Adult Learner Programmes
Hello and welcome!
My name is Jennifer and thank you so much for visiting my website.
For adult learners to be successful, they need a teacher who can offer:
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tailored programmes to match their skill level and learning style
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flexible learning settings such as: classroom, student home, tutor home or online
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results that meet and exceed their personal targets
I promise all of this, but most of all I promise to work as hard as ever to ensure your learning journey is as fun and enjoyable as possible.
To find a suitable programme, I need to learn more about you. Please answer the following:
Which language are you interested in?
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How would you describe your current skill level?
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Based on your response, I recommend the X Journey.
Lesson | Path 1 | Path 2 | Path 3 |
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5 | Story in 30 seconds Picture guessing – creating a story board Other people’s stories – gap fill Using opposites/adjectives | School life Comparisons Colour verb conjugation activity | Against the clock – Imperfect vs Preterite Reading comprehension activity |
5 | More descriptive / appearance practice Family Quantifiers | Booking a hotel room Hotel vocabulary Translation practice Creating own dialogs | Practicing home description Discussing furniture Prepositions of place Quantifiers |
5 | Types of clothes Physical appearance and clothes Preferences | Being a tour guide in your city Describing what you can/cannot do Advantages vs disadvantages | House chores - what you do/did at home Preferences Sentence building |
6 | Asking where someone is from & replies Countries / Nationalities / Languages Useful questions | Directions - around the town Places in the town Where I live using directions | Opposites Discussing other homes and furniture Linking words |
6 | Small stories and dictation using Imperfect tense Recognition and usage | Discussing yearly traditions Mix and match sentence building | Favourite birthday/memory Discussing the news/social media with time expressions |
6 | Free time activities/hobbies Sports/Films/TV/Books Expressing opinions | Revision of stem changing verbs Transport getting around using irregular verb ‘to go’ Day trips – going to the seaside Day trips - going sightseeing | Discussing recent events What did you do at the weekend? |
7 | Describing the weather (present tense) Seasons Telling the time practice | Revisiting directions Putting it altogether Combining hotel/restaurant Place prepositions | Introduction to daily routine Reflexive verbs and pronouns Daily routine with time telling Focus on word order |
7 | Imperfect vs Present tense Jobs – used to do then and now Food – used to eat then and now Freetime - used to do then and now | Listening comprehension activities Mini quiz of regular/irregular verbs Sentence building | Travel to the past activity Songs – analysis |
7 | Free time activities/hobbies Sports/Films/TV/Books More regular Present tense practise Linking words/comparisons | Combining regular/irregular verbs Day trips – going to the zoo Day trips - going to a theme park | Discussing other peoples plans - a day backwards Introduction of reported speech - what he/she said Direct/indirect differences |
8 | Going on holiday Different holiday types Opposites vocabulary Present Tense self-marking activity | Cooking and recipes Cooking verbs/vocabulary | Guess what happened next activity Time flies activity |
8 | Hobbies / free time activities Expressing preferences Making sentences negative | Travel - getting around Methods of transport Using I travel/I go Using the verb "to know" | Daily routine using "I usually" Focus on word order Weekday vs weekend routine |
8 | Story reading comprehension and gap fill Learning: once upon a time Jeopardy style activity | Preterite break out of jail activity Sentence building Complex sentences | The hot chair activity The hungry caterpillar story and reading comprehension |