- Duration: 10 weeks
Categories: English Language
Track 1: Speaking phase outline (Let’s Talk 1)
Week | Unit | Pages | Speaking | Vocabulary | Grammar |
1 | Unit 1: Communicating in English | 4 -7 | Introducing yourself and others | Addresses, ages, nationalities, occupations, marital status | Verb to be, simple present
Present continuous Pages 94- 95 |
2 | Unit 2: All kinds of people | 8 – 11 | Describing personal appearance; describing personality characteristics | Adjectives to describe personality and appearance; | Descriptions using be and have
Pages 96- 97 |
3 | Unit 3: Free time | 12 -15 | Talking about hobbies, discussing extreme sports | Hobbies and sports | To+ verb
Verb +ing 98-99 |
4 | Unit 4: People | 16 -19 | Talking about families; discussing living arrangements; describing a good friend | Family members;
Characteristics of family arrangements and friends |
Subject pronouns and possessive adjectives
100-101 |
5 | Unit 5: Money | 22- 25 | Talking about shopping habits and preferences;
Giving compliments; Suggesting gifts; discussing spending habits and attitudes At the mall |
Places to shop; clothing; phrases for shopping; words for sizes and preferences; ways to save money; gifts | Present continuous
102-103 |
6 | Unit 6: Travel and Tourism | 26 -29 | Describing past trips; taking a vacation survey; discussing famous places
At the airport |
Adjectives to describe trips; vacation activities; famous places; things to take on vacation; words at the airport | Simple past and past to be
104-105 |
7 | Unit 7: Food and drink | 30 -33 | Talking about food; describing eating habits; planning a meal; describing traditional meals and unusual foods
At the restaurant |
Foods and drinks; adjectives to describe food; places to eat | Present perfect
106-107 |
8 | Unit 8: Entertainment | 34 – 37 | Discussing movies and TV shows; taking a TV survey; planning a TV schedule
At the movies |
Types of movies and TV shows; adjectives to describe movies and TV shows | Future with be going to
108-109 |
9 | Unit 9: Health | 40 -43 | Discussing healthy lifestyles; discussing health and sleep
At the clinic
|
Adjectives to describe a healthy lifestyle; healthy activities; phrases to describe sleep habits | Adverbs of frequency
110-111 |
10 | Unit 10: Self – improvement | 44 – 47 | Talking about ways to remember things; discussing problems and | Ways to remember things; things people forget; problems and advice | Imperatives
112-113 |
11 | Unit 11: In the city | 48 – 51 | Asking for and giving directions; talking about cities; recommending places; planning a fun day out
At the hotel |
Prepositions of place and directions; characteristics of cities; places to visit; At the hotel | Asking for and giving directions
114-115 |
12 | Unit 12: Customs | 52 – 55 | Talking about ways people celebrate holidays; discussing and giving advice about manners; comparing customs | Holidays; ways to celebrate holidays; expressions about manners and customs | Would for imaginary situations
116-117 |
13 | Unit 13: Famous people | 58 – 61 | Talking about celebrities; discussing famous people from the past; role models | Types of famous people; words and expressions to describe celebrities and famous people | Would like/ love hate …
118-119 |
14 | Unit 14: Home, sweet home | 62 – 65 | Talking about typical and unusual homes; describing things in a home | Furniture and things in home; types of homes; characteristics of homes | Quantifiers
120-121 |
15 | Unit 15: Then and now | 66 -69 | Talking about games; sharing childhood memories; talking about fads; discussing what’s in and out of style | Games; types of fads; toys; hairstyles and fashions | Simple past and past continuous
122-123 |
16 | Unit 16: The future | 70 – 71 | Talking about past achievements and regrets; talking about hopes and dreams; making predictions; describing the perfect future city | Expressions about achievements and regrets; expressions to describe predictions | Future with will
124-125 |