Adult English Courses

Monday 

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Practising Small Talk:
Typical conversation openers and responses.
Practising informal questions.

Murphy’s Law Vocabulary:
Examples:
lock-out, get stuck, bang head, slip, trip, spill

Stereotypes:
Discussion on
British stereotypes. Students will also discuss their own countries’ stereotypes.

Homework:
Write an opinion essay about stereotypes you would like to change about your country and why?

Past Tenses:
Past simple,
continuous, perfect

The Generation Gap:
Reading and speaking with past tenses

Listening Activity:
‘Telling how old someone is from their appearance’

Listening comprehension
questions for understanding main ideas.

Speaking Activity:
Describing
past events in your life.

Key Language:
Past tenses, when I was younger... I used to …

Homework:
Using the past tenses learnt in class write about a live event.

7 Wonders Of The World:
What are the 7 wonders of the world?

Reading and Vocabulary:
archaeological, compile exterior

Discussion:
Do you think they still are the 7 wonders?

Documentary:
‘7 Wonders of the World’ Followed by
comprehension questions

British Museum Trip:
Pre - discussion & exercises for class trip to
British Museum
7 Wonders Of The
British Museum

Homework:
Write about 2 objects from the 7 wonders of the British Museum which impressed you the most and why.

Writing Activity:
Writing postcard to a friend- imagining the difficulties & problems they would face as immigrants

Pre - Talk Preparation:
Prepare questions for
Gillian Hammer,
a Science Teacher & Nutritionist

Topic:
Growing up in New Zealand, travelling around Europe in the 1960s & her life in the UK.

Question & Answer Session
with Guest Speaker:
Gillian Hammer
Science Teacher & Nutritionist

Followed by
Tea & Cakes
in the 30+ Lounge

Vocabulary Review:

Recap of talk from
Gillian and class feedback
on the talk.

Revision of Vocabulary covered this week.

Role-play Activity:

Therapist Speaking Game:
Actively listening to a partner talking about difficult experiences

Key Language For Active Listening:
That must’ve been really disappointing , upsetting/ difficult

Homework:
Revise vocabulary & research an online article on digital technology for next week.

Gillian Hamer

Nutritionist 

Oliver Hewett

Professional Actor 

Celine Luppo McDaid

Curator at Dr. Johnson’s House

Andrew Skeates

Masseur 

"I have been teaching English for nearly 5 years and for me the best thing about teaching the 30+ course is that together we can discover this city’s culture and the influences other cultures have had upon it through our weekly excursions around London. Also, the students are from different backgrounds and professions which allows us to talk about so many diverse topics including politics, the arts and global issues. Our conversations are always dynamic."

Maryam Aghili - Teacher