Topics and Language Competencies, Level 6

This 7-level series is designed to work with existing basal ESL series to meet state compliance standards. Topics and Language Competencies corresponds to the lifeskill competencies, topics, language skills, functions, and forms of the CASAS and MELT standards.

Table of Contents:
Unit 1:         ON THE JOB   Topics, Language Skills, Language Functions, and Language Forms Scene 1:   A Business-Letter Format ·         A business letter Practice 1:   Writing a Business Letter Scene 2:   A Letter of Application ·         Letters of application, the business-letter format Practice 2:   Writing a Letter of Application Scene 3:   Contents of a Resume ·         Resumes, note-taking Practice 3:   Taking Notes at a Lecture Scene 4:   Harry Protheroe’s Resume ·         A brief resume Practice 4:   Preparing Your Resume Practice 5:   Putting It All Together Scene 5:   Job Review ·         Job evaluations, job-promotion strategy Scene 6:   Satish Arrived Late for Work Again! ·         Problems at work Practice 6:   Communicating About problem Situations Cross-Cultural Discussion 1: Communicating at Work Supplemental Activity 1: Tag Questions Summary: on the Job Checklist     Unit 2:         RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES   Topics, Language Skills, Language Functions, and Language Forms Scene 7:   Favorite Recreations and leisure Activities ·         Types of recreations, interviewing, and collecting information Practice 7:   Describing Recreations and Leisure Activities Scene 8:   My Favorite leisure Activity Is______. ·         Oral presentations, preparing and giving an oral report Practice 8:   Evaluating Oral presentations Scene 9:   Public Entertainment ·         Entertainment, advertisements Practice 9:   Defining Types of Public Entertainment Scene 10:   My Favorite Television Program Is_______. ·         Television, entertainment, writing and delivering a report Cross-Cultural Discussion 2: Marriage Customs Lifeskills/Workskills 1: Public Health Facilities Supplemental Activity 2: Entertainment Events Summary: Recreation and Leisure Activities Checklist     UNIT 3:       ON WRITING   Topics, Language Skills, Language Functions, and Language Forms Scene 11:   Writing Uppercase Cursive Letters ·         Uppercase cursive letters A-M ·         Uppercase cursive letters N-Z Scene 12:   Writing Lowercase Cursive Letters ·         Lowercase cursive letters a-m ·         Lowercase cursive letters n-z Practice 12:   Writing Cursive Letter Combinations Scene 13:   Synonyms are Words That Have the Same Meaning. ·         Using a thesaurus, synonyms, cursive writing Game: Clueword Scene 14:   Essay Questions Require Much More Thought than a Simple Answer. ·         Organizing an essay, written exams Practice 14:   Writing an Essay Scene 15:   Research and Read About Your Topic. ·         Report and term paper writing Practice 15:   Writing a Report Cross-Cultural Discussion 3: What Does It Mean? Supplemental Activity 3: Writing a Short Book Report Summary: On Writing Checklist     UNIT 4:       DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT   Topics, Language Skills, Language Functions, and Language Forms Scene 16:   The U.S. Government Has Three Branches. ·         Tripartite government Practice 16:   The Executive and Legislative Branches Scene 17:   The Bill of Rights ·         Personal rights, the U.S. Constitution Scene 18:   The Miranda Rule ·         Personal legal rights Cross-Cultural Discussion 4: Politics and Political parties The 1040 Tax Form Scene 19:   April 15th–Taxes Due! ·         1040 tax form, tax vocabulary Practice 19:   Determining Who Should File Lifeskills/Workskills 2: Completing a Tax Form for Juan Garcia Lifeskills/Workskills 3: Using a Tax Table Cross-Cultural Discussion 5: A Simple Debate Supplemental Activity 4: Amendments 11-26 Summary: Democratic Government Checklist     UNIT 5:      TECHNOLOGY   Topics, Language Skills, Language Functions, and Language Forms Scene 20:   A Computer System ·         Components, Input/Output Scene 21:   A Computer System’s Memory ·         RAM, ROM, definitions, acronyms Practice 21: Choosing a Search Option by Number Scene 22:   A Time Line of Scientific Advances ·         Scientific advances, developing technology through the centuries Practice 22:   Describing a Time Line Scene 23:   An Oral Presentation of a Technical Topic ·         Researching, note-taking, oral presentation Practice 23:   Evaluating Oral Technical Presentations Lifeskills/Workskills 4: Continuous Conditional Sentences Supplemental Activity 5: Using a Library Computer Search Summary: Technology Checklist   Time Zones in the Continental United States U.S. Map World map Measurements Temperature: Fahrenheit and Celsius Useful Words and Expressions Irregular Verbs Common Abbreviations Certificate