READINGLISTENINGSPEAKINGWRITING

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A2 Skills Program
SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
Module Reading Listening Speaking Writing

1
Health Spas, health, relaxing Weather and Weather, feelings, Places Travel, sightseeing Noise Noise, sounds, times
The Roma Spa in activities, treatments feelings times of day Give travel advice Present simple tense, Write a blog post of day
Baden-Baden There is / There are, Singing in the rain Present and past descriptions of a place, Present simple,
present simple tense, simple tenses places in a city prepositions of time
can / can’t, questions Greetings and other Making and place
and answers conversational phrases recommendations, Daily routine
Health and body Expressing likes, giving advice Expressing likes and
vocabulary dislikes, and Task dislikes
Reading for gist* preferences Give tips on Task
Reading for detail* Listening for gist** sightseeing in your Write a blog post
country about noises where
Discussion Listening for detail**
What do you do to Chat you live
Chat A city you would like
relax? How does the weather Interview
to visit You and noise
make you feel?

2
Time Perceptions of time Colour Colour meaning in Appearance Arranging to meet Learning English Learning English,
Time flies in different cultures, Radio Chat different cultures Describe yourself someone for the Write an informal virtual education
punctuality, lateness Present simple tense first time, describing email Present and past
Present simple and yourself simple tenses
Vocabulary of
continuous tenses emotions, countries, I have ... / I am ...; going Formal and informal
Time collocations and continents, to + future plans phrases for emails,
phrases, countries and nationalities Physical appearance time sequencing
continents British and US English vocabulary expressions
Comparing and equivalents Making arrangements Task
contrasting, expressing Discussion Task Write an informal
an opinion What do different Describe yourself to a email about your last
Interview colours mean in your host family English class
Q&A about time country? Survey
Studying English
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3
Music Music, education, Sleep Sleep, times of the day, Directions Giving directions to a Festivals Festivals and customs
The Recycled Paraguay, rubbish, How to get a good problems, solutions Give directions place Write a description Present simple tense,
Orchestra recycling night’s sleep Present tenses, can / The imperative, verb phrases
Present simple tense can’t, the imperative There is / There are, Festive clothes and
Materials and everyday and should for giving prepositions of place food, months and
objects, musical advice Places and buildings seasons
instruments Habits and routines, vocabulary Task
British and US English adverbs of frequency Task Write a description of
equivalents Phrasal verbs and Give a friend directions an important festival
Chat collocations to do with to your house in your country
Is music important? sleep Chat Discussion
Survey The last time you got Festive food
You and sleep lost

4
Sport Sport, cycling, reasons Invitations Voicemails, messages, Education Education, studying, An online profile MOOCs, learning
Cycling – the new to cycle Leaving a voicemail invitations Describe your qualifications Write an online online
way to travel? Present and past message Informal and formal education Past simple tense, profile Verbs + prepositions,
simple tenses phone language, prepositions of time contractions
Habits and routines, greetings and place Vocabulary of online
pastimes Time and place School subjects learning
Sports vocabulary, expressions vocabulary Introducing yourself
descriptions of time Functional language: Task Task
and place, dates, accepting and Talk about your Write your profile for
numbers refusing an invitation, education an online course
Discussion apologizing, thanking Discussion
How you use your bike Which school subjects
are the most useful?
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5
Science Scientific discoveries, Road trip Travelling, road trips, Pets Pets, looking after Holidays Hotels, facilities,
A new mammal South America, the The Travel planning a trip Talk about pets in animals Write a review holidays
natural world Programme Future tenses: will, your country Present simple tense, Past simple tense
Present and past going to + infinitive, verb phrases Positive and negative
simple tenses present continuous Animal vocabulary adjectives
Habits, routines, the Forming questions and Describing advantages Giving opinions,
physical description answers making
of an animal, nature Task
Twitter® vocabulary, Talk about pets in your recommendations
vocabulary holiday and travel country Task
Expressing an opinion collocations Write a hotel review
Interview
Discussion Expressing an opinion Looking after pets
Discoveries: exciting or Chat
boring? Planning a trip

6
Technology Racing, technology, Places Tourist sites, Activities and Activities, positive and Living conditions Life in the past and
The Bloodhound transport World Today disappearing places, feelings negative feelings Write an article today, changes in
SSC Present, past, and the environment, the Describe how Feeling verbs: get, technology, transport,
future tenses, natural world different activities make, feel, find, help, clothes, food
comparatives and will for predictions make you feel enjoy, prefer, hate Present and past
superlatives Statistics, numbers, -ed and -ing adjectives simple tenses, present
want to, hope to: verbs geography, countries, perfect tense
Task
expressing hopes, continents Describe how different Time phrases
dreams, ambitions Expressing a activities make you Giving an opinion,
Vocabulary for preference feel making comparisons
technology, transport, Interview Task
racing Which disappearing Write an article about
place would you like how life has changed
to visit? in your country
Discussion
Comparing the past to
today
*Reading for gist and reading for detail are practised in each Reading Module.
**Listening for gist and listening for detail are practised in each Listening Module.