Course Curriculum
Week 1
Lesson 1
- Introductions. Job descriptions. Presenting the estate
- Prepositions
- Present perfect v present perfect continuous
- Specific vocabulary
Lesson 2
- Describing grape varieties, their composition and characteristics
- Present simple tense for narration
- Adjectives of quality. Word order
- Specific vocabulary
Lesson 3
- Growing environment and terroir
- Adjectives. The comparative & superlative
- Tags : Than/as + pronoun + auxiliary
- Specific vocabulary
Lesson 4
- Vineyard tasks : Pruning, trellising, canopy management
- Advice : Should/ought to
- Specific vocabulary
- End of week control
Week 2
Lesson 1
- Pests and diseases
- Purpose : in order to/so that
- Obligation : Must/have to
- Specific vocabulary
Lesson 2
- Environmentally friendly vineyard techniques
- Past tense : did/used to
- Definite and definite articles : use and omissions
- Specific vocabulary
Lesson 3
- The grape harvest
- Infinitive or gerund after prepositions
- Describing the equipment used in the winery
- Specific vocabulary
Lesson 4
- Vinifying red and white wines
- Modal verbs : Can/could/may/might
- Specific vocabulary
- End of week control
Week 3
Lesson 1
- Making rosé and sparkling wines
- The conditional : would
- Adverbs : position in a sentence
- Specific vocabulary
Lesson 2
- Stabilisation, fining and filtering
- The future : will/going to
- Omission of the definite article
- Specific vocabulary
Lesson 3
- Ageing the wines in oak
- The passive tense : We use v is used for
- Questions forms : Preposition at the end of sentence
- Specific vocabulary
Lesson 4
- Bottling and packaging
- Suggestions : Shall we/let's
- Verbs of perception : smell/taste/look
- Specific vocabulary
- End of week control