You can use the unit-by-unit wordlists to review vocabulary from a previous unit or to prepare students for a unit

they will study next. The suggestions are divided into QUICK AND EASY or CHALLENGING .Get all the wordlists from our wordlists page . Give your students a quick test on ten key words from the wordlist of a previous unit before each lesson. This could be done orally, asking for the words in their own language, or on the board as a matching exercise with the definitions in English. QUICK AND EASY Get students to write five sentences with five key words from the wordlist of a previous unit. This should show they understand more than just the definition of the word. CHALLENGING Get students to work in small groups and prepare a vocabulary quiz for another group on ten to fifteen key words from the wordlist for a previous unit. Questions can consist of asking for definitions, opposites, other words in the same word family, etc. CHALLENGING Get students to work in pairs and make a gapfill or multiple-choice exercise using ten key words from the wordlist for a previous unit, and give it to another pair to complete. CHALLENGING Get students to play an eliciting game. Tell them to write ten key words from the wordlist for a previous unit on separate pieces of paper, then take one at a time and give their partner clues to help guess the word. QUICK AND EASY Get students to organize words from a wordlist into groups using some of the methods they have studied in the Students Book and Teachers Book Resource Files, e.g. in the Intermediate new edition, Unit 1 and Resource File 12.2. CHALLENGING Give students the wordlist for the unit they will study next and get them to prioritize a list of ten key words. Then get them to compare and explain their choices in small groups in their own language. QUICK AND EASY Give students fifteen key words from the wordlist for a unit they will study next and ask them to translate the words into their own language. Then get students to compare their translations with how the word is actually used in the unit itself. QUICK AND EASY Make anagrams out of ten key words from the wordlist of a unit students will study next and get them to rearrange the letters to find the words. (This is particularly useful for students with spelling difficulties.) QUICK AND EASY Write on the board the phonemic script for ten key words from a unit students will study next and get them to guess or write down the correct spelling. (This is particularly useful for students with pronunciation and/or spelling difficulties.) CHALLENGING [top]

How to use International Express listening scripts

Its best to use the listening scripts from the Focus on communication (Elementary) or Focus on functions (Pre Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate) sections of the Students Books because these have shorter dialogues and dont depend on knowing the vocabulary or topic of a particular unit. Get all the listening scripts from our listening scripts page . Turn a dialogue into written gapfill exercises by deleting certain words, phrases, or key structures you want students to practise. Dont forget to leave a gap for them to fill in whats missing!

Jumble the order of the sentences in a short dialogue. Then get students to put them in the correct order. Get two students to rephrase the sentences in a short dialogue without changing the message or level of formality. Get students to rephrase the dialogue, but this time they do change the level of formality. (Obviously more difficult.) Give different roles from a short dialogue to different students and ask them to learn and perform it in front of other small groups. For weaker students, give them a script consisting of the first word s of each sentence.

Play individual sentences and get students to count the exact number of words. This gives intensive listening practice and is particularly helpful for recognizing the features of connected speech.