PULLER EEE URE eee eee Contents Notes to the Teacher Unit Listening type Language focus Speakin activity 8 1 People: Jonathan King, A radio interview with a op personality. Listening for an impression of the speaker's personality. Fast delivery C*) Adjectives and idiomatic phrases describing personality; postive and negative connorations. Describing someone you know wel 2 People: Personality quiz 3 Language learning: English pronunciation Listening to a personality ‘questionnaire on radio. The interviewee speaks with 3 regional accent (°. 1 Interview with phonology ‘expert Listening (0 a description of the sounds of English. Clear, informed speaker 2 Nine short extracts ‘Featuring different Adjective-noun word building Phonological terms Carrying owe a ‘questionnaire, 1 Talking about your own language. 2 Reading a poem aloud accents C). 4 Language Learning: Alecture. Listening and Explaining and defining ‘Word game: Call my bhul? Learning vocabulary taking notes. (*) 5 Travel: Monologue. Listening to 2 Vocabulary of trveland Describing your reactions to An American's view of Europe 6 Travel: A journey to the Himalayas 7 Bool The critic’s choice 8 Books: A Sherlock Holmes mystery humorous analysis of European life. American speaker (*). A running commentary Listening for a visual impression of a place C*. Radio panel discussion Histening to three views of a novel, Educated, clear speakers (*) AA short story. Jigsaw listening. Nineteenth century English >). ‘ours; verbs describing impressions and feelings Asking for and giving information; making conjectures. Vocabulary of geographical features. Adjectives and phrases for describing books and films. Language of speculation, a forcign place Planning and preparing a wip. Describing a book or film ‘you know well Solving a mystery. {9 Buildings and cities: A proposed development Interview. Listening to descriptions of buildings. Clear informed speaker). Vocabulary for describing, features of a building: formalyinformal register. Presenting an tunconventional design. 10 Buildings and Cities: ‘Abid to host the Olympics Annews update. Split listening C*). Language of speeches and presentations. Making a speech in favour of a city bidding to host the ‘Olympics. + = below average dificulry “= average difficulty = above average difficultyUnit 11 Accidents: Common injuries Listening type Interview with a doctor who describes a number of cases Seottsh accent (*, Language focus Phrases for physical accidents; expert and layman's terms. Speaking activity Tein a seed abou verses 12 Accidents: Who is to blame? ‘Witness reports, Listening to firschand accounts of three accidents. Some colloquial speech; mixture fof accents, Language of blame and responsibity. 1 Judging who iste blame foran accident 2 Discussing the responsibilty for social at political problems 13 Trends: Radio news report. Listening Describing change ‘Talking about social and Social trends to facts about social trends. (increase, decline, et): ‘economic trends in vour Dense passage (). siving reasons for change. country. 14 Trends: A business meeting Language of meetings and Roleplay; deciding on the Accrisis meeting Listening to three people debate. ‘best course of action discussing a business problem (*), 15 Social English: Monologue. Listening to an Narrative devices ‘Telling an anecdote Anecdotes aneedote about a chance ‘meeting, Scottish accent; fast idiomatic speech (*) 16 Social English: Aseries of short statements Short answers; everyday _—_—Roleplays practising shor. Saying the right thing and questions in everyday functional phrases. exchanges. situations requising a rapid response (*), 17 Humour: Radio panel game, Listening Verbs of joking (phus Game: Just a minute Just a minute tw four raconteurs, Fast prepositions) idiomatic speech; cultural references 18 Humour: Listening to jokes and Fluency practice. Recounting a joke; devising Telling a joke anecdotes, Colloguial caption (0 go with a speech cartoon. 19 The media: Monologue. Listening toa Vocabulary to deseribe news Carrying out a survey 02 Newspapers critique of modern coverage, news reading habits. journalism C, 20 The media: Passive reporting verbs. Producing a radio news Rado news programme. += below average difficulty “= average difficulty ““* above average dificulty BRRARR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR OR RAR A AAR