This collection of units helps learners to build knowledge around the basics of the English Language.

  • Courses for English Language Learners. The course is taught in English.

  • NRS Level (National Reporting System): Low Intermediate

  • BEST Plus® SPL (Student Performance Level): 4-5

  • Each unit is a collection of short lessons that are 3 minutes or fewer. Units usually take an hour to complete.


Unit 1: Intro and Review
Practice phrases for greeting. Ask and answer basic questions about hobbies and interests

Unit 2: Talking About the Past
Use regular verbs in the simple past to answer basic questions. Distinguish between simple formal and informal phrases of disagreement for work and personal life

Unit 3: Calling in Sick to Work
Use was to describe past states related to health and calling into work. Describe basic symptoms with “have.”

Unit 4: Making Promises- The Future
Use the “will” to make promises about future actions. Identify basic words and phrases related to shopping: cash register, receipt, bargain

Unit 5: Travel and Transportation
Use the past continuously to describe events related to travel. Name vocabulary related to transportation: aisle, baggage, gate, delayed.

Unit 6: Sayings, Expressions, and Vocabulary
Interpret basic idioms and expressions related to daily life through context. Pronounce several words with /ch/ and /sh/ sounds.

Unit 7: Moving to a New Place
Use the present perfect to answer questions and talk about recent experiences. Identify basic actions related to a move: unload and ship boxes, change an address, move in.

Unit 8: Recycling and the Environment
Use the “should” to give suggestions about everyday topics. Name basic vocabulary related to the environment: landfill, compost, recycle, reuse, reduce.

Unit 9: Finances and Budgeting
Name basic vocabulary related to personal finance: loan, budget, interest, expenses. Identify that “have to” equates necessity.

Unit 10: Planning a Party
Use the present continuous to describe weather conditions. Use the real conditional to give an alternate plan. Identify weather conditions that could affect plans: rainy, windy, sunny, cloudy, cold.

Unit 11: Conversations with Teachers
Interpret phrasal verbs related to communication: call back, find out, write down. Locate possible resources to help their child(ren) at school.

Unit 12: Final Review
50 questions to review content in all units.

Unit 13: Final Assessment
50 questions to assess learning in all units.