Lesson 2 Overview （Listening & Speaking）

📘 Course Outline

USA Learns – The First English Class (Topic 2)
+ ELLLO 1.02

Level: A1 / Beginner ESL
Focus: Listening & Speaking
Theme: Classroom Objects & Likes / Dislikes

1. USA Learns – Topic 2: In the Classroom

Main Content

• Vocabulary for people and objects in the classroom
  (teacher, student, book, backpack, chair, clock, eraser, paper, pen, pencil, notebook,  table)
• Be-statements
  (This is a book. It is a pencil.)

• Basic pronouns, contractions, and spelling practice
• Identifying and describing people and objects in the classroom
• Language functions:
• Naming objects
• Describing simple location and attributes
• Asking and answering basic questions

2. ELLLO 1.02 – Likes and Favorites

Main Content

• Listening to short dialogues about likes and dislikes
• Key sentence patterns:
• What do you like?
• I like … / I don’t like …
• Do you like …?
• Topics include:
• Food
• Colors
• Seasons
• Sports and daily preferences
• Conversation：

  Todd: Natalie, let's talk about our favorite things.

  Natalie: Sure.

  Todd: First, what is your favorite color?

  Natalie: My favorite color is purple.

  Todd: Really? My favorite color is purple, too.

  Natalie: Oh, really?

  Todd: Yeah, but I don't have purple clothing. I love the color purple, but I don't have purple clothes.

  Natalie: Oh, well, everything I wear is purple.

  Todd: No kidding?

  Natalie: Yeah, really.

  Todd: That's so cool. So, what about food? What's your favorite food?

  Natalie: Good question. My favorite food is pizza. I love pizza, but I don't like really big pizzas.

  Todd: I love pizza, too. What is your favorite topping on pizza?

  Natalie: I like really spicy toppings, so salami or pepperoni, chilies, and sometimes bell peppers, too.

  Todd: Do you like thick pizza or thin pizza?

  Natalie: No, I don't like thick pizza, because I can't eat too much. The thin pizzas, I get lots of toppings and I don't feel so full.

  Todd: Yeah, I agree. What about seasons? What is your favorite season?

  Natalie: My favorite season is winter.

  Todd: Winter?

  Natalie: Yeah, I love winter, don't you?

  Todd: No, I hate winter. Why do you like winter?

  Natalie: I love the snow.

  Todd: Oh, I hate the snow. Well, I like the snow a little bit, but I hate cold weather.

  Natalie: Yeah, I guess the cold is kind of annoying, but the snow is so much fun. I go skiing and I play snowball fights and I build snowmen.

  Todd: Yeah, that sounds fun. What about sports? What's your favorite sport?

  Natalie: I'd say my favorite sport is tennis.

  Todd: That's interesting. Do you play tennis?

  Natalie: Yeah, but I'm not very good.

  Todd: Do you like singles or doubles?

  Natalie: At the moment I'm having singles lessons. They're really fun.

  Todd: Oh, now you are taking tennis lessons?

  Natalie: Yes, about twice a week.

  Todd: Do you watch tennis on TV?

  Natalie: Yes, I watch it all the time.

  Todd: Who is your favorite tennis player?

  Natalie: I really like Roger Federer.

  Todd: Yeah. He's really good. Okay, last question. What is your favorite movie?

  Natalie: I don't have a favorite movie, but I really like comedies.

  Todd: So, what is your favorite comedy?

  Natalie: My favorite comedy is Ace Ventura.

  Todd: Ace Ventura is very funny, but that movie is really old.

  Natalie: It is, but it's a classic, Todd.

  Todd: It's like 20 years old, I think, maybe more.

  Natalie: I know. I've seen it a hundred times.

  Todd: Yeah. I like it a lot, too.

🎧 Listening & Speaking Objectives

Listening Objectives

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

1. Identify classroom people and objects in spoken English
2. Understand likes and dislikes in short dialogues
3. Recognize basic question-and-answer patterns
4. Distinguish between affirmative and negative statements

🗣️ Speaking Objectives

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

1. Describe classroom objects using simple sentences
• This is a pencil.
• The teacher is here.
2. Talk about likes and dislikes using basic structures
• I like pizza.
• I don’t like winter.
3. Ask and answer simple questions about:
• Classroom items
• Personal preferences

🗣️ Speaking Extension Questions (for Oral Practice)

A. Basic Identification & Description

(Connected to USA Learns Topic 2)

1. What do you see in the classroom?
2. Is it a chair or a table?
3. Where is the backpack?
4. How many pencils are there?
5. Who is this? (point to a teacher or student)

👉 Focus: vocabulary recognition and simple description

B. Personal Expression & Classroom Interaction

6. What is your favorite thing in the classroom?
7. Why do you like this item?
8. Do you like reading books in class? Why?
9. Do you like sitting in the front or the back?
10. Who is your favorite classmate? Why?

👉 Focus: personal response and short explanations

C. ELLLO “Likes and Favorites” Speaking Practice

11. What is your favorite color? Why?
12. Do you like spicy food?
13. What food do you like? What food don’t you like?
14. Do you like winter or summer?
15. What sport do you like or not like?

👉 Focus: expressing preferences in daily-life topics

D. Extended Speaking & Comparison

16. Tell me three things you like and three things you don’t like.
17. Which do you like more? Why?

• Pizza or sushi?

18. Ask your partner about their favorites.

• What is your favorite movie?

👉 Focus: longer responses and simple comparisons

🧠 Suggested Listening & Speaking Activities

🎤 Pair Interview

Students work in pairs and ask:

• What do you like? Why?
• What is in the classroom? Where is it?

🎧 Short Listening Dictation

Play short parts of the ELLLO 1.02 dialogue.
Students listen and write key sentences:

• I like pizza.
• I don’t like winter.

🎭 Role Play

Students role-play a classroom situation:

• One student is the teacher, one is the student
• Practice:
• What is this?
• This is a …
• Then add likes/dislikes about classroom activities