Scope and Sequence

LESSON A LESSON B

UNIT VOCABULARY LISTENING LANGUAGE FOCUS SPEAKING

Stress Leading a Function Ways to relax

collocations stress-free life Talking about
Dr. Trudi Edginton, jobs and stress
psychologist Grammar
Gerunds and

1 Embrace Stress! infinitive

Influences Movies and Function Ranking

career choices Talking about movies
Mamta Nagaraja, media and
aerospace inspirations
engineer Grammar

2 Media Influences Relative clauses

Goals and International Function Talking about

ambitions development Talking about change expenses
Linda Steinbock, Grammar
aid worker Present perfect
and present perfect

3 Development progressive

PRESENTATION 1  Talking about a fictiona character who inspires you

Collocations Lying in a job Function Speculating

with truth and interview Speculating about real
lie Erin Wong, about the truth and fake
recruiter photographs
Grammar
Modals of deduction

4 Secrets and Lies and speculation

Describing Facing Function Talking about

challenges and challenges Describing yesterday’s
successes Nadia Ruiz, accomplishments activities
marathon runner Grammar
Past perfect and past

5 To the Edge perfect progressive

Money Crowdfunding Function Planning a

collocations Shree Bose, Using phrasal verbs budget
entrepreneur Grammar
Phrasal verbs

6 Money Matters
PRESENTATION 2  Talking about your most significan achievement

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READING TED TALK PRESENTATION SKILLS COMMUNICATE WRITING

The stressed-out HOW TO MAKE Involving the audience Dealing with stress Writing a letter
generation STRESS YOUR giving advice
FRIEND
Kelly McGonigal

Are superheroes HOW MOVIES Knowing your audience Assessing movies Writing a
good role models? TEACH MANHOOD movie review
Colin Stokes

The economics of GLOBAL Using props The distribution of Writing about

happiness POPULATION wealth how wealth is
GROWTH, BOX BY distributed in
BOX your country

Hans Rosling

Lies we need to tell HOW TO SPOT A Beginning with a strong The lying game Expressing
LIAR statement an opinion on
lying
Pamela Meyer

Magic man HOW I HELD MY Explaining technical words Talking about big Comparing
BREATH FOR 17 achievements people’s
MINUTES achievements

David Blaine

Giving something WHY GIVING AWAY Being authentic Convincing people to Writing about
back OUR WEALTH HAS give to your project a charitable
BEEN THE MOST or charity project
SATISFYING THING
WE’VE DONE
Bill and Melinda Gates

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 Scope and Sequence
LESSON A LESSON B

UNIT VOCABULARY LISTENING LANGUAGE FOCUS SPEAKING

The language of Drug discovery Function Talking

discovery and development Making predictions about future
Dr. Michael Hanley, Grammar technology
biotech executive Modals of probability

7 Medical Frontiers
Describing Comparing Function When will
milestones in life generations Talking about you …?
Dr. Laurence milestones
Steinberg, Grammar
psychologist Future perfect
and future perfect
8 Life Decisions progressive

What can Robobees Function Discussing

robots do? Robert Wood, Talking about the impact of
roboticist conditions driverless cars

Grammar
First conditional and
9 Technology and
Innovation second conditional

PRESENTATION 3  Stating your position on a controversial topic and explaining your reasons

Collocations Mediation Function A survey

with listen David Walker, Reporting what
mediator someone said
Grammar
Reported speech

10 Connections
Slowing down Living in the Function A multitasking
present Talking about quantity test
Carl Honoré, Grammar
author Articles and
quantifier

11 Life in the Slow Lane

Voicing an The Challenger Function A moral
opinion disaster Talking about the dilemma
imaginary past
Grammar
Third conditional and

12 Make Yourself Heard mixed conditionals

PRESENTATION 4  Talking about a vacation to slow down and enjoy nature

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READING TED TALK PRESENTATION SKILLS COMMUNICATE WRITING

Just press “print” THE SORE Body movement and Pitching an invention Writing a letter
PROBLEM OF gestures to a potential
PROSTHETIC investor
LIMBS
David Sengeh

The defining WHY 30 IS NOT THE Using a case study Giving advice Writing an
decade NEW 20 advice column
Meg Jay

Drones are here to ROBOTS THAT Referring to visuals Debating Writing

stay FLY … AND about the
COOPERATE applications
of drone
Vijay Kumar technology

The lost art of FIVE WAYS TO Using acronyms to How good are your Summarizing
listening? LISTEN BETTER summarize listening skills? the results of a
survey
Julian Treasure

Your brain on CLOUDY WITH A Being enthusiastic Slow movement Writing an

nature CHANCE OF JOY organizations advertisement
for an
Gavin Pretor-Pinney
organization

Whistleblowers DARE TO Using pauses A company meeting Writing an

DISAGREE email to a
company CEO
Margaret Heffernan

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