Cambridge IGCSE®

English as a Second Language 0510/11

YEAR 2 (SEMESTER 3 AND 4) : AY 2020-2021

Topic Outline
(IGCSE 0510)
AY 2020-2021
SEMESTER 3 GRADE XI
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Unit 5 : Family and lifestyles :
 read the post on the forum site and extract the issues, related to the topic of family
 write an article for the school magazine on the topic of ‘How important is the family?
 Writing activity: an informal email (invitation), applying an informal tone and register
for giving advice to a friend.
 use a range of vocabulary, including clauses, for describing clothes
 discuss about appearance –altering activities such as hair dyeing, facts about tattoos,
two role plays, and a discussion about the right age for making decisions over one’s
personal life
 explore reading strategies for examining an instructional text
 Writing strategies: summarising
 Speaking and listening strategies: Learners are able to use a range of questions and
respond appropriately to questions.
A Noise Appendix 5: Oral Assessment Card
 Extention activity : explore other aspects of modern lifestyles that irritate them.
Learners can watch clips on www.youtube.com from a programme called ‘Room 101’
where guests present aspects of modern lifestyle that make them annoyed and give
reasons for it
 Writing activity: Writing an email: The Social Club needs you!
Appendix 4: Exercise 5 (write to persuade)
 Listening activity: to listen for and identify relevant information and opinion from
explanations.
Specimen paper 4 2019, Exercise 2 (Question 5).
Unit 6: Media and films
 analyse text and comment on the style and language used
 Listening activity: Television – the pros and cons
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/lesson-plans/young-people- television
 Writing activity: No TV for a week
 Speaking and reading activity: The World of Films
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/lesson-plans/film-festival-season
 Writing activity: Writing a film review
 Writing activity: Making a film festival poster

SEMESTER 4 GRADE XI
Unit 7: Technology
 reading activity: Reliance on technology
 Extension activity (skills):
Learners read related articles online about reliance on technology. practise reading for
gist, e.g. attitudes and detail, e.g. what, how often, et
 Formative assessment/peer assessment:
learners read the articles and comment on style/register (semi-formal article),
paragraphing, linking devices. e.g. however, range of related vocabulary and spelling
 Speaking and reading activity:
Learners discuss what technological advances are available today
 Extension activity (skills/language):
Learners discuss what they should/shouldn’t do to stay safe online
 Speaking and listening:
Learners discuss in pairs/groups what latest products they know about, what they think
of them and whether they would like to have them
 Extension activity (language/skills): Learners discuss how
lifestyles/work/transport/houses will change in the future
 Writing activity:
Learners are asked to write two different tasks:
1/ an email to a friend about the experience of giving a presentation
2/ a review of a product, what the advantages and disadvantages are and whether they
would recommend the product
Unit 8 : Environmental issues
 Speaking and listening activity: Energy
www.englishclub.com/eslworksheets/conversation/TP_Energy.pdf
 Writing activity: Writing an article based in the future
Global warming
 Extension activity:
As learners review each other’s work, there is an opportunity for them to consider verb
forms and ensuring consistency of tense
 Reading and predicting: ‘High Winds Hit Oman’
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/06/070606_o
man_cyclone.shtml
 The weather forecast. Extension activity (skills/language):
Learners work in pairs and prepare a weather forecast for another country