INGLES NIVEL C1

Aims: to expand the structures and vocabulary covered in the previous blocks through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association  listening comprehension with short  realistic dialogues and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items  where student has to listen and repeat the presented sentences. Structures and functions: presentation of target vocabulary through contextual sentences. Vocabulary: introduction to new vocabulary items e.g. variety  diagram  lecturer  to look up  to fetch  gesture. Activities: association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures and a multiple choice listening comprehension with a real life dialogue.

Aims: to expand the structures and vocabulary covered  as well as to present and practice the grammar through a series of interactive exercises such as reading  listening and answering questions  gap-filling  etc. Structures and functions: full tense review of present tenses  past tenses  perfect tenses and future tenses and uses of ‘get’. Vocabulary includes some more useful expressions such as: ‘on the dole’  ‘in a rut’  ‘to get the gist’  ‘to get rid of’  ‘to split up’  ‘to take your mind off’  ‘to count someone in’  ‘on the contrary’ and also words to talk about non-verbal communication and language learning. Activities: reading and listening comprehension  finding synonyms  true or false listening comprehension  error detection and correction.

Aims: to expand the structures and vocabulary covered through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association  listening comprehension with short  realistic dialogues and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Structures and functions: presentation of new vocabulary through contextual sentences using the grammar covered until now. Vocabulary presentation of new words and expressions: ‘background’  ‘motorist’  ‘chairman’  ‘theme’  ‘prospects’  ‘to write an account of’  ‘hardship’  ‘crisis’  ‘in the former or latter’  ‘manage to’  ‘recall’  ‘amongst’ etc. Activities: association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures  listen and repeat and listening comprehension to choose the correct ending for the sentences.

Aims: to present  practice and expand the grammar covered through a series of interactive exercises such as gap-filling  associating sentences with corresponding pictures  reading texts  etc. Structures and functions: past simple vs. past continuous  present perfect simple and continuous vs. past perfect simple and continuous  ‘used to’ and ‘use to’ vs. would for past habits and dates. Vocabulary: useful expressions e.g.: ‘let me introduce you to  I’d like you to meet  better late than never  it’s been a pleasure to meet you’  ‘to run into someone or something’ and ‘the matter in hand’. Activities: association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures  reading and listening comprehension to choose an appropriate sentence  listening comprehension to choose the correct ending for the sentences  listen and repeat and  listening and writing practice in a note taking exercise.

Aims: to consolidate and review the structures  grammar and vocabulary covered in the lessons through a series of interactive exercises such as listening and repeating vocabulary  filling-in the gaps  choosing the correct option  dubbing the film  etc. Structures and functions: past simple vs. past continuous  present perfect simple and continuous vs. past perfect simple and continuous  ‘used to’ and ‘use to’ vs. ‘would’ for past habits as well as dates. Vocabulary: addressing people with the correct titles and appropriate responses  revision of useful expressions: ‘let me introduce you to’  ‘I’d like you to meet’  ‘better late than never’  ‘it’s been a pleasure to meet you’  ‘to run into someone or something’ and ‘the matter in hand’. Activities: pronunciation  true or false listening comprehension  vocabulary revision with a gap fill exercise  error detection and correction  choose the appropriate response  real life dialogue  dub the film and choosing synonymous sentences.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Unit 3

Aims: to expand the structures and vocabulary covered through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association  listening comprehension with short  realistic dialogues and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Structures and functions: presentation of new vocabulary through contextual sentences and dialogues using the structures covered until now. Vocabulary: presentation of new vocabulary e.g.: ‘box office’   ‘performance’  ‘troublemakers’  ‘seaside’  ‘to line up’  ‘eventful’  ‘refreshing’  ‘rest room’ etc. Activities: association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures  listen and repeat and listening comprehension to choose the correct ending for the sentences.

Aims: to study  practice and expand the grammar  structures and vocabulary covered through a series of interactive exercises such as listening and repeating  correct/incorrect sentences  gap-filling  associating words or sentences with pictures  etc. Structures and functions: present perfect simple vs. present perfect continuous  present perfect + often  still  yet  already  just  time markers: ‘for’  ‘since’  ‘during’  ‘while’  articles: ‘the’ or zero  prepositions of place: in  on  by  at. Vocabulary: useful expressions e.g. ‘to get the bug for something’  ‘to keep’ verb+ing  ‘to work something out’  ‘to make a fool of oneself’  ‘to do some’ verb+ing  geographical names and location reference  theatre and letters to the editor. Activities: association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures  listen and repeat  reading to find errors  supply the correct tense to fill the gaps  true or false reading comprehension  listening comprehension to choose the appropriate ending for the sentences.

Aims: to consolidate and review the structures  grammar and vocabulary covered in the lessons through a series of interactive exercises such as pronunciation practice  fill in the gap activities  dubbing the film  etc. Structures and functions: present perfect simple vs. present perfect continuous  present perfect + often  still  yet  already  just…  time markers: ‘for’  ‘since’  ‘during’  ‘while’  articles: ‘the’ or zero  prepositions of place: in  on  by  at. Vocabulary: useful expressions e.g.: ‘to get the bug for something’  ‘to keep’ verb+ing  ‘to work something out’  ‘to make a fool of oneself’  ‘to do some verb+ing’  geographical names and location reference  theatre and letters to the editor. Activities: pronunciation of abbreviations  answer the questions in various formats  supply the correct word or phrase to fill the gaps  true or false reading comprehension  listening comprehension and write the correct tense  real life dialogue  film dubbing and choosing synonymous sentences.

In this lesson students read a written passage of text about health disorders. The text is followed by questions in a sequential order that elicit students’ skills on active reading. Readers are asked to peruse the passage for the general meaning  particular details and logical inferences. The suggested activities comprise multiple-choice and true/false questions as well as matching statements with their corresponding sections. By practicing active and effective reading students acquire strong cognitive skills such as attention  auditory analysis  sound blending  sound segmenting  memory  processing speed and visualisation.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Unit 4

Aims: to expand the structures and vocabulary covered through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association  listening comprehension with short  realistic dialogues and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Structures and functions: presentation of new vocabulary through contextual sentences and dialogues. Presentation of new vocabulary e.g.: ‘life expectancy’  ‘costume’  ‘representative’  ‘wildlife’  ‘dominant’  ‘trial’  ‘settlement’  ‘to be aware of something’  ‘gathered’  etc. Activities: association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures  listen and repeat and a listening comprehension exercise to choose the correct ending for the sentences.

Aims: to present  practice and expand the grammar  structures and vocabulary covered through a series of interactive exercises such as selecting the best option  writing sentences  gap-filling  etc. Structures and functions: ‘will’ and ‘shall’ for promises  predictions  offers and suggestions; future continuous  future perfect simple and continuous with ‘by then’ and ‘by the time’. Vocabulary: useful expressions e.g.: ‘to take time off’  ‘to fall into the wrong hands’  ‘to go ahead with’  ‘to stand in for’  ‘to get a feel for’  ‘to get hold of’  ‘to bear in mind’  science  synonyms and antonyms. Activities: association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures  reading and listening to find synonyms and antonyms  listening comprehension to choose the appropriate phrase and a gap-fill listening.

Aims: to consolidate  review and expand the grammar  structures and vocabulary covered in the lessons through a series of interactive exercises such as pronunciation practice  selecting the correct word  filling in the gaps  dubbing the film and finding synonymous sentences. Structures and functions: ‘will’ and ‘shall’ for promises  predictions  offers and suggestions; future continuous  future perfect simple and continuous with ‘by then’ and ‘by the time’. Vocabulary: useful expressions e.g. ‘to take time off’  ‘to fall into the wrong hands’  ‘to go ahead with’  ‘to stand in for’  ‘to get a feel for’  ‘to get hold of’  ‘to bear in mind’   science  synonyms and antonyms. Activities: pronunciation and word stress  reading and listening to choose the appropriate word  listening for specific information  reading and listening to complete gaps  real life dialogue  dub the film  and choosing synonymous sentences.

Students learn vocabulary and useful phrases to talk about meaningful celebrations. After reading a cloze text with gaps  students have to practice with it through a series of interactive exercises in which they find the lexicon in the specific context.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Unit 5

Aims: to expand the structures and vocabulary covered through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association  listening comprehension with short  realistic dialogues and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Structures and functions: presentation of new vocabulary through contextual sentences. The vocabulary focuses on the body: forehead  wrist  thumb  toe  complexion  pale and well built. Activities: association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures  listen and repeat  listening comprehension to choose the appropriate ending and gap fill listening comprehension.

Aims: to study  practice and expand the grammar  structures and vocabulary covered through a series of interactive exercises such as listen and repeat  write correct sentences  selecting the right image  fill in the gaps  reading texts  read and choose the correct answer  etc. Structures and functions: order of adjectives  compound adjectives  family resemblance with ‘look alike’. Vocabulary: body  ankle  chin  eyebrows   eyelashes   forehead   hips   knee   palms   shoulders   waist   wrist; talking about similarities: ‘to look like’  ‘to take after’  ‘to seem to be’  ‘to look as if’  ‘to look alike’; useful expressions: ‘to look as if’  ‘to have a weakness for’  ‘to be fond of’  ‘to win someone´s heart’  ‘all over the world’  ‘to be deep in thought’  revision of clothes vocabulary: trendy  smart  casual  shawl  tracksuit  trainers  etc. Activities: association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures  listen and repeat  listening comprehension to choose the appropriate answer  gap fill listening comprehension and sentence transformation.

Aims: to review  consolidate  practice and expand the grammar  structures and vocabulary covered through a series of interactive exercises such as listen and repeat  write correct sentences  selecting the right image  fill in the gaps  reading texts  read and choose the correct answer  etc. Structures and functions: expressing degrees: ‘fairly’  ‘slightly’  ‘extremely’  talking about approximate ages: early  mid  late and compound adjectives. Vocabulary: revision of lexical fields including: ages  physical descriptions and appearances. Activities: pronunciation and word stress  listen and repeat  listening for specific information: completing a form  reading comprehension to supply alternative descriptions  error correction  real life dialogue film dubbing and choosing synonymous sentences.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Unit 6

Aims: to review and consolidate the vocabulary  structures and pronunciation of the block through a series of interactive exercises such as dialogue understanding  listening and repeating  dubbing the film  etc. Structures and functions: revision of structures and functions through contextual practice. Vocabulary revision through extended contextual practice. Activities: listening comprehension to choose the appropriate ending  pronunciation of the schwa sound  listen and repeat and real life dialogue film dubbing.

Aims: to review and consolidate the structures  grammar and vocabulary covered in the block through a series of interactive exercises such as readings  completing the sentences  filling in the gaps  etc. Structures and functions: revision of structures and functions through contextual practice such as supplying the correct tense according to context and choosing the correct modal verbs. Vocabulary revision of common verbs e.g.: to get  to look   take  to carry  to run  to keep  to stand and to work  revision of lexical fields from the previous lessons: appearances  ages and feelings. Activities: reading and listening comprehension focused on supplying specific information  true or false reading comprehension  sentence transformation and gap-fills.

Aims: to review and consolidate the structures and vocabulary covered through a series of interactive exercises such as listening and answering questions etc. Structures and functions: revision of structures and functions through contextual practice in dialogues and sentences. Vocabulary revision of lexical fields from the previous units: clothes  education  holidays  home life. Activities: Listening comprehension using specific information and reading comprehension to choose the most appropriate word.

In this lesson students read a written passage of text about changes in life. The text is followed by questions in a sequential order that elicit students’ skills on active reading. Readers are asked to peruse the passage for the general meaning  particular details and logical inferences. The suggested activities comprise multiple-choice and true/false questions as well as matching statements with their corresponding sections. By practicing active and effective reading students acquire strong cognitive skills such as attention  auditory analysis  sound blending  sound segmenting  memory  processing speed and visualisation.

In this lesson students have to follow the dictation of a text on tourism  specifically on The Multangular Tower. Students practice first and foremost their listening and writing skills and within the latter a range of sub-skills from spelling to punctuation. Moreover  this dictation makes students practise and enhance their vocabulary  syntax  grammar and  when reviewing his/her work  proofreading. The written passage of text has been divided into different phrases or sentences and it is listened to by the student  who has to write it. Students can listen to the phrase or sentence as many times as they wish and even ask for help if needed. Once a paragraph has been completed  students re-read it while listening to the audio and move on to the next paragraph.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Unit 7

A practical immersion in the language  where by the student will live through a real life situation  similar to one they would confront in the language in which they are learning. In this lesson the student will be introduced to new vocabulary  then once the exercise has been completed  they will then have an opportunity to do some practice with this same new vocabulary.

The student will listen to a series of questions which they can answer freely. In this lesson new vocabulary will be introduced. Once the lesson has finished  the student will then be able to have some practice with this same new vocabulary.

In this lesson students read a written passage of text about the life of a famous cake decorator. The text is followed by questions in a sequential order that elicit students’ skills on active reading. Readers are asked to peruse the passage for the general meaning  particular details and logical inferences. The suggested activities comprise multiple-choice  matching statements with their corresponding sections and choosing the best summary for the text. By practicing active and effective reading students acquire strong cognitive skills such as attention  auditory analysis  sound blending  sound segmenting  memory  processing speed and visualisation.

Students learn vocabulary and useful phrases to talk about the secret of a sacred lake in Central America  the most popular pet and scuba diving. After reading a cloze text with gaps  students have to practice with it through a series of interactive exercises in which they find the lexicon in the specific context.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Course revision   End-of-module test.

In this last lesson of the course and as a way to revise  the student will come across a variety of exercises which will help consolidate and evaluate any knowledge which has been acquired throughout the duration of the course.INGLES NIVEL C1 / 2  Unit 1

Aims: to learn and acquire the structures and vocabulary related to the topic through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association  listening comprehension with short  realistic dialogues and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Vocabulary:  the press  necklace  audience; food: minced meat  courgette  aubergine  pear  strawberries  feelings and abstract nouns such as: courage  respect and affinity.

Aims: to learn and practice the grammar as well as some more structures and vocabulary through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions: – expressing opinions  likes and preferences   articles: a  an  the  zero  describing graphs and statistics  abstract nouns: sincerity  communication  affinity  motivation  trust etc  quantifiers: ‘a little’  ‘little’  ‘a few’  ‘few’  ‘quite a bit of’  ‘quite a lot of’ and ‘loads’. Vocabulary: food and shopping  percentages and fractions  useful phrases: ‘how did it go?’  ‘to make a change’  ‘to run for ‘(plays)  ‘it’s about’  ‘as far as I know’ etc. Activities: student-led listening with articles  listen and repeat to practice statistics  write the fractions  fill the gaps with the appropriate articles   reading comprehension to identify abstract nouns   reading comprehension to order the different factors  student-led listening  fill the gaps with quantifiers  fill the gaps with nouns  listening comprehension.

Aims: to review and consolidate the structures and vocabulary related to the lesson through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions:  expressing opinions  likes and preferences  articles: a  an  the  zero  describing graphs and statistics  abstract nouns: sincerity  communication  affinity  motivation  trust etc  quantifiers: ‘a little’  ‘little’  ‘a few’  ‘few’  ‘quite a bit of’  ‘quite a lot of’ and ‘loads’. Vocabulary: food  numbers: times  fractions  percentages and dates. Activities: pronunciation exercise to listen and choose the correct sound  listening comprehension to write the figures  sentence transformation using nouns  correct the sentences on the theme of articles  real life dialogue and film dubbing as well as choosing synonymous sentences.

In this lesson students read a written passage of text about the story of a treasure in Mildenhall (UK). The text is followed by questions in a sequential order that elicit students’ skills on active reading. Readers are asked to peruse the passage for the general meaning  particular details and logical inferences. The suggested activities comprise multiple-choice  matching statements with their corresponding sections and vocabulary questions. By practicing active and effective reading students acquire strong cognitive skills such as attention  auditory analysis  sound blending  sound segmenting  memory  processing speed and visualisation.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Unit 2

Aims: to learn and assimilate the structures and vocabulary related to the topic through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association  listening comprehension with short  realistic dialogues and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Vocabulary: international warning signs – forbidden  permitted and more general vocabulary: porch  barbeque  in the open air  claim  hand in  settle in  renew  choice  position  harmony and probability: likely  unlikely  sure.

Aims: to learn and practice the grammar as well as some more structures and vocabulary through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions: expressing permission and prohibition  talking about probability: likely  unlikely  sure  expressing ability: can  could  to be able to  to manage to  may or might  must  may and might for suppositions and logical deductions about present and past  review of modals for permission and obligation: must  mustn’t  needn’t  have to  don’t have to. Vocabulary: useful expressions e.g. ‘to know in advance’  ‘to be one’s own boss’  ‘short term contract’  ‘to keep in suspense’  ‘to be worth someone’s while’ etc  synonyms and antonyms . Activities: student-led listening  complete the sentence with an appropriate word  sentence transformation on the theme of probability  listen and repeat  reading comprehension to finding synonyms and antonyms  word and picture association  listening to choose appropriate answers and  multiple choice options.

Aims: to review and consolidate the structures and vocabulary related to the lesson through a series of interactive exercises.  Structures and functions: expressing permission and prohibition  talking about probability: likely  unlikely  sure  expressing ability: can  could  to be able to  to manage to  may/might.  Must  may and might for suppositions and logical deductions about present and past  review of modals for permission and obligation: must  mustn’t  needn’t  have to  don’t have to The vocabulary section reviews useful expressions: ‘to know in advance’  ‘to be one’s own boss’  ‘short term contract’  ‘to keep in suspense’  ‘to be worth someone’s while’ etc and synonyms and antonyms. Activities: pronunciation of long and short vowel sounds with a listen and repeat exercise  fill the gaps with an appropriate modal verb  multiple choice: choose the most appropriate tense  error detection and correction  association of pictures with camp rules  real life dialogue film dubbing and choosing synonymous sentences.

In this lesson students practice and test their listening skills  so they must pay attention to the oral information that is heard in different exercises and answer to a set of related questions about education  specifically the life in a boarding school.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Unit 3

Aims: to learn and acquire the structures and vocabulary related to the topic through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association  listening comprehension with short  realistic dialogues and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Vocabulary: nativity play  advertisement  signature  recipient  cab  queries  agony aunt  presently  actually  afterwards  ghost as well as some more American English: highway  elevator  drug store.

Aims: to learn and practice the grammar as well as some more structures and vocabulary through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions: asking for and giving advice  making offers: ‘would you like me to..?’  ‘Can I..?’  ‘Shall I?’  ‘I’ll?’  writing a letter and responding to offers. Vocabulary: nativity play  advertisement  signature etc. Useful phrases: ‘to have a night in’  ‘to get things in proportion’  ‘to go through a phase’  ‘to feel sorry for one’s self’  ‘to make a note of’ and ‘at leisure’  agony aunts and advice columns. Activities: association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures  listening and reading to choose the appropriate response  make offers by filling the gaps  pronunciation  listen and repeat  reading and listening comprehension to answer the questions  writing practice with an exercise to supply an appropriate question  listening and writing – respond to the offers and true or false listening comprehension.

Aims: to review and consolidate the structures and vocabulary related to the lesson through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions:  asking for and giving advice  making offers: ‘would you like me to..?’  ‘can I..?’  ‘shall I?’ and  ‘I’ll?’  responding to offers  detecting the appropriate tone and language: formal vs. informal. Vocabulary: British vs. American English and a review of useful expressions. Activities: pronunciation focus on diphthongs  listening comprehension and detecting tone  substitution of  American synonyms   association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures  gap fill  real life dialogue and film dubbing as well as choosing synonymous sentences.

In this lesson students read a written passage of a letter sent by a literary agent to a script writer. The text is followed by questions in a sequential order that elicit students’ skills on active reading. Readers are asked to peruse the passage for the general meaning  particular details and logical inferences.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Unit 4

Aims: to learn and acquire the structures and vocabulary related to the topic through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association  listening comprehension with short  realistic dialogues and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Vocabulary: front cover  photo session  faith  mankind  miniature  devoted  playful  sexist  tend  pedigree  wild  moggy the big screen and role.

Aims: to learn and practice the grammar as well as some more structures and vocabulary through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions: verbs with gerunds and infinitives e.g. ‘avoid seeing’ and ‘tend to be’. ‘Who’  ‘where’  ‘what’  ‘when’  ‘how’ + infinitive  verbs with dual meanings: infinitives vs. gerunds: she stopped to smoke or stopped smoking; remember to buy or remember buying etc. Vocabulary: useful expressions such as ‘to my mind’  ‘in her element’  ‘in the public eye’  ‘it’s no use’ and ‘there’s no point’. Activities: student-led listening  make synonymous sentences   complete the gaps with verbs in the correct tenses   reading and listening to answer questions  finding synonyms  gap-fill  listen and repeat and listen and answer.

Aims: to revise and consolidate the structures and vocabulary related to the lesson through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions: verbs with gerund sand infinitives e.g. ‘avoid seeing’ and ‘tend to be’. ‘Who’  ‘where’  ‘what’  ‘when’  ‘how’ + infinitive  verbs with dual meanings: infinitives vs. gerunds: she stopped to smoke or stopped smoking; remember to buy or remember buying etc. Vocabulary: useful expressions such as ‘to my mind’  ‘in her element’  ‘in the public eye’  ‘it’s no use’ and ‘there’s no point’. Activities: pronunciation of diphthongs  error detection and correction  choose the correct word to fill the gaps  write the correct tense  real life dialogue and film dubbing  and choosing synonymous sentences.

In this lesson students read a written passage of text about the film The Color Purple. The text is followed by questions in a sequential order that elicit students’ skills on active reading. Readers are asked to peruse the passage for the general meaning  particular details and logical inferences. The suggested activities comprise multiple-choice  matching statements with their corresponding sections and vocabulary questions. By practicing active and effective reading students acquire strong cognitive skills such as attention  auditory analysis  sound blending  sound segmenting  memory  processing speed and visualisation.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Unit 5

Aims: to learn and acquire the structures and vocabulary related to the topic through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association  listening comprehension with short  realistic dialogues and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. The vocabulary input focuses on household objects and appliances: dishwasher  clothes hangers  sewing machine; shapes: pyramid  cylinder  cube and materials: bamboo  velvet  pottery.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Unit 6

Aims: to review and consolidate the grammar  structures and vocabulary covered in the whole block through a series of interactive exercises. Activities: listening comprehension and gap-fill  pronunciation practice with the revision of difficult sounds  real life dialogue and film dubbing.

Aims: to review and consolidate the grammar  structures and vocabulary covered in the whole block through a series of interactive exercises. Activities: reading and listening comprehension with true or false  answers  multiple choice listening comprehension  reading and writing practice to choose the appropriate ending  gap-fill reading comprehension and writing practice with a complete the sentences exercise.

Aims: to review and consolidate the grammar  structures and vocabulary covered in the whole block through a series of interactive exercises. Activities: true or false reading and listening comprehension  multiple choice listening comprehension  reading and writing to choose the appropriate ending  reading comprehension and gap-fill and a sentence completion exercise.

In this lesson students read a written passage of text about someone’s experience performing in a theatre. The text is followed by questions in a sequential order that elicit students’ skills on active reading. Readers are asked to peruse the passage for the general meaning  particular details and logical inferences.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Unit 7

A practical immersion in the language  where by the student will live through a real life situation  similar to one they would confront in the language in which they are learning. In this lesson the student will be introduced to new vocabulary  then once the exercise has been completed  they will then have an opportunity to do some practice with this same new vocabulary.

Aims: to learn and acquire the structures and vocabulary related to the topic through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association  listening comprehension with short  realistic dialogues and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Vocabulary: ladder  horseshoe  itchy palm  lucky charm  fountain  congress  hold on to  to pull a lever  to adjust a dial etc as well as describing people and places.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Unit 2

Aims: to assimilate and acquire the structures and vocabulary related to the topic through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association  listening comprehension with short  realistic dialogues and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Vocabulary: to boil  to stir  to pour  materials and fabrics   industry  to manufacture  coal  farm  mining  equality  bachelor and luxury.

Aims: to learn and practice the grammar as well as some more structures and vocabulary through a series of interactive exercises.  Structures and functions: talking about places  industries  customs  passive voice review in all tenses and verbs with ‘being’: can’t stand  like  love  resent  fancy and don’t mind. Vocabulary:  to walk out  generally speaking  to have time to oneself  made by hand  to bring to the boil  to boil  to stir  to add  to leave and to pour. Activities: complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs  association of sentences and words with their corresponding pictures and sentence transformation  listen and repeat  complete the instructions  reading and listening comprehension to find synonyms  sentence transformation from active to passive and listening practice with true or false comprehension questions.

Aims: to review and consolidate the structures and vocabulary seen in the lesson through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions: talking about places  industries and customs  passive voice review in all tenses  verbs with ‘being’: can’t stand  like  love  resent  fancy and don’t mind. Vocabulary: to walk out  generally speaking  to have time to oneself  by hand  to boil  to stir  to add  to leave and to pour. Activities: pronunciation practice with noun formation and the subsequent changes in stress  true or false reading and writing comprehension  choose the correct word to complete the text  association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures  gap-fill listening comprehension  sentence transformation from active to passive  true or false listening practice  real life dialogue and film dubbing exercise as well as choosing synonymous sentences.

In this lesson students practise and test their listening skills  so they must pay attention to the oral information that is heard in two different conversations in a business setting and answer to a series of questions.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Unit 3

Aims: to learn and acquire the structures and vocabulary related to the topic through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association  listening comprehension with short  realistic dialogues and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Vocabulary: tower block  mailman  platter  housing estate  council  to step on  enriched  to fall asleep  windscreen  steering wheel  pedestrian crossing  rear view mirror  horn  engine  truck and metro.

In this lesson students read a written passage of text about the future of cars. The text is followed by questions in a sequential order that elicit students’ skills on active reading. Readers are asked to peruse the passage for the general meaning  particular details and logical inferences.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Unit 4

Aims: to learn and acquire the structures and vocabulary related to the topic through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association  listening comprehension with short  realistic dialogues and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Vocabulary: youngsters  security guard  beg  rational  announce; tourist attractions in London: The Tower of London  Covent Garden  The British Museum; parapsychology:  horoscopes  fortune telling  telepathy  astrology  intuitive  predictions and nightmares.

In this lesson students practise and test their listening skills  so they must pay attention to the oral information that is heard in a TV debate and in a conversation between family members in order to answer to a set of related questions.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.  Unit 5

Aims: to learn and acquire the structures and vocabulary related to the topic through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association  listening comprehension with short  realistic dialogues and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Vocabulary: aspect  anxiety  subdued  bold  symbolize; tones and colours: lilac  turquoise  beige  shade; paintings: watercolour  landscape  portrait  sketch  still life; photography: snaps  close-ups  prints.

Aims: to learn and practice the grammar as well as some more structures and vocabulary through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions: describing pictures  background  to the right or left of  in the bottom left hand corner etc; prepositional clauses  Vocabulary: tones and colours  dark  light  lilac  beige; Paintings: watercolour  landscape  portrait  sketch  still life  abstract. Useful phrases: ‘to come to terms with’  ‘speak volumes’  ‘state of mind’  ‘at first sight’. Activities: student-led listening activity  association of sentences and words with their corresponding pictures and complete the gaps with a word from the list. Pronunciation: listen and repeat   listening comprehension to complete a registration form  multiple choice reading comprehension  reading to find synonyms and antonyms   reading and matching words to definitions  true or false listening comprehension.

Aims: to review and consolidate the structures and vocabulary related to the lesson through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions: describing pictures: background  to the right or left of  in the bottom left hand corner etc.; prepositional clauses. Vocabulary: tones and colours  dark  light  lilac  beige; Paintings: watercolour  landscape  portrait  sketch; useful expressions: ‘to come to terms with’  ‘speak volumes’  ‘state of mind’ and ‘at first sight. Activities: pronunciation practice with a listen and repeat exercise on onomatopoeia  gap-fill reading comprehension  association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures  choose an appropriate ending  true or false reading comprehension  real life dialogue practice with a film dubbing exercise  as well as choosing synonymous sentences.

In this lesson students practise and test their listening skills  so they must pay attention to the oral information that is heard in two different situations (a tour of a museum and a conversation between friends) and answer to a set of related questions.

In the last lesson of this unit  students find a variety of exercises carefully chosen to consolidate and evaluate the language skills acquired in previous lessons.