The Power of Expression

Upper Intermediate Level

Student’s Guide

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Student’s Guide
Advanced Level

• Creativos del Centro Venezolano Americano:

Profa. Ibette Mijares de Machado , y
Profa. Nathalie Rojas H.

• Elaborado por Mg Sc. Lucius Daniel, UCV, Caracas

Profa. Aylenn Trujillo

• Concepto Metodológico: Centro Venezolano Americano

CENTRO VENEZOLANO AMERICANO, 2020

 The Power of Expression Book 5
Advanced Level
Unit 1 Multinational agencies Page Contents
LESSON 1: Multilateral challenges… Hedging to express hesitation or
LESSON 2: The great America uncertainty in academic writing and
LESSON 3: Dealing with NGOs speaking. Review coordinate
clauses, Coordinating conjunctions
LANGUAGE SUMMARY
(for, and, but, yet, so). subordinate
WORKBOOK clauses, Subordinating conjunctions
CULTURE CORNER : (after, before, since, because,
Elections & Voting although)
Unit 2 Environmental awareness Page Contents
LESSON 1: The Earth is talking… Review passive voice, An
LESSON 2: A love for nature opportunity to study quieter oceans,
LESSON 3: Wildlife protection the passive with infinitives and
LANGUAGE SUMMARY gerunds, idioms / phrasal verbs
WORKBOOK elated to the environment, The
CULTURE CORNER : Arctic is “on fire”
America's 11 Most 'Endangered' Places vocabulary (wildlife),
Unit 3 Democracy and Freedom of Speech Page Contents
LESSON 1: The anchor of democracy Comparative structures, as +
LESSON 2: The government of, by and for the people. adjective /adverb + as, double
LESSON 3: Your voice counts… comparative to express
LANGUAGE SUMMARY consequence, progressive
WORKBOOK comparative to express escalation,
CULTURE CORNER : The repeated comparative
What do you know about the US Supreme Court? represents growth. Review relative
clauses, phrasal verbs related to
information.
Unit 4 The American legal system Page Contents
LESSON 1: LESSON 1: To the fairest… Use of either…or , neither…nor, Rules
LESSON 2: Violence kills what it intends to create. for singular and plural, the conjugation
LESSON 3: In compliance with the Constitution of the verb in singular and plural,
LANGUAGE SUMMARY review past modals to refer to events in
WORKBOOK the past, Inversion, Inversion instead of
CULTURE CORNER : “if” in conditionals .
Presidential Proclamation on Human Rights Day

Units 1-4 Evaluation Contents

Self-assessment
LEARNING STRATEGIES Page Contents
LEARNING STRATEGIES
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Advanced Level
Unit 5 Education in the US Page Contents
LESSON 1: Studying in the US Complex sentence (although, Even
LESSON 2: What every student should know though, while), I am what I learn,
LESSON 3: College or university? vocabulary related to education,
Speculating about the future, phrasal
LANGUAGE SUMMARY
verbs related to education, British vs.
WORKBOOK American English.
CULTURE CORNER :
Veterans Day
Unit 6 US Politics Page Contents
LESSON 1: The campaign begins… Review Verbs of Sense, vocabulary
LESSON 2: God does not take sides in politics. related to politics, Participle
LESSON 3: Having won over… Clauses, idioms and phrasal verbs
LANGUAGE SUMMARY related to politics. History of the
WORKBOOK Republican Party and The
CULTURE CORNER : Proclamation on National Democratic Party.
African American History Month, 2020

Unit 7 Arts and culture Page Contents

LESSON 1: Culture is like a tree… Review prepositions, vocabulary Good
LESSON 2: LESSON 2: The pen is mightier... or bad superstition, ethnic food in the
LESSON 3: Brushing up on memories… US, review modal verbs with the passive
LANGUAGE SUMMARY voice , many more uses of articles,
WORKBOOK phrasal verbs related to arts and
CULTURE CORNER : culture, Woodstock memories.
Things You (Probably) Don’t Know About
the 4th of July
Unit 8 Innovations Page Contents
LESSON 1: Without innovation… Compound nouns, vocabulary and
LESSON 2: Innovation is the key… idioms related to innovations, what is
LESSON 3: Innovation vs failure… digitalization?, acronyms, what’s up with
LANGUAGE SUMMARY science?, collocations, is Internet
WORKBOOK important to economic development?
CULTURE CORNER :
What Is the Perfect American Lawn?

Evaluation Contents
Self-assessment Can-do statements
LEARNING STRATEGIES Page Contents
THE WRITING PROCESS Write a paragraph for each lesson.
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Unit 9 Social media networking Page Contents
LESSON 1: The town square… Complex noun phrase, vocabulary
LESSON 2: A digital reflection... and idioms about social media
LESSON 3: The power to share… networking, The Global QAnon
Conspiracy Theory, order of
LANGUAGE SUMMARY
adjectives in English, digital
WORKBOOK currency, fronting , expressions
CULTURE CORNER : related to social media networking,
A look back: 2018 Turkey Pardoning Social media and the US elections…
Unit 10 Surviving in the US Page Contents
LESSON 1: Let’s have a blast! Concessive clauses, idioms and
LESSON 2: Feeding the hungry... slang in American English, Adverbial
LESSON 3: Making a comfortable living… clauses, to-live phrasal verbs and
LANGUAGE SUMMARY expressions, wild, wild west, living
WORKBOOK off the land, survival condos.
CULTURE CORNER :
As American as Apple Pie
Unit 11 USA Today Page Contents
LESSON 1: Our ethnicity! Ellipsis, vocabulary about
LESSON 2: An official population count... immigration, more money, better
LESSON 3: Living paycheck to paycheck… education, ellipsis with auxiliary
LANGUAGE SUMMARY verbs, phrasal verbs, people of
WORKBOOK Guadalupe, substitution,
CULTURE CORNER : expressions, growing jobs.
How Enslaved Africans Influenced American Diet

Unit 12 US Festivities Page Contents

LESSON 1: Let’s celebrate! Discourse markers, formal and informal
LESSON 2: Thanksgiving in the US... Oral discourse markers, vocabulary
LESSON 3: The 12 days of Christmas… about festivities, trick or treat!, other
LANGUAGE SUMMARY words for discourse markers, let’s give
WORKBOOK thanks, expressions about festivities,
CULTURE CORNER : cohesion and coherence to a text, A
Saint Patrick’s Day white Christmas,

Evaluation Contents
Self-assessment Can-do statements
LEARNING STRATEGIES Page Suggestions to improve
THE WRITING PROCESS Write a paragraph for each unit