| UNIT | GRAMMAR / PRONUNCIATION | FUNCTIONS / TOPICS | 
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| 1 | simple present in questions; Wh- and Yes/No questions | introducing oneself and responding to an introduction; personal information; likes/dislikes; interviewing someone | 
| 2 | ordinal numbers; simple present; simple past; pronunciation of ordinal numbers; pronunciation of weather vocabulary | dates; birthdays; Japanese holidays & events; talking about weather; talking about a holiday | 
| 3 | Wh-questions; subject-verb agreement; pronouns | personal information; phone numbers; addresses; dates: year, month, day; jobs | 
| 4 | Wh- and Yes/No questions; subject-verb agreement | likes/dislikes; favorites | 
| 5 | counters; singular/plural; questions with simple present and simple past; time expressions; some & any; pronunciation of plural 's ' | eating and drinking habits; food; likes/dislikes | 
| 6 | Wh-questions; adverbs of frequency; how often; pronunciation of adverbs of frequency | movies; TV; music; food & drink; sports | 
| 7 | can & can't; be good at; Yes/No questions; how often; dance(r), drive(r), etc.; pronunciation of can & can't | abilities; talking about school; school subjects; sports | 
| 8 | simple present; subject-verb agreement; Wh-questions; adjectives for describing things | describing and defining things; animal names; food; colors; shapes | 
| 9 | simple present; Wh- and Yes/No questions; pronouns; used to; pronunciation of family words | asking about family; relatives; sports | 
| 10 | simple past; Wh- and Yes/No questions with simple past; time expressions; pronunciation of past tense forms | talking about experiences; telling a story | 
| 11 | simple present; Wh- and Yes/No questions; indefinite articles: a & an; sometimes & usually; get to & have to; syllable and word stress | talking and asking about work; work; occupations | 
| 12 | comparative form of adjectives; less + adjective; Wh- questions; singular/plural; superlatives; pronunciation: comparative forms and rising and falling intonation for two choices | making comparisons; talking about school | 
| 13 | large numbers; time expressions; simple present; usually; pronunciation of large numbers and syllable stress | telling time; numbers; math | 
| 14 | present progressive; past progressive; subject-verb agreement; Wh- and Yes/No questions; pronunciation: contractions | describing present actions; talking about a specific point of time in the past | 
| 15 | present perfect; simple past; time expressions; yet & already; how often; pronunciation of past participles | talking and asking about experiences; restaurants | 
| 16 | simple present; subject-verb agreement; Wh- and Yes/No questions; short responses with be verb and do; pronunciation of country names and nationalities | countries; nationalities; languages | 
| 17 | future: be going to; Wh- and Yes/No questions; time expressions; subject-verb agreement; pronunciation: be going to | talking about future events; closing a conversation; vacations | 
| 18 | review and consolidation | review and consolidation | 
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