Bilingual Bridging Courses
English 100 Portuguese
An introductory course for Portuguese speaking students new to English.
- 12units
- 123lessons
- 98exercises
Who is this course for?
True beginners who learn best with instructions and support in their first language before starting English 110.
Outcomes
What students will be able to do
By the end of the course, students can:
- checkIntroduce themselves and others, and answer simple personal questions
- checkTalk about daily routines, family, home and free time
- checkUnderstand short, slow conversations about familiar topics
- checkFill in simple forms and write short messages
Course structure
12 units
123 lessons, each followed by automatically marked practice on the same language.
- Unit 1Introduction
- Unit 2Hello. I’m …
- Unit 3What does she do?
- Unit 4My neighborhood
- Unit 5Every day I …
- Unit 6Review
- Unit 7What time is it?
- Unit 8Shopping
- Unit 9What are you doing?
- Unit 10What did you do?
- Unit 11Blast from the Past
- Unit 12Review
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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