1. Certificate III in ESL (Further Studies)
TRAINER
INDRA JAYAKANDASEN
AOI Institute

2. Certificate III in ESL (Further Studies)
Develops general English competence
Transition into mainstream education
ISPLR (International Second Language Proficiency Rating), Band 2, intermediate
Focusing on development of listening, speaking, reading and writing for speakers of language other than English

3. Certificate III in ESL (Further Studies)
VBQU130 Develop and document a learning plan and portfolio
VPAU525 Read and write straight forward texts for research purposes
VPAU527 Listen and take notes for research
(Duration – 3 months)

4. What is learning English for adults?????
Reasons to learn
Communication
Career Advancement
Education
Literature

5. Sentences Paragraphs
Words
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing

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7. Nouns
Proper Nouns
Proper nouns are nouns that refer to specific entities. Writers of English capitalize proper nouns like Nebraska, Steve, Harvard, or White House to show their distinction from common nouns.
Common Nouns (Singular and plural nouns)
Common nouns refer to general, unspecific categories of entities
Example: Man, teacher, doctor, dog, cat, house, chair…
ABSTRACTIVE NOUN
Abstractive Noun is the name of idea, quality and action that is the name of something we can’t touch, see, smell and taste.
Example:
- Idea: Advice, ambition, wish...
- Quality: Goodness, kindness, darkness...
- Action: Talking, movement, discussion..

8. Nouns
COLLECTIVE NOUN
Collective Noun is a name of number or collection of person, thing and animal taken together and spoken as a whole.
Example: Army, committee, family, nation, association, community…
COMPOUND NOUN
Compound Nouns are the nouns that are combined between one word with another word and can make from many kinds of noun, adjective and verb

9. Pronoun
Subject Pronouns - I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they function as the subject of a sentence: I live in New York. Object Pronouns - me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them serve as the object of a verb. Give me the book. He told you to come tonight Possessive Pronouns - mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs show that something belongs to someone. That house is mine. Demonstrative Pronouns - this, that, these, those refer to things. 'this' and 'these' refer to something that is near. 'that' and 'those' refer to things that are farther away. This is my house

10. Pronoun
Possessive adjectives - my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their are often confused with possessive pronouns. The possessive adjective modifies the noun following it in order to show possession. I'll get my books. Is that your car over there?

11. Verbs
A verb is a word which implies action or the doing of something, or it may be defined as a word which affirms, commands or asks a question. -Irregular verb sit-sat Sing-sang -Mood and tense aspect past tense (walk-walked) Present tense (walking) Future tense (will walk) Turn off the fan. (statement) Please turn off the fan (request)

12. Parts of speech
Adjectives-A word that describes a person or thing. go, jump, be, think Adverbs- A word that describes or gives more information about a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or even the entire sentence quickly, tomorrow, outside Prepositions- A word that is used before a noun or a pronoun to connect it to another word in the sentence. It is usually used to show location, direction, time, and so forth. on, in, to, from, of Conjunctions- A word that joins parts of a sentence together and, or, but

13. Practice makes perfect