Entry Level Certificate in ESOL International (Speaking and Listening)(Entry 3) (Classic B1)

This qualification is designed according to the framework constructed by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The levels in the CEFR have been mapped to the levels in the RQF for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Candidates who are non-native speakers of the English language are preparing to commence their higher education or searching for job opportunities in the UK (or elsewhere) can take this course to hone their communication and overall personality skills or are learning English as part of their school or college curriculum. 

These qualifications are available within the United Kingdom and are only offered in English. All versions of the qualifications are listed on the Register of Regulated Qualification and these qualifications are designed to complement general English language courses.

Aims

• The candidates of this course are expected to communicate on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. 
•  They are expected to describing things, understand and make requests and suggestions, describe experiences and events, describe feelings and emotion and deal with situations that arise after being present in the company of people who speak the language the most.
•  They should be able to produce simple connected text on topics of personal interest and give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
•  They should be able to describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions etc.
• The Entry Level Certificate International (B1) consists of four examinations, speaking, writing, reading, and listening. At Entry Level 3 / B1, candidates are expected to read and understand short straightforward texts on familiar topics accurately and independently.
•  They are also expected to write to communicate information and opinions with some adaptation to the intended audience in documents.

Assessment 

After the completion of this course, candidates will demonstrate competencies like being able to exchange factual information on familiar routine and non-routine matters, enter and maintain a conversation, articulate speech in everyday conversations, communicate with reasonable accuracy in familiar contexts, narrate events in the past, give factual accounts, greet, take leave, give personal information, introduce others, express certainty about the future and express their obligation.
 
The students will be taught the use and correct application of adverbs, comparatives and superlatives, conditionals, modals - must/can’t, might, may, should have/might have/must/have to, past continuous, past perfect, past simple, past tense responses etc., reported speech, simple passive - questions in the past, will and going to, connecting words, and, but, because linkers: sequential – past time, connecting words expressing cause and effect, contrast etc.
 They will also be taught to understand directions, understand and use numbers, describe habits and routines, understanding and using prices experiences, describing people, describing places.