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): Intermediate

  • BEST Plus® SPL (Student Performance Level): 5-6

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


Unit 1: Communicating at Work
Ask polite questions related to favors. Accept and decline requests with basic phrases.

Unit 2: Saving Money
Use the present perfect to ask and answer basic questions with already, yet, and so far. Identify personal finance vocabulary: loan, interest, APY, credit score, credit history.

Unit 3: Talking about Past Experiences
Form sentences with “used to” to describe past memories or habits. Name basic life stages and corresponding ages.

Unit 4: Planning a Party
Use the unreal conditional to recognize hypothetical situations. Decline an invitation to a social event using basic phrases.

Unit 5: Giving and Accepting Offers
Use common phrases related to offers and gifts: send to, offer to, make for, buy for, get for. Distinguish between “too much” and “not enough”.

Unit 6: Comparing Prices
Use the comparative form to compare two items while shopping. Select reasons for actions with “because.” Explain the results of actions with “so.”

Unit 7: Describing Chronic Health Conditions
Use the present perfect continuous to respond to a medical professional’s questions about symptoms. Name common chronic conditions: diabetes, asthma, depression.

Unit 8: Making Social Plans
Use “going to” in order to talk about social plans. Use the “will” to make a decision at the time of speaking.

Unit 9: Talking about Preferences
Express preferences about various situations with “would rather.”.

Unit 10: Planning for Emergencies
Identify common natural disasters: blizzard, hurricane/typhoon, wildfire, heat wave. Recognize that “must” equates to necessity. Follow instructions related to natural disasters drills: get against the wall, get down, get away.

Unit 11: Making Repairs
Use the modals “must,” “could,” and “might” to make inferences about everyday situations. Identify common home repair issues: leaking pipe, infestations, broken lock, mold.

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

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