MAP OF THE BRIDGING COURSE LEARNING MATERIALS
| UNIT | GRAMMAR POINT | VOCABULARY | LANGUAGE PRACTICE |
| UNIT 1 NUMBERS | Simple Present Tense with be (positive, negative, and interrogative sentences) Example: a. Seven is an odd number. b. Two and four are even numbers. | Words related to numbers such as one, two, three, etc. | Let’s Listen - Listening and pronouncing numbers Let’s Read - Reading and identifying various information in the text on numbers Let’s Say - Saying sentences on numbers with correct stress and intonation Let’s Write - Choosing the right words on the missing gaps |
| UNIT 2 SHAPES | Noun Modifiers Example: a. All polygons have an equal number of sides. b. Car wheels, movie screens and paving blocks are good examples of shapes. c. Very small circles can be his eyes. d. You can see cubes in meat, vegetables and ice blocks | Words related to shapes, such as circle, rectangle, square, etc. | Let’s Listen - Listening and pronouncing shapes - Listening and identifying shapes Let’s Read - Reading the lyrics of a song about shapes and answering the questions Let’s Say - Saying shapes Let’s Write - Completing the missing gaps with the key words on shapes |
| UNIT 3 COLOUR SPECTRUM | Noun Phrases Example: a. Two yellow pears b. Ten red strawberries c. One yellow lemon d. Seven different colours | Words related to colour, such as red, blue, yellow, etc. | Let’s Listen - Listening to and singing the song “Edelweiss” - Listening and pronouncing the key words on colours Let’s Read - Reading a text and identifying specific information of the text Let’s Say - Working in pairs, asking and answering animal riddles Let’s Write - Arranging jumbled words into good sentences - Putting the right adjectives on an incomplete text |
| UNIT 4 PARTS OF THE BODY | Comparison and Contrast Example: a. George is 1.65 m tall. b. Tom is 1.70 m tall. c. Jim is shorter than George. d. George is taller than Jim. e. Tom is the tallest. | Words related to parts of the body, such as face, neck, waist, shoulder, chest, etc. | Let’s Listen - Listening and pronouncing the key words on parts of the body - Listening and identifying parts of the body based on their functions Let’s Read - Reading a text and answering some questions Let’s Say - Practicing the dialogues Let’s Write - Rearranging jumbled words into - Matching gaps with provided words |
| UNIT 5 OUR ENVIRONMENT | Simple Present Tense with be Example: a. A cat is an animal. b. Human beings are living things. c. An animal is different from a plant. | Words related to environment, such as living things, non-living things, pollution, | Let’s Listen - Listening and practicing words on environment Let’s Read - Reading texts on environment and answering essay and true/false questions for specific information of the text Let’s Say - Practicing a short dialogue about pollution Let’s Write - Completing the missing gaps with the words on environment |
| UNIT 6 ANIMAL HOMES | Simple Present Tense (Positive, Negative, and Interrogative Sentences) Example: a. Animals live in many different places. b. A chimpanzee lives in the hot jungle. c. Does a crocodile live in a lake? d. Do fish live in the sea? | Words related to animal homes, such as desert, forest, jungle, plain, etc. | Let’s Listen - Listening and pronouncing the key words on animal homes Let’s Read - Reading a text and identifying animal homes Let’s Say - Asking for and giving information on what animals can do and where animals live Let’s Write - Arranging jumbled words into good sentences - Writing animal homes |
| UNIT 7 PLANT GROWTH | Simple Present Tense with Verbs Example: a. Different species of plants grow differently. b. b. A plant needs warmth, water, and soil to grow. c. Do different species of plants grow differently? Wh-Questions Example: a. How do different species of plants grow? b. What does a plant need to grow? c. Which plants live for only a few weeks? | Words related to plant growth, such as bare, cold, desert, dry, etc. | Let’s Listen - Listening and pronouncing the key words on plant growth - Listening and matching the right words with the parts of a tree Let’s Read - Reading and identifying various information in the text on plant growth Let’s Say - Working in pairs and taking turns changing positive sentences into question forms Let’s Write - Completing gaps in a text with words on plant growth |
| UNIT 8 STATES OF MATTER | Imperative Sentences Example: a. Boil the water. b. Don’t boil the water. c. Heat the ice. d. Don’t heat the ice | Words related to states of matter, such as solid, liquid, gas, heat, etc. | Let’s Listen - Listening and pronouncing the key words on states of matter Let’s Read - Reading and finding specific information of the Let’s Say - Practicing a dialogue Let’s Write - Arranging jumbled words into good sentences - Completing gaps with words on states of matter |
| UNIT 9 TIME | Sentences Using ‘It’ Example: a. What time is it? It’s 6 o’clock in the morning. It’s time for breakfast. b. What time is it? It’s 6.45. It’s time for school. c. What time is it? It’s 12 o’clock in the afternoon. It’s time for lunch. | Words related to time, such as afternoon, clocks, evening, half | Let’s Listen - Listening and pronouncing key words on time - Learning how to read time correctly by repeating after the teacher Let’s Read - Reading and identifying information in text about time Let’s Say - Taking turns asking and answering questions about daily routines Let’s Write - Arranging jumbled words into good sentences |
| UNIT 10 MORE ABOUT TIME | Simple Present Tense with be Example: a. The day after tomorrow is Saturday. b. Today is 5 May. c. Tomorrow is 6 May. | Words related to days, months, and seasons, such as Monday, Tuesday, January, February, Autumn, Summer, etc. | Let’s Listen - Listening and pronouncing words related to days, dates, months, and seasons Let’s Read - Reading and identifying specific information of the text - Determining time unit Let’s Say - Working in pairs and taking turns asking about days and dates Let’s Write - Arranging scrambled sentences into a good paragraph |
| UNIT 11 PRICES | Active and Passive Voice a. People often buy and sell things or goods.
c. The amount of money for buying a product or goods is called the buying price.
| Words related to selling and buying things, such as trolley, cash register, basket, apple, orange, meat, carrot, etc. | Let’s Listen - Listening and pronouncing the keys words on things in the supermarket Let’s Read - Reading a text and determining profit and loss - Reading and matching numbers Let’s Say - Saying the common expressions of measure - Practicing a short dialogue and completing a shopping list Let’s Write - Writing a shopping list - Writing good prices for kinds of foods, fruits, and vegetables |
| UNIT 12 MEASUREMENT | How much and how many Example: a. How many rulers do you have? b. How many watches do you have? c. How much time do you need? | Words related to measurements, such as measurement, mass, metric, gram, capacity, etc. | Let’s Listen - Listening and pronouncing the key words on measurements Let’s Read - Reading and identifying specific information of the text Let’s Say - Saying measurements - Practicing a dialogue Let’s Write - Completing gaps with the correct measurements |
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