Week One: Personal Information
Objectives
- Grammar: verbs & gerunds
- Speaking: enunciation & confidence
- Listening: predicting content
- Reading: previewing
- Writing: writing an email
- Unit Task: describing a friend
Week Two: School
Objectives
- Grammar: present perfect with since & for
- Speaking: question intonation
- Listening: predicting content
- Reading: previeiwing
- Writing: writing a travel blog
- Unit Task: asking about experiences
Week Three: Friends & Family
Objectives
- Grammar: because of phrases & because clauses
- Speaking:
- Listening: listening for details
- Reading: asking & answering questions
- Writing: writing a complaint email
- Unit Task: making a complaint
Week Four: Around Town
Objectives
- Grammar: verbs + infinitives
- Speaking: word stress
- Listening: listening for the gist
- Reading: asking & answering questions
- Writing: topic sentences
- Unit Task: discussing future plans
Week Five: Work
Objectives
- Grammar: present perfect continuous
- Speaking: "th" sounds
- Listening: listening for the gist
- Reading: summarizing
- Writing: cover letter
- Unit Task: job interviews
Week Six: Daily Life
Objectives
- Grammar: past continuous vs past simple
- Speaking:
- Listening: inferring meaning
- Reading: review
- Writing: review
- Unit Task: describing past events