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Hours
Listening:
- Understand the main points and some details of spoken language in familiar contexts, such as conversations, interviews, and presentations, both in person and in audio recordings.
- Comprehend a variety of vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, and colloquial language used in different social and professional situations.
Speaking:
- Engage in conversations and discussions on a wide range of familiar topics, expressing ideas, providing explanations, and supporting opinions.
- Participate in social and transactional exchanges, give and follow instructions, and negotiate meaning in various situations.
Reading:
- Understand the main ideas and details of texts on familiar topics, such as newspaper articles, emails, and short stories, with moderate proficiency.
- Analyze the purpose, tone, and organization of texts, and make connections between ideas and events.
Writing:
- Write coherent paragraphs and short texts, expressing opinions, providing reasons or explanations, and narrating personal experiences.
- Demonstrate basic control of grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure, with improved accuracy and fluency.
- Unit One IDENTITY
Lesson 1.1 Me and my languages
Grammar : Question formsVocabulary : Language
Pronunciation : Intonation: wh- questions
Lesson 1.2 Same or different?
Grammar : Review of verb tensesVocabulary : Relationships; collocations
Pronunciation : Word stress
Lesson 1.3 Tell me about yourself
Function : Talking about yourselfVocabulary : Interview advice
Pronunciation Intonation: sounding polite
Lesson 1.4 The Blind Painter
- Unit Two TALES
Lesson 2.1 Fact or fiction?
Grammar : Present perfect and past simpleVocabulary : Types of story; prepositions
Pronunciation : Weak forms: have
Lesson 2.2 What really happened?
Grammar : Narrative tensesVocabulary : The news
Pronunciation : Weak forms: had, was, were
Lesson 2.3 I don’t believe it!
Function : Telling a storyVocabulary : Say/tell
Pronunciation : Intonation: sounding interested
Lesson 2.4 Hustle
- Unit Three FUTURE
Lesson 3.1 Making plans
Grammar : The future (plans)Vocabulary : Organisation
Pronunciation : Fast speech: going to
Lesson 3.2 Tomorrow’s world
Grammar : The future (predictions)Vocabulary : Future time markers; idioms
Pronunciation : Stress in time markers
Lesson 3.3 In other words…
Function : Dealing with misunderstandingsVocabulary : Misunderstandings
Pronunciation : Linking in connected speech
Lesson 3.4 YouTube
- Unit Four JOBS
Lesson 4.1 Millionaires
Grammar : must/have to/should (obligation)Vocabulary : Personal qualities; confusing words
Pronunciation : Fast speech: have to
Lesson 4.2 Dream job
Grammar : Used to, wouldVocabulary : Extreme adjectives
Pronunciation : Intonation: emphasis; linking: used to
Lesson 4.3 That’s a good idea
Function : Reaching agreementVocabulary : Business
Pronunciation : Sentence stress
Lesson 4.4 Gavin and Stacey
- Unit Five SOLUTIONS
Lesson 5.1 Low tech solutions
Grammar : Comparatives and superlativesVocabulary : Technology
Pronunciation : Syllable stress
Lesson 5.2 Ask the experts
Grammar : Question tagsVocabulary : Information; word building: adjectives
Pronunciation : Intonation: question tags
Lesson 5.3 It’s out of order
Function : Polite requestsVocabulary : Problems and solutions
Pronunciation : Intonation: polite requests
Lesson 5.4 Man versus machine
- Unit Six EMOTION
Lesson 6.1 Feeling stressed?
Grammar : Real conditionalsVocabulary : -ing/-ed adjectives; multi-word verbs
Pronunciation : Weak forms: pronouns + ‘ll
Lesson 6.2 The People Watchers
Grammar : Hypothetical conditional: present/futureVocabulary : Verb-noun collocations
Pronunciation : Connected speech: would
Lesson 6.3 That’s great news!
Function : Giving newsVocabulary : Life events
Pronunciation : Intonation: giving bad news
Lesson 6.4 My worst week
- Unit Seven SUCCESS
Lesson 7.1 The secret of success
Grammar : Present perfect continuous versus simpleVocabulary : Success; verb phrases
Pronunciation : Weak forms: have
Lesson 7.2 The memory men
Grammar : Present and past abilityVocabulary : Ability
Pronunciation : Word stress
Lesson 7.3 Are you qualified?
Function : Clarifying opinionsVocabulary : Qualifications
Pronunciation : Stress patterns: short phrases
Lesson 7.4 Andy Murray
- Unit Eight COMMUNITIES
Lesson 8.1 Neighbours
Grammar : Articles and quantifiersVocabulary : Getting on; compound nouns
Pronunciation : Stress patterns: compound nouns
Lesson 8.2 My place in cyberspace
Grammar : Relative clausesVocabulary : The internet
Pronunciation : Pausing for effect
Lesson 8.3 Make yourself at home
Function : Being a good guestVocabulary : Welcoming
Pronunciation : Linking words
Lesson 8.4 Tribe
- Unit Nine HISTORY
Lesson 9.1 Giant leaps
Grammar : Hypothetical conditional: pastVocabulary : History
Pronunciation : Word stress: contractions
Lesson 9.2 In our time
Grammar : Active versus passiveVocabulary : Periods of time; collocations
Pronunciation : Weak forms: are, has been, was and were
Lesson 9.3 I have no idea
Function : Expressing uncertaintyVocabulary : Describing people
Pronunciation : Intonation: showing interest
Lesson 9.4 Michelangelo
- Unit Ten WORLD
Lesson 10.1 Ethical man
Grammar : Reported speechVocabulary : The environment; word building: prefixes
Pronunciation : Weak forms: auxiliary verbs
Lesson 10.2 World food
Grammar : Verb patternsVocabulary : Reporting verbs
Pronunciation : Weak forms: to, for, that
Lesson 10.3 When you travel…
Function : Giving advice/warningsVocabulary : Airports
Pronunciation : Individual sounds: vowels