Unit 1: Getting to know you

Language objectives:Grammar: Tenses - present, past, future; Questions; Question words (Who, Why, How much)Vocabulary: Using a bilingual dictionary; Parts of speech; Words with more than one meaningReading: People - the great communicatorsSpeaking: Information gap Joy Darling; Discussion Who are your ideal neighbours? Roleplay Exchanging informationListening: NeighboursWriting (WB): Informal letters A letter to a penfriend Everyday English: Social Expressions Have a good weekend! Same to you.

Unit 2: The way we live

Language objectives:Grammar: Present tenses - Present simple, Present continuous; have/have gotVocabulary: Describing countries (coast, export, climate)Collocations - daily life (listen to music, talk to my friends)Reading: Living in the USASpeaking: Information gap People's lifestyles Exchanging information about immigrants to the USAListening: What annoys you about the people in your life?Writing (WB): Linking words but, however; Describing a person Everyday English: Making conversation Asking questions, Showing that you're interested

Unit 3: It all went wrong Language objectives:Grammar: Past tenses - Past simple, Past continuousVocabulary: Irregular verbs; Making connections (break/mend, lose/find) Nouns, verbs and adjectives + suffixes; Making negativesReading: The burglar's friend; The thief, his mother and $2 billion; Teenager goes on spending spree; Sherlock Holmes - The Three StudentsSpeaking: Telling storiesListening: An extract from The Three StudentsWriting (WB): Linking words while, during, for; Writing a story Everyday English: Time expressions - dates, prepositions of time at, on, in

Unit 4: Let's go shopping! Language objectives:Grammar: Quantity: much and many; some and any; something, anyone, nobody, everywhere; a few, a little, a lot of; Articles: a, an, the Vocabulary: Buying thingsReading: Markets around the worldSpeaking: City survey; Discussion - going to a marketListening: My uncle's a shopkeeper; Conversations in shops - buying thingsWriting (WB): Filling in forms Everyday English: Prices and shopping

Unit 5: What do you want to do?

Language objectives:Grammar: Verb patterns 1 want/hope to do, enjoy/like doing: Future intentions - going to and willVocabulary: Hot verbs - have, go, come; Feelings adjectives (nervous, excited, worried)

Reading: Hollywood kidsSpeaking: What are your plans and ambitions? Being a teenager

Writing (WB): Writing a postcard

Everyday English: How do you feel?

Progress Test 1: Units 1-5

Unit 6: Tell me! What's it like?

Language objectives:Grammar: What's it like? ; Comparative and superlative adjectives; Prepositions of place and movementVocabulary: Talking about cities (modern buildings, night-life); Money (make money, inherit), Synonyms and antonyms; places in the country

Reading: A Tale of two millionairesSpeaking: Information gap - comparing two cities; Discussion - the rich and their moneyListening: Interview - Living in another countryWriting (WB): Relative clauses (who/that/which/where); Describing a placeEveryday English: Directions

Unit 7 : Fame

Language objectives:Grammar: Present Perfect and Past Simple; for and since; Tense revisionVocabulary: Past participles; Bands and music; Adverbs (slowly, carefully, just, still, too); Word pairs (this and that, ladies and gentlemen)

Reading: Celebrity interviews

Speaking: Find someone who …; Role play - Interview a band; Project - present a famous person to the class

Listening: An interview with a bandWriting (WB): Relative clauses 2 (who/that/which as the object); Writing a biography

Everyday English: Short answers

Unit 8: Do's and Don'ts

Language objectives:

Grammar: have (got) to; should; mustVocabulary: Jobs (receptionist, nurse, chef); Travelling abroad (visa, documents)

Words that go together - verb + complement; Compound nouns; Illnesses and symptoms

Reading: Problem pageSpeaking: Game - Jobs; Discussion - House rules; Asking questions about places; Role play - A dialogueListening: What's my Job? Steven Barnes; Holidays in January

Writing: Letters to a problem page (WB): Formal letters

Everyday English: At the doctor's

Unit 9: Going places

Language objectives:Grammar: Time and Conditional clauses + as soon as, when, while, until; What if …? Vocabulary: Hot verbs - take, get, do, make; Hotels (a double room, ground floor)

Reading: The world's first megalopolisSpeaking: What will you do? ; Discussion - Life in the 21st century; The biggest cities in the world

Listening: Life in 2050 - An interview with Michio KakuWriting (WB): Linking words 2 (first of all, also, for example, etc); Discussing ideas - Advantages and disadvantages

Everyday English: In a hotel

Unit 10: Scared to death

Language objectives:Grammar: Verb patterns 2 manage to do, used to do, go walking: something etc. + infinitive: so / suchVocabulary: Shops; Describing feelings and situations (bored / boring)

Reading: Don't look down!; Into the wildSpeaking: Talking about your childhood; Describing feelings; Role play - Interview with survivors of the Titanic

Listening: When I was young; The sinking of the 'Titanic'Writing (WB): Writing letters – Formal and Informal letters 1

Everyday English: Exclamations

Progress Test 2: Units 6-10

Unit 11: Things that changed the world Language objectives:Grammar: PassivesVocabulary: Verbs and past participles (discovered, found); Verbs and nouns that go together; Public places (bank, petrol station, public toilet)Reading: A photograph that changed the world; The history of paper; A discovery and an invention that changed the worldSpeaking: Exchanging and discussing information

Listening: The history of chewing gumWriting (WB): Linking words 2 but, so, although, however, because; Writing an emailEveryday English: Notices (Keep off the grass! Out of Order!)

Unit 12: Dreams and reality

Language objectives:

Grammar: Second conditional; might

Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs (go away, take off, give up)

Reading: Super volcanoSpeaking: What would you do? Giving advice; Future plans;

Discussion - surviving a disaster

Listening: Future plans

Writing (WB): Adverbs; Writing a story 2Everyday English: Social Expressions 2 (Congratulations! Never mind!)

Unit 13: Earning a living

Language objectives:Grammar: Present Perfect Continuous; Present Perfect Simple vs ContinuousVocabulary: Jobs; Word formation (death-die, variety-various); Adverbs (mainly, possibly, carefully)

Reading: Andy's Story; A funny way to earn a livingSpeaking: Information gap - Steven Spielberg; Discussion - What's a good job; Role play - Phoning a friend

Listening: Giving newsWriting (WB): Letter writing expressions; Formal and informal letters 2Everyday English: Telephoning (Is that Ewan? Can I take a message?)

Unit 14: Family ties

Language objectives:Grammar: Past Perfect; Reported StatementsVocabulary: Hot verbs - bring, take, go, come

Reading: Twins reunite after forty years; A short story The tale of two silent brothers Speaking: Telling stories; Arguments in families; Predicting what happens next in a story; People who live abroadListening: An interview with Beth Taylor; Families that live abroadWriting (WB): Writing for talking – My dreams for the futureEveryday English: Saying goodbyeProgress Test 3 - Units 11-14