INDUCTION CY1

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• English
• Primary Education

WELCOME TO
ESSENTIAL SKILLS

Literacy & Communication

🗣️ SPEAK

👂 LISTEN

📖 READ

✍️ WRITE

– my name is Kelsie Donnelly

- My email: [e-mail]

Let’s Practice

Welcome to Essential Skills Communication class

🗣️
SPEAKING


Share ideas, ask qs,
Give opinions

👂
LISTENING

Listen carefully
Follow instructions
Understand others

📖
READING
Read texts
Find information. Use dictionaries

✍️
WRITING

Write formal letters.
Use punctuation.
Write for different reasons

Essential Skills • Welcome Lesson

What do you like to talk about, listen to, read about , and write? What do you do to practice in everyday life?

Entry level 1-3

• ASSESSMENT

• 1:1 speaking interview and group discussions

• Reading exams – alphabetical order, dictionary, reading for detail and match images

• Writing exams: write a formal Letter

• Use capital letters, full stops, capital letters correctly and write in paragraphs

• Grammar: correct tenses, subject-verb agreements

• Write a full page with the correct letter format, and no spelling, punctuation or grammatical errors

PRACTISE ENGLISH FOR FREE!

• 🎥 WATCH

• YouTube

• BBC Learning English https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/

• English speaking practice

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/grammarEEnglish grammar practice

• Watch with English subtitles

• Pause → listen → repeat

Join an ESOL / English group

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• Examples include:

• BURC – email [e-mail]

• Libraries NI: check your local library for ESOL and conversation activities

• 2 Royal Avenue - 2 Royal Avenue

📚 READ

• Use the library – Building 1, Floor 1

• Easy English books

• Newspapers and magazines

• Free computers and online resources

• Ask library staff for help finding something suitable

📱 USE ENGLISH EVERY DAY

Try one small thing:

☕ Read a café menu
🚌 Read a bus timetable
📱 Change your phone to English
🎬 Watch a film in English
🛒 Read a shopping list

Listen to podcasts or English music
💬 Speak English with a friend

🌟 10 MINUTES OF ENGLISH EVERY DAY = PROGRESS!

Who else is Here to Help You

[e-mail]

Student Wellbeing

Belfast Met College Library (@belfastmetlibrary)

Inclusive Learning Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Student Funding - Life at the Met - Belfast Met

[e-mail]

Student Wellbeing

Email: [e-mail] or
Tel: [phone]

Careers and Employability - Life at the Met - Belfast Met

Where are you from and write something unique about your country?

How would you describe Belfast?

What words can you use to compare Belfast with your home country?

• Think about the weather, the accents, the food, the culture and the people

Do you like living in Northern Ireland? How does it compare to your home country?

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🎲 PICK & MIX

Talk to at least 3 people in your class

📱 HOW TO PLAY

• 1. 🎲 SCAN the QR codes to get a question
  2. 🗣️ ASK a classmate
  3. 👂 LISTEN to their answer
  4. ✍️ WRITE 1–3 key words
  5. 🔄 SWAP — your partner asks a new question
  6. 👋 FIND someone NEW

• Ask → Answer → Listen → Record → Swap

https://wordwall.net/play/22092/162/711

Question set 1

Question set 2

Or ask your own!

Question set 3

What did you learn about each other?

• Did anyone discover that someone likes the same thing as you?

• Did anyone find out something surprising?

Sentence refresh!

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Capital letters and full stops - Punctuation: Video playlist - BBC Bitesize

What do you know about paragraphs?

🥪 My New Classmate

My name is Adam. I am going to tell you about Sara, a person I met in my English class today.

Sara is 20 years old and she is from Somalia. She enjoys listening to Somali music and she also likes listening to English music. Her favourite singer is Elvis. In addition, she enjoys watching films in her free time. Her favourite film is Black Panther because it is thrilling, entertaining and the actors are excellent.

Finally, I think Sara is friendly, kind and interesting. I enjoyed talking to her and I hope to get to know her better.

What 3 mistakes can you spot? Rewrite the correct version!

Students should identify the missing full stop and the verb errors: 'live' should be 'lives', 'enjoy' should be 'enjoys', and 'do not like' should be 'does not like'.

Write a short paragraph about a classmate you interviewed. Use a mix of simple & compound sentences

Students should include basic sentence starters for a short description, for example: 'My classmate is...', 'He/She likes...', 'They are...'.

Use this frame to help you build your paragraph if you need help

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