| Topic | Unit,
Page |
Listening skills and language focus | Other skills developed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOBS | Unit 1 - page 8
A new job |
Listening
to check predictions for information intensively Language question forms functional language intonation, stress |
Reading:
prediction/specific information (job advert) Speaking: -information exchange Writing: - note taking: formal letters |
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| Unit 2 - page 11
A day in the life of ... |
Listening
for gist for information intensively Language - comparative forms |
Speaking
discussion Writing - magazine article |
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| Unit 3 - page 13
The teacher |
Listening
for gist for information |
Speaking
discussion answering the questions exchange of opinions Reading - information |
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| ILLNESSES AND THEIR TREATMENT | Unit 4 - page 15
Medical treat-ment |
Listening
for gist for information Language - asking questions |
Speaking
brainstorming discussion information exchange Reading for gist Role play |
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| Unit 5 - page 17
First aid |
Listening
gist for specific information intensively |
Speaking
discussion information exchange Reading information gap |
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| Unit 6 - page 19
So you wanna keep fit, huh? |
Listening
for specific information for detail intensively Language parts of the body movements personality |
Speaking
discussion information exchange Writing some keep fit exercises |
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| Topic | Unit,
Page |
Listening skills and language focus | Other skills developed | ||
| LONDON | Unit 7 - page 21
London Art Galleries |
Listening
for information intensively Language prepositions |
Speaking
prediction brainstorming Vocabulary work |
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| SPORTS AND GAMES | Unit 8 - page 23
My kind of sport |
Listening
for gist for information intensively Language points of time/duration comparative forms |
Speaking
discussion (comparing) information exchange Writing writing a leaflet |
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| GEOGRAPHY | Unit 9 - page 25
The British Isles |
Listening
for gist for information Language - characteristics about character |
Speaking
discussion information exchange Reading for information |
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| EDUCATION | Unit 10 - page 29
Enrolling at a language school |
Listening
for detail Language asking questions |
Speaking
discussion Role Play Writing registration form a letter to a LS school |
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| DIFFERENT MEANS OF TRAVEL | Unit 11 - page 32
Terminal one (Airport announcements) |
Listening
specific information Vocabulary airports and air travel Structures formal and polite requests do to stress importance |
Speaking
discussion brainstorming inventing stories Reading and writing - information gap |
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| Unit 12 - page 34
What's on in Europe |
Listening
for detail Radio and TV language |
Speaking
information exchange inventing stories Writing - radio service program |
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| Topic | Unit,
Page |
Listening skills and language focus | Other skills developed | ||
| SEEING PEOPLE OFF | Unit 13 - page 37
Arranging a Holiday at a travel agency |
Listening
for general information for detail Tourist language |
Speaking
information exchange prediction planning a holiday Reading information gap dialogue Writing tourist map and advert |
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| Unit 14 - page 40
A holiday story |
Listening
for general information for detail Language of stories |
Speaking
Giving opinions Information exchange Re-telling Reading for gist Group survey - worrying |
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| THE THEATRE | Unit 15 - page 42
A Rock concert |
Listening
for general information for detail Conversational language |
Speaking
Giving opinions information exchange Writing a letter about the concert |
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| Additional | |||||
| 1. AND THEY ALL LIVED HAPPILY AFTER | A woman telling a friend how she met her husband. The language of stories. (London accent) | Page 43 | |||
| 2. I WAS AT HOME ALL ALONE ONE NIGHT | A man telling a story about his childhood. The language of stories. (The accent heard amongst educated people + radio and TV) | Page 46 | |||
| 3. THIS PROUD LAND | Song. Unemployment. | Page 49 | |||