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Language Skills Language Skills

1 RELATIONSHIPS 4 ADVERTISING
Topic Talk Vocabulary network: Relationships Listening: Three interviews about relationships Topic Talk Vocabulary network: Advertising Listening: Three adverts
(p. 5) Pronunciation: Word stress in compound words Speaking: Talk about the relationships in your life (p. 35) Pronunciation: Homophonic unstressed Speaking: Express opinions on advertising
function words
1 Alone Together Word Builder: Multi-part verbs (1) Reading: Article about social media (Skills Builder: Mapping a
(pp. 67) Sentence Builder: Results linkers (1): so/such writers argument) 13 Advertising Tricks Grammar: The Passive Reading: Article about advertising to children and teenagers
that Speaking: Discuss social media (pp. 3637) Grammar Alive: Giving product information

2 Love Research Grammar: Present and past tenses Reading: Advice column 14 Buy It! Word Builder: Word pairs Reading: Two adverts (Skills Builder: Evaluating
(pp. 89) Grammar Alive: Personal information Listening: Dialogue about relationships (pp. 3839) Sentence Builder: need advertisements) (Matching, Multiple choice)
Speaking: Talk about a product
3 Changing Families Talk Builder: A presentation describing trends Listening: Radio interview about trends in British family life
(pp. 1011) Pronunciation: Figures and statistics (Skills Builder: Multiple choice)(Multiple choice) 15 Online Ads Sentence Builder: Preferences Listening: Three dialogues about online advertising (Skills
DVD Choice: Sit-com (pp. 4041) Talk Builder: Leaving out words Builder: Identifying speakers opinions) (Matching)
Speaking Workshop: Make a presentation about Pronunciation: Short expressions Speaking Workshop: Role-play a situation in a repair shop
trends (Skills Builder: Giving presentations; Preparing (Skills Builder: Using the right language)
presentations) 16 Youre Worth It! Grammar: Nouns Reading: Article about a famous advertising slogan
4 Modern Parents (p.12) Grammar: Quantity Reading: Article about modern parenting (p. 42)
Writing Workshop 4 Text Builder: Organisation; Formal style Reading/Writing: A letter of complaint (Skills Builder:
Writing Workshop 1 Text Builder: Organisation; Informal style, Reading/Writing: An informal email with personal (p. 43) Sentence Builder: Emphasis (2) Identifying formal style)
(p. 13) Linkers: in fact, actually, by the way, etc information (Skills Builder: Identifying informal style)

Language Review (p. 14) Revision: (Gap fill) Self Assessment Language Review (p. 44) Revision: (Gap fill, Sentence transformation) Self Assessment
2 CAMPAIGNS Culture Choice 2 Story: The Pelican Brief by John Grisham Project: A book blurb
(pp. 108109)
Topic Talk Vocabulary network: Big issues Listening: Discussion about big issues
(p. 15) Pronunciation: Word boundaries and Speaking: Talk about issues you care about 5 WELL-BEING
elision
Topic Talk Vocabulary network: Health Listening: Monologue about someones health
5 Kindness Grammar: Talking about the past; Past Perfect Reading: Website about the Random Acts of Kindness (p. 45) Pronunciation: Medical words Speaking: Talk about your health
(pp. 1617) Continuous campaign
17 Speed Limits Word Builder: Compounds Reading: Popular science article about athletes (Skills
Grammar Alive: Telling stories Listening: An anecdote
(pp. 4647 Sentence Builder: Comparatives Builder: Working out the meaning of words) (T/F)
6 Resistance Word Builder: Multi-part verbs (2) Reading: Extracts from a book about teenage protesters Speaking: Do a survey about health and report the results
(pp. 1819) Sentence Builder: as (Skills Builder: Identifying writers opinions) (T/F/No
18 Time and Us Grammar: Future Reading: Two descriptions of people and a psychologists
information)
(pp. 4849) Grammar Alive: Planning analysis of them
Speaking: Tell the story of a resistance movement
19 World health Talk Builder: Justifying opinions Listening: A talk about world health (Gap-fill, Multiple choice)
7 Animal Rights Sentence Builder: Emphasis (1) Listening: Radio programme about animal rights) (Skills
(pp. 5051) Pronunciation: Emphatic stress DVD Choice: [to follow]
(pp. 20-21) Talk Builder: Discussions: opinions and reactions Builder: Identifying facts and opinions)(Matching)
Speaking Workshop: Discuss health and lifestyles (Skills
Pronunciation: Emphatic stress Speaking Workshop: Discuss animal rights (Skills Builder:
Builder: Justifying opinions; Discussion strategies)
Having discussions; Preparing for a discussion)
20 Community Spirit Grammar: Time reference in the past Reading: Article about the Roseto effect
8 Natural Beauty Grammar: Linking prepositions Reading: Article about a campaign related to body image
(p. 52)
(p. 22)
Writing Workshop 5 Text Builder: Organisation; Linkers of Reading/Writing: An opinion essay
Writing Workshop 2 Text Builder: Organisation; Linkers Reading/Writing: A for and against essay (Skills Builder:
(p. 53) contrast, reason and addition
(p. 23) Identifying facts and opinions)
Language Review (p. 24) Revision: (Gap fill, Sentence transformation) Self Assessment Language Review Revision: (Gap fill) Self Assessment
(p. 54)
Culture Choice 1 Listening: A talk about the civil rights movement in the USA Project: A civil rights campaign in your country
6 GENIUS
(pp. 102103) Poem: Will V-Day Be Me-Day Too? by James Langston Hughes
Topic Talk Vocabulary network: Describing people Listening: Four descriptions of people
3 THE MEDIA (p. 55) Pronunciation: The schwa sound Speaking: Describe a person you know well
Topic Talk Vocabulary network: Media use Listening: Four broadcasts; a monologue about media use 21 Darwin Grammar: Reference Reading: Article about the life and work of Darwin
(p. 25) Pronunciation: Homophones Speaking: Talk about your media use (pp. 5657) Grammar Alive: Talking about more than one
person
9 Breaking news Word Builder: Idiomatic language (1) Reading: Three reports of an event in different media
(pp. 2627) Sentence Builder: used to (Skills Builder: Evaluating the reliability of news reports) 22 Good and Evil Word Builder: Word families Reading: Extract from a story (Skills Builder: Analysing
(Matching, Gap-fill) (pp. 5859 Sentence Builder: by/for + -ing characters) (Multiple choice)
Speaking: Report an event Speaking: Describe a character from a film, comic or book
10 24/7 News Grammar: Verb patterns (infinitive or -ing form) Reading: Blog about information overload 23 Great Musicians Sentence Builder: Emphasis (3) Listening: An interview about the lives of concert pianists
(pp. 2829) Grammar Alive: Telling people what to do Listening: Five short dialogues (pp. 6061) Talk Builder: Clarifying (Skills Builder: Making notes) (Matching)
Speaking Workshop: Role-play an interview of a famous
11 Spoofs Talk Builder: Describing scenes Listening: Radio play (Skills Builder: Working out the
musician (Skills Builder: Clarifying; Correcting yourself)
(pp. 3031) Pronunciation: Intonation in reactions meaning of words from context)
(Role-play)
DVD Choice: Mockumentary
Speaking Workshop: Describe a scene 24 Success Grammar: Uncertainty Reading: Synopsis of a book about factors contributing to
(Skills Builder: Describing scenes) (p. 62) success
12 Bad Science Grammar: Negation (negative sentences) Reading: Article about the reporting of science in the media Writing Workshop 6 Text Builder: Organisation Reading/Writing: A description of a person
(p. 32) Sentence Builder: hardly (p. 63)

Writing Workshop 3 Text Builder: Organisation Reading/Writing: A TV show review Language Review (p. 64) Revision: (Gap fill) Self Assessment
(p. 33) Sentence Builder: Results linkers (2) Culture Choice 3 Play: Hamlet by William Shakespeare Project: A scene from a play or film
(pp. 110111)
Language Review (p. 34) Revision: (Gap fill, Sentence transformation) Self Assessment
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7 COMMUNITIES 36 Decisions Grammar: Infinitives Reading: Article about decision-making
Topic Talk Vocabulary network: Communities Listening: Descriptions of three communities (p. 92)
(p. 65) Pronunciation: Shifting word stress (1) Speaking: Describe your local community Writing Workshop 9 Text Builder: Organisation; Linking words Reading/Writing: A report about jobs or courses
25 Tribe Word Builder: Multi-part verbs (3) Reading: Extract from a travel book (Skills Builder: (p. 93)
(pp. 6667) Sentence Builder: Verbs of perception + Understanding the context) (Multiple choice) Language Review (p. 94 Revision: (Gap fill, Sentence transformation) Self Assessment
infinitive/-ing form Speaking: Describe an event
26 Matriarchy Grammar: Conditionals Reading: Article about an alternative past 10 DESIGN
(pp. 6869) Grammar Alive: Hypothesising
Topic Talk Vocabulary network: Style Listening: Dialogue about style
27 Bikers Talk Builder: Making arrangements Listening: Interviews with five bikers (Skills Builder: (p. 95) Pronunciation: Word boundaries Speaking: Talk about your style
(pp. 7071) Identifying informal style) (Matching)
37 Design Icons Grammar: Regrets Reading: Blog about iconic objects
DVD Choice: [to follow]
(p. 9697) Grammar Alive: Expressing regrets
Speaking Workshop: Make arrangements for a group
outing (Skills Builder: Making arrangements; Evaluating 38 Smart Vehicles Word Builder: Prefixes Reading: Review of an electric vehicle (Skills Builder:
plans) (pp. 9899) Sentence Builder: Even Matching) (Gap fill)
28 Empathy Grammar: It and There Reading: Popular science article about empathy in animals Speaking: Talk about a car
(p. 72) 39 Glitches Sentence Builder: Its time Listening: Documentary about technical hitches (Skills
Writing Workshop 7 Text Builder: Organisation Reading/Writing: A story about an embarrassing (pp. 100101) Talk Builder: Problem solving Builder: Understanding the organisation of information)
(p. 73) Sentence Builder: Sequence linking experience (Multiple choice)
Speaking Workshop: Role-play solving a problem (Skills
Language Review (p. 74) Revision: (Gap fill) Self Assessment Builder: Problem solving) (Matching, Role-play)

8 LANDMARKS 40 The Dress Grammar: Modality Reading: Article about an iconic piece of clothing
(p. 102)
Topic Talk Vocabulary network: Landscape Listening: Description of landscapes and landmarks
(p. 75) Pronunciation: Emphatic stress Speaking: Describe landscapes and landmarks in your Writing Workshop 10 Text Builder: Organisation; Linkers of result, Reading/Writing: A letter of enquiry
country (p. 103) purpose and reason
29 Volcanoes Grammar: Relative clauses Reading: Travel magazine article about volcanoes Language Review (p. 104) Revision: (Gap fill, Sentence transformation) Self Assessment
(pp. 7677) Sentence Builder: Sentential relatives
Grammar Alive: Adding comments Culture Choice 5 Story: The Devil Wears Prada by Project: A survey about fashion
(pp. 114115) Lauren Weisberger
30 Without Us Word Builder: Noun endings Reading: Chapter summary from a book about the world
(pp. 7879) Sentence Builder: Conditionals without humans (Skills Builder: Applying information from
a text) (Matching, T/F/No information) Irregular Verb List (p. 105)
Speaking: Talk about a famous landmark Skills Builders: Listening (pp. 116000) Reading (pp. 000000) Writing (pp. 000000) Speaking (pp. 000000)
31 Bridges Sentence Builder: Expressions + infinitive/-ing Listening: Description of a tourist attraction (Skills Student A/B Activities (pp. 128129) Word List (pp. 130136)
(pp. 8081) form Builder: Listening actively) (Matching, T/F/No information)
Talk Builder: Tourist advice Speaking Workshop: Role-play a dialogue in a tourist
information office (Skills Builder: Tourist advice) (Role-
play)
32 The Pantheon Grammar: Nominal relatives Reading: Description of a tourist attraction
(p. 82)
Writing Workshop 8 Text Builder: Organisation; Adjectives Reading/Writing: A description of a place
(p. 83)
Language Review (p. 84) Revision: (Gap fill, Sentence transformation) Self Assessment

Culture Choice 4 Poems: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Project: A description of a region
(pp. 112113) by Robert Frost and A Winter Ride by Amy Lowell

9 BUSINESS
Topic Talk Vocabulary network: Business and work Listening: A local radio business report; A monologue
(p. 85) Pronunciation: Shifting word stress (2) about business and work
Speaking: Talk about companies you like and dislike, your
work experience and your ambitions
33 Entrepreneurs Word Builder: Idiomatic language (2) Reading: Profiles of two entrepreneurs (Skills Builder:
(pp. 8687) Sentence Builder: Reference Asking questions before reading) (Multiple choice)
Speaking: Discuss entrepreneurial qualities and business
opportunities
34 Work Experience Grammar: Reporting Reading: Website about work experience
(pp. 8889) Grammar Alive: Impersonal reporting
35 Business Ideas Vocabulary network: Business Listening: Radio phone-in programme about starting a
(pp. 9091) Talk Builder: Convincing someone business (Skills Builder: Identifying the context) (Gap fill)
DVD Choice: [to follow]
Speaking Workshop: Role-play selling a product (Skills
Builder: Convincing someone; Playing for time) (Role-play)

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