WEEK

UNIT

GRAMMAR

VOCABULARY

LANGUAGE SKILLS

NOTES

Sept.

1^st week

Unit 1

Lessons for life

Time phrases/ The present aspect

Wordbuilding: suffix -ness

Reading:an article about the lessons we learn from the past

Listening: a conversation about important lessons in life

Speaking: your favourite saying

2^nd week

Unit 1

Lessons for life

Time phrases/ The present aspect

Idioms: irreversible word pairs

linking in idiomatic phrases

Reading: an article about the language of Shakespeare

Listening: a talk by a sociologist bout defining who you are

Speaking: personality types

Oct.

3^rd week

Unit 1

Lessons for life

Time phrases/ The present aspect

word focus: life

 content words

Real life functions: presenting yourself/ speaking skill: keeping going

Speaking: call my bluff

Writing: a covering letter/ fixed expressions

4^th week

Unit 2

More than a job

The continuous aspect

Phrasal verb: get

checking specific words

Reading: an article about the Moken people of Myanmar

Listening: a speech about the livelihood of Kazakh nomads

Speaking: work as a way of life

5^th week

Unit 2

More than a job

Present and perfect participles

Wordbuilding: phrases with do

Reading: an article about rock climbing in Yosemite

Listening: an interview with a woman firefighter

Speaking: health and safety measures

6^th week

Unit 2

More than a job

The continuous aspect  /Present and perfect participles

Idioms: health and safety/ wordfocus: foot

Real life functions:giving a talk/ keeping people's attention/ using contrasts

Speaking: your comfort zone

Writing: talking notes/ abbreviations

Nov.

7^th week

Unit 3

Four walls

Intensifying adverbs/ emphatic structures

Adverb and adjective collocations/ stress in intensifying adverbs

Reading: an article about two model towns

Listening: a discussion about an unusual building in Utah

Speaking: your ideal home

8^th week

Unit 3

Four walls

Intensifying adverbs/ emphatic structures

Towns

wordbuilding: suffix -able

Reading: an article about the architect Zaha Hadid

Listening:a  interview with an architect about small homes

Speaking: town planning

9^th week

Unit 3

Four walls

Intensifying adverbs/ emphatic structures

Word focus: wall/ linking

Real life functions: making recommendations

Speaking: how spaces affect you/ making a case

Writing: an opinion essay/ linking devices

10^th week

Unit 4

Innovation

Past modals/ probability

Phrasal verb come

Idioms: partitives

Reading:an article about origami engineering

Listening:an extract from a radio programme about an innovative transport system

Speaking:what you can't live without

11^th week

Unit 4

Innovation

Past modals/ probability

Wordbuilding: verbs with two past participles

Reading: an article about a social entrepreneur

Listening:an interview about the inspiration for inventions

Speaking:origami ideas

Dec.

12^th week

Unit 4

Innovation

Past modals/ probability

Word focus: give

weak forms/ long and short vowels

Real life functions: making a short pitch/ finding counter arguments

Speaking:being on the spot/ using rhetorical questions

Writing: describing how things work/ punctuation

13^th week

Unit 5

The weather’s journey

Substitution/ nominalisation

Wordbuilding: ing adjectives/ roads and ways/ a good read

Reading:an article about the graphic novel

Listening:an extract from a talk by a travel writer

Speaking: a good read/ speech bubbles

14^th week

Unit 5

 The weather’s journey

Substitution/ nominalisation

Idioms:rhyming expressions/ word focus: cast

Reading: an extract from In Patagonia

Listening:an extract from a radio programme about an extraordinary journey into the Himalayas

Speaking: describing impressions

Jan.

15^th week

Unit 5

The weather’s journey

Substitution/ nominalisation

Intonation in short responses

enunciation

Real life functions:reading aloud/ engaging your audience

Speaking:analysing descriptive language

Writing:a book review/ descriptive words

16^th week

Unit 6

Body matters

Phrasal verbs/ verb patterns

Wordbuilding:off & up

injuries/

Reading: an article about different exercise regimes

Listening:a conversation between two friends about health and exercise

Speaking:exercise trends/ describing an injury

17^th week

Unit 6

Body matters

Phrasal verbs/ verb patterns

Idioms: health/ linking in idiomatic phrases/

word focus: face

Reading: an article about beauty

Listening:an interview with an ultra runner about sports injuries

Speaking:does beauty sell?

Feb.

18^th week

Unit 6

Body matters

Phrasal verbs/ verb patterns

Tonight down/ negative statements

Real life functions:discussing proposals/conceding a point

Speaking: identifying aims

Writing: a formal report/ linking adverbs and adverbial phrases

19^th week

Unit 7

Stories from history

Linking words

Noun formations/

Stories from history

Reading:an article about Herodotus and the story of the Persian invasion of Greece

Listening:an extract from a radio programme about how history views Genghis Khan

Speaking: stories from history

20^th week

Unit 7

Stories from history

Linking words/ subordinate causes

Intonation in subordinate clauses

 idioms: luck

Reading:a story about hidden treasure

Listening:a radio interview about an archaeological find

Speaking: social story

21^st week

Unit 7

Stories from history

Subordinate causes

Word focus: bear /

Intonation in quotation

Real life functions: asking for confirming and clarification/ prefacing a question and seeking clarification

Speaking: historical irony/

Writing: describing a past event/ sequencing events

Mar.

22^nd week

Unit 8

Digital media

Passive reporting verbs