English - Intermediate 1 - B1

In this course you will use the program Tell Me More English, All Skills, Proficient - B1. You will develop skills in all areas: reading and writing, speaking and listening. These lessons will equip you to function in several important situations: ordering meals, shopping for clothing or seeking medical advice.

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1. Breakfast Menus

• Order breakfast, ask questions of the waiter.
• Vocabulary. Foods and methods of preparation.
• Grammar. Use "would like" to express a wish.
• 2. Cultural Exercises

3. "Still Hungry?"

• Express dissatisfaction with your order, send it back and order something else.
• Vocabulary. Foods and cooking utensils, expressing tastes and preferences.
• Grammar. Comparatives and adjectives ending in "-ing."

4. The Menu

• Order a meal, expressing your likes and dislikes.
• Vocabulary. More foods and cooking-related terms.
• Grammar. Verbs in the preterite, meanings of "all."

5. Desserts

• Discuss foods and drinks, talk about feelings and tastes.
• Use the past participle as an adjective.
• 6. Cultural Exercises

7. Window-Shopping

• Take the bus to go shoe-shopping with a friend, and give your opinion about an article.
• Vocabulary. Clothing, opinions, shopping, economics.
• Grammar. Verb + infinitive, present conditional, compound nouns.

8. The Fitting Room

• Learn the names of articles of clothing, sizes, colors and how to say what you like.
• Vocabulary. Shopping, stores, fashion.
• Grammar. Compound nouns, compound adjectives, superlative.

9. An Emergency

• Learn basic medical vocabulary and parts of the body so you can help someone who is injured.
• Vocabulary. Health and health problems, medical personnel and treatments.
• Grammar. Present perfect continuous, irregular comparatives.

10. At the Doctor's

• Describe symptoms and discuss your options for treatment.
• Vocabulary. Family, identity, social life, health and medical treatment.
• Grammar. Sequence of tenses, "that" as a conjunction.

When you have completed your 36 hours and the last lesson of the course, take the Language Achivement Test. Congratulations on completing your course!