Electives
American Slang & Idioms 115/120
Build your fluency with American speakers by learning slang, idioms and the most common phrasal verbs in English.
- 12units
- 37lessons
- 24exercises
Who is this course for?
Students who want to strengthen one skill or explore one topic alongside a core course.
Outcomes
What students will be able to do
By the end of the course, students can:
- checkTalk about past events, plans, shopping and work
- checkUnderstand short announcements, messages and clear conversations
- checkRead short, simple texts and find the information they need
- checkWrite simple connected sentences and short emails
Course structure
12 units
37 lessons, each followed by automatically marked practice on the same language.
- Unit 1Get on the bus
- Unit 2Time to dress up
- Unit 3Make a difference
- Unit 4Put it away!
- Unit 5In a hurry
- Unit 6Under the weather
- Unit 7Call it a day
- Unit 8Pay attention
- Unit 9Good or bad habits?
- Unit 10Now and then
- Unit 11Let’s do it over again!
- Unit 12Are you tech savvy?
Skills
Skills practised in every unit
Lessons in each unit are grouped by skill, so the four skills, grammar and vocabulary are taught in every unit.
Reading
Articles, stories and real-world texts at the right level.
Listening
Conversations and audio with a range of voices.
Speaking
Pair work, discussions and recorded speaking tasks.
Writing
Guided writing that builds from sentences to full texts.
Grammar
Clear explanations, followed by practice that is marked automatically.
Vocabulary
Words with images and audio, reviewed across units.
Included
What comes with the course
The course is taught on the Smrt platform, with lessons, practice, assessment and classroom tools included.
Ready-to-teach lessons
Readings, conversations, audio and images for the classroom screen.
Automatically marked practice
Exercises in eight types, with scores straight into the gradebook.
Quizzes and exams
Unit quizzes and course assessments, marked in the platform.
Classroom tools
Assignments, gradebook and attendance in Smrt Classroom.
Web and mobile
Students study in any browser or on the Smrt Study app.
Training from Canadian teachers
Qualified Canadian teachers train your staff to teach with Smrt English.
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