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1 High-Tech
Treasure
Interview
about a
Different
Types of
Article
• Plan for
• Present Simple,
Present
Beyond
Sightseeing
Podcast about Different
Machu Picchu Types of
Article
• Describing
Travel & Tourism

Hunting Modern-day Vacations Continuous, Vacations

an article • Identifying • Looking for a place
Explorer Present Perfect
• Identifying the • Comparing describing the topic of keywords in • Comparing • Writing a good
Simple,
topic of the • Looking for • Speculating a place the text the questions • Speculating opening
Present Perfect
text keywords in • Writing Word Building
Continuous, • Using adjectives
the questions engaging
Word Building Stative Verbs Expressions: in descriptions
openings take
Phrasal Verbs: • Prepositions of
• Describing
come Time, Place and
places using
Movement
adjectives

2 Whatever You
Do, Don’t Run
Talk about
a Bear
Personal
Interview
For and Against • Past Simple, Past
Essay Continuous, Past
Animals Help
Out
Interview
about an
Personal
Interview
For and Against
Essay
Man & Animal

Sanctuary • Writing good Perfect Simple, Animal • Writing good

• Understanding • Interacting • Understanding • Interacting
paragraphs with Past Perfect Refuge paragraphs with
meaning from • P redicting the (talking about meaning from (talking about
topic sentences Continuous, Past topic sentences
context type of yourself and context • Predicting the yourself and
Simple / Present
Word Building information your interests) • Using linking Word Building type of your interests) • Using linking
Perfect Simple
to listen for words for information words for
Expressions: Phrasal Verbs:
contrasting • used to / would to listen for contrasting
mind out
ideas ideas
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3 A Global
Classroom
Interview
about a
Unique
Personal
Interview
Informal Email
• Making
suggestions
• Future Simple,
Future
Continuous,
Learning for
All?
Lecture about
Learning
Chinese
Personal
Interview
Informal Email
• Making
• Identifying • Interacting • Identifying • Interacting suggestions
Educational Future Perfect
main ideas (talking • Using informal main ideas • Listening for (talking • Using informal
Experiment Simple, be
about your language paraphrasing about your
Education

Word Building going to, Word Building language

• Listening for education and education
Phrasal Verbs: Present Simple / Expressions:
paraphrasing future plans) and future
turn Continuous with make plans)
future meaning
• Adjectives
and Adverbs;
Comparative
and Superlative
Forms

4 Rethinking Our Short

Beliefs about
Nutrition
Monologues
about
Discussing
How
Restaurants
Review
• Expressing an
opinion
• Modals,
Semi-modals
• Modal Perfect
Changing
Food,
Changing
Short
Monologues
about Solo
Discussing
Eating Habits
Review
• Making a
recommendation
Food & Nutrition

• Expressing
Preparing Attract Opinions Dining
• Finding • Making a opinions • Expressing an
Food Customers
specific recommendation • Finding • Being careful • Agreeing and opinion
information •B eing careful • Expressing specific of distractors disagreeing
and locating of distractors opinions information
details • Agreeing and and locating
Word Building disagreeing details
Word Building
Phrasal Verbs:
nutrition Expressions:
hand and face
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5 From Struggle
to Symphony
Interview
about a
Different
Kinds of
Formal Letter
• Giving
• Passive
• Causative:
The Active
Audience
Interview
about Theme
Different
Kinds of
Formal Letter
• Using formal
Entertainment

Reality Show Entertainment Parks around Entertainment

• Following the supporting get / have, • Following the language
the World
development • Being careful • Comparing details make / let development • Comparing • Giving
of events of distractors • Speculating • Using formal of events •B
 eing careful • Speculating supporting
Word Building language Word Building of distractors details
Phrasal Verbs: Expressions: do
get

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7 Internet
Entrepreneurs
• Comparing
Short
Unrelated
Extracts
Discussing the
Best Way to
Get the News
Opinion Essay
•G
 iving
• Reported Speech
• Special Structures:
Breaking News
• Comparing
and
Short
Unrelated
Extracts
Discussing
Advertising
Media
Opinion Essay
• Giving
Media Today

supporting had better, would supporting

and • L ooking for • Agreeing and details rather / prefer, contrasting • Looking for •A
 greeing and details
contrasting keywords disagreeing it’s time Word Building keywords disagreeing
•U
 sing linking • Using linking
Word Building • Reaching a words for giving •R
 eaching a words for giving
Phrasal Verbs:
Phrasal Verbs: decision examples and on and off decision examples and
stand and run adding adding
information information
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8 Bringing Up a Talk Discussing Article • Conditionals and Double Face Podcast Discussing Article
Family Relationships

Champion about the Anniversary Temporals • Drawing about Birth Family Quality
• Describing a • Describing a
• Drawing Boomerang Gifts for • wish inferences Order and Time
person person
inferences Generation Parents Personality
• Writing Word Building • Interacting • Writing
Word Building • P redicting • Interacting descriptions • Predicting descriptions
Collocations: • Justifying
the type of the type of
Phrasal Verbs: • Justifying • Developing adjective + noun opinions • Developing
information information
up and down opinions ideas ideas
to listen for to listen for

9 Capturing the Short Different Article • Gerunds and From the Short Different Article
The World of Sports

Moment Monologues Types of Infinitives; Sidelines Monologues Types of

• Writing a good • Describing an
about Sports Sports be / get used to about Being Sports
• Understanding opening • Understanding event
an Athlete
referencing • Be careful of • Comparing • Communicating • Tag questions, referencing • Comparing • Writing a good
Word Building distractors • Expressing feelings using Inversions Word Building • Be careful of • Expressing opening
preferences adjectives and distractors preferences
Expressions: go Phrasal Verbs: • Communicating
expressions feelings using
keep and take
adjectives and
expressions
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10 Playing with Interview Challenges Report • Relative Clauses Storm Chasers Interview Challenges Report
Nature & the Environment

the Weather about of Living • Adverbs of • Understanding about the of Living

• Using headings • Using headings
• Understanding Sporting in Extreme Probability; cause and Iditarod Race in Extreme
Events in Climates • Using formal Climates • Using formal
cause and Special Structures: effect • Finding
Different language language
effect • Comparing so / such, Word Building keywords in • Comparing
Climates too / enough
Word Building • Speculating questions • Speculating
Easily Confused
• F inding and answers
Weather Words
keywords in
collocations
questions

11 Securing Our Interview Discussing For and Against • Determiners The Search for Interview Discussing For and Against
Changes & Challenges

Future about Issues about Essay • Sequence of Perfection about Priorities Essay
• Recognizing Computer Invasion of Tenses • Recognizing Genetics and in Medical
• Summarizing • Summarizing
opinion, Hacking Privacy opinion, Sports Research
ideas in a ideas in a
attitude, point • L istening for • Generalizing closing attitude, point • Listening for •G  eneralizing closing
of view paraphrasing • Justifying paragraph of view paraphrasing • Justifying paragraph
Word Building your opinions • Using linking Word Building opinions • Using linking
Easily Confused words for Phrasal Verbs words for
Words introducing with More than introducing
facts and One Meaning facts and
showing showing
purpose purpose

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