SCHEME OF WORK- 2011 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE - YEAR 11

CORE TEXTBOOK: NEW HEADWAY UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (Student’s Book)

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS: New Headway Teacher’s Book

New Headway Workbook
New Headway Upper-Intermediate Tests

UNIT LANGUAGE FOCUS VOCABULARY READING LISTENING SPEAKING EVERYDAY ENGLISH WRITING
WEEK 1 & 2 The Tense System – Compound words “A home from “Things I miss from Exchanging Social expressions Applying for a job. A
1. No place like Simple,continuous,perfect lifestyle, home home” – two home” People information about Great to see you! CV and a covering
home p6 Active and passive town, house-proud people describe describe what they people who live Don’t I know you letter p10
Spoken English p13 their experiences of miss when they abroad p10 from somewhere?
Informal language p8 living abroad travel abroad p14 Discussion – the gp15
(jigsaw) p10 pros and cons of
living abroad p11
WEEK 3 & 4 Present Perfect Hot verbs – make, ‘Paradise lost’ – An interview with Information gap and Exclamations Informal letters
2. Been there, He’s been to Vietnam. do make way, do how tourism is Tashi Wheeler roleplay – Tony and Wow! That’s Correcting mistakes
done that! p 16 He’s been staying in damage destroying the about her travels as Maureen Wheeler unbelievable! How p112
hostels. I could do with a object of its a child with her p18 amazing! What a
Simple and Continuous cup of tea. affection p19 parents, who Dreams come true – brilliant idea! What
He works for IBM. He made up the founded the Lonely things to do before rubbish! p25
I’m working with Jim. P17 whole story p23 Planet guides p24 you die p22
Spoken English
Being imprecise
and stull like that
sort of
Fillers
I mean like four in the
morning p24
WEEK 5 & 6 Narrative tenses Books and films Chapter one of The The money jigsaw – Retelling a news Showing interest Narrative writing 1
3. What a story! Past Simple, Past It’s a thriller set in Blind Assassin, a a news item from story and surprise. Using adverbs in
P26 Continuous,Past Perfect, New York. novel by Margaret the BBC’s Radio 4 Responding to a Echo questions narratives
Active and Passive p26 Had it been made Atwood p30 Today programme news story pg28 A new boyfriend? I used to go skiing
Spoken English into a film? p32 Talking about your Reply questions frequently in winter
Did you read that story It stars Harrison favourite book or ‘He lives in a castle.’ p113
about…? You’re kidding! Ford p29 film p29 ‘Does he?’ p33
I don’t get it. p28
The use of like
It was like really out of
the ordinary p32
Stop and check 1 Teacher’s Book p147
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WEEK 7 & 8 Questions and negatives Prefixes Diana and Elvis shot ‘My most Discussion – good Being polite Linking ideas
4. Nothing but the Who gave you that ? Disbelief, incredible, JFK! – three of the memorable lie!’- and bad lies p37 I’m sorry to bother Conjunction
truth P34 Haven’t I told you before? improbable world most popular people confess to Exchanging you. whenever, so that,
Who with? Antonyms in context conspiracy theories untruths p37 information about Could you possibly even though p114
I don’t think you’re right. Successful/failure/ (jigsaw) p38 conspiracy theories change a ten-pound
I hope not. P35 generous/meanness p38 note? P43
Spoken English p42
The question How come?
How come you don’t eat
meat? p36
WEEK 9 & 10 Future Forms Hot verbs – take, ‘Nobody listens to Arranging to meet – Future possibilities Telephone conver- Writing emails
5 An eye to the will, going to, shall put take years to do us’ – a group of three friends decide in your life p47 sations Emailing friends
future p44 Is staying sth young adults are a time and a place Exchanging Beginning a call Sorry, can’t make
Leaves put pressure on sb canvassed for their to get together information about Ending a call next Sat. p115
will be doing Take your time. opinions on social (jigsaw) p52 people arranging to Roleplay p53
will have done p45 The shop takes on issues and their meet p52
Spoken English extra staff. ambitions p48
The word thin Put your cigarette
How are things? out. P51
The thing is…. P49
WEEK 11 & 12 Expressions of quantity Words with variable A profile of two Radio A lifestyle survey Business A consumer survey
6. Making it big p54 a few, a little, plenty of, stress famous brands – advertisements – p56 expressions Report writing
hardly any p55 export and ex’port Starbucks and Apple what’s the product? Writing in advert Bear with me. FAO: The Managing
Spoken English re’fuse and refuse Macintosh (jigsaw) What’s the selling p57 I’ll email the Director p116
Informal expressions of p60 p58 point? P57 Exchanging information as an
quantity information about attachment.
loads of, masses of p56 famous brands p58 Numbers, fractions,
A business maze – decimals, dates,
opening a time, phone
restaurant p60 numbers, sports
scores p61
Stop and check 2 Teacher’s Book p150
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WEEK 13 & 14 Modals and related verbs Hot verb – get ‘Meet the Kippers’- Getting married – The pros and cons Exaggeration and Arguing your case
7. Getting on 1 We get on well. an article about an Indian lady talks of arranged understatement For and against
together p62 able to, manage to, get angry, get in grown-up children about her arranged marriage p65 I’m crazy about you! first of all…., not
bound to, supposed to, touch, get out of who won’t leave marriage p65 Discussion – when I’m rather fond of only….. but also
allowed to p62 doing the washing- home p66 should young you p69 p118
Spoken English up p68 people leave home?
Declarative questions P66
Your father arranged
your marriage?
Questions expressing
surprise
You paid how much? P65
WEEK 15 & 16 Relative clauses Adverb collocations Çhukotka, the Extreme expe- Making descriptions The world around – Describing places
8. Going to that, who, what, whose, Adverbs and coldest place on riences – people longer p72 High Street shops My favourite part of
extremes p70 which p70 adjectives earth’- an article describe their Talking about your and signs town
Participles very cold, absolutely about a remote experiences in experiences of Building Society, DIY I’m a Londoner, and
the woman standing next freezing, quite nice territory of Russia extreme weather extreme weather Superstore p77 proud of it. P119
to him p76 p74 conditions p73 p73
a game played by four
people p71
Spoken English
Adding a comment with
which
I bought an umbrella,
which was just as well
p73
WEEK 17,18 & 19 Expressing habit Homonyms ‘Friends past’- an A teacher I’ll never Discussion – a Making your point Writing for talking
9. Forever friends She’s always borrowing fine, match, book article about the forget – people teacher I’ll never The point I’m trying What I want to talk
p78 my clothes. Homophones longest – running, describe a teacher forget p81 to make is ….. about is…… p120
She’ll spend hours staring /weә/ - where or most successful who made a lasting Discussion – your If you want my
into space. wear? sitcom Friends p82 impression on them favourite TV opinion p85
My dad would read me a /neʊz/ - knows or p81 programmes p82
story. nose? P84
He used to work hard, but
now he’s retired p78
be used to doing
He’s a builder. He’s used
to working hard. P78
Spoken English
Intensifying compounds
scared stiff, dead easy
p81
Stop and check 3 Teacher’s Book p152
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WEEK 20,21 & 22 Modal auxiliary verbs 2
10. Risking life and could have been
limb might have done
shouldn’t have gone
needn’t have bought p87
Spoken English
Expressions with modal
verbs
You might as well.
I couldn’t help it. P89
WEEK 23,24 & 25 Hypothesizing
11. In your dreams I wish I knew the answer.
p94 I’d rather they hadn’t
come.
If only I’d told the truth!
P95
Spoken English
Expressions with if
If all goes well…
If the worst comes to the
worst p96
WEEK 26,27 & 28 Articles
12. It’s never too a/an, the, one, zero article
late Determiners
each, every, no, none,
both, either p103
Spoken English
Demonstratives and
determiners
What’s that song?
Every little helps. P104
Stop and check 4 Teacher’s Book p155
VOCABULARY READING LISTENING SPEAKING EVERYDAY ENGLISH WRITING
Synonyms ‘How the West was Hilaire Belloc’s The murder game – Metaphors and Formal and informal
The story of Jim and won’- the story of Cautionary Tales for one man drops idioms – the body letters and emails –
the lion settlers in children – Jim, who dead in a country big-headed Do’s and don’ts
buddies/friends nineteenth-century ran away from his house: a whodunit on its last legs Hi Amber! How are
delicious/tasty p92 American p90 nurse and was game p89 finding my feet things with you?
eaten by a lion. P92 Talking about p93 P121
children’s stories
p92
Word pairs ‘Have you ever The interpretation Practising a Moans and groans Narrative writing 2
ups and downs wondered?’- the of dreams – Paul’s conversation p97 I’m fed up with…..! Linking words and
pro and cons answers to some amazing dream Describing your What a pain! expressions
ifs or buts important questions p100 dreams p100 It drives me mad! As soon as,
slowly but surely in life p97 p101 Eventually, By this
p97 time, Finally p122
Hot words – life and You’re never too Happy days – Discussion – the Linking and Adding emphasis in
time old- A life in the day people talk about different ages of commenting writing
get a life, kill time, of Mary Hobson, what makes them life, and their pros Personally, Anyway, People of influence-
dead on time p108 who gained her PhD happy and unhappy and cons p105 Hopefully Michelangelo:
aged 74 p106 p105 p109 sculptor, architect,
A song – That’s life painter, and poet
p108 p123