Learners should be able to:

1. Fill in a personal information form.

2. Write an absence note for self or child.

3. Listen to and follow oral directions.

4. Write a simple paragraph about self and life experiences, using the past tense.

5. Give oral directions on how to go from the school site to home, referring to a bus or subway map.

6. Listen to a weather report on tape, radio, or television and paraphrase it. State what clothing and activity are appropriate.

7. Role-play a medical emergency call.

8. Describe a common housing problem and say who they would call for help.

Learners should be able to:

1. Produce a written narrative or description from first draft to a revised and finished form.

2. Give oral directions on how to do something.

3. Read and extract information from a telephone bill, i.e., the various services included.

4. Read a newspaper article and tell about and react to what they read.

5. Describe orally what constitutes a good job and what makes a good worker.

6. Express his/her own job aspirations and describe the education and training necessary to achieve them.

7. Write a resume.