The course content addresses the following topics:
- Greetings, introductions, and farewells
- Formal and informal language
- How to participate in first conversations
- Common expressions of politeness
- Placing a simple order
- Talking about objects in the immediate environment
- Booking accommodation
- Describing one's routine
- Talking about one's occupation
- Making a social arrangement
- Asking for and giving basic directions and information about dates and time
- Listening to and understanding short dialogues between first language speakers
- Listening to and understanding short descriptive oral texts describing a situation, place, or event
- Reading and understanding forms, menus, timetables, shop signs, short personal notes and letters, simplified brochures, adverts, and posters
- Writing simple, syntactically correct sentences and short paragraphs about personal topics
- Filling in a basic form and writing a short personal note or message
- Using language forms such as personal pronouns, adjectives, prepositions and common nouns; applying principles of masculinity and femininity; asking informational questions; and using simple tenses
- Vocabulary needed to perform functions in the outcomes of the course
- Discussing cultural aspects of the language when using it in various social contexts