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SYLLABUS

CONTENTS
WEEK UNIT
PURPOSE VOCABULARY LISTENING & SPEAKING READING WRITING

Textbooks (1) (1) Sentences about you

Talking about now and future
plans
EDUCATION
1 Giving information and
Presenting information
instruction or advice
and, but, because
Presentations (1)
Recognizing text types Planning and writing sentences with personal
Understanding a short presentation and
Understanding information in information
taking notes
Vocabulary-building: Verbs and a textbook Sentences (1): Writing personal information
Giving a short presentation about
nouns Taking notes from a text (2) A personal statement
yourself and your plans
Collocation: Verb + noun Present simple and Analysing a personal statement
Present simple: Talking about now
imperative: Giving Writing a personal statement using linking
Present simple + to infinitive: Talking
information and instructions language
about future plans
or advice Linking language (1): and, but, because

(1) Descriptive sentences

Sequencing and adding
information
INFORMATION
2 Understanding a noun phrase
Describing features
Adjectives in noun phrases
in addition, also, so, or
Textbooks (2)
Presentations (2) Writing descriptive sentences using noun
Understanding the purpose of
Understanding the introduction to a phrases
a text
Websites presentation Noun phrases (2): Adjectives in noun phrases
Recognizing important
Noun suffixes Noticing the language of presentation (2) A descriptive paragraph
information in a text and
Vocabulary-building: Antonyms about a website Analysing a descriptive paragraph
taking notes
Linking language (2): Sequencing and Writing a descriptive paragraph using linking
Noun phrases (1):
adding information language
Understanding a noun phrase
Linking language (3): in addition, also, so, or

Textbooks (3) (1) Comparision sentences

Understanding the parts of a Writing sentences about similarity and
Lectures (1) text difference
Making notes on the main content of a Reading for similarities and Comparison (3): Expressing similarities and
LOCATION Comparative and superlative Location and business
lecture differences in a text differences
3 Comparing and adjectives Compound nouns
Presenting and comparing cities Linking language (4): (2) A comparison paragraph
constrasting Similarity and difference Identifying word forms
Comparison (1): Comparative adjectives Comparing and contrasting Analysing a comparison paragraph
Comparison (2): Superlative adjectives ideas Introducing, comparing and contrasting, and
Word forms: similar / concluding
different Sentences (2): Writing about comparison

Textbook (4)
Using a graph to understand a
(1) Sentences about data
Presentations (3) text
Simplifying numbers and reporting data
PRODUCTION Data: Numbers, fractions, and Nationality suffixes Understanding charts and data Using numbers to focus on
Data (2): Simplifying numerical information
4 Describing numbers and quantifiers Identifying collocations Presenting data with charts meaning
(2) A description of a chart
charts Talking about events in the past Presentations with charts Data (1): Saying numbers exactly and Understanding the history of a
Analysing a description of a chart
appromimately company
Planning and writing a description of a chart
Past simple: Talking about
events in the past

Textbooks (5) (1) Definition sentences

Identifying the main purpose Writing clear definitions using prepositional
Lecture (2) of a text phrases
Word order: Adjectives Identifying the main points of a lecture Understanding academic Defining (3): Writing definitions
DESIGN Definitions, explanations, and Vocabulary-building: Verbs and Taking notes with a mind map terms (2) A definition paragraph
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Defining and explaining examples nouns Defining and explaining terms Taking notes on definitions in Analysing a definition paragraph
Prepositions Defining (1): Definitions, explanations, a text Structuring a definition paragraph using
and examples Defining (2): Identifying linking language
definitions, explanations, and Linking language (5): Structuring definitions
examples and explanations / examples

Present progessive, present
CHANGE
simple, past simple, will
6 Describing changes and
Prepositional phrases
trends
Adverbs and adjectives
Lecture (3)
Reading to prepare for a lecture
Vocabulary-building: Word forms
Listening for the language of trends
Trends
Talking about your country's economy
Economic terms
Changes and trends (1): Present
progresstive, present simple
Textbook (6)
(1) Sentences about trends
Understanding the main trend
Writing sentences about trends using adverbs
in a graph
Describing trends (1): Adverbs
Understanding changes and
(2) A description of a graph
trends described in a text
Analysing a description of a graph
Time, place, and quantity:
Describing trends in a graph using adverbs and
Prepositional phrases
adjectives
Changes and trends (2): Past
Describing trends (2): Adjectives and adverbs
and present tenses, will

(1) Sentences about processes

Writing passive sentences about steps in a
Seminars (1) Textbooks (7)
process
Reading to prepare for a seminar Understanding factual
Writing an evaluative sentence
Giving and supporting opinions, Understanding facts and opinions in a information in a text
RESOURCES Present simple passive (2): Describing a
agreeing / disagreeing Resources seminar Noticing features of text types
7 Understanding fact and process
Describing facts and processes Vocabulary-building: Adjectives Discussing an issue Distinguishing between fact
opinion (2) A description of a process
Describing steps in a process Expressing opinions: Giving and and opinion
Analying a description of a process
supporting opinions, agreeing / Present simple passive (1):
Describing a diagram using linking language
disagreeing Describing facts and processes
Linking language (6): Describing steps in a
process

Textbook (8)
Identifying the purpose of a
paragraph (1) Cause and effect sentences
Seminars (2)
Taking notes on cause and Writing cause and effect sentences in a variety
Reading to prepare for a seminar
effect in a text of patterns
IMPACT Cause and effect: Verbs and Taking notes in a seminar
Noun phrases Organizing information with a Sentences (3): Writing about cause and effect
8 Understanding cause prepositions Discussing cause and effect in a seminar
Prepositions flowchart (2) A cause and effect paragraph
and effect Modals: could, might, and may Cause and effect (1): Verbs
Cause and effect (2): Analysing a cause and efect paragraph
Expressing possibility: Modals could,
Introducing cause with Writing a paragraph describing positive and
might, and may
prepositions negative impacts
Cause and effect (3): Active
and passive

Past simple and present perfect
Describing discoveries and
INVENTION
9 inventions
Recognizing perspective
Using pronouns and deterniners
for cohesion
Seminar (3)
Understanding evidence in a
Vocabulary-building: Adjectives
presentation
and nouns
Giving evidence in a discussion
Vocabulary-building: Verbs and
Using evidence in a discussion
nouns
Past events: Past simple and present
Prepositional phrases
perfect
Referring to evidence: Reporting verbs
Textbooks (9)
(1) Sentences about invention
Evaluating text types for
Using active and passive sentence patterns
academic study
Sentences (4): Changing emphasis with
Evaluating different texts on
active / passive / by
one topic
(2) A description of an inventor
Noticing perstective in texts
Analysing paragraph structure
Past simple passive:
Writing a cohesive paragraph about an
Describing discoveries and
inventor
inventions
Linking language (7): Using pronouns and
Perspective: Expressions and
deteminers for cohesion
vocabulary

(1) Questions
Textbooks (10) Writing a questionnaire using different
Identifying relevant question forms
Questions
Open and closed questions information in a text Question (2): Form and tense
RESEARCH Research Taking notes on a topic
10 Questions: Form and tense Taking notes about reasons (2) A description of results
Questioning Collocation: Verb + noun Recognizing the purpose of questions
The language of reports Applying information from a Analysing a paragraph about survey results
Question (1): Open and closed questions
text Writing a paragraph about the results of
Collocation: Verb + noun research
Sentences (5): The language of reports
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