B1
Talking about spending time with friends
Greeting people;
Ending conversations
Writing a personal email
Conversation: keeping in touch
Ways of communicating
Talking about holiday photos
Asking for information in a public place
Describing travel problems
Writing a travel blog
Past simple and continuous
Making travel plans
B1+
present simple
present continuous
present perfect
past simple
going to for future plans
VOCABULARY | free time
READING | understand an article about the secrets
of happiness
GRAMMAR | question forms
VOCABULARY | jobs
READING | read a newspaper article about dangerous jobs
GRAMMAR | adverbs of frequency
SPEAKING | talk about dangerous jobs
common verb phrases
describing people
clothes, prepositions of place
B2
VOCABULARY | language
READING | read about bilingualism
GRAMMAR | question forms
PRONUNCIATION | intonation: wh- questions
SPEAKING | talk about important dates in your life
WRITING | emails of introduction; learn to write formal and
informal emails
VOCABULARY | relationships
PRONUNCIATION | word stress
LISTENING | listen to a set of instructions to do a test
SPEAKING | talk about the di erences between men
and women
GRAMMAR | review of verb tenses
VOCABULARY PLUS | collocations
SPEAKING | talk about your classmates
SPEAKING | talk about your interview experiences
VOCABULARY | interview advice
FUNCTION | talking about yourself
LEARN TO | use two-word responses
PRONUNCIATION | intonation: sounding polite
SPEAKING | role-play an interview
SPEAKING | talk about Hollywood versus history
VOCABULARY | types of story
LISTENING | listen to a radio programme about fi lms
GRAMMAR | present perfect and past simple
PRONUNCIATION | weak forms: have
SPEAKING | talk about life stories
VOCABULARY PLUS | prepositions
SPEAKING | keep up with the news
READING | read an article about conspiracy theories
GRAMMAR | narrative tenses
PRONUNCIATION | weak forms: had, was, were
VOCABULARY | the news
SPEAKING | talk about an important news event
WRITING | a news report; learn to use time linkers
VOCABULARY | say/tell
FUNCTION | telling a story
LEARN TO | show interest
PRONUNCIATION | intonation: sounding interested
SPEAKING | tell a true story or a lie
food and cooking
money
adjectives of personality
strong adjectives
B2+
SPEAKING | talk about the advantages and disadvantages
of different ages
VOCABULARY | age
READING | read an article about early and late successes
GRAMMAR | modal verbs and related phrases
PRONUNCIATION | connected speech: elision
SPEAKING | discuss di erent ages and generations
VOCABULARY PLUS | word-building: prefixes
LISTENING | listen to a BBC programme about letters to
your future self
GRAMMAR | future perfect and continuous
PRONUNCIATION | weak forms: auxiliaries
SPEAKING | talk about your future
VOCABULARY | optimism/pessimism
WRITING | an informal email; learn to focus on informal style
VOCABULARY | collocations
FUNCTION | persuading
PRONUNCIATION | intonation: persuading
LEARN TO | clarify ideas
SPEAKING | discuss the right age for di erent things
VOCABULARY | television
READING | read about TV with a global appeal
GRAMMAR | quantifi ers
PRONUNCIATION | connected speech: linking
SPEAKING | talk about TV programmes
VOCABULARY PLUS | multi-word verbs
LISTENING | listen to an expert talking about hoax
photographs
GRAMMAR | reported speech
VOCABULARY | reporting verbs
PRONUNCIATION | word stress
SPEAKING | talk about celebrity and media
WRITING | a discursive essay; learn to use linkers of contrast
VOCABULARY | the press
FUNCTION | adding emphasis
PRONUNCIATION | sentence stress
LEARN TO | make guesses
SPEAKING | express strong reactions
working out meaning from context
illnesses and injuries
clothes and fashion
C1
SPEAKING | talk about names
VOCABULARY | phrases with name
READING | read an article about names
GRAMMAR | the continuous aspect
PRONUNCIATION | unstressed auxiliary verbs
WRITING | a personal profi le; learn to plan your writing
SPEAKING | discuss statements about language learning
GRAMMAR | describing habits
PRONUNCIATION | stressed/unstressed will/would
VOCABULARY | personality
LISTENING | listen to a radio programme about a
personality test
SPEAKING | discuss the results of a personality test
VOCABULARY PLUS | idioms for people
VOCABULARY | images
FUNCTION | speculating
LEARN TO | use vague language
PRONUNCIATION | connected speech: linking, elision
SPEAKING | speculate about people based on their portraits
READING | read an article about good and bad advice
VOCABULARY | learning and experience
GRAMMAR | hypothetical conditional: past
PRONUNCIATION | double contractions
SPEAKING | talk about words of wisdom
VOCABULARY PLUS | metaphors
LISTENING | listen to a radio programme about a living
library event
VOCABULARY | collocations: opinions
PRONUNCIATION | word stress
GRAMMAR | verb patterns
SPEAKING | discuss controversial ideas
WRITING | a discursive essay; learn to use linking devices
SPEAKING | discuss public trust in di erent professions
VOCABULARY | idioms of opinion
FUNCTION | introducing opinions
LEARN TO | express doubt
PRONUNCIATION | intonation for emphasis
SPEAKING | discuss dilemmas at work
lexical areas
abstract nouns
conflict and warfare