inlingua School of Languages English Syllabus

inlingua School of Languages English Syllabus inlingua School of Languages 51 Cuppage Road #10-12 Singapore 229469 Tel (+65) 6737 6666 Fax (+65) 6737 6007 Email info@inlingua.edu.sg CPE Reg No. 197801468Z 25 Aug 2014-24 Aug 2018 Cert No.: EDU-3-3055 13 Jan 2014-12 Jan 2015

Elementary 1 Module 1 (A1 CEFR) 1 Greet someone to be: I and you 2 Ask where someone is from to be: he, she and it 3 Say your favourite things Possessive adjectives: my, your, his and her 4 Introduce a friend to be: you (plural), we and they - Possessive adjectives: our, your and their 5 List the contents of your bag a/an - Noun plurals 6 Talk about friends to be: review 7 Order snacks in a café Possessive s: singular and plural 8 Understand shop signs Position of adjectives 9 Ask for and give prices this, that, these, those 10 Give and understand opinions / TEST There is/are - Some / a lot of Elementary 1 Module 2 (A1 CEFR) 11 Ask and say where a place is There isn t/aren t - Is/Are there? - Any 12 Buy a train ticket Telling the time 13 Say what you like and don t like Present Simple: I and you 14 Describe a daily routine Present Simple: he, she and it 15 Ask and answer simple questions about your life Present Simple: you (plural), we and they - Wh- questions 16 Understand basic information about a house and furniture have got 17 Ask and say how often you do things Adverbs of frequency 18 Make and respond to offers like + -ing - want + infinitive 19 Make suggestions Object pronouns 20 Talk about abilities / TEST can/can t Elementary 1 Module 3 (A1 CEFR) 21 Say dates in, at, on 22 Make simple statements about people in the past Past Simple of to be: positive 23 Give a brief description of a past experience Past Simple of to be: negatives and questions 24 Ask simple questions about a past experience Questions with how 25 Make simple statements about the past Past Simple: regular verbs, positive 26 Exchange basic information about a story Past Simple: negatives and questions 27 Make simple statements about money habits Past Simple: irregular verbs 28 Talk about your future plans going to: positive 29 Ask and answer about personal plans going to: negatives and questions 30 Give and receive a present / TEST why and because

Elementary 2 Module 1 (A2 CEFR) 1 Describe what you do everyday Present Simple: I / you / we 2 Describe other people s routines Present Simple: he / she / it / they 3 Talk about everyday objects Noun plurals - This / that / these / those 4 Talk about quantities Countable and uncountable nouns - Much / many / a lot of 5 Talk about your diet and lifestyle A / an, some and any 6 Order food in a restaurant Object pronouns 7 Talk about your home There is / there are 8 Talk about things you have Have got 9 Describe where you live Modifiers (very, quite, really) 10 Talk about the past / TEST Past Simple of to be: all forms - Past Simple of regular verbs: positive Elementary 2 Module 2 (A2 CEFR) 11 Describe a visit to a city Past Simple: irregular verbs 12 Talk about past events in your life Past Simple: questions and negatives 13 Understand and tell a simple story Articles 14 Describe people and understand descriptions Pronoun one / ones 15 Understand and use dates and months Possessive pronouns 16 Describe what people are doing now Present Continuous 17 Talk about what you wear Position of adjectives 18 Talk about the weather Present Simple and Present Continuous 19 Make comparisons between things and people Comparison of adjectives 20 Compare one thing with several others / TEST Superlative adjectives Elementary 2 Module 3 (A2 CEFR) 21 Talk about personal preferences Like / love / hate / prefer 22 Book a train ticket -ing form as a noun 23 Describe personal experiences Present Perfect with been : I / we / you / they 24 Talk about other people s experiences Present Perfect : he / she / it 25 Understand signs and rules Can / can t, have to / don t have to 26 Talk about your education Review of wh- questions 27 Give and understand instructions The imperative 28 Talk about intentions Be going to 29 Explain the reasons for your actions / plans Infinitive of purpose- Revision of Be going to 30 Talk about likes, dislikes and ambitions / TEST Like and would like

Elementary 3 Module 1 (B1 CEFR) 1 Describe personal events in the past Past Simple 2 Talk about personal achievements and experiences Present Perfect Simple: experience 3 Ask different types of questions Questions 4 Tell a friend about your future plans Be going to : future plans 5 Make arrangements with a friend Present Continuous: future arrangements 6 Define and describe things to explain what you mean Defining relative clauses 7 Compare people Comparative adjectives 8 Talk about challenging events and activities Superlative adjectives 9 Ask questions in everyday situtations Indirect questions 10 Exchange opinions with a friend / TEST Should, have to, can: obligation and permission Elementary 3 Module 2 (B1 CEFR) 11 Talk about friends Present Perfect Simple: for and since 12 Describe yourself when you were younger Used to : past habits 13 Make general predictions about the future Will, may, might : prediction 14 Describe a favourite place Countable and uncountable nouns 15 Give reasons for choices Too, too much/many, (not) enough 16 Talk about possible events and situations in the future First Conditional 17 Describe someone s personality Gerunds and infinitives 18 Discuss illness and give advice Stop, try, remember : gerunds and infinitives 19 Discuss the use of technology Present Simple Passive 20 Talk about special occasions / TEST Prepositions of time Elementary 3 Module 3 (B1 CEFR) 21 Describe past actions Past Continuous and Past Simple 22 Talk about your abilities Can, could, be able to : ability 23 Respond to simple job interview questions Adverbs of manner 24 Tell a story from the news Past Simple Passive 25 Describe a holiday Present Perfect Simple : just, yet, already 26 Make generalizations about customs Verbs with two objects 27 Recommend a film Past Perfect Simple 28 Talk about people who influenced you Would : past habits 29 Discuss adverts and their influence Articles 30 Talk about decisions and plans for the future / TEST Will and be going to : decisions and plans

Elementary 4 Module 1 (B1 CEFR) 1 Talk about your school days Past simple 2 Compare education now & in the past Used to 3 Discuss embarrassing situations Past continuous 4 Discuss relationship styles Present simple, frequency adverbs & phrases 5 Describe a wedding Present continuous, stative verbs 6 Invent a film dialogue Prepositions of time 7 Talk about tourism Future 1 (future plans) 8 Describe best/worst experiences Future 2 (will) 9 Plan a trip Verb patterns 10 Plan a theme restaurant / TEST Modifiers Elementary 4 Module 2 (B1 CEFR) 11 Discuss Slow Food Comparatives 12 Talk about food and drinks Superlatives 13 Describe jobs Present perfect simple 14 Talk about your experiences of work Verb collocations 15 Decide what qualities are needed for different jobs Present perfect simple with already & yet 16 Talk about science fiction Predictions 1 (may, might & will) 17 Speculate about the future Predictions 2 (maybe, probably, certainly, etc) 18 Discuss & choose gadgets Present tense in future time clauses (first conditional) 19 Talk about entertainment ing & -ed adjectives 20 Discuss cinema / TEST Passive - Passive with agent Elementary 4 Module 3 (B1 CEFR) 21 Talk about music Superlatives- Present Perfect + superlative 22 Talk about pets & animals Present perfect simple with for & since 23 Discussing stressful jobs Present perfect simple for unfinished time 24 Talk about fitness and health Present perfect simple with been & gone 25 Describe a possessions Infinitive of purpose 26 Discuss clothes & appearance Modals of obligation (present time) 27 Debate shopping Modals of obligation (past time) 28 Discuss famous explorers Prepositions of movement 29 Talk about festivals Relative clauses 30 Discuss global issues / TEST Verbs to express agreement and disagreement

Intermediate 1 Module 1 (B1+ CEFR) 1 Express interest in what is said Auxiliary verbs (do, be, have) 2 Start a conversation with a stranger Present Simple and Present Continuous 3 Re-tell a simple narrative in your own words Present Perfect Simple and Past Simple 4 Give opinions and agree/disagree Defining relative clauses 5 Describe an object The passive 6 Describe an important event from your life Past Simple and Past Continuous 7 Make a complain Future plans 8 Compare cities Comparatives and superlatives 9 Take notes while listening Future possibility 10 Use intonation to check and confirm information / TEST Intermediate 1 Module 2 (B1+ CEFR) Question tags 11 Carry out a survey and present results Modal verbs of obligation and prohibition 12 Ask for and give clarification Zero and First Conditionals with if - When / unless / as soon as 13 Describe your response to a picture Present Perfect Continuous and Present Perfect Simple 14 Describe a pastime Verb patterns with -ing and infinitive 15 Describe a restaurant Countable and uncountable nouns 16 Describe a memorable photo Past Perfect Simple 17 Get around a new place Uses of like 18 Talk about unexpected events Articles 19 Describe a learning experience Subject and object questions 20 Describe a teacher from your past / TEST Used to and would Intermediate 1 Module 3 (B1+ CEFR) 21 Carry out an interview Modals of ability, past and present 22 Discuss problems and suggest changes Second Conditional 23 Express and respond to opinions Adverbs 24 Describe the effect of important decisions Third Conditional 25 Ask for clarification Make, let, allow 26 Take notes while listening Reported speech 27 Describe job skills Past obligation/permission 28 Respond to a poem I wish/if only 29 Briefly describe a famous person Review of past tenses 30 Understand cultural differences / TEST Phrasal verbs

Intermediate 2 (B1+ CEFR) 1 Discussing where you live Modals of obligation, permission & prohibition (present time) 2 Designing a luxury holiday home Make, let & allow 3 Talking about sleeping & dreaming / Describing a recent dinner party Modals of obligation, permission & prohibition (past time) 4 Inventing a story about a lottery winner Past simple & past continuous 5 Inventing a bad luck story Past perfect simple 6 Identifying & discussing coincidences Time linkers - Both & neither 7 Planning & presenting an advertisement Comparisons 1 8 Carrying out a market research survey Comparisons 2 9 Planning an office party Comparing nouns 10 Making plans with other holiday makers / TEST Future 1 (future plans) Intermediate 2 (B1+ CEFR) 11 Planning a holiday for a family group Future 2 (predictions) 12 Discussing the perfect day out Present tenses in future time clauses 13 Discussing important life events Present perfect continuous 1 14 Discussing different stages of life Present perfect continuous 2 15 Discussing personal dilemmas Present perfect continuous 2 16 Planning the front page for a newspaper Would 17 Discussing three related newspaper articles Unreal conditions (type 2) 18 Talking about crime Unreal conditions (type 3) 19 Discussing shopping and shopping habits Articles & determiners 20 Planning a shopping centre / TEST Quantifiers 1 Intermediate 2 (B1+ CEFR) 21 Discussing technology Quantifiers 2 22 Talk about illusions Modals of speculation 1 (present time) 23 Discussing conspiracy theories Modals of speculation 2 (present time) 24 Solving a mystery Modals of speculation (past time) 25 Talking about sports & how to play them Passive 26 Planning & presenting an Olympic bid Verbs with two objects 27 Discussing ways to raise money for charity Causative 28 Ordering important things in life Reported speech & thought 29 A money survey Reported questions 30 Discussing compensation / TEST Tell & ask with infinitive

Intermediate 3 Module 1 (B2 CEFR) 1 Take part in a conversation and make small talk Overview (1): the present and future 2 Express your opinion and manage a conversation Overview (2): the past 3 Talk about obligations and abilities Obligation and ability 4 Talk in detail about your experiences Present Perfect Simple and Continuous 5 Ask for information and give detailed answers Questions 6 Express opinions about places and make comparisons Modifying comparatives 7 Tell a clear and engaging story Past Perfect Simple and Continuous 8 Talk about inventions and reach an agreement Articles 9 Give a clear, well-prepared talk expressing personal opinions 10 Talk about certain and uncertain future plans / TEST Futures (1) Intermediate 3 Module 2 (B2 CEFR) Adjectives and adverbs 11 Discuss how you spend your time Future Perfect and Future Continuous 12 Discuss attitudes to clothes and the workplace Verb patterns: -ing forms and infinitives 13 Talk about real and imagined risky activities Conditional structures (1) 14 Talk about different sports Advice and permission 15 Describe and choose films Emphasis 16 Describe past habits and changes used to, be used to, get used to, would 17 Describe personal memories Wishes and regrets 18 Give a detailed reaction to a book Preparatory it 19 Describe food and different attitudes to food Quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns 20 Explain a problem and request a solution / TEST Passives Intermediate 3 Module 3 (B2 CEFR) 21 Talk about luxuries and necessities have/get something done 22 Describe how you behave in different situations It s time, I d rather, I d better 23 Report and describe what people say to you Reported speech 24 Report the results of a survey Reporting verbs 25 Tell a short anecdote Participle clauses for sequencing 26 Speculate about past and present events Deduction: past and present 27 Take part in a discussion about crime and punishment Relative clauses 28 Discuss your beliefs and opinions Reflexive pronouns 29 Persuade someone to do something Conditional structures (2): with conjunctions 30 Talk about wishes and intentions for the future / TEST Futures (2)

Intermediate 4 Module 1 (B2 CEFR) 1 Discussing extreme fashion style Compound adjectives 2 Interviewing each other about dress style Defining & non-defining relative clauses 3 Talking about a makeover Participle clauses 4 Discussing phobias Explaining reasons (so that, in order to, in case, otherwise) 5 Discussing assertiveness Present perfect & past simple 6 Discussing equality Present perfect simple & continuous 7 Describing somebody s life Narrative tenses 8 Choosing art for a company -ever words 9 Discussing a painting and reading preferences Past perfect continuous 10 Discussing involvement in politics / TEST Real & unreal conditions Intermediate 4 Module 2 (B2 CEFR) 11 Discussing Elections I wish & If only 12 Talking about embarrassing situations Should have - -isms 13 Talking about environmental changes Futures review 14 Persuading others to make lifestyle changes Future perfect & future continuous 15 Describing trends Nouns & prepositions 16 Talking about ill health Modals of speculation 17 Discussing creating a healthy environment Modals (permission, obligation & prohibition) 18 Discussing lifestyle changes Phrasal verbs with objects 19 Talking about role models Adjective order - Adjectives with prepositions 20 Talking about screen villains / TEST Adjectives & modifying adverbs Intermediate 4 Module 3(B2 CEFR) 21 Discussing annoying situations compound nouns 22 Talking about altruism Reflexive verbs 23 Deciding on a course of action Reporting 24 Describing job responsibilities Reporting verbs & patterns 25 Talking about an itinerary the & geographical names 26 Ranking happiness factors Articles 27 Describing landscape So & such 28 Discussing a film Passives review 29 Reporting a news story Passive reporting structures 30 Talking about personal experiences / TEST Causative

Advanced 1 Module 1 (C1 CEFR) 1 Discuss your language learning experiences Verbs/adjectives/nouns with prepositions 2 Say how much you know/don t know about thing Passives: distancing 3 Talk about your achievements Perfect aspect 4 Give advice/make recommendations about places Verb patterns (1) 5 Distinguish between features of formal and informal language Comparatives (review) 6 Describe a place Introductory it 7 Tell an anecdote Narrative tenses review 8 Describe a person in detail Compound words 9 Tell a humorous story Participle clauses 10 Describe the chances of something happening / TEST Advanced 1 Module 2 (C1 CEFR) Future probability 11 Talk about plans and arrangements Future forms (review) 12 Take detailed and accurate notes Inversion 13 Talk about professional relationships Emphasis 14 Discuss financial decisions/regrets Conditional sentences 15 Express priorities Sentence adverbials 16 Describe an important building/structure Articles 17 Take detailed notes from fluent connected speech Whatever, whoever, whenever, etc. 18 Write an autobiographical statement Link words of time and contrast 19 Explain procedures Relative clauses 20 Make inferences based on extended prose / TEST Verb patterns (2) Advanced 1 Module 3 (C1 CEFR) 21 Write an advert for an object As as and describing quantity 22 Stall for time when asked a difficult question Reported speech 23 Discuss lifestyle in detail The continuous form 24 Explain everyday problems Fronting 25 Express a degree of certainty Dependent prepositions 26 Use colloquial expressions to explain your tastes Discourse markers 27 Respond to hypothetical questions Unreal past 28 Discuss how feelings affect you Modals (and verbs with similar meanings) 29 Make guesses about imaginary situations Modal verbs of deduction (present and past) 30 Describe a childhood memory / TEST Uses of would

Advanced 2 Module 1 (C1 CEFR) 1 Discuss enoughness Adding emphasis with auxiliary verbs 2 Compare and contrast Fronting 3 Talk about excess Adjective affixes 4 Describe and discuss complaint situations Ways of speaking 5 Rank performance activities Reported speech 6 Talk about emotional reactions Modal verbs 1: must, might, may, could 7 Talk about internationally-known entrepreneurs Relative clauses 8 Make a product pitch Question tags 9 Speculate about the past Hypothetical past situations 10 Rank leisure activities / TEST Nouns from phrasal verbs Advanced 2 Module 2 (C1 CEFR) 11 Discuss health problems Passives 1 12 Discuss international adoptions Passives 2 13 Discuss misbehaviour Ellipsis 14 Discuss good and bad behaviour Ellipsis in conversation 15 Discuss law breaking Participle clauses 16 Describe people s personality and appearance Noun phrases 17 Discuss quotations about sisterhood Changing word stress 18 Discuss relationships and compatibility Discourse markers 19 Submit and present a plan Modal verbs 2: will, would, shall 20 Describe homes / TEST Descriptive adjectives Advanced 2 Module 3 (C1 CEFR) 21 Rank travel options Inversion 22 Discuss endurance races Contrastive stress 23 Discuss views about success Futures 24 Discuss problematic situations Modal verbs 3: must, need, should 25 Select artworks for buildings Stress patterns & rhyming schemes 26 Describing the thoughts of people Determiners, pronouns & quantifiers 27 Talk about music in different situations Hypothetical present & future situations 28 Discussing science questions Plurals & number 29 Submit and present a project Words with more than one meaning 30 Debate technology in the home / TEST Verb affixes

Advanced 3 Module 1 (C1+ CEFR) 1 People and places Conditionals 2 Making contact Prepositions and Adverbs 3 Career Paths Wish and If only, It s time, would rather/sooner 4 Memory techniques Modals: may, might, can, could 5 Dream jobs Relative clauses 6 Communications technology Phrasal verbs 7 The world of work Cause and effect 8 Inventions Modals: must, should, ought to, shall, will, would 9 Further study Participle clauses 10 Social change / TEST Future forms Advanced 3 Module 2 (C1+ CEFR) 11 Fashion Direct and reported speech 12 Dreaming Past tenses and the present perfect 13 Leaving home -ing forms 14 Language development The passive - To have/get something done 15 Family life The infinitive 16 The arts Articles and determiners 17 Persuasion Language of persuasion 18 White lies Cleft sentences and other ways of emphasising 19 Food, pictures and science Emphasising 20 Mini sagas / TEST Hypothesising Advanced 3 Module 3 (C1+ CEFR) 21 Trips and travels Range of grammatical structures 22 Climate change Linking devices 23 How to complain Phrasal verbs 24 Stories in the news Linking devices 25 Research methods Complex sentences and adverbial clauses 26 Beauty spots Like, alike, as, so, and such 27 Personality traits Emphasising 28 Air transport Adverbials expressing opinions 29 Education Gerunds and infinitives 30 Job interviews / TEST Using a range of structures

Advanced 4 Module 1 (C2 CEFR) 1 Talk about change Perfect tenses 2 CPE exam techniques Use of English: Open cloze - Use of English: Word formation cloze 3 Expectations Aspects of the future - Prepositional phrases - Have no + noun 4 Human and animal behaviour Conditional forms 5 CPE exam techniques Use of English: Gapped sentences - Use of English: Key word transformation 6 Food and ritual Past tenses 7 Advertising / Shopping Countable/Uncountable nouns - Possession Preposition review 8 CPE exam techniques Use of English: Comprehension questions and summary writing task 9 Music Degrees of likelihood 10 Art and sight / TEST Participle clauses Advanced 4 Module 2 (C2 CEFR) 11 CPE exam techniques Reading: Lexical cloze 12 City living Inversion 13 Attitudes Gerunds and infinitives 14 CPE exam techniques Reading: Gapped text 15 Language and culture Past verb forms 16 Relationships Gradable and ungradable adjectives 17 CPE exam techniques Reading: Themed texts 18 Scientific advances Passive structures 19 The environment Direct / Reported speech 20 CPE exam techniques / TEST Reading: Multiple-choice text Advanced 4 Module 3 (C2 CEFR) 21 Sport and health Articles review - Preposition review 22 The world of work Purpose and reason clauses 23 CPE exam techniques Listening: Sentence completion - Listening: Three-way matching 24 Literature and the printed word Concessive clauses 25 Happiness and well-being Comparison 26 CPE exam techniques Listening: Multiple-choice questions 27 Freedom Review of modal verbs 28 Strange places and happenings Word order and adverbs - Adverb or adjective? 29 CPE exam techniques Speaking 30 Humour / TEST Have / Get something done - Grammar review