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• Pronunciation hints
• Greetings and other expressions
• How to ask simple questions
• Ordering food and drink
• Shops and buying things
• Numbers and how to use them
• Money, banks, telephone
• 'What is it?'
• 'This and that'
• Accommodation
• Telling the time
• Dates
• Asking directions
• Understanding answers
• Far and near/in front of behind
• The country, its people and culture
• Public and private transport
• Buying tickets and booking ahead
• Simple future "I'm going to ..."
• Getting things done
• Emergencies
• "I need ..."
• Saying what has happened (simple past)
• Talking about yourself
• Places of interest
• Leisure pursuits
• The weather
• Meetings and appointments
• Simple business letters

• Situations requiring only the present tense
• Giving and exchanging personal details
• Directions and impersonal information
• Cafes, shops, hotels, banks and transport
• Time and date (more detailed)
• The immediate future
• The conditional tense
• Other tenses and when to use which
• Making an appointment
• Introducing oneself and the company
• Booking accommodation and transport
• More business letters
• Making visitors feel at home
• Giving a guided tour
• Face-to-face negotiating
• More letter writing
• Words and phrases
• Apologising and defusing
• Complaining without offending
• Making a strong point
• Understanding all kinds of documents
• Newspapers, guidebooks and business communications
• Latest news and current affairs
• Customs and etiquette
• Major pre-occupations

This can be achieved by a variety of learning methods (please note that the exact ones used depend on the resources of the tutors as well as what the student finds easiest).

• Audio cassettes
• Magazines & Papers
• Rôle Play
• CD-ROMS & DVD's
• Audio-visual

• 'Shops & Props'
• Handouts
• Satellite TV
• Books & Literature
• Conventional textbooks