English Program for B1 Level Students

Goal:
Develop the ability to communicate clearly in a variety of everyday situations, express opinions, handle unexpected situations, and begin building more detailed writing and speaking skills.

Unit 1: Personal Experiences and Storytelling

• Talking about memorable experiences

• Using the Past Simple, Past Continuous

• Telling short stories with details (who, when, where)

Unit 2: Describing People, Places, and Events

• Expanding descriptive language (adjectives, adverbs)

• Giving detailed descriptions

• Using relative clauses: “The person who…”, “The place where…”

Unit 3: Plans, Hopes, and Dreams

• Talking about future plans and ambitions

• Using “going to”, “will”, and Present Continuous for the future

• Making predictions and promises

Unit 4: Work, Studies, and Career

• Talking about work experience, school subjects, and career goals

• Writing a simple CV or job application letter

• Practicing job interview questions

Unit 5: Health, Fitness, and Wellbeing

• Talking about health problems and solutions

• Giving and receiving advice (“should”, “ought to”, “had better”)

• Describing lifestyle habits

Unit 6: Travel and Holidays

• Discussing different types of holidays (adventure, relaxation, cultural)

• Talking about travel problems and solutions

• Writing emails or reviews about holidays

Unit 7: Media, Technology, and Communication

• Talking about mobile phones, internet, social media

• Discussing advantages and disadvantages of technology

• Understanding simple news articles and reports

Unit 8: Society and Environment

• Talking about environmental problems and solutions

• Discussing social issues in simple terms (education, recycling, poverty)

• Giving opinions and suggesting solutions

Unit 9: Shopping and Consumer Society

• Talking about online shopping vs traditional shopping

• Returning a product, making complaints

• Understanding advertisements and marketing language

Unit 10: Review and Real-World Practice

• Practicing conversation in real-life scenarios

• Writing letters, emails, and simple reports

• Preparing for B1 level exams (if needed)

Grammar Focus Throughout the Program

• Past Simple vs Past Continuous

• Present Perfect: “I have lived here for 5 years.”

• First Conditional and Second Conditional (“If I win the lottery…”)

• Modal verbs: must, should, might, could

• Passive voice (simple forms)

• Reported speech: “She said she was tired.”

• Relative clauses: who, that, where

Skills Development

• Speaking: Conversations, discussions, giving short talks

• Listening: Understanding interviews, simple lectures, podcasts

• Reading: Articles, opinion pieces, travel blogs, news stories

• Writing: Emails, essays, narratives, reviews, opinion texts

End-of-Level B1 Objectives

By the end of B1, students should be able to:

• Understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters

• Deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling

• Produce simple connected text on topics of personal interest

• Describe experiences, events, dreams, hopes, and ambitions

• Explain opinions and plans