ESOL Sc/E1.1b Articulate the sounds of English to be comprehensible to a sympathetic native speaker

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Component skill and knowledge and understanding. 
Adults should learn to:		 Example of application and level Sample  activities
- pronounce phonemes adequately to be comprehensible and to make meaning clear  
  • Learners discuss known vocabulary items under given categories (e.g. clothing, parts of the body) and practise pronunciation from a given model, so as to be comprehensible to a sympathetic native speaker. Then, in pairs they look at list with these words and say them at random. Partner has to guess which is being said. Teacher goes round listening carefully and correcting as required. Learners practise the words in sentences from a dialogue.
The words learners need to say will depend on their reasons for communicating, e.g. employment, college course, childcare, benefits, social interaction. The following are suggestions only: the needs and interests of individual learners will determine which words they need to be able to say.

Classroom vocabulary

  • Listen, tell, ask, speak, talk, discuss, repeat, practise, make up, read, write,  copy, look, tick, underline, highlight, fill in, instructions, book, worksheet, homework, tape, video, screen, computer, in pairs, in groups, in your own language

Topic-based vocabulary

  • ordinal and cardinal numbers
  • days of the week
  • months of the year
  • news, e.g. war, refugee
  • countries and languages, e.g. Hong Kong, Chinese
  • common places, e.g. post office
  • parts of the body, e.g. leg
  • family members, e.g. sister
  • food, e.g. bread
    fruit and vegetables, e.g. apples
  • weights and measures, e.g. kilo
  • clothes, e.g. trousers
  • common jobs, e.g. driver
  • accommodation, e.g. flat
  • furniture, e.g. chair
  • weather, e.g. sunny
  • subjects, e.g. computing
  • IT, e.g. Open, File, Save, Print

Source: Department for Education and Skills (2001) Adult ESOL Core Curriculum, DfES (2001)
Related ESOL link: ESOL Sc/E1.1a Use stress and intonation to make speech comprehensible to a sympathetic native speaker
Related Adult Literacy Curriculum links: Adult Lit SLc/E1.1 Speak clearly to be heard and understood in simple exchanges
Related Functional Skills English links: FS Eng E1.6 Make clear statements, communicate feelings & opinions on straightforward topics

 

Living in the UK - A short guide to being polite

A four-page resource that discusses some of the polite conventions in the UK.  Sensitively Written with ESOL learners in mind. Topics include: being polite, saying sorry and punctuality. Part of the Living in the UK series. 

Editor's notes

Although aimed at E1-E2 ESOL it would also be a useful quick starter in higher level classes. Includes exam style questions, cloze task, and discussion/role-play prompts.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
ESOL
ESOL Sc/E1.2a Make requests: ask for things or action
ESOL Sc/E1.1b Articulate the sounds of English to be comprehensible to a sympathetic native speaker
ESOL: Reading text focus - comprehension (Rt)
ESOL Sc/E1.2a Make requests: ask for things or action
ESOL Lr/E1.2d Listen for phonological detail
ESOL Sc/E2.1a Use stress & intonation adequately to make speech comprehensible / meaning understood
ESOL Sc/E2.2a Make requests: ask for things or action
ESOL Sc/E2.2e Ask for directions and instructions
ESOL Sd/E1.1a Take part in social interaction
ESOL Sd/E2.1a Take part in social interaction
ESOL Lr/E2.5a Listen and respond to requests for action / permission
ESOL Lr/E2.6c Listen to and identify simply expressed feelings and opinions

Buying a ticket

Buying a ticket provides prompts, dialogue scripts and other ideas for speaking and listening work, along with reading practice (obtaining information from texts). Covers football, cinema, bus and train tickets.
Originally used with the DfES ESOL E1 Skills for Life materials (Unit 4 – Local Transport, page 11 – Buying a ticket) but can be used alone. http://rwp.excellencegateway.org.uk/readwriteplus/Learning_Materials_ES…

Level
Entry Level 1
ESOL
ESOL Lr/E1.2b Listen for detail & respond, in a face-to-face situation
ESOL Rw/E1.1a Recognise a limited number of words, signs and symbols
ESOL Sc/E1.1a Use stress & intonation to make speech comprehensible
ESOL Sc/E1.1b Articulate the sounds of English to be comprehensible to a sympathetic native speaker
ESOL Sc/E1.2a Make requests: ask for things or action
ESOL Sc/E1.3b Ask for information
ESOL Sc/E1.3dc  Ask for clarification
Context
Art Film Media Music Radio TV
Motor vehicles & Transport
Sport and fitness

What's my neighbourhood like?

Beautiful prompt sheet for question and answer work – originally used with the DfES ESOL E1 Skills for Life materials (Unit 6 – The Neighbourhood) but can be used alone.
http://rwp.excellencegateway.org.uk/readwriteplus/LearningMaterialsESOL

Level
Entry Level 1
ESOL
ESOL Lr/E1.2b Listen for detail & respond, in a face-to-face situation
ESOL Lr/E1.2c Listen for grammatical detail
ESOL Sc/E1.1b Articulate the sounds of English to be comprehensible to a sympathetic native speaker
ESOL Sc/E1.3b Ask for information
ESOL Sc/E1.4d Make statements of fact clearly

My health

Flashcards for spelling, vocabulary and speaking practice. Originally used with the DfES ESOL E1 Skills for Life materials (Unit 5 – Health) but can be used alone.

Level
Entry Level 1
ESOL
ESOL Rw/E1.1a Recognise a limited number of words, signs and symbols
ESOL Rw/E1.2a Use basic sound-letter correspondence to sound out words
ESOL Sc/E1.1b Articulate the sounds of English to be comprehensible to a sympathetic native speaker
ESOL Sc/E1.4a Make simple statements of fact
ESOL Ww/E1.1a Use and spell correctly some personal key words and familiar words
ESOL Ww/E1.1b Use basic sound-letter correspondence & letter patterns to aid spelling

Getting to know each other

Two beautiful worksheets. The first is for collecting and recording information about yourself and a friend. The second if for making questions (by rearranging the given words) to ask a friend. Originally used with the DfES ESOL E1 Skills for Life materials (Unit 1 – Getting started) but can be used alone.
https://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/content/etf679

Editor's note

Link to ESOL materials updated and image added Sep 2018

Level
Entry Level 1
ESOL
ESOL Sc/E1.1b Articulate the sounds of English to be comprehensible to a sympathetic native speaker
ESOL Sc/E1.3a  Ask for personal details
ESOL Sc/E1.4a Make simple statements of fact
ESOL Sc/E1.4b Give personal information

Work - vocabulary cards

27 pictures of different jobs and matching word cards – plus lots of teaching ideas for Entry 1 and 2 literacy and ESOL classes.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
English
Adult Lit Rw/E1.1 Have limited, meaningful sight vocabulary of words, signs, symbols
AL Rw/E2.2 Recognise high frequency words & words with common spelling patterns
Adult Lit Rw/E1.2 Decode simple, regular words
Rw/E2.1
Ww/E1.1
Ww/E2.1
Ww/E2.2
ESOL
ESOL Rw/E1.1a Recognise a limited number of words, signs and symbols
ESOL Rw/E1.2a Use basic sound-letter correspondence to sound out words
ESOL Rw/E2.2a Recognise a range of familiar words
ESOL Rw/E2.3a Use context & range of phonic / graphic knowledge to decode words
ESOL Sc/E1.1b Articulate the sounds of English to be comprehensible to a sympathetic native speaker
ESOL Sc/E2.1b Articulate the sounds of English to make meaning understood
ESOL Ww/E1.1a Use and spell correctly some personal key words and familiar words
ESOL Ww/E1.1b Use basic sound-letter correspondence & letter patterns to aid spelling
ESOL Ww/E2.1a Spell correctly majority of personal details & familiar common words
ESOL Ww/E2.1b Use knowledge of sound–symbol relationships & phonological patterns when spelling
Context
Employment skills & Public services
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