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.
Hi Katie
On which level would we find pronouns: I AM / YOU ARE / WE ARE / THEY ARE / SHE HE IT IS? (I should think this would be in Level 1 but can’t seem to find).
Tks, Zita
Hi Zita, thanks for the message! In level 1, they do not learn more formal grammar like this. Instead, the verb “to be” is introduced very gradually via pre-set sentence structures. I recommend looking at Level 2, Unit 1, Lesson 2, which focuses on conjugating the verb “to be” in the present simple tense. You can also find a lesson dedicated to this in the active grammar course. Hope this helps 🙂 ~Katie
Where do I actually find the homework workbooks?
Hi Kimberly! The homework workbooks are linked under each individual lesson, in the “downloads and links” section 🙂 Hope this helps ~Katie
I am exploring the option of teaching privately online and found your curriculum. I have been working for VIPkid for the past six years. Can these lessons be used online? Can you give me some guidance?
Paula
Hi Paula, thanks for your message! Great to hear you are interested in the Abridge Academy curriculum 🙂 Sure, so our lessons are specifically designed for online learning. There is lots of interactivity built into the lesson slides. We hope to give your private students a similar experience to taking classes with big-name companies like VIPkid. Please do feel free to check out the free trial classes with your students 🙂 Hope this helps ~Katie