| UNIT | GRAMMAR / PRONUNCIATION | FUNCTIONS / TOPICS |
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| 1 |
simple present in questions; Wh- and Yes/No questions |
introducing oneself and responding to an introduction; personal information; likes/dislikes; interviewing someone |
| 2 |
ordinal numbers; simple present; simple past; pronunciation of ordinal numbers; pronunciation of weather vocabulary |
dates; birthdays; Japanese holidays & events; talking about weather; talking about a holiday |
| 3 |
Wh-questions; subject-verb agreement; pronouns |
personal information; phone numbers; addresses; dates: year, month, day; jobs |
| 4 |
Wh- and Yes/No questions; subject-verb agreement |
likes/dislikes; favorites |
| 5 |
counters; singular/plural; questions with simple present and simple past; time expressions; some & any; pronunciation of plural 's ' |
eating and drinking habits; food; likes/dislikes |
| 6 |
Wh-questions; adverbs of frequency; how often; pronunciation of adverbs of frequency |
movies; TV; music; food & drink; sports |
| 7 |
can & can't; be good at; Yes/No questions; how often; dance(r), drive(r), etc.; pronunciation of can & can't |
abilities; talking about school; school subjects; sports |
| 8 |
simple present; subject-verb agreement; Wh-questions; adjectives for describing things |
describing and defining things; animal names; food; colors; shapes |
| 9 |
simple present; Wh- and Yes/No questions; pronouns; used to; pronunciation of family words |
asking about family; relatives; sports |
| 10 |
simple past; Wh- and Yes/No questions with simple past; time expressions; pronunciation of past tense forms |
talking about experiences; telling a story |
| 11 |
simple present; Wh- and Yes/No questions; indefinite articles: a & an; sometimes & usually; get to & have to; syllable and word stress |
talking and asking about work; work; occupations |
| 12 |
comparative form of adjectives; less + adjective; Wh- questions; singular/plural; superlatives; pronunciation: comparative forms and rising and falling intonation for two choices |
making comparisons; talking about school |
| 13 |
large numbers; time expressions; simple present; usually; pronunciation of large numbers and syllable stress |
telling time; numbers; math |
| 14 |
present progressive; past progressive; subject-verb agreement; Wh- and Yes/No questions; pronunciation: contractions |
describing present actions; talking about a specific point of time in the past |
| 15 |
present perfect; simple past; time expressions; yet & already; how often; pronunciation of past participles |
talking and asking about experiences; restaurants |
| 16 |
simple present; subject-verb agreement; Wh- and Yes/No questions; short responses with be verb and do; pronunciation of country names and nationalities |
countries; nationalities; languages |
| 17 |
future: be going to; Wh- and Yes/No questions; time expressions; subject-verb agreement; pronunciation: be going to |
talking about future events; closing a conversation; vacations |
| 18 | review and consolidation | review and consolidation |
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