language ability

education

verb patterns (1)

review of the English verb system

uses of auxiliaries

keeping a conversation going

Talking about language ability
An English Learner profile

Talking about education
A role-play

Talking about exams

Conversations about everyday topics
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION: Sounds (1): final letters se

Online vs. Campus universities
HELP WITH LISTENING: Contractions

Exam anecdotes
HELP WITH LISTENING: Sentence stress and rhythm

VIDEO: Chloe and Sophie talk about evening classes

Where’s English going?

Testing, testing!

A one-minute conversation

expressing frequency

feelings and opinions

word building (1): suffixes

present and past habits, repeated actions and states

discussion language (1): agreeing and disagreeing politely

Attitude to food and diet
Talking about old and new habits

Different ways of life
Talking about things you’re used to

Talking about first impressions

Discussing controversial statements
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION: Word stress (1): suffixes

Two people’s eating habits

First impressions
HELP WITH LISTENING: Linking (1): consonant–vowel links;
linking /r/ sounds

VIDEO: Val, Amanda and Colin discuss children’s eating habits

Should I eat it or not?

Letter from abroad

Trust your instincts

Your eating habits

Things you’re used to

crime

crime and punishment collocations

verbs and prepositions

second conditional;
alternatives for if

third conditional

making, refusing and accepting offers

Questions about how law-abiding we are

Discussing the use of guns
How life would have been different

Discussing the three strikes law
Discussing real-life crimes

A role-play about offering to help someone
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION: Stress and rhythm (1): conditionals

Gun crime
HELP WITH LISTENING: Third conditional

The cost of crime
HELP WITH LISTENING: Weak forms

VIDEO: Tina offers to help Chloe

Mr Average breaks the law every day

Unsuccessful robbery

Three strikes and you’re out

Your imaginary past

phrasal verbs (1)

books and reading

connecting words: reason and contrast

ways of exaggerating

narrative verb forms;
Past Perfect Continuous

defining, non-defining and reduced relative clauses

saying you’re surprised or not surprised

Two urban legends

Talking about books and reading
Completing a story

Talking about practical jokes
Telling a true story

Telling people about your day
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION: Stress and rhythm (2): auxiliaries

Three urban legends

A personal funny story
HELP WITH LISTENING: Predicting what comes next

VIDEO: Judy and Martin talk about the day’s problems

It must be true …

Authors – Cecelia Ahern, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson

April Fool

Completing a story

Using connecting words in sentences

common adjectives

phrasal verbs (2)

guessing meaning from context

adjectives for giving opinions

ways of comparing

future verb forms;
Future Continuous

discussion language (2): opinions

Talking about keeping pets
Comparing things

Life in the year 2050

Wildlife living in towns and cities

Talking about the environment
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION: Sounds (2): the letters our

A trip to Windsor

Urban foxes
HELP WITH LISTENING: Homophones

VIDEO: Eddy and Tony discuss carbon footprints

Living jewels

Windsor Castle and Eton College

Going wild in the city

How big is your carbon footprint?

Comparing places, people and things

Personal plans and arrangements

phrases with take

compound adjectives describing character

back referencing

uses of verb+ing

modal verbs (1);
levels of certainty about the future

polite interruptions

Talking about how English people behave
Tips for British tourists in your country

Describing people’s character
The next two weeks

Discussing clothes
The influence of clothes and appearance

A role-play about interrupting people
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION: Word stress (2): compound adjectives

Green hair!

Attitudes to image
HELP WITH LISTENING: Linking (2): /w/, /j/ and /r/ sounds

VIDEO: Judy keeps being interrupted

What are we like?

You’re labelled!

Tips on social codes

The future of people you know

Two conversations

state verbs

business and trade

word building (2): prefixes

on the phone

simple and continuous aspects;
activity and state verbs

Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous

problems on the phone

Talking about travel
Discussing things we have wanted to do, etc.

Talking about China
How your country has changed

Internet habits

A phone conversation
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION: Stress and rhythm (3): linking

At an airport

The internet
HELP WITH LISTENING: Recognising redundancy

VIDEO: Phone calls between Tony, Eddy, Harry and Sophie

City on the move

Our digital world

Changes in your country

An internet survey

dealing with money

phrasal verbs (3): money

synonyms

wishes (1);
I hope …;
It’s time …

wishes (2);
should have

apologising

Things that annoy you

How to earn extra money
Discussing regrets

Tipping customs
Who deserves a tip?

Role-play about apologising
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION: Sounds (3): same stress, different sound

I’ll pay you back

HELP WITH LISTENING: Wishes

Tipping customs in the US and the UK
HELP WITH LISTENING: British and American accents

VIDEO: Eddy and Sophie go to an audition

How to make some extra cash

A tipping nightmare!

Personal wishes

Your regrets

A conversation

the cinema

entertainment adjectives

homonyms

the passive

making and responding to suggestions

Talking about films
Quiz about the Oscars

Describing plays, TV dramas, films, etc.

Opinions about art
Are these real works of art?

Deciding what to do this weekend
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION: Sounds (4): the letters ie

Nightmare Train – the musical

What is art?
HELP WITH LISTENING: Missing words, reduced infinitives

VIDEO: Chloe and Tina decide where to go

And the Oscar goes to …

Destruction art

A film, play or TV drama

household jobs

adjectives for views and behaviour

compound nouns and adjectives

quantifiers

adding emphasis

Household jobs
How practical are you?

Youth descrimination
Young people in your country

Discussion about gender stereotyping

Going out for dinner
People you know
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION: Word stress (3): compound nouns

Who is the most/least practical?

Why Men Lie and Women Cry
HELP WITH LISTENING: Contradicting

VIDEO: Judy and Martin invite Val and Harry to dinner

Youth in the 21st century

Gender quiz

Young people’s behaviour

work collocations

business collocations

verb patterns (2): reporting verbs

advertising

describing future events;
Future Perfect

reported speech

discussion language (3)

Talking about work
Talking about your future

Reporting questions and answers

Talking about favourite coffee shops/cafés
Starting your own business

Ad campaigns
Designing an ad campaign
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION: Stress and rhythm (4): emphasis and meaning

Arranging to meet
HELP WITH LISTENING: Future Perfect and Future Continuous

A business opportunity

Decision time
HELP WITH LISTENING: Back referencing

VIDEO: Judy has a meeting about a new ad campaign

A problem at Daisy’s

colloquial words/phrases

vague language expressions

idioms

modal verbs (2): deduction in the present and the past

modal verbs (3): past forms and related verbs

Losing things

Talking about inheritance
Things you would have done

Films, books, etc. about ghosts
What do you believe in?
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION: Word stress (4): word families

Where’s my mobile?

A haunted flat
HELP WITH LISTENING: Natural rhythm: review

You can’t take it with you

Look behind you!

Making deductions