Sample 18 hour beginner language course

Recommended format:

Aim:

A beginner language course aims to provide you with the tools necessary to deal with everyday situations - when you are on holiday for example.

Content:

Your course content will be adapted to your objectives here however, are some examples of what you could learn in an 18 hour holiday-oriented course.

Greetings and introductions (formal/informal)
Alphabet and spelling
Countries and nationalities
Numbers: counting and currency
Feelings: describing your own and asking about other people’s wellbeing
Personal information: giving and asking about personal information (nationality, job, where you live and work, age, etc.)
Work: job descriptions and places of work
Food: meals, drinks and snacks - reading a menu and ordering a meal in a restaurant
Preferences: expressing your own and enquiring about others’
Hotels: booking and enquiring
Leisure activities: asking questions and describing leisure activities and hobbies – enquiring about and booking activities

Grammar content is tailored to the need of the course