg my, your, his, her, etc

     15.                Articles  e.i a, an, the

     16.                Jobs – names of the most common jobs

     17.                Telling the time

     18.                Time expressions eg using in the morning, afternoon, evening, etc

     19.                Everyday objects – will rounded basic vocabulary

     20.                Present simple, eg the use simple for describing everyday routine, positive, negative and

question forms.

GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTION

GREETINGS

Hi!    Hi!

Hello!        Hello!

Good morning Mr. Sebastian/morning Mr. Sebastian?

Good afternoon……..?

Good evening………..?

Goodnight…………….?

How are you?                            Fine, thanks. And you? How have you been?                 Very well. And you?

How are things?             Not too bad, thanks. How is your wife/son?       She/he is fine. How do you do?               How do you do!

INTRODUCTION

Introducing oneself

Can/ May I introduce myself? My name’s Sean.

Let me introduce myself. My name’s ….

I would like to introduce myself. I’m ….

I don’t think we have met. I’m ….

Introducing someone else

Can/ May I introduce a good friend of mine? This is ….

Have you met …?

I’d like you to meet ….

I want you to meet ….

(E.g. this is Peter.

He is 34 years old

He lives in Paris

His job is in the Accounts Department in a perfume manufacturing company)

Making contact

Excuse me, are you Mrs. …?        -      Yes, that’s right.

Hello, you must be Mrs. ….

You are Mr. …, aren’t you?

Have we met?

How do you do?         -              How do you do?

Nice to meet you.               -              Nice to meet you, too.

Please, call me ….               -              Then you must call me ….

 Good-byes

Good bye/ Bye/ I’ll say good bye/ See you later/ See you soon.

I must go now.

I (really) must be going.

I must be off.

I’m afraid I’ve got to go.

It’s getting (very/ rather) late.

I’ll miss my train.

They’re calling my flight.

I’ve got some things to prepare for …. 

I’ve got a lot to do this afternoon.

I want to get away before the traffic gets too bad.

I’ve enjoyed talking to you.

It’s been (most) interesting talking to you.

It’s been a very useful meeting/ nice afternoon.

Thanks for everything.

Thank you for (all) your help.

Thank you for coming.

Have a good/ safe trip/ flight.           -        Thank you … (same to you). Have a good weekend.                      -       Same to you. Enjoy the rest of your stay.               -       Same to you. It was nice meeting you.     -    I really enjoyed meeting you, too. I hope to see you again.           -       I hope so, too. See you on the 13th.                        -       See you.

I look forward to our next meeting.

I look forward to seeing you again.

I look forward to seeing you when you’re next in London.

Think of the most suitable reaction to the following phrases

A) How are you? ……………………………………………………………

b) How do you do? ……………………………………………………………

c) Pleased to meet you. ……………………………………………………………

d) It was nice meeting you. ……………………………………………………………

e) Have a good weekend. ……………………………………………………………

f) See you next month. ……………………………………………………………

g) You must be Sean Sebastian. ……………………………………………………………

h) I hope to see you again. ……………………………………………………………

Complete the following conversations with the most appropriate words or phrases.

(a) M = Martin, S = Sebastian

M  Excuse me, ____________ Sebastian Mbwillow?

S  Yes, that’s ____________.

M  May I ____________ myself? I’m Martin Young. How do you do?

S  ____________, Mr. Young.

(b) C = Chris, F = Frank

C Hello, Chris Evans. Mind if I join you?

F Oh, ____________ not. Frank Richards.

C ____________ to meet you, Frank. So how are you finding the conference so far?

F Actually, I’ve only arrived this morning.

C All right. I …

(c) L = Lin, D = Dan, P = Peter

L Dan! Good to see you again. ____________ are things?

D Hello, Lin. Fine, thanks. Pretty busy, as always, I suppose. Can I introduce you to a colleague of

____________, Peter Winston? Peter, this is Lin Farrell.

P Nice to meet you, Ms Farrell.

L Nice to meet you, too. ____________, call me Lin.

P Then you ____________ call me Peter.

SELF INTRODUCTION

Particulars

   a)   First name

   b)  Middle name

   c)   Sir name

   d)  Religion

   e)   Nationality

   f)    Region

   g)  Tribe

   h)  age

What is your name?

Where are you worshiping?

Where are coming from?  

                               

To which religion are you belonging?

What is your tribe?

My name is Sebastian N mbwillow, I come from Makete, but now I’m living at Luhanga. I was born in 1999. I am 40 years old. My religion is Islamic and my tribe is Chaga. My nationality is Tanzanian. I am working as a store keeper at Urafiki industry.

Are you Mr. mbwillow?

-         Yes, I am.

-         No! I’m Peter. From Mugabe primary school, I’m here to greet you.

 NUMBERS

1 CARDINAL NUMBERS

1 one                11 eleven           21 twenty-one          40 forty

2 two                12 twelve           22 twenty-two          50 fifty

3 three              13 thirteen         23 twenty-three        60 sixty

4 four               14 fourteen         24 twenty-four          70 seventy

5 five                15 fifteen            25 twenty-five           80 eighty

6 six                 16 sixteen          26 twenty-six             90 ninety

7 seven            17 seventeen      27 twenty-seven         100 a/ one hundred

8 eight             18 eighteen         28 twenty-eight      1,000 a/ one thousand

9 nine              19 nineteen         29 twenty-nine        10,000 ten thousand

10 ten             20 twenty            30 thirty            100,000 a/ one hundred thousand

Note the spelling

Three        thirteen             thirty

Four          fourteen            forty

Five           fifteen              fifty

101                 one hundred and one (BrE)/ one hundred one (AmE)

165                 one hundred and sixty-five

1,000                       one thousand

1,060                       one thousand and sixty

1,265                      one thousand, two hundred and sixty-five

1,000,000               one million

1,000,000,000         one billion

Note:

One hundred                     two hundred

One thousand            three thousand

One million                         four million

But you say: 

hundreds of students, thousands of birds, millions of people

 ORDINATE NUMBERS

first          eleventh            twenty-first                fortieth

second     twelfth               twenty-second           fiftieth

third         thirteenth           twenty-third              sixtieth

fourth       fourteenth          twenty-fourth             seventieth

fifth           fifteenth            twenty-fifth                eightieth

sixth          sixteenth           twenty-sixth               ninetieth

seventh     seventeenth       twenty-seventh          hundredth

eighth       eighteenth          twenty-eighth

ninth         nineteenth         twenty ninth

tenth         twentieth           thirtieth

Note the spelling!

Five         fifth

Twelve      twelfth

Twenty      twentieth

When using numbers in sentences note the following points:

 For numbers below ten, words are often preferable to numerals:

Not There were 4 students missing in the class.

Use There were four students missing in the class.

 Use numerals for page numbers, dates, figures, addresses and with %:

Not twenty-third July , Fig. six, Two Eastwood Rd., three %

Use 23 July, Fig. 6, 2 Eastwood Rd., 3%

 For ordinate numbers, words are often preferable to numerals:

Not This is our 7th project in the last two years.

Use This is our seventh project in the last two years.

 Do not use two numerals in succession:

Not 3 4 man teams

Use Three four-man teams

 Do not use numerals at the beginning of a sentence:

Not 10 students failed in the examination.

Use Ten students failed in the examination.

 Do not use numerals for round number estimates:

Not We have done roughly 20 exercises this week.

Use We have done roughly twenty exercises this week.

FRACTIONS

½     a half

1/3  a third

¼     a quarter

1/5  a fifth

1/8  an eighth

5/4  five quarters

3/19 three nineteenths or three over nineteen

1 2/3       one and two thirds

MATHEMATICAL PROCESSES

Addition                   to add               +

Subtraction               to subtract         -

Multiplication             to multiply        x

Division                    to divide            :

Addition

2 + 2 = 4         two and two is/ are/ comes up to four

625 + 542 = 1167   six hundred and twenty-five plus five hundred and forty-two is/ equals

one thousand, one hundred and sixty-seven

Subtraction

6 – 4 = 2         six take away four leaves/ is two

267 – 194 = 73       two hundred and sixty-seven minus one hundred and ninety-four equals seventythree

Multiplication

4 x 6 = 24               four times six is/ makes twenty-four

42 x 63 = 2646       forty-two multiplied by sixty-three equals two thousand, six hundred and forty-six

Division

24 : 6 = 4        twenty-four divided by six equals four

BASIC FORMULAE (FORMULAS)

( ) brackets 

[ ] square brackets

A, B, C capital letters

a, b, c small letters

(a - b) (a + b) = y 

a minus b in brackets times a plus b in brackets equals y.

a (6 – b) = x

a open brackets six minus b close brackets equals x.

x [(a - b) (a + b) - 7] = 0

x open square brackets a minus b in brackets times a plus b in brackets minus seven close

square brackets equals naught

TELEPHONE NUMBERS, EMAIL ADDRESSES

543 476 706               five four three four seven six seven oh (zero) six

234 226 589               two three four two two (double two) six five eight nine