EASY – The ESL Series consists of 30 satellite broadcast sessions teaching ESL
to adults and teens.  EASY is for students from all languages and begins at the very
beginning level - with the alphabet and numbers. As the students progress, EASY
presents them with the life and survival skills that are essential to successful
integration in the workforce and American society.  This course is produced by
Digital Education Productions. (provide hotlink to: http://www.easyeld.com/cea/)

EASY Part 1 – The Beginner Series is designed for the beginner, starting with
“the basics” and leading to essential life-skills dialogues, vocabulary and grammar
skills.

EASY Part 2 – Community Essentials: For a high beginner to intermediate
level students, delivers community life skills coupled with communication and
grammar skills.

EASY Part 1 – The Beginner Series:

1. The Basics                        Alphabet, Numbers, Colors and Calendar
2. Interactions                        Greetings and Introductions
3. Feelings                        How are You?
4. At School                        People, Places & Things
5. At Home                        Family and Around the House
6. The Time                        Telling Time and Daily Activities

EASY Part 2 – Community Essentials:

7. Your Community            DMV, Form-Filling, Money and Directions
8. Health Care                        The Body, Family Health and Medical Visits
9. Personal Finance            Banking, Budgets and Shopping
10. Around Town                        Driving, Housing, Gov’t., and Phone Skills
11. Education                        People, Services and Parent Involvement
12. Employment                        Finding, Getting and Keeping a Job

           

EASY covers the CASAS score range from approximately 180 through 220.

Course materials are available.  Hundreds of worksheets link to the video episodes.
These worksheets provide the rigorous practice that is needed to help in developing
mastery and showing test gain. For information on the worksheets, visit the EASY website, http://www.easyeld.com/cea/, or contact EASY, the ESL Series staff at: (877) 243 6769.

ESL Scope and Sequence - EASY Part 1: The Beginner Series
Unit	Theme	Content	Grammar	Vocabulary
1	TheBasics	Pronunciation, letters, numbers, colors, calendar	To be, simple sentences	Alphabet, number, colors, calendar
2	Interactions	Greetings & introductions	Wh?’s, to be, pronouns	Greetings & introductions
3	Feelings	How are you?	Adjectives, to be, wh?’s, pronouns, contractions	Feelings
4	At School	The new school	Articles, plurals, to be, contractions, present tense verbs, possessives, prepositions, pronouns, this/that/these/those	People, places and things in a school
5	At Home	A tour of home	To be, present tense verbs, contractions, prepositions, this/ that /these/ those	Family & around the house
6	The Time	Telling time & daily activities	Conjugating present tense verbs, to be pronouns, contractions	Telling time, daily activities, & commons verbs

ESL Scope and Sequence - EASY Part 2: Community Essentials
Unit	Theme	Content	Grammar	Vocabulary
7	Your Community:DMV, Form-Filling, Money & Directions	Greetings, using money, DMV, following directions, and form-filling.	Present continuous, prepositions, future with be going to, do/don't/does/doesn't, can/can't, have to	Directions, form-filling, concepts of time, money, basic verbs, math vocabulary
8	Health Care: The Body, Family Health & Medical Visits	Vocabulary for the body, interactions for medical visits and maintaining health.	Adjectives, comparatives/superlatives, do/does, present continuous, simple past, cause & effect	Medical and health related, body, people and things in a doctor's office
9	Personal Finance: Banking, Budgets & Shopping	The banking system, types of accounts, budgets, transactions, sales tax, shopping for food and clothing.	Present continuous, past tense with irregular verbs, did/didn't, comparatives/superlatives, like/dislike, need/want	Money, banking issues, clothes, form-filling, verbs, food, household items
10	Around Town:Driving, Housing, Govt. & Phone Skills	Housing and renting, rights, city services, using the phone book and the phone, DMV a driving lesson	Future with will, be going to, past tense, did/didn't, why/because, present perfect	Transportation, emergency services, using the phone book, housing, who's who in city gov't
11	Education: People, Services & Parent Involvement	Education system structure, services provided and parent involvement.	Past tense, like/dislike, why/because, can/can't, asking questions, present perfect	People and places in education, types of schools, services, groups, content-area terminology
12	Employment:Finding, Getting & Keeping a Job	Determination of job types, how to find a job, interview procedure and work practices.	Imperative, past tense, adjectives, present perfect, why/because	Self-description, attributes, and employment related vocabulary

EASY ESL Session Descriptions

1. The Alphabet
2. Numbers, Colors, Days and Months
3. Greetings and Introductions
4. How Are You?
5. Around School and Basic Grammar
6. Contractions, Pronouns and Possessives
7. Family, Prepositions and Around the House
8. Answering Questions and Telling Time
9. Daily Activities and Present Tense Verbs
10. Words for Time and “Going to”
11. Verbs and Present Continuous Tense
12. Using “Have to” and “Can” and Around Town
13. Answering Questions
14. The Body and Adjectives
15. Health Care and Past Tense
16. Doctor’s Office, Pharmacy and Emergencies
17. Questions and Irregular Past Tense
18. Personal Finance and Clothing
19. Food and Likes and Dislikes
20. Shopping and Making a Budget
21. Present Perfect Tense and the Telephone
22. Transportation and Housing
23. Renting a Home and Driving
24. Making a Complaint and Answering Questions
25. Issues Surrounding Education
26. Dangers of Drunk Driving and Subject-Area Terminology in School
27. Answering Questions and Types of Jobs
28. Getting a Job
29. Interviewing and Training for a job
30. Getting Paid and Answering Questions

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