Entry 3 Speaking and Listening

Course Title: Entry 3 Speaking and Listening

Hours per week: 5

Brief course description:

This is a 17-week ESOL Entry 3 Speaking and Listening Exam Course.

You will focus on everyday topics like dealing with issues at home, getting involved in voluntary work, enjoying leisure activities, and discussing local events. You will also cover planning trips, celebrating special occasions, and talking about current issues. The course will help you improve your ability to listen to and understand conversations, instructions, and explanations in various real-life situations.

By the end of the course, you will be skilled at listening for key details and responding in conversations. You will learn to use and understand phrases that show time, sequence, and cause and effect. You will practice asking and answering open and Wh-questions, making comparisons, and expressing your ideas clearly. This will help you take part in discussions more confidently, understand others better, and use the right language for different situations at work, home and your everyday life.

Objectives:

Discuss Home Problems: Practice listening to and talking about common issues with your home, such as a broken appliance or a noisy neighbour. Use simple past and present continuous tenses to describe problems and explain what has been happening.
Talk About An Experience: Share details about your voluntary work, work or home life experiences. Use present perfect tense to describe what you have done and past simple to discuss specific tasks you completed.
Describe Activities: Listen to and discuss different leisure activities, such as sports or hobbies. Use comparative adjectives (e.g., "more enjoyable than") to compare activities and explain why you prefer certain ones.
Plan a Trip: Engage in conversations about planning a trip, including choosing destinations and discussing travel arrangements. Use future simple tense (e.g., "We will visit...") and modal verbs (e.g., "should," "might") to make plans and suggestions.
Explain Special Occasions: Describe special occasions or celebrations, such as birthdays or anniversaries. Use past continuous tense to describe what was happening during the event and past simple for specific actions that took place.
Discuss Local Events: Listen to and talk about local events, such as community fairs or festivals. Use present simple tense for general information and past simple to recount what happened during the event.
Talk About Sporting Activities: Describe different sporting activities and their benefits. Use present continuous tense (e.g., "I am playing football") and comparative structures (e.g., "more exciting than") to discuss preferences and experiences.
Explain Real-World Issues: Listen to and discuss real-world issues, such as environmental concerns or social problems. Use cause and effect markers (e.g., "because," "so") and present perfect tense to explain how these issues have developed and their impacts.
Discuss Days Out: Share and listen to stories about days out, such as trips to museums or parks. Use past simple tense to describe what happened and present perfect tense to talk about experiences and how they were enjoyed.
Give Directions and Instructions: Practice asking for and giving directions or instructions for various tasks, such as finding a location or completing a simple task. Use imperative verbs (e.g., "turn left," "follow the signs") and prepositions to provide clear and concise guidance.

Entry requirements:

This is an Entry 3 ESOL class, which means your English is at a pre-intermediate level. You already have a good range of vocabulary and can talk about everyday topics. You can use the present simple, present continuous, and past simple tenses to describe objects and people, and you're comfortable asking and answering simple questions in these tenses. Now, you're ready to expand your vocabulary, become more confident in using these tenses, start talking about the future, and use English more accurately in various situations.

Equipment required:

Please bring to every lesson:

A folder

Pens & pencils

Lined A4 paper

A smartphone (if you have one)

A reusable water bottle

We will give you the WIFI details in the first lesson.

What courses can I go on to:

There are other courses you can do after or at the same time as this course:

ESOL Learn English: Your City Your Rights

ESOL Speak with Confidence, Entry 3/Level 1

ESOL Entry 3 Reading & Writing Exam Class

ESOL Level 1 Speaking and Listening Exam Class

Multiply Essential Maths for Problem Solving Course E3

Managing your Money Course E3

Becoming Confident in Digital Skills

Digital Skills Entry 3/Level 1

Digital Skills for creating: How to organise a community event

Digital Skills in the workplace: Promoting and Selling your product or business online

Digital Skills in the workplace: Using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Please ask your teacher for more information or contact ESOLAdvice@towerhamlets.gov.uk

What examination is there:

You will undertake the Ascentis Entry 3 Speaking and Listening exam in your classroom with your teacher and sometimes other learners on the course.

There are three main tasks:

Task 1: Listening

The listening part of the speaking and listening exam is assessed through recorded listening tasks. You will listen to two recordings and answer questions based on gist, detail and response to instructions. Written responses are required for the listening tasks.

Task 2: Role Play

You will participate in a role play in small groups.

Task 3: Presentation and Discussion

You will give a presentation in a small group. You will be given the topic up to two weeks before the assessment so that you can think about the topic and vocabulary needed.

The exam tasks are an important part of your course. They will be spread out over the course, so you MUST come to all your classes

How will I know I am making progress:

At the start of the course, your tutor will talk with you about which parts of your English you need to practise most and help you create an individual learning plan. Throughout the course, you will have a tutorial meeting to discuss your strengths, areas for improvement, and any problems you may have. You will keep a folder with your work, which will help you review your learning outside of class.

Your tutor will give you regular feedback on your class work and homework to help you improve. To make progress, you need to attend all your classes and do work outside of class.

You will lose your place if your attendance is less than 80%.

Other info:

One of our aims is to help you make progress in work or future studies. We also want to help you participate in your communities and become an active citizen. In our Entry 2 classes, you will develop important skills that employers value and that will help you in everyday life. Here’s what you will learn:

Communication Skills: You will learn to speak and write more clearly and confidently. This includes practising conversations for work, writing emails, and filling out forms.

Decision-Making: You will learn how to make good choices by evaluating different options and thinking critically about situations.

Teamwork: You will learn how to work well with others.

Problem-Solving: You will develop the ability to identify problems and find effective solutions, useful in both work and daily life.

Time Management: You will practice managing your time effectively, including setting goals and meeting deadlines.

By improving these skills, you will increase your chances of finding a job, advancing in your career, and becoming an active member of your community.

Extra support

We can help you if you tell us you have a learning difficulty, disability or other support needs. Please tell us when you enrol or in your first class.