Proficiency Level: A2

A Day at Work: Mary’s Café and Ms. Smith’s Classroom

In this English lesson, students strengthen their listening comprehension, grammar awareness, and collaborative skills through two engaging stories about different professions. Using the dictogloss technique, learners listen to short narratives describing daily work routines, take notes with the help of visual aids, and reconstruct the texts from memory. This activity focuses on subject–verb agreement, helping students notice and apply correct verb forms in context. Through group or pair work, they practice accuracy, recall, and teamwork while developing strategies for active listening and language retention. By comparing their reconstructed versions with the original texts, learners enhance their self-correction skills, expand vocabulary related to jobs and workplaces, and build confidence in using English to describe people’s occupations and everyday professional activities.

Everyday Routines

In this English lesson, students strengthen their listening comprehension, grammar awareness, and collaborative skills through two engaging texts about daily routines. Using the running dictation technique, learners listen to short narratives, note key information, and reconstruct the texts from memory. This activity focuses on reflexive pronouns, helping students notice and apply correct pronoun forms in context, including singular, plural, and agreement with the subject. Through group or pair work, learners practice accuracy, recall, and teamwork while developing strategies for active listening and language retention. By comparing their reconstructed versions with the original texts, students enhance self-correction skills, expand vocabulary related to routines and daily life, and build confidence in using English to describe actions performed independently.

Days of Laughs: From Mall Adventures to Birthday Parties

In this English lesson, students enhance their listening comprehension, grammatical awareness, and collaborative skills through two engaging stories about fun activities. Using the dictogloss technique, learners actively listen to short narratives about leisure and social experiences, take notes with the support of visual aids, and reconstruct the stories from memory. The lesson focuses on the past perfective and imperfective aspect in main clauses, helping students understand how these forms express sequence, duration, and background actions in the past. Through group or pair work, learners practice accuracy, recall, and teamwork while developing strategies for active listening and language retention. By comparing their reconstructed versions with the original texts, students strengthen their self-monitoring and editing skills, deepen their understanding of narrative structure, and build confidence in using English to describe past experiences and events in a coherent and meaningful way.