Voices Level 3 (A2/B1): Unit Goals and Lesson Aims

Voices American English: Level 3 A2/B1

Unit Goals Lesson A Lesson B Lesson C Lesson D Lesson E

Unit 1 - Skim an article Knowing me, knowing How often do you go My best self Talking to people you Me in a few words
All about me about personality you out? - Listen for opinions don’t know - Recognize different
- Practice talking - Skim an article - Understand in an interview - Learn strategies for writing styles
about daily habits - Recognize the people’s daily habits - Talk about present talking to new - Adapt your writing
- Talk about people’s purpose of a text - Talk about how situations people style
personalities - Talk about often you do - Stress words to - Practice saying - Write a personal
- Listen for opinions personality something express strong words with long /i:/ profile
in an interview - Talk about your opinions and short /ɪ/
- Learn strategies for regular activities - Talk about - Express agreement
talking to people personality and disagreement
- Write a personal characteristics
profile
Unit 2 - Recognize How to improve your Childhood memories How to remember new Showing interest when A happy memory
Memory synonyms in a blog memory - Understand an things listening - Give reasons
post - Understand a blog interview about - Deal with unfamiliar - Show interest when - Add interesting
- Use the simple past post about how to memories vocabulary in an listening details to a story
to talk about improve your - Use the simple past interview - Understand how - Write a story about
memories memory to talk about - Talk about school words change in fast a happy memory
- Deal with unfamiliar - Recognize memories subjects speech
vocabulary in an synonyms - Practice saying - Make questions - Talk about the first
interview - Think about the regular past form using be and do time you did
- Talk about school quality of endings something
subjects information
- Show an interest
when listening
- Give details and
reasons in a story
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Unit 3 - Recognize indirect Favorite dishes A recipe for disaster Eating out Making your reasons Comfort food recipes
Food for information in an - Understand an - Understand social - Listen for reasons in clear - Give clear and
thought article article about where media posts about an interview - Understand and use accurate
- Talk about ongoing foods come from cooking disasters - Learn vocabulary for indefinite pronouns instructions
events in the past - Recognize direct and discuss eating at a correctly - Solve possible
- Practice words and indirect ideas - Learn how to use restaurant - Learn ways to make problems
related to eating at - Plan a special meal the simple past and - Practice stressing your reasons clear - Write a recipe
a restaurant past progressive words to express - Roleplay
- Listen for reasons in - Recognize weak and meaning conversations to
an interview strong forms of was - Talk about practice giving
- Learn how to make and were restaurant reasons
your reasons clear experiences
- Write clear
instructions in a
recipe
Unit 4 - Scan an online Achieving your Setting goals What motivates you? Giving encouraging Language learning goals
Goals and article about ambitions - Listen to people - Talk about feedback - Read an online
ambition achieving an - Scan an online talking about their motivation - Learn to give forum
ambition article for goals - Recognize fillers in a encouraging - Use apostrophes
- Talk about future information - Use going to and podcast feedback correctly
plans - Categorize the present - Learn to make - Practice language to - Reflect on your
- Talk about goals and information progressive for promises, offers, give encouraging language-learning
motivation - Talk about future plans and spontaneous - feedback and make goals
- Recognize fillers in a ambitions - Understand weak decisions suggestions - Write about
podcast forms - Say words beginning - Practice ways to language-learning
- Explore ways to give with /p/ and /b/ give feedback goals
encouraging
feedback
- Write comments on
an online forum
Unit 5 Home - Use context to find A tidy house makes a If you are in town, call That was the weirdest Showing flexibility We’re looking forward
and away meaning in a review calm home me! place! - Show you can be to our stay
- Use zero and first - Use context to find - Understand an - Use extreme flexible - Be clear and
conditionals to talk meaning in a review email about living in adjectives - Talk about friendly in messages
about facts, - Recognize the Seoul, South Korea - Understand the key experiences of being - Prioritize the
suggestions, and difference between - Use zero and first points of a a guest important
Voices Level 3 (A2/B1): Unit Goals and Lesson Aims

consequences fact and opinion conditionals to talk conversation - Learn phrases to information
- Use extreme - Discuss the about facts, - Use comparatives show you are a - Write online
adjectives advantages and suggestions, and and superlatives flexible guest or messages to a host
- Understand the key disadvantages of consequences - Say /f/ and /v/ host and guest
points of a being tidy - Understand clearly
conversation contractions of
- Learn strategies to auxiliary verbs
show you can be
flexible
- Write online
messages about
accommodation
Unit 6 - Understand Daily trips The most memorable Flying free with no Understanding other What time does it
Journeys pronouns and - Understand journey I’ve ever made! luggage English speakers leave?
determiners pronouns and - Understand an - Use information you - Understanding - Choose informal or
- Talk about travel determiners interview about a already know to other English more formal
experiences - Learn how to memorable journey help understand a speakers language
- Practice words choose the best - Use the present talk - Check - Write questions to
related to air travel option perfect to talk - Talk about travel understanding find out information
- Use information you - Talk about the best about experiences and flying - Notice difficult - Write an email to a
already know to forms of - Say long and short - Use verb patterns to consonant sounds travel company
help you transportation vowel sounds talk about travel asking for
understand a talk information
- Practice ways to
understand other
English speakers
- Write an email
asking for
information
Unit 7 - Use definitions to Life-changing inventions Something that inspires An inspiring story Persuading people My role model
Inspiration for understand short - Use definitions to me - Predict the content - Understand - Use paragraphs and
change texts find meaning in a - Understand people of a conversation different ways to topic sentences
- Use relative clauses text talking about things - Talk about persuade people - Practice introducing
to define people - Find connections that inspire them protecting the - Choose the best topics
and things between pieces of - Use defining environment way to persuade - Write about an
- Talk about the information relative clauses to - Understand elision someone inspiring role model
Voices Level 3 (A2/B1): Unit Goals and Lesson Aims

environment - Talk about describe a person, - Talk about past - Practice persuading
- Predict the content inventions place, or thing habits someone
when listening to a - Understand
story different accents
- Persuade others to
use your ideas
- Write about
someone who
inspires you
Unit 8 - Understand cause Is your job safe? A different way to work Dream jobs Making a good Looking great on your
The world of and effect in an - Understand cause - Understand an - Talk about jobs impression résumé
work article and effect in an article about living - Make a mind map at an interview - Practice
- Use the present article without money to help understand - Practice making a proofreading and
perfect to talk - Combine - Use the present an interview good impression at checking
about something information from perfect to talk - Use yet, just, and an interview information
that is unfinished different sources about past already with the - Use positive - Learn how to write
- Talk about jobs - Talk about how the experiences present perfect language about your skills
- Use mind maps to world of work is - Practice saying /n/ - Understand linking and experience
help understand an changing at the end of a word sounds - Write a résumé
interview
- Give a good
impression at an
interview
- Write a résumé
Unit 9 - Identify supporting Pain and positivity If I had more time, Staying healthy Saying “no” when you I am so grateful for this!
Health and examples - Understand an I would do less - Use words and need to - Keep readers
happiness - Use the second article about - Understand the phrases to talk - Say “no” when you interested
conditional to talk experiencing no main points of a about health need to - Find the positive in
about imagined pain blog post - Stay positive and - Choose how to say negative situations
situations - Identify supporting - Use second follow the main “no” in different - Write a gratitude
- Talk about health examples conditionals for points of a situations journal
- Stay positive when - Reflect on how imagined or unreal monologue - Understand
you don’t things make you situations - Use must, have to, negative auxiliaries
understand feel - Talk about what you and should to talk in speech
- Learn to say “no” would do in about rules and
when you need to imagined situations advice
Voices Level 3 (A2/B1): Unit Goals and Lesson Aims

- Write a journal - Pronounce long and

about things you short sounds
are grateful for
Unit 10 - Understand Stories from around the I hadn’t made a sound! It’s so entertaining Showing you value I totally recommend this
Entertainment sequence in a story world - Understand people - Listen for general people show!
- Talk about what - Read two traditional talking about meaning in an - Show you value - Give your opinion
happened before stories performing interview people - Describe a show
another past event - Understand - Use the past perfect - Use movie and TV - Use appropriate - Write a review of a
- Talk about movies sequence in a story to talk about things vocabulary to talk language to show a show
and TV shows - Identify the moral that happened about your free relationship is
- Listen for general of a story before another past time important to you
meaning in an event - Practice using - Say words starting
interview - Understand past articles correctly with /str/
- Show you value perfect forms
people
- Write a review of a
show
Unit 11 - Recognize different Personal challenges Making the impossible It can be minus five! Asking for help A fun challenge
Challenges genres and - Recognize genre possible - Listen for signposts - Practice ways of - Learn how to write
messages and message in a - Understand an in an interview asking for help factual information
- Report what text article about a - Describe emotions - Clearly pronounce - Learn language for
someone says - Connect a topic to personal challenge - Talk about skills, voiced /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ writing reports
- Use adjectives to personal experience - Report what other permission, and at the end of words - Write a report
describe emotions - Discuss ideas for people have said possibility - Practice asking for about classroom
- Listen for signposts social media - Understand told in help challenges
in an interview challenges connected speech
- Ask others to help
you
- Write a report
about classroom
challenges
Unit 12 - Recognize The art of technology Who was it made by? Tech-Oh no!-logy Making effective video Return, replace, or
Technology paraphrased - Recognize - Listen to a talk - Learn and use calls refund
information paraphrased about how words and phrases - Learn how to take - Give only necessary
- Use the passive information technology has related to turns on a group information when
voice - Draw conclusions changed our world technology video call you write
Voices Level 3 (A2/B1): Unit Goals and Lesson Aims

- Talk about - Talk about upcycling - Understand and use - Take notes when - Learn useful - Describe a problem
technology and recycling the passive voice you listen to an language for - Complete an online
- Take notes when correctly interview managing a group returns form
you listen - Say -s sounds at the - Make predictions video call
- Take turns on a ends of words about the future - Practice having a
group video call group discussion
- Complete an online
returns form