ENGLISH LEVELS
The best part about taking classes with E.O.S is that you can choose whatever type of lesson you would like! We can accommodate students of all levels, beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Our teachers will also design the class to improve the areas that you wish: Grammar, Vocabulary, Conversation, Interview Preparation, and Exam Preparation as well. You decide!
1. Beginner: Student has great difficulty comprehending the teacher’s simple questions and statements. Translation from English to Korean is constantly being done.
2. Elementary: Can speak only limited and simple phrases. Errors in grammar and word order that makes comprehension very difficult.
3. Upper Elementary: Student uses a variety of vocabulary words, but they are at times used inappropriately or out of context. Response may include an English word that is difficult to comprehend.
4. Pre-Intermediate: Student uses a variety of vocabulary words that are used in context through at times inconsistencies are apparent. Student’s first language strongly influences his pronunciation. Student is silent and may give a different response.
5. Intermediate: Student can now instantly recognize by associating words without misconstruing the meaning of the context of words as well as understanding the use of figurative speech without minor adjustments of the speech pace.
6. Advanced: Student can spontaneously define the meaning of a certain word and provide a synonym and antonym as well. Able to use idiomatic or figurative expressions in simple terms but may have error in the use because of not fully understanding the phrases in its full context.
7. Proficient: Student can discuss topics about current events. Student knows how to exchange words with the native speaker. Student has a high level of skills by recognizing the intent or message of your idea and can expound on the given statement by adding any further comments or views based from the declarative or interrogative statements. |
| SAMPLE LESSON source:[ www.cnn.com ]
Nearly 150 dead from weekend storm in Central America
(CNN) -- The death toll from Tropical Storm Agatha is growing, with 123 reported killed in Guatemala, 17 in Honduras and nine in El Salvador.
At least 90 people are missing in Guatemala and another 69 are injured, the nation's emergency agency reported late Monday.
The previously reported toll for Guatemala was 92 deaths, 54 people missing and 59 injured.
The previous death total for Honduras was 14. One person remained missing Tuesday, emergency spokesman Gerby Caceres told CNN.
Guatemala also is feeling the effect of the Pacaya volcano, which erupted Thursday night and continued to spew ash Tuesday. Three people were killed when they were crushed by rocks strewn by the volcano.
La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, the nation's capital, has been closed since Friday because of falling ash but was expected to open later Tuesday.
Pacaya is located about 18 miles (30 kilometers) south of Guatemala City.
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared a 15-day state of calamity after the volcano eruption. Damage from Tropical Storm Agatha added to the devastation.
Destruction from the storm has been widespread throughout the nation, with mudslides destroying homes and buildings and burying some victims. At least nine rivers had dramatically higher levels and 13 bridges collapsed, the emergency services agency said.
In the northern part of Guatemala City, the downpour created a sinkhole the size of a street intersection. Residents told CNN that a three-story building and a house fell into the hole.
Classes have been canceled this week in schools throughout the nation.
In Honduras, where 14 people have died, President Porfirio Lobo declared a state of emergency Sunday.
Nearly 3,500 people have been evacuated from their homes and nearly 3,300 are living in shelters, the Honduran emergency agency said Monday. More than 140 homes have been destroyed and another 700 have been damaged, the Permanent Commission for Emergencies reported.
The situation in El Salvador was improving, officials said Monday. The rain stopped Sunday afternoon and river levels were beginning to diminish, officials said. Classes nationwide remained canceled, however, until further notice.
Agatha was demoted from a tropical storm to a tropical depression Saturday night and lost its status as a depression Sunday evening.
It was the first named storm for the Pacific hurricane season. The Atlantic hurricane season started Tuesday.
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