Welcome to level 1 of the step-by-step core course! This level is aimed at complete beginners (pre-A1 of the CEFR levels), focusing on learning core vocabulary and set sentence structures while improving their spoken English. Each lesson is designed for 25-30 minute classes, and comes with lesson previews, workbooks and flashcards.
Unit 1: Introductions
This unit focuses on greetings and saying a simple self-introduction.
- 1:1:1 Welcome [free]
- 1:1:2 How are you? [free]
- 1:1:3 Numbers + age [free]
- 1:1:4 Countries [free]
- 1:1:5 Story: School [free]
- 1:1:6 Review: Introductions [free]
Unit 2: Art
This unit teaches colors and shapes, introducing simple “It is a…” sentence structures.
Unit 3: Fruits
This unit teaches words for common fruits and introduces asking simple questions.
Unit 4: Weather
This unit teaches weather and seasons, practicing simple descriptive sentences.
Unit 5: Toys
This unit discusses popular kids toys and introduces prepositions.
Unit 6: My body
This unit introduces parts of the body and more complex sentences.
Unit 7: My family
This unit teaches words and sentences to introduce family members.
Unit 8: School
This unit teaches useful classroom vocabulary and grammar in a school context.
Unit 9: My week
This unit focuses on the days of the week and describing your weekly schedule.
Unit 10: Time
This unit teaches students how to say the time and describe daily habits / activities.