Elementary level - the initial level of English.

We continue our conversation about the levels of learning English. Last time we discussed the initial stage of mastering the English language, the beginner level. Today I would like to talk about the next stage of training - this is the level elementary. In the European system of foreign language proficiency, the elementary stage is denoted in the same way as the beginner stage, that is A1. However, these levels have significant differences. What material does the elementary level suggest?

The initial stage is the basics, a program for those who do not know English at all. An elementary step is quite another matter. This level is the foundation on which your knowledge of the English language will rest. The knowledge gained at this level is enough to communicate in everyday life. everyday topics.

Possession of the language at an elementary “level” (level) will help you ask for directions, rent a hotel room, make purchases, take a walk around the city, orient yourself in the area and in the situation. That is why this step is called the level of survival or survival level.

How to recognize elementary level?

Elementary level is suitable for those who have already received some knowledge of the English language, that is, they have mastered the previous level, the beginner level at school, or in additional courses. You already know how to read and write, are able to translate texts with a dictionary, compose simple sentences and phrases, you can briefly talk about yourself, family, work, etc., then feel free to move to the elementary level.

How to recognize that you are already able or ready to move to this level of learning English? Very simple! If you:

• Have studied English before and gained at least elementary knowledge;
• You practically do not speak English, but you have some understanding of its grammar, you know the most common grammar rules and have a small vocabulary;
• Your knowledge of English grammar not so strong, but you want to understand all the constructions and tenses;
• You have a basic knowledge of the English language, but you do not understand English by ear;
• You have completed the beginner level at school, at home or in a language course.

If you answered yes to all of the above points, then you can safely move on to the elementary stage.

What material does the elementary stage suggest?

Let's figure out with you what material and what knowledge this stage of learning English offers us after passing it.

• So, having mastered this level of knowledge, you have a clear understanding of the verb to be (to be), understand how and when it is used
• In addition to the three simple tenses of verbs (present, past and future), you have the concept of continuous (continuous) and perfect (perfect) tenses
• Do you understand the difference between certain and indefinite article and their use in speech
• Do you have an idea about irregular verbs and know the three forms of basic irregular verbs
• You understand the degrees of comparison of adjectives, the plural of nouns, possessive, in some types of pronouns
• As for your speech, you are able to communicate in various common topics, you can communicate abroad, namely: make purchases, rent a hotel room, etc. You can also tell about yourself, your family and ask the interlocutor about himself
• You understand what native speakers are saying if the words are pronounced clearly and the vocabulary is familiar to you
• You are able to read adapted texts at your level
• You can write a test essay about yourself.

All these points are offered to us by the elementary stage. From this we can conclude that this level really helps to "survive" in different situations when communication requires English.
Main points of the elementary level

As for grammatical and colloquial topics, here their range is much wider than at the initial level. Grammar includes knowledge in such sections as: verb to be, basic tenses of verbs, including perfect and continuous, pronouns, adjectives, articles, prepositions, adverbs, modal verbs, construction There is / are, degrees of comparison of adjectives.

Conversational topics whose vocabulary suggests elementary level: a story about yourself and your family, preferences, hobbies, professions, daily routine, holidays, weather, food, home and its furnishings, city, shopping, description of a person, country.

What are the benefits of this level of study?

The most important thing that this step works on is speech, speaking in English language. After this stage of training, you are able to speak fluently and will not be at a loss in a situation where communication in English is required. You can take part in the conversation, ask questions that interest you.

You perceive familiar words and expressions by ear, and your pronunciation at this level is correct and clear. Since the initial stage has already been completed, on this "level" you will learn something new in each lesson, and the pace of classes will be a little faster. As for writing, by the end of the level you will learn how to write letters and essays, comment on quotes and proverbs. Your vocabulary will expand to 1000, 1500 words.

The term of study at elementary depends on the abilities of the student and lasts from 6 to 9 months. During this period, a fairly extensive material is studied, which gives a significant amount of knowledge in the English language. That is why it is important to lay a solid foundation, a reliable foundation, which will then allow you to improve the level, and hence the knowledge!

Agree, this is not the initial level! We can conclude that with the elementary level, you can safely go to a feast, and to the world, and to good people!

The Basic English course is suitable for those who are familiar with the basics, but want to improve their level and strive for fluency. During the passage, students will master more than a thousand new words, study several standard conversational topics, deal with modal verbs, articles and adjectives.

The online platform will help you achieve your Elementary English level with only half an hour a day of study. In a couple of months, students will be able to communicate with foreign interlocutors on simple themes, write letters to them and read simple adapted texts, i.e. they will master basic English. Constructions of simple tenses will be brought to automatism, interrogative sentences and forms of education of the future tense.

❶ They were already beginning to learn English: at school, at the institute, perhaps they studied on their own;

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❸ Passed the first stage of learning English online on our website - the course "From scratch - Beginner;

Well "For beginners - Elementary"- real Basic English! It is designed by a professional methodologist especially for you. Performing original exercises voiced by native speakers is a guarantee that the language barrier will soon cease to be a problem.

What does the basic course of English Elementary English include?

The basic English course "For Beginners - Elementary" consists of 2 parts and 36 lessons. It contains short funny stories on a variety of topics. All materials are specially selected according to the level of complexity. Teaching English for beginners with the help of this course will allow you to refresh your knowledge, you will learn to understand by ear and read small texts, correctly compose sentences, speak simple phrases with good pronunciation.

All English Elementary lessons include 5 interactive exercises. They aim to improve the basic skills needed to learn English: listening, reading, writing, vocabulary, translation and pronunciation. By completing one lesson per day from the course, you steadily feed your knowledge. Soon you will notice how English becomes your second language. You can easily write, read, and most importantly, understand and speak on any topic.

Grammar load. By studying Elementary English, you will master three simple tenses: Present, Past and Future Simple. Understand the use of the verb to be. Practice asking questions and answering in the affirmative and in the negative. You will practice the use of articles, degrees of comparison of adjectives, categories of countable and non-countable nouns. Study turnovers there is and there are. As well as plural nouns and the use of modal verbs can, may, must. This is the necessary basic knowledge of English for the elementary level, which will help you understand the language and serve as a foundation for further development.

As a lexical load in the English course "For Beginners - Elementary", mainly words from the frequency dictionary are used. You will know the order 1000-1500 words. It uses vocabulary from the main conversational topics: weather, nature, school, family, animals, shopping. Numerals of the first and second tens are used.

After completing the course "For beginners - Elementary", you can easily replenish your active vocabulary on the 350 words. Replenishment of vocabulary - important skill in learning any language. On the site, learning English is methodologically structured so that you gradually enrich your vocabulary. Therefore, each course is additional words in the treasury of your vocabulary, found in different environments and combinations.

We recommend that you devote to learning English 30 minutes a day. How to determine efficiency? If you have correctly determined your level of difficulty, then English lessons at the Elementary level will become effective, and it will take that much time to complete one lesson.

Course Objectives

Learn to speak and understand English

The most important skill needed to communicate with foreigners is understanding what they are talking about. The Lim-English technique allows you to actively train this ability. This is achieved thanks to the professional voicing of all exercises by native speakers. By doing the exercises on our website, you can easily get used to the sound of English speech and quickly learn to understand it by ear.

In order for English to be firmly assimilated and not forgotten, it is necessary to develop reading and writing skills. When performing a complex training consisting of five exercises: listening, vocabulary, dictation, translation and interpretation, a more meaningful and effective memorization of the language occurs. With this method, auditory, visual and speech receptors work in the learning process.

Build a knowledge base for further language learning

Teaching English is a long and laborious process that requires gradualness and methodicalness. Starting immediately with complex texts, you risk losing interest in learning. Therefore, we recommend sequential study with increasing levels. This will form a solid base and open up endless opportunities for you to further improve your knowledge.

What gives the Elementary level of English?

Ability to communicate on everyday topics.

Upon passing the course at the level of English Elementary, students will easily be able to understand common sense statements, respond to them and conduct a simple dialogue with native speakers. The program is based on the principle "from simple to complex", grammatical and lexical aspects are repeatedly trained, while the examples in the exercises become more complicated from time to time.

Short essay writing skills.

Thanks to the competent construction of tasks at the Elementary level in each lesson, the student needs to complete a written exercise - this is how he learns to correctly build phrases in writing, fill out questionnaires, write a resume and thereby constantly develops in the epistolary genre.

Knowledge of 1000 to 1500 new words.

In the process of obtaining basic knowledge of the English language, the platform will provide an opportunity to learn more than a thousand new words on the most frequent topics. It's all about the method of presenting the material, which involves the inclusion of small interesting stories, grammatical constructions using new expressions, curious dialogues.

Well "For beginners - Elementary" - this is what will help you!

How to take the Elementary (basic english) course?

To start learning basic (basic) English, first register on the resource. Further, it is recommended to complete test tasks, they will help determine your level of knowledge at the current moment.

After making sure that your expectations and reality coincide, feel free to choose the item “Elementary” from the list and start learning the rules and completing the proposed tasks.

Don't forget to use your personal dictionary and view your progress log. We also advise you to “pull up” the grammar with the help of a special course, which can even be taken in parallel with the basic one.

Can I take this course?

Course Difficulty Level:
ELEMENTARY

To take the course "For Beginners - Elementary" you will need basic knowledge of English: you know english alphabet, you have a small vocabulary in your arsenal, you can make an elementary sentence in English. Learning basic English on our website will allow you to go to new level knowledge and move forward freely. Start right now!

So, what are the levels, what level of language proficiency do you personally need (depending on your goals), and how much time will it take to reach this level? For convenience, we will focus on English as the most demanded language, and in which there is the most developed system of various tests and international exams. We will conditionally assess the level of English proficiency on a twelve-point scale. In many English language courses abroad, and in decent courses in our country, the formation of study groups takes place precisely in accordance with these levels.

0 - "zero level" of English

Full beginner. Many immediately begin to say: “Yes, yes, this is just about me! I learned something at school, but I don’t remember anything at all! Complete zero!" Not! If you learned something at school, then it has nothing to do with you. Zero level for those who have never learned English and do not even know the alphabet. Well, if, for example, he taught at school German or French, but never came across English.

1 elementary. Elementary level of English

There is no experience of using English. Separate simple words and the expressions are clear, something can be guessed with great difficulty. Grammar is the most vague idea. In general, this is a typical level for a graduate of a post-Soviet school who pretended to study some “topics” twice a week, but in fact cheated mathematics under his desk. In case of urgent need, some words still pop up in my head - “passport, taxi, how mach”, but a coherent conversation does not work. To reach this level from scratch, it is enough to study at decent English courses abroad for 3-4 weeks, approximately 80-100 hours of study. By the way, about all the calculations (weeks, hours, etc.) - these are averages for the bulk of students with normal abilities (which are about 80%), ten percent of linguistically gifted students will learn everything much faster, and ten percent will need more time and efforts to achieve the same result. There are no people who are generally incapable of learning languages ​​- I declare this categorically. If you speak Russian, you can speak any other language, you just need to make some effort and spend some time. So, I wrote it, and I felt sad myself: whatever one may say, a month and a half in language courses abroad successfully replace a five-year study of the language in our ordinary secondary school ... well, this, of course, if it’s a three. If you diligently do your homework for all five years, you can achieve much more significant success and rise to a higher level.

2 - Upper-Elementary. Highest elementary level

There is knowledge of simple grammatical constructions of the English language. It is possible to maintain a conversation on a familiar topic - but, unfortunately, the number of familiar topics is very limited. There is an understanding simple sentences and speech structures - especially if they speak slowly and explain what was said with gestures.

You can call this level the "living wage" for a relatively independent tourist from guides and interpreters. Add 80-100 hours of study to the previous level. By the way, on most decent language courses In Russia, one level is about 80 hours, that is, if you study twice a week for 4 academic hours, then this is about 10 weeks, two to three months. Abroad, you can meet three weeks of intensive training.

3 - Pre-Intermediate. Lower Intermediate

You can keep up the conversation on a familiar topic. Knowledge of English grammar is quite good, although vocabulary is limited. You can pronounce fairly coherent sentences with virtually no errors if you have studied this topic in class. This sometimes leads to a paradoxical situation if you have to communicate with foreigners - it seems to them that you speak English quite tolerably, and they happily begin to explain something to you at a normal pace, waving their arms excitedly. But you, having laid out everything you knew, realize that you don’t understand a damn thing anymore, and you feel out of place.

At this level, you can already try to pass some language test, although there will be no practical benefit from this. This level roughly corresponds to the result of 3-4 when passing the IELTS exam, 39-56 points when passing the TOEFL iBT, you can try to pass the Cambridge exam PET (Preliminary English Test).

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Despite the fact that the English elementary in the generally accepted level system has the same marking as Beginner, that is, A1, this stage is both more demanding and more developing. You start learning with basic knowledge, but without a general understanding of speech construction, and complete the stage already with skills that are quite enough to communicate at a simple everyday level, with the so-called “survival” knowledge reserve. What makes it possible to achieve such results?

Who is English Elementary for?

Before proceeding to the description of the features of this level, it is necessary to determine who exactly it suits. If you can try on at least one of the following items, then the elementary step is what you need:

• you have not actively learned the language before, thanks to which you have received general knowledge, but you do not know how to use it;
• have a vocabulary of 400-500 words, but do not understand foreign speech by ear;
• can read the simplest text passages, but are unable to perceive the general context;
• know basic English grammar, but do not speak a foreign language;
• overcame the English Beginner stage.

What results will you achieve at this stage?

The elementary level provides for the improvement of the five main foreign skills: reading, listening, speaking, writing, grammar. And also, of course, work on vocabulary.

Reading. If at the initial stage adapted works were a kind of ceiling for the student, now you can take on more complex literature. Choose books marked A1, but not only the simplified versions. What kind of works do you prefer? Learn from the article "". At this stage, it is important to learn the basic rules of reading, so that later, when working with a new text, you can automatically reproduce words.

speaking. The most important task at the elementary level is to learn how to compose simple dialogues, ask questions to the interlocutor, and also answer the questions yourself. Practice on monologues: make up stories up to 10 sentences about yourself, home, family, friends.

Letter. The goal at this stage is to learn how to write short essays on everyday topics and letters. Start with the simplest - practice individual sentences, and then put them together. It is also important to learn how to fill out all kinds of questionnaires with personal data: name, surname, address, education, nationality.

Grammar. You will need to master the following grammar topics: types of nouns, modal verbs, articles, active / passive voices, degrees of comparison of adjectives, basic information about the continuous (Continuous), perfect (Perfect), as well as the long perfect (Perfect Continuous) present / past / future tense.

Starting to master the language at the English elementary level, be prepared to work hard to successfully complete the program. But the result of the work will please you - you will learn to communicate in a foreign language on everyday topics and lay a solid foundation for the subsequent stages of learning.

Self-critical people like to repeat that they don't know anything (although in fact they can speak the language at a level closer to the average and continue to regularly enroll in English courses), and conceited people claim in an interview that they speak English perfectly (when in fact, again, they can be “average”).

For the most impatient, who check their level after each cup of coffee, the buttons are displayed at the top. This is done for your convenience: no tedious text searches, click on health and get your certificates - we don't mind.

And for the most assiduous who are not used to guessing on coffee grounds, we offer to plunge into multi-level English. With feeling, sense, arrangement, we will talk about how Elementary differs from Intermediate and whether Advanced is as scary as it is painted.

Basically, he will evaluate the fundamental base - i.e. grammar. However, the degree of proficiency in foreign speech depends on it. Because you can chat incessantly in English, but at the same time make so many mistakes that the interlocutor can hardly guess what the conversation is about. Or you can make sentences slowly in oral speech, weighing each word without making gross mistakes - and thus create the impression of a person who speaks English well.

Level 0 - Complete beginner(or Complete...beginner)

Just don't say now that it's you. If you know the name of the letter "i" or even remember something from the school like "teacher", "book" - feel free to move on. Zero level - only for those who studied another language at school. Or not studied at all.

Level 1 - Elementary(Elementary)

Holmes would be happy with such a name. Yes, and the majority of those who graduated from the ordinary high school- too. Because this level, unfortunately, is the most common among those who learned English through a stump-deck and happily got a “three” at the final exam.
What characterizes Elementary: you can quite tolerably read many words (especially without any gh, th, ough), there are mother, father, I am from Russia and other most common phrases in the vocabulary, and you can sometimes catch something from the song that familiar.

Level 2 - Upper-Elementary(Higher Elementary)

A good student of an ordinary school with the study of English can boast of such a level. And also quite often it is on Upper-Elementary for some reason that those who studied the language on their own decide to stop. Why? Because there is an illusion of knowing English: the vocabulary is already decent enough to support some basic topics of conversation (in any case, in a hotel abroad it will already be possible to express oneself without obscene gestures), reading usually goes quite well, and even American films in the original become more or less clear (25 percent).
However, such conclusions are misleading. Especially if you look at other levels of English.
You can jump from the usual Elementary to Upper in 80 hours if you work hard.

Level 3 - Pre-Intermediate(Lower Intermediate)

If you passed the English level test and got such a result - our congratulations. Because it's a very decent command of English. It occurs in ordinary school excellent students, specialized school students and the bulk of those who combine English courses with trips abroad.
What characterizes this level: in pronunciation there are no “f” or “t” instead of [θ] and in general the speech of such a student does not have a strong Russian accent, written speech is quite literate and completely understandable, you can even communicate on unfamiliar topics using simple sentences. In general - among the levels of English, Pre-Intermediate is most often found among serious students.

Level 4 - Intermediate(Middle level)

A very worthy result. Practically unattainable for schoolchildren in a regular school and quite real for those who did not mess around in English lessons in a specialized school. Among self-learners of English, not everyone reaches this level. They usually give up at the previous one, because you can reach Intermediate in about half a year of foreign courses with accommodation, a year of good courses or a year of classes with a tutor.
What characterizes this level of English: clear pronunciation, good vocabulary, ability to communicate in different topics, the ability to compose complex written appeals (up to official documents), films in English with subtitles go with a bang.
With this level, you can already take international tests TOEFL, IELTS.

Level 5 - Upper Intermediate(Upper middle level)

If you passed the test for the level of English and received such a result, then you can almost without deceit write in your resume for a position: "English is fluent." This level is usually reached by college graduates at the faculty foreign languages.
What is characterized by: skillful manipulation of different styles in his speech (business, conversational, etc.), almost flawless pronunciation, the ability to act as a simultaneous interpreter in an informal setting, fluent reading, understanding the most difficult style - the language of newspapers and magazines in English, deft compilation of even particularly complex sentence structures.

Level 6 - Advanced(Advanced)

This is probably the pinnacle that learners of English can reach in a country where it is not official. Those who manage to speak at the Advanced level are usually perceived by interlocutors as people who have lived in the United States or another English-speaking country for several years.
In fact, you can achieve Advanced even at the Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​in a college, not to mention universities. And this proves that 5 years, during which it will be spread out for 1-2 hours a day to study English, is enough. And if you choose intensive courses, the result will be achieved even earlier.
What characterizes the level of English Advanced: by right it is fluency in English. Pronunciation with almost no accent, conducting formal and informal conversations, working as a simultaneous interpreter, fully understanding movies/books/songs in the original, no grammatical errors in writing and the minimum presence of errors in oral speech, understanding of idioms and colloquial expressions. You can confidently plan a career abroad, as well as studying in foreign universities.

Level 7 - Super-Advanced(Super Advanced)

Are there any here? If so, then the computer, most likely, failed on the test in terms of the level of English.) For language proficiency at this level is the lot of natives living in a country where state language accepted English.
What characterizes the Super-Advanced level? Imagine… yourself speaking Russian. You will understand any speech, even if it is a conversation between two emo teenagers discussing topics unknown to you. You will understand even jargon. But with all this, you yourself also own the art of the word, deftly operating with terms and folding them into beautiful sentences, without mistakes (including stylistic ones). And now - the same in English. Well, how?

Dia friend! Are you already feeling itchy in your fingers? Are the belts fastened? And are you still here?
Click on the button - and go! Do not forget to insert paper into the printer to print the certificate and proudly show it to everyone interested.

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