English Mastery Academy
Your personalized journey to English fluency 🌟
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A1 - Beginner Level
Foundation for English communication
3-4
months
100-150
hours
🗺️ Learning Roadmap
Listening
Understand simple phrases and common words
Reading
Read simple texts and signs
Speaking
Basic greetings and introductions
Writing
Write simple sentences and forms
📝 Grammar Topics
📚 Vocabulary Themes
Effective Teaching Techniques
Research-backed methods for each skill area
Listening Techniques
🎯 Pre-listening Activities
Activate prior knowledge, predict content, pre-teach key vocabulary
🔄 Dictogloss
Students reconstruct text after listening. Builds grammar and listening skills together.
📊 Information Gap
Students listen for specific information to complete a task with partners.
🎬 Shadow Reading
Students repeat audio simultaneously. Improves pronunciation and fluency.
Speaking Techniques
🎭 Role Play
Students act out scenarios. Builds confidence and real-world communication skills.
💭 Think-Pair-Share
Individual thinking → partner discussion → class sharing. Reduces anxiety.
🗣️ Information Gap
Students have different information and must speak to complete a task.
🎤 4-3-2 Technique
Same topic, less time each round (4→3→2 min). Builds fluency through repetition.
Reading Techniques
🔍 Skimming & Scanning
Quick reading for gist (skimming) vs. specific info (scanning). Essential exam skills.
📝 Jigsaw Reading
Groups read different parts, then teach each other. Promotes collaboration.
❓ SQ3R Method
Survey-Question-Read-Recite-Review. Deep comprehension strategy.
🎨 Graphic Organizers
Mind maps, timelines, Venn diagrams to visualize text structure and ideas.
Writing Techniques
📝 Process Writing
Brainstorm → Draft → Revise → Edit → Publish. Focus on the process, not just product.
👥 Peer Review
Students review each other's work using structured criteria. Builds critical thinking.
🔧 Sentence Combining
Join simple sentences into complex ones. Builds syntactic variety and fluency.
📋 Model Texts
Analyze examples of good writing. Students identify features to replicate.
Grammar Techniques
🎯 PPP Method
Present → Practice → Produce. Classic deductive approach for explicit teaching.
🔎 Guided Discovery
Students discover rules from examples. Inductive, memorable, and engaging.
⏰ Timeline Visuals
Use timelines to teach tenses. Visual representation aids understanding.
❌ Error Correction
Self-correction → Peer correction → Teacher correction. Promotes awareness.
Vocabulary Techniques
🗃️ Spaced Repetition
Review words at increasing intervals. Science-backed for long-term retention.
🕸️ Word Webs
Connect related words visually. Shows collocations, synonyms, and word families.
📖 Context Clues
Guess meaning from context before checking dictionary. Builds inference skills.
🎮 Vocabulary Games
Bingo, Pictionary, Hot Seat, Word Association. Makes learning memorable.
🎓 General Classroom Strategies
⏱️ TTT (Teacher Talk Time)
Minimize teacher talk to maximize student practice. Aim for 20-30% TTT.
🎯 ICQs & CCQs
Instruction Check Questions & Concept Check Questions ensure understanding.
♻️ Recycling Language
Revisit vocabulary and grammar regularly in different contexts.
🎭 Varied Interaction
Mix individual, pair, group, and whole-class activities.
📊 Formative Assessment
Ongoing checks: exit tickets, thumbs up/down, mini whiteboards.
🎉 Positive Reinforcement
Praise effort, not just correctness. Create a safe learning environment.
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