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Hours
Listening:
- Understand extended and complex spoken language, including lectures, interviews, and debates, on a wide range of topics, with high proficiency and accuracy.
- Comprehend subtle nuances, implied meanings, and figurative language, and follow intricate arguments and discussions.
Speaking:
- Engage in fluent and spontaneous conversations, present arguments, and deliver presentations on various subjects with clarity and coherence.
- Express ideas and opinions with a high level of precision, using appropriate register, style, and rhetorical devices.
Reading:
- Comprehend and analyze complex texts, including academic articles, literary works, and authentic materials, with a high level of understanding and interpretation.
- Identify implicit meaning, evaluate the effectiveness of writing techniques, and critically analyze different perspectives and viewpoints.
Writing:
- Produce coherent and detailed texts, such as essays, reports, and research papers, demonstrating critical thinking and a command of academic writing conventions.
- Develop arguments logically, provide evidence and counterarguments, and use advanced vocabulary and syntax accurately.
- Unit One ORIGINS
Lesson 1.1 What’s in a name?
Grammar : The continuous aspectVocabulary : Phrases with name
Pronunciation : Unstressed auxiliary verbs
Lesson 1.2 What are you like?
Grammar : Describing habitsVocabulary : Personality; idioms for people
Pronunciation : stressed/unstressed will/would
Lesson 1.3 Picture perfect
Function : SpeculatingVocabulary : Images
Pronunciation : Connected speech: linking, elision
Lesson 1.4 Francesco’s Venice
- Unit Two OPINION
Lesson 2.1 Words of wisdom
Grammar : Hypothetical conditional: pastVocabulary : Learning and experience; metaphors
Pronunciation : Double contractions
Lesson 2.2 Changing your mind
Grammar : Verb patternsVocabulary : Collocations: opinions
Pronunciation : Word stress
Lesson 2.3 Who do you trust?
Function : introducting opinionsVocabulary : Idioms of opinion
Pronunciation : Intonation for emphasis
Lesson 2.4 Chess master
- Unit Three PLACES
Lesson 3.1 Lonely planet
Grammar : Noun phrasesVocabulary : Landscapes
Pronunciation : Word stress; compound nouns/adjectives
Lesson 3.2 Home from home
Grammar : Relative clausesVocabulary : -y adjectives; prefixes
Pronunciation : Long/short vowels
Lesson 3.3 Welcome to perfect city
Function : Making a proposalVocabulary : City life
Pronunciation : Shifting stress: suffixes
Lesson 3.4 London
- Unit Four JUSTICE
Lesson 4.1 Fight for justice
Grammar : Introductory itVocabulary : Crime collocations; lexical chunks
Pronunciation : Pauses and chunking
Lesson 4.2 Social issues
Grammar : The perfect aspectVocabulary : Social issues
Pronunciation : Stress patterns
Lesson 4.3 Do the right thing
Function : Expressing hypothetical preferencesVocabulary : Decisions
Pronunciation : Intonation: adding emphasis
Lesson 4.4 The con artist
- Unit Five SECRETS
Lesson 5.1 Family secrets
Grammar : Modal verbs and related phrasesVocabulary : Idioms: secrets
Pronunciation : Connected speech: elision
Lesson 5.2 Truth or myth?
Grammar : The passiveVocabulary : Truth or myth; multi-word verbs
Pronunciation : Stress: multi-word verbs
Lesson 5.3 Tell me no lies
Function : Making a pointVocabulary : Journalism
Pronunciation : Intonation: appropriacy
Lesson 5.4 Secret island
- Unit Six TRENDS
Lesson 6.1 Future gazing
Grammar : Future formsVocabulary : Predictions
Pronunciation : Connected speech: auxiliary verbs
Lesson 6.2 A global language?
Grammar : Concession clausesVocabulary : Language
Pronunciation : Intonation: concession clauses
Lesson 6.3 Trendsetters
Function : Describing cause and effectVocabulary : Trends
Pronunciation : Connected speech: swallowed sounds
Lesson 6.4 Tech trends
- Unit Seven FREEDOM
Lesson 7.1 The great escape
Grammar : Cleft sentencesVocabulary : Collocations
Pronunciation : Word stress: suffixes
Lesson 7.2 Switching off
Grammar : Participle clausesVocabulary : Idioms: relaxing
Pronunciation : Word stress: idioms
Lesson 7.3 Free to make mistakes
Function : Exchanging opinionsVocabulary : Risk
Pronunciation : Polite tone
Lesson 7.4 Gandhi
- Unit Eight TIME
Lesson 8.1 History in a box
Grammar : Future in the pastVocabulary : Time expressions; proverbs
Pronunciation : Rhythm: proverbs
Lesson 8.2 I remember…
Grammar : Elllipsis and substitutionVocabulary : Memories
Pronunciation : Connected speech
Lesson 8.3 Time savers
Function : Discussing ideasVocabulary : Collocations with time
Pronunciation : Word stress: phrases
Lesson 8.4 Wonders of the universe
- Unit Nine INSPIRATION
Lesson 9.1 Icons
Grammar : Tenses for unreal situationsVocabulary : Adjectives: the arts
Pronunciation : Irregular spellings
Lesson 9.2 Feeling inspired
Grammar : AdverbialsVocabulary : Ideas
Pronunciation : Pronunciation: ‘o’
Lesson 9.3 Love it or hate it
Function : Ranting/ravingVocabulary : Express yourself
Pronunciation : Positive/negative intonation
Lesson 9.4 An unusual philanthropist
- Unit Ten HORIZONS
Lesson 10.1 On the road
Grammar : InversionVocabulary : Collocations
Pronunciation : Stress/unstress
Lesson 10.2 Dreams come true?
Grammar : Comparative structuresVocabulary : Ambition
Pronunciation : Intonation: emphasis; rhythm
Lesson 10.3 Making a plan
Function : NegotiatingVocabulary : Negotiation
Pronunciation : Polite intonation