Elementary level

Grammatical Awareness

• Be aware of word order, e.g. by re-ordering sentences, predicting words from previous text, grouping a range of words that might ‘fit’;

• Be aware of the need for grammatical agreement in speech and writing, matching verbs to nouns/pronouns correctly, e.g. I am; the children are;

• Use verb tenses with increasing accuracy in speaking and writing;

• Use simple gender forms, e.g. his/hercorrectly;

• Use verb tenses with increasing accuracy in speaking and writing, e.g. cook/cooked, look/looked.

On completion of the Elementary course the student should be able to:

STAGE 1

Identify him/herself

Identify common objects, colours and body parts

Use present tense for everyday activities and habits using common basic verbs

Use regular plurals/adjectives

Understand and follow simple instructions

Use present continuous tense to describe everyday actions

STAGE 2

Identify family, peer group, and familiar items and objects

Be familiar with the days of the week, months and dates

Understand and use numbers correctly

Understand and use irregular plurals and negatives

Understand and use question forms

Express him/herself using simple past and future tenses

STAGE 3

Identify and use a wider variety of vocabulary items

Understand and use time correctly

Understand and use possessives and pronouns correctly

Understand and use prepositions of place

Understand and use comparisons

Understand simple stories and be able to re-tell them

Express him/herself using appropriate language including contractions.