The goal of this course is to familiarize students with daily conversations in English, such as greetings and self-introduction, simple instructions and requests, and short but appropriate responses to questions and requests. Grammar focus: the use of tenses (e.g. present simple, present perfect, past simple, and past continuous) of the verb "to be" and other common action verbs in questions, statements and negatives; subject-verb agreement; adjectives (including participles and superlatives); modals; pronouns (including possessives); demonstratives and clauses (e.g. adjective and conditional clauses). Vocabulary focus: personal information and preferences, activities and experiences, appearance and personality, natural environment, and disasters, etc.