ESOL Grammar in Practice Level 1/2

Course Title: ESOL English Grammar in Practice Level 1/2

Hours per week: 5 hours

Brief course description:

This is a year-long course divided up into four 9-week parts. You can join any part over the year.

Can you already communicate confidently in English but want to improve your accuracy?

This Grammar in Practice course is perfect for confident English speakers who want to refine and expand their grammar skills. Designed for both Level 1 and Level 2 learners, this course will help you use English more accurately by focusing on complex grammar structures. You’ll learn how to use different verb tenses together, understand the perfect verb forms, and differentiate between continuous and simple tenses. We’ll also cover how to use active and passive voices, modals (including past modals), reported speech, and if-clauses to enhance your grammar knowledge and improve your communication.

Throughout the course, you will practice using these grammatical tools to speak and write with greater precision. You’ll explore how grammar affects meaning and gain confidence in using connectives to join and contrast ideas. By the end, you’ll be able to form complex sentences more easily and express yourself more clearly. Join us to strengthen your grammar skills and make a stronger impression with your English.

Objectives:

1. Create a Podcast or Newsletter: Team up with classmates to create an exciting project such as a podcast or newsletter. At the end of the task create a summary of the project or activity, detailing its progress and future plans, using continuous verb forms to describe ongoing activities and simple verb forms for completed tasks.
2. Plan and Write a Personal Diary Entry: Write a diary entry describing what you have done recently, including a special event or daily activities using present perfect and past perfect tenses to explain past experiences and their impact.
3. Compare Past and Present Routines: Write a comparison of how your daily routine or hobbies have changed over the past few years.
4. Give Advice through a Role-Play Scenario: Role-play advising a friend on managing their time effectively or improving a skill. Use modals for giving advice and suggestions.
5. Summarise a Meeting Using Reported Speech: Write a summary of what was discussed in a recent meeting, including key decisions and action points. Use reported speech to convey what others said.
6. Write About Hypothetical Situations: Write an article on how you would handle various hypothetical situations, like unexpected changes in plans. Use if-clauses to discuss possible scenarios and outcomes.
7. Create a Timeline of Personal Achievements: Develop a timeline showing significant milestones in your life or career, with brief descriptions. Use a mix of past continuous, past simple, and future perfect tenses to describe and sequence events.
8. Draft a Formal Complaint Letter: Write a formal complaint letter about a recent issue with a product or service, requesting a resolution. Use correct punctuation, formal language, and past tenses to describe the issue and request action.
9. Set and Reflect on Personal Goals: Write a personal statement outlining your future goals and the steps you will take to achieve them. Use future simple, future perfect, and modals to express plans and certainty.

Entry requirements:

This is a level 1 level 2 ESOL class so your English will be at a more advanced level. You already have a good range of vocabulary and can talk and write about everyday topics as well as your own areas of special interest. You can use a range of tenses and language structures fairly accurately, but need to practice these more, focusing on more complex structures to better express yourself and improve your confidence.

This course will be helpful to students who are moving from Entry 3 to level 1 and finding this change difficult.

You will need to do a pre-course assessment.

Equipment required:

Please bring:

• 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:

This is a four-part course over the year, so each semester you can progress onto the next stage.

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

• Level1/2 Speaking & Listening/ Reading & Writing Exam Class

• Introduction to Functional Skills English Level 1/2

• Functional Skills English Level 1/2

• Functional Skills Maths Level 1/2

• 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:

There is no examination for this course. You will agree individual learning goals with your tutor which you must achieve by the end of the course.

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% and you will not receive a certificate of completion.

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.