Unit
1	Nice to meet you: Write a conversation. Imagine, it's your first day of class in URBE and you're meeting new friends. Introduce yourself, say your name and last name. Exchange personal information. Ask your new friends telephone numbers. Follow the steps in the hand out. Write a short paragraph about you. (hand out) Post your introduction at the community www.groups.yahoo.com/group/eflcenterworkshop , read your partners’ introduction and replay to one of them. * Remember! After you finish your composition and before you post it to the community, show it to someone (tutor, friend, relative, etc) to read it and help you check your mistakes.	Vocabulary & Expressions     Grammar Focus   possesive adjectives The verb to be: affirmative statements and contractions.   (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop)
2	Describe what and where things are in a picture. Get pictures from magazines, books, computers, etc. and create a collage with the pictures. Describe what things there are in the pictures, where things are in the pictures and don't forget to use prepositions of place: in, on, under, in front of, behind, between, next to, etc. Bring your collage to class and present it to your classmates.	Vocabulary & Expressions   Grammar Focus   Articles a, an, and the; this/it and these and they; plurals; yes/no and where questions with be; prepositions of place   (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop)
3	Describe yourself and someone famous.   Write a short composition about you. Include your name, nationality, language, age, physical and personality description. Write a short composition about someone you admire (mom, dad, sister or brother, teacher, athlete, actor or actress) Post your composition at the community www.groups.yahoo.com/group/eflcenterworkshop , read your partners’ compositions and replay to one of them. Scan your picture and upload it to the community. * Remember! After you finish your composition and before you post it to the community, show it to someone (tutor, friend, relative, etc) to read it and help you check your mistakes.	Vocabulary & Expressions   Grammar Focus   The verb to be: affirmative and negative statements, yes/no questions, short answers, and wh-questions   (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop)
4	Get pictures of people and describe what’s happening.   Get a photo or a picture from a magazine, book or computer,  and write a short composition about it. Include names, nationalities, language, age, physical and personality description. Describe what people are doing. Talk about colors, clothing and weather conditions. Post your composition at the community www.groups.yahoo.com/group/eflcenterworkshop , read your partners’ compositions and replay to one of them. Scan your picture and upload it to the community. * Remember! After you finish your composition and before you post it to the community, show it to someone (tutor, friend, relative, etc) to read it and help you check your mistakes.	Vocabulary & Expressions     Grammar Focus   possesive adjectives The verb to be: affirmative statements and contractions. (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop)
5	Describe what you are doing.   Make a collage with pictures and write a composition about what you are doing in the morning, afternoon and evening. Talk about time. Post your composition at the community www.groups.yahoo.com/group/eflcenterworkshop , read your partners’ compositions and replay to one of them. Scan your picture and upload it to the community. * Remember! After you finish your composition and before you post it to the community, show it to someone (tutor, friend, relative, etc) to read it and help you check your mistakes.	Vocabulary & Expressions     Grammar Focus   Questions with What time; What + doing and Wh- questions with the present continous; conjunction so   (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop)
6	Talk about your neighborhood and family relationships.   Write a composition about you. Tell where you live, how you go to school, tell about your family and daily routines. Draw your family tree. Use the handout daily routines to draw what you do in a regular day. Post your composition at the community www.groups.yahoo.com/group/eflcenterworkshop , read your partners’ compositions and replay to one of them. Scan your picture and upload it to the community. * Remember! After you finish your composition and before you post it to the community, show it to someone (tutor, friend, relative, etc) to read it and help you check your mistakes.	Vocabulary & Expressions     Grammar Focus   Simple present statements with regular and irregular verbs simple present yes/no questions Wh-questions Time expressions   (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop)
7	Describe your house or apartment.   Draw your house and your dream house: Describe where it is, how many rooms, furniture, etc,. Write a letter to a friend describing your house. Use this: My house Post your composition at the community www.groups.yahoo.com/group/eflcenterworkshop , read your partners’ compositions and replay to one of them. Scan your picture and upload it to the community. * Remember! After you finish your composition and before you post it to the community, show it to someone (tutor, friend, relative, etc) to read it and help you check your mistakes.	Vocabulary & Expressions     Grammar Focus   Simple present short answers How many; there is, there are; there's no, there isn't, there are no, there aren't any   (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop)
8	Talk about jobs. Give opinion about jobs.   Write a composition about what your parents do. Say where they work. Interview someone about his or her job. Write a short paragraph telling about your friend's job. Post your composition at the community www.groups.yahoo.com/group/eflcenterworkshop , read your partners’ compositions and replay to one of them. Scan your picture and upload it to the community. * Remember! After you finish your composition and before you post it to the community, show it to someone (tutor, friend, relative, etc) to read it and help you check your mistakes.	Vocabulary & Expressions     Grammar Focus   Simple present Wh-questions with do; placement of adjectives before nouns; descriptive adjectives for occupations   (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop)

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