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Conversational Beginner 1 English

Beginner 1 English

Whether you're traveling, reconnecting with family roots, or building career skills, this course gives you the structure, confidence, and speaking practice to start strong.

Overview

Duration

6 weeks

Tuition

Under $14/hour

Level

Beginner

Class Time

2.5 hours/week

Prerequisites

None

Group Size

4-10 students

Location

ILC, Carmel

Details

Dates:

3/17/26 - 4/23/26

Time: 

Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Cost:

$430.00

(Does not include text books and optional tuition insurance)​

Teacher: 

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What You’ll Learn

  • Everyday Introductions: Confidently greet others, share personal information, and ask basic questions.

  • Describing People & Life: Talk about appearance, personality, and daily routines using the simple present.

  • Time & Schedules: Tell time, discuss weekly plans, and ask about others’ schedules.

  • Home & Living Spaces: Describe rooms, furniture, and locations using “there is/there are” and prepositions.

  • Getting Around Town: Ask for and give directions, name common city places, and make simple suggestions.

  • Shopping & Dining Out: Ask about prices, make polite requests, order food, and express preferences.

  • Health & Well-Being: Describe common symptoms and understand simple advice in everyday situations.

  • Past Events & Social Plans: Talk about past activities, invite others, and participate in short real-life conversations with growing fluency.

Weekly Itinerary

Each week includes speaking practice, games, cultural context, and real-world role-plays. You’ll use everything you learn — right away.

  • Week 1: Introductions & personal info — greetings, names, countries, nationalities, exchanging basics.

  • Week 2: Describing people — physical appearance, personality words, simple present “be” statements.

  • Week 3: Daily routines — simple present, adverbs of frequency, asking/answering “Do you…?”

  • Week 4: Telling time & schedules — clock time, days, weekly routines, conversational questions.

  • Week 5: At home — rooms, furniture, describing living spaces, “there is/there are,” prepositions.

  • Week 6: Around town — directions, places in the city, giving suggestions for getting around.

  • Week 7: Shopping & prices — numbers, money, polite requests, “How much is…?”

  • Week 8: Food & restaurants — menus, ordering, polite expressions, likes/dislikes with “I’d like/ I prefer.”

  • Week 9: Health & feelings — describing symptoms, simple advice, common doctor’s-office language.

  • Week 10: Past weekend — simple past of “be” + regular verbs for conversational storytelling.

  • Week 11: Social plans — inviting people, accepting/declining invitations, making simple arrangements.

  • Week 12: Review & conversation circles — integrated speaking tasks, role-plays, and final dialogue.

Teacher Bio

Meet Your Instructor

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