Basic English Course 1

Practice Lab

Practice Lab connects directly with the six course units: grammar builders, speaking prompts, listening stories, reading tasks, and classroom workshops.

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Activities by unit

Use the unit activities after studying the explanation page. Listening pages include audio, comprehension questions, and a downloadable transcript PDF.

Unit 1: Registration Form Builder
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Unit 1: Registration Form Builder

Complete a registration form and generate a short classroom introduction.

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Unit 1: Business Event Mixer
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Unit 1: Business Event Mixer

Role-play a business event, collect personal information and report similarities.

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Unit 1 Listening: First Day
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Unit 1 Listening: First Day

Listen to a first-day event story and answer comprehension questions.

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Unit 2: Sentence Builder
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Unit 2: Sentence Builder

Practice classroom objects, locations, possession and short speaking models.

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Unit 2: Location Card Roulette
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Unit 2: Location Card Roulette

Spin a roulette, describe illustrated location cards and reveal model sentences.

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Unit 2: Mystery Bag Exchange
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Unit 2: Mystery Bag Exchange

Exchange bags, identify classroom objects, confirm ownership and present findings.

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Unit 2 Listening: The Missing Notebook
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Unit 2 Listening: The Missing Notebook

Complete a listening story and ten comprehension questions about classroom objects.

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Unit 3: Sentence Builder
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Unit 3: Sentence Builder

Practice describing celebrities, classmates and family members.

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Unit 3: Celebrity Survey Studio
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Unit 3: Celebrity Survey Studio

Survey classmates, research a famous person and perform a studio presentation.

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Unit 3: Family Photo Gallery Walk
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Unit 3: Family Photo Gallery Walk

Create a family photo gallery card and answer peer questions.

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Unit 3 Listening: My Favorite Singer
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Unit 3 Listening: My Favorite Singer

Listen to a favorite-people story and answer comprehension questions.

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Unit 4: Sentence Builder
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Unit 4: Sentence Builder

Practice daily routines, frequency words and healthy habits.

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Unit 4: Weekly Routine Timeline Lab
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Unit 4: Weekly Routine Timeline Lab

Build timelines, compare weekly routines and present common habits.

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Unit 4: Character Comic Strip
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Unit 4: Character Comic Strip

Create and perform a four-scene routine comic for a character.

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Unit 4 Listening: Maya Morning Routine
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Unit 4 Listening: Maya Morning Routine

Listen to a routine story and answer comprehension questions.

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Unit 5: Sentence Builder
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Unit 5: Sentence Builder

Practice free-time activities, frequency and after-class language.

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Unit 5: Free-Time Popularity Poll
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Unit 5: Free-Time Popularity Poll

Collect class data about indoor/outdoor activities and discuss popularity.

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Unit 5: TV Habits Interview Show
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Unit 5: TV Habits Interview Show

Run a TV habits survey and perform an interview show with class data.

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Unit 5 Listening: Friday After Class
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Unit 5 Listening: Friday After Class

Listen to a free-time story and answer comprehension questions.

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Unit 6: Sentence Builder
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Unit 6: Sentence Builder

Practice there is/there are, time, places and adjectives.

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Unit 6: Fictional Neighborhood Design Lab
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Unit 6: Fictional Neighborhood Design Lab

Design a neighborhood map, describe routines and write a short blog entry.

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Unit 6: Best Places City Map Presentation
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Unit 6: Best Places City Map Presentation

Create a city map, recommend places and role-play a tourist desk.

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Unit 6 Listening: A Walk in My Neighborhood
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Unit 6 Listening: A Walk in My Neighborhood

Listen to a neighborhood story and answer comprehension questions.

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Speed Dating Chart
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Speed Dating Chart

Practice quick personal information conversations with rotating partners.

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Personal Information Roulette
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Personal Information Roulette

Spin roles and questions to practice personal information exchanges.

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Reading: Nice to Meet You
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Reading: Nice to Meet You

Read a simple conversation and identify greetings and introductions.

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Talking About Others - My Family
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Talking About Others - My Family

Practice family descriptions and third-person structures.

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Reading: My Family
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Reading: My Family

Read a short family text and answer comprehension questions.

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