Greetings and Introductions
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- meeting people; greetings; introducing people;
- days of the week; numbers 1-10
- short forms in simple present; ‘how’, ‘where’, ‘what’
- listening for words; scanning realia for information; listening for phone numbers; listening/reading: sorting the order of lines of a dialogue; matching sentences (appropriate responses)
- saying hello before a business meeting
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A Birthday Party
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- inviting people; offering, accepting and refusing drinks and food; numbers 1-20; telling the time (full hour)
- ‘when’; ‘on’; ‘at’
- reading a birthday/invitation card; listening for phrases; istening: sorting the order of lines of a dialogue; reading a short poem; appropriate responses; listening for a clue in a song
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Family and Friends
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- about friends; family relationships; colours; numbers 1-30; telling the time (quarter past/to, half past)
- forms of ‘to be’; short forms; simple questions; ‘who’ possessive pronouns; plurals
- listening for information; grouping of words; writing a short profile; listening for detail; reading a short poem; greeting a visitor to the company
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A Trip to Chicago
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- everyday objects; numbers 30-101; telling the time
- forms of ‘to be’; forms of ‘to have’; possessive pronouns; questions (‘do you have …?’) and short answers
- listening for detail; finding word partners; interviewing a partner; reading a postcard
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Likes and Dislikes
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- food and drinks; ‘international menu’; inviting someone; likes and dislikes; talking about weather
- forms of ‘to like’; prepositions; questions and short answers
- listening for information; interviewing a partner; listening fordetail; playing the role; appropriate responses
- small talk in an office
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Hobbies
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- food and drinks; ‘international menu’; inviting someone; likes and dislikes; talking about weather
- forms of ‘to like’; prepositions; questions and short answers
- listening for information; interviewing a partner; listening for detail; playing the role; appropriate responses
- small talk in an office
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Homes and Houses
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- homes and houses; rooms in a house; describing a place
- positive and negative forms in simple present; there is/there are; prepositions
- listening for information; interviewing people; talking aboutng an ad; listening for detail; selecting adjectives and finding opposites; appropriate responses
- complaining and confirming on the phone
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Daily Routine
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- everyday activities (I); feelings; sports
- simple present; adverbs of frequency
- listening for detail; interviewing a partner; finding word partners; selecting adjectives; talking about feelings; reading an ad
- small talk over lunch
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Yesterday
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- everyday activities (II); forms of transport
- regular and a few irregular verbs in simple past; questions and answers in simple past
- interviewing a partner; listening for information; scanning atext for information; writing a short text about yesterday’s activities
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Personal History
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- nationalities; menu at a coffee shop; positive/negative adjectives
- positive and negative statements with ‘to be’ in simple past; questions in simple past
- reading a short newspaper article; talking about personal history; interviewing a partner; reading a menu; listening for detail; listening for information in an interview; sorting adjectives
- talking about a trip to Head Office and a meeting
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People at Work
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- jobs; people’s profiles; office objects; office activities
- questions in simple present
- listening for information; talking about people’s profiles; finding word partners; listening for detail; reading a job ad
- language on the phone
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Holidays
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- travel and holiday arrangements; holiday activities; European countries
- questions and answers in simple past; -ing-form as a future form
- working with word wheels; listening for information; reading and writing a postcard; scanning a travel ad; filling in a form; working with a map; listening for detail
- saying goodbye
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