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Course Name: English Speaking Express Level 7
Level: Secondary 1 – Secondary 2
No. of Lessons: 10 (Suggested)
Lesson Duration: 1 hr 30 mins (Suggested)
Instructors: Native English teachers with a university degree ; related teaching experience, and/or teacher training such as TEFL, TESOL, CELTA, PGDE/PCEd, etc.
Objectives
This course is designed to enhance students’ listening and speaking skills through interactive activities and exercises. It also aims to boost students’ confidence in oral communication by providing a solid foundation in English grammar, vocabulary and structure.
Features
Familiar themes such as self-introduction, family, school life, sports etc., are revisited with a focus on presentation, discussion, and communicative skills. By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Communicate effectively on personal aspects and school life
- Project voice, tone and pitch according to text types
- Define common social issues and express opinions about them
- Tell stories creatively using functional grammar techniques
- Exchange ideas and state arguments in group discussions
Outline
Unit 1: Self-introduction
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- Useful phrases
- Things we do in our free time
- Interests and reasons
- My family
- Describing personalities
- Self-introduction
- Writing and presenting a self-introduction
Unit 2: My School Life
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- My campus
- School profi le
- Word search puzzle
- School activities
- Achievements and awards
- Video time: Your school life
- Writing and presenting an introduction on my school life
Unit 3: My Goals in School
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- My ideal university
- Quick facts about my ideal university
- Reasons why I like the university
- Extra-curricular activities
- Setting goals for my school life
- Describing my goals in school
Unit 4: Future Jobs
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- Likes and dislikes
- Job titles
- What would you like to be?
- Why do you want to be a…?
- Vocabulary: Jobs
Unit 5: Speaking with Clarity
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- 7 voice elements
- The importance of the 7 voice elements
- Identifying the mood of a text
- Let’s practise!
Unit 6: Picture Description and Storytelling
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- Video time: Introduction
- Describing the environment
- Describing people and feelings
- Storytelling in 7 steps
- Storytelling worksheet
Unit 7: Social Issues
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- What are social issues?
- Social issues vs personal issues
- Defining a social issue
- Giving opinions
Unit 8: Group Interview Skills
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- Giving opinions and explanations
- Asking for opinions and explanations
- Agreeing and disagreeing
- Agreeing with an opinion
- Disagreeing with an opinion
- The flow of a group discussion
- Group discussion practice
Unit 9: Hypothetical Questions
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- Conditional sentences types 1 & 2
- What if…?
- Presenting persuasive arguments
Unit 10: Speaking Assessment
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- Communication tips
- Individual assessment
- Group discussion