AELS Student Guide V.1.2

LEVEL 3
Advanced English Language Skills
Student Guide
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CONTENTS
Table of Contents
1. Module Overview and Objectives .................................................................................................. 9
2. Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria .............................................................................. 9
3. Syllabus ............................................................................................................................................ 10
4. Pedagogic Approach ....................................................................................................................... 12
4.1 Lectures........................................................................................................................................ 12
4.2 Private Study ................................................................................................................................ 12
5. Assessment ...................................................................................................................................... 12
6. Textbooks ......................................................................................................................................... 13
Topic 1 Globalisation ........................................................................................................................... 14
Lesson 1 – Icebreakers ...................................................................................................................... 14
Activity – Module Overview ............................................................................................................. 15
Lesson 2 – The Environment .............................................................................................................. 16
Lesson 3 – Opinions ........................................................................................................................... 16
Lesson 4 – A City ............................................................................................................................... 17
Lesson 5 – Oral presentations ............................................................................................................ 17
Activity – Life in my country ............................................................................................................. 18
Lesson 6 – Global English .................................................................................................................. 19
Activity – Learning English .............................................................................................................. 19
Lesson 7 – Making an Argument ........................................................................................................ 20
Activity – Language for Debating..................................................................................................... 20
Lesson 8 – Learning Action Plan ........................................................................................................ 21
Activity – Planning to learn .............................................................................................................. 22
Lesson 9 – News reports .................................................................................................................... 23
Activity – Taking notes .................................................................................................................... 24
Lesson 10 – International Companies ................................................................................................. 24
Topic 2 – Personality – at work and at home ..................................................................................... 25
Lesson 1 – Agreeing and Disagreeing ................................................................................................ 25
Lesson 2 – Describing Personalities ................................................................................................... 26
Lesson 3 – Using a Dictionary ............................................................................................................ 26
Activity – Transitive and Intransitive Verbs ..................................................................................... 27
Activity – Dictionary Challenge ........................................................................................................ 27
Lesson 4 – A Personality Test ............................................................................................................ 29
Lesson 5 – Jobs ................................................................................................................................. 29
Lesson 6 – Companies ....................................................................................................................... 30
Lesson 7 – A Job Advert..................................................................................................................... 30

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Activity – A Job Advert .................................................................................................................... 31
Lesson 8 – Writing a Cover Letter....................................................................................................... 32
Lesson 9 – An Interview with a Musician ............................................................................................ 32
Activity – Cover Letter Final Version ............................................................................................... 32
Lesson 10 – Talking About Your Family tree ...................................................................................... 33
Topic 3 – Learning ............................................................................................................................... 35
Lesson 1 – Education Systems ........................................................................................................... 35
Activity – Education Alphabet .......................................................................................................... 36
Activity – Education Presentations .................................................................................................. 37
Lesson 2 – Spelling ............................................................................................................................ 37
Activity – Education Systems .......................................................................................................... 38
Activity – Spelling Tips .................................................................................................................... 39
Lesson 3 – A Book Review ................................................................................................................. 39
Lesson 4 – Accents ............................................................................................................................ 40
Lesson 5 – Acquiring a Skill ................................................................................................................ 40
Activity – Skills & Subjects .............................................................................................................. 41
Lesson 6 – Search Engines ................................................................................................................ 41
Lesson 7 – Narrative Tenses .............................................................................................................. 42
Lesson 8 – An Essay About Society ................................................................................................... 43
Activity – An Aspect of Society - Draft ............................................................................................. 43
Activity An Aspect of Society – Final Version .................................................................................. 44
Lesson 9 – Issues in Education .......................................................................................................... 44
Lesson 10 – Reading Exam Practice .................................................................................................. 45
Topic 4 – History in the Making ........................................................................................................... 46
Lesson 1 – Borrowed Words............................................................................................................... 46
Lesson 2 – Going on a Date ............................................................................................................... 46
Lesson 3 – Interviews and Questionnaires ......................................................................................... 47
Activity – Question Design .............................................................................................................. 47
Activity – Interviews and Questionnaires ......................................................................................... 48
Lesson 4 – Writing a Questionnaire .................................................................................................... 49
Activity – Questionnaire Content ..................................................................................................... 49
Activity – Report Structure............................................................................................................... 50
Lesson 5 – Writing a Report ............................................................................................................... 51
Activity – Cinema Report ................................................................................................................. 52
Lesson 6 – Describing a Scene .......................................................................................................... 53
Activity – A Memorable Film ............................................................................................................ 54
Lesson 7 – Historical Films ................................................................................................................. 54
Lesson 8 – Discourse Markers ........................................................................................................... 54

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Lesson 9 – Talking About History ....................................................................................................... 55
Lesson 10 – Radio News .................................................................................................................... 56
Topic 5 – Sound and Print ................................................................................................................... 57
Lesson 1 – Sounds ............................................................................................................................. 57
Activity – Three Paragraphs About Sounds ..................................................................................... 58
Lesson 2 – Phobias ............................................................................................................................ 59
Lesson 3 – Music Reviews ................................................................................................................. 59
Activity – Two Music Reviews ......................................................................................................... 60
Activity – Review Draft .................................................................................................................... 61
Activity – Final Music Review .......................................................................................................... 61
Lesson 4 – Speculation and Deduction ............................................................................................... 62
Lesson 5 – Describing Films ............................................................................................................... 63
Activity – About Books .................................................................................................................... 64
Lesson 6 – Book Reviews .................................................................................................................. 64
Activity – Book Review .................................................................................................................... 65
Activity – Book Review Vocabulary ................................................................................................. 65
Lesson 7 – Presentations ................................................................................................................... 66
Activity – Book Review Presentations ............................................................................................. 66
Lesson 8 – Real Reviews ................................................................................................................... 67
Lesson 9 – Translation ....................................................................................................................... 67
Lesson 10 – Review Lesson ............................................................................................................... 67
Topic 6 – Time and Money ................................................................................................................... 69
Lesson 1 – Multi-tasking ..................................................................................................................... 69
Activity – Multi-tasking ..................................................................................................................... 70
Lesson 2 – Distancing ........................................................................................................................ 70
Lesson 3 – Distancing in Writing ......................................................................................................... 71
Activity – Distancing ........................................................................................................................ 71
Lesson 4 – Time Expressions ............................................................................................................. 72
Activity – How Long Will You Wait? ................................................................................................. 72
Lesson 5 – Talking About Time .......................................................................................................... 73
Lesson 6 – Money and Marriage ........................................................................................................ 73
Lesson 7 – Unreal Situations .............................................................................................................. 74
Activity – Wishes ............................................................................................................................. 75
Lesson 8 – Who Wants to be a Millionaire? ........................................................................................ 76
Activity – Who Wants to be a Millionaire? ........................................................................................ 76
Lesson 9 – Recognising Accents ........................................................................................................ 77
Lesson 10 – Designing a Business ..................................................................................................... 78
Topic 7 – Changes ............................................................................................................................... 79

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Lesson 1 – Giving Advice ................................................................................................................... 79
Activity – How To Survive................................................................................................................ 79
Lesson 2 – Gerunds and Infinitives ..................................................................................................... 80
Lesson 3 – Living Situations ............................................................................................................... 81
Activity – Living Situations ............................................................................................................... 81
Activity – Prepositions ..................................................................................................................... 82
Activity – Sentence Transformation ................................................................................................. 82
Lesson 4 – The 30-Day Challenge...................................................................................................... 83
Activity – 30-Day Challenge ............................................................................................................ 85
Lesson 5 – Debating ........................................................................................................................... 85
Activity – Useful Language .............................................................................................................. 86
Lesson 6 – Mobile Phones ................................................................................................................. 86
Lesson 7 – Conditional Sentences...................................................................................................... 87
Activity – Conditional Sentences ..................................................................................................... 87
Activity – Are You Addicted? ........................................................................................................... 88
Lesson 8 – A Balanced Essay ............................................................................................................ 88
Activity – Balanced Essay ............................................................................................................... 89
Lesson 9 – Vocabulary and Grammar Tests ....................................................................................... 90
Lesson 10 – Male and Female Brains................................................................................................. 91
Topic 8 – Interesting Ideas .................................................................................................................. 92
Lesson 1 – A Quiz Show .................................................................................................................... 92
Lesson 2 – Exclamations .................................................................................................................... 92
Lesson 3 – Word Formation with Prefixes ........................................................................................... 93
Lesson 4 – A Factsheet ...................................................................................................................... 93
Lesson 5 – Permission, Obligation and Necessity .............................................................................. 94
Activity – A Report........................................................................................................................... 94
Lesson 6 – The Senses ...................................................................................................................... 95
Activity – Taste................................................................................................................................ 96
Lesson 7 – Art and Colour .................................................................................................................. 97
Lesson 8 – A Letter of Complaint ........................................................................................................ 97
Activity – Letter Preparation ............................................................................................................ 98
Activity – Letter of Complaint ........................................................................................................... 99
Lesson 9 – IELTS Writing Practice 1 ................................................................................................ 100
Lesson 10 – IELTS Writing Practice 2 .............................................................................................. 100
Topic 9 – Mind and Body ................................................................................................................... 101
Lesson 1 – Health and Medicine ....................................................................................................... 101
Lesson 2 – Articles About Medicine .................................................................................................. 102
Activity – Articles About Medicine .................................................................................................. 103

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Lesson 3 – Gerunds, Infinitives and Similes ..................................................................................... 103
Lesson 4 – Travel ............................................................................................................................. 104
Activity – Where Have You Been? ................................................................................................ 105
Lesson 5 – A Discursive Essay ......................................................................................................... 105
Activity – Planning a Discursive Essay .......................................................................................... 106
Activity – A Discursive Essay ........................................................................................................ 106
Lesson 6 – A Leaflet ......................................................................................................................... 107
Lesson 7 – Speaking Exam Practice ................................................................................................ 108
Activity – Speaking Part 1 ............................................................................................................. 109
Lesson 8 – Future Plans ................................................................................................................... 110
Activity – Future Plans .................................................................................................................. 111
Lesson 9 – Homophones .................................................................................................................. 111
Lesson 10 – Review Lesson 2 .......................................................................................................... 112
Topic 10 – Food .................................................................................................................................. 113
Lesson 1 – Animals .......................................................................................................................... 113
Lesson 2 – Ellipsis ............................................................................................................................ 114
Lesson 3 – Pros and Cons ............................................................................................................... 114
Lesson 4 – Food Preparation............................................................................................................ 115
Lesson 5 – Food Vocabulary ............................................................................................................ 115
Activity – Collocations ................................................................................................................... 116
Activity – Questions With Collocations .......................................................................................... 117
Activity – Questions About Food ................................................................................................... 117
Lesson 6 – A Lecture About Food..................................................................................................... 118
Lesson 7 – Recipes .......................................................................................................................... 119
Lesson 8 – Describing Food ............................................................................................................. 119
Lesson 9 – A Picnic .......................................................................................................................... 120
Activity – Fruit ............................................................................................................................... 121
Activity – A Picnic .......................................................................................................................... 122
Activity – A Special Meal ............................................................................................................... 123
Lesson 10 – Designing a Restaurant ................................................................................................ 124
Topic 11 – Home and Hobbies .......................................................................................................... 125
Lesson 1 – Introducing Cleft Sentences............................................................................................ 125
Lesson 2 – Practicing Cleft Sentences ............................................................................................. 126
Activity – Cleft Sentences.............................................................................................................. 126
Lesson 3 – Commonly Confused Words ........................................................................................... 127
Lesson 4 – Citizenship...................................................................................................................... 127

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Lesson 5 – Word Building ................................................................................................................. 128
Lesson 6 – Issues in Sport................................................................................................................ 129
Activity – An Article About Sport .................................................................................................... 129
Lesson 7 – Relative Clauses ............................................................................................................ 130
Lesson 8 – Practicing Relative Clauses ............................................................................................ 131
Activity – Relative Clause Phrases ................................................................................................ 131
Activity – Whose and Who’s .......................................................................................................... 132
Activity – Memories ....................................................................................................................... 132
Lesson 9 – Keeping Fit ..................................................................................................................... 132
Activity – How Fit Are You? ........................................................................................................... 133
Lesson 10 – A Sports Event ............................................................................................................. 133
Activity – Designing a Sports Event ............................................................................................... 134
Topic 12 – The 21st Century ............................................................................................................... 135
Lesson 1 – The Future...................................................................................................................... 135
Activity – Future Predictions .......................................................................................................... 136
Lesson 2 – Inventions ....................................................................................................................... 138
Activity – Future Inventions ........................................................................................................... 138
Activity – Present and Future ........................................................................................................ 139
Lesson 3 – Gadgets ......................................................................................................................... 139
Lesson 4 – George Orwell ................................................................................................................ 140
Activity – 1984 ............................................................................................................................... 140
Lesson 5 – Biographical Writing ....................................................................................................... 141
Activity – Biography....................................................................................................................... 141
Lesson 6 – Social Media ................................................................................................................... 143
Lesson 7 – Presenting About a Company ......................................................................................... 143
Lesson 8 – Speaking Exam Preparation ........................................................................................... 144
Lesson 9 – A Speaking Exam ........................................................................................................... 144
Lesson 10 – Review Lesson 3 .......................................................................................................... 145

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1. Module Overview and Objectives
The aim of this module is to develop students into advanced users of English, both through extensive
practice of the four skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing and also by systematically focusing on
complex grammatical knowledge and advanced vocabulary.
At this level, the emphasis is firmly on each student taking control of their own learning in order to focus
their skills development on those areas most applicable to their real-life situations and/or future study
plans.
The module often follows a task-based learning methodology, in which students must participate fully in
activities in order to achieve the desired outcomes. Students are expected to read extensively in their own
time and work on the grammar and vocabulary activities in their textbook which are not covered in class.
2. Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Learning Outcomes; Assessment Criteria;
The Learner will: The Learner can:
1. Be able to communicate fluently, 1.1 Demonstrate confident and accurate
accurately and effectively, speaking on ause of the full range of tenses and
range of familiar and unfamiliar topics, grammatical structures
with appropriate control of grammar, 1.2 Participate in discussion of a broad
vocabulary and register range of issues, giving relevant and
meaningful contributions appropriate to
the conversation and participants
1.3 Demonstrate good use of natural
stress and intonation
1.4 Participate in discussion, and be
understood without difficulty on the part of
the listener
1.5 Prepare and present detailed
information to others confidently and
clearly
2. Be able to read with independence and 2.1 Readily grasp the essential meaning
comprehend the main content and overall of a range of general English texts
meaning of a range of general and more 2.2 Locate specific details and key
unfamiliar texts in English information in a long and complex text
2.3 Demonstrate the ability to understand
stances, viewpoints and conclusions
made in a range of complex English texts
2.4 Demonstrate the ability to understand
the inferences made in a range of general
and more unfamiliar English texts
3. Be able to write structured, factual, 3.1 Demonstrate the ability to write a clear
descriptive and explanatory texts, and concise summary of information
accurately using complex linguistic given or researched
structures and vocabulary 3.2 Demonstrate the ability to write in a
range of different styles appropriate to
tasks
3.3 Demonstrate the ability to accurately
use a wide range of linguistic structures to

produce pieces of writing on a range of
familiar and some unfamiliar topics
3.4 Demonstrate the ability to organise,
develop and link points effectively in a
range of written pieces of work
4. Be able to apply a range of listening 4.1 Demonstrate the ability to pick out
strategies in order to understand lengthy specific details and key information when
predicable discussions, factual listening to a range of speakers
presentations and more abstract 4.2 Understand the main points and key
conversations details of a linguistically complex lecture
or talk
4.3 Demonstrate the ability to predict the
content of a conversation or speech,
based on listening to a brief introduction
or extract
4.4 Demonstrate the ability to utilise their
listening skills in order to participate
meaningfully in discussion of a broad
range of issues
3. Syllabus
Syllabus
Unit No Title Proportion Content
1 Globalisation 1/10 • Note taking
10 hours of class time • Vocabulary related to globalisation
6 hours and 25 minutes of and the environment
private study • Posters and leaflets
• Debating
• Giving and understanding opinions
2 Personality 1/10 • have as auxiliary and main verb
10 hours of class time • Discourse markers
6 hours 25 minutes of • Using a dictionary
private study
3 Learning 1/10 • Narrative tenses
10 hours of class time • Education systems
6 hours 25 minutes of • Word building: abstract nouns
private study • Understanding accents
• Reading exam practice
4 History in the 1/10 • Borrowed words
Making 10 hours of class time • Adverbial expressions
6 hours 25 minutes of • Historical films
private study • Reading for detail
• Interviews and questionnaires
5 Sound and Print 1/10 • Speculation and deduction
10 hours of class time • Adding emphasis
6 hours 25 minutes of • Inversion
private study • Book and film reviews
• Giving a presentation
6 Time and Money 1/10 • Distancing and hedging
10 hours of class time • Unreal past tenses

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6 hours 25 minutes of • Vocabulary about time and money
private study • Cohesive devices
• Recognising accents
7 Changes 1/10 • Conditional sentences
10 hours of class time • Compound adjectives
6 hours 25 minutes of • Giving a speech
private study • Evaluating research
• Writing a balanced essay
8 Interesting Ideas 1/10 • Permission, obligation and necessity
10 hours of class time • Verbs of the senses
6 hours 25 minutes of • Writing a report
private study • A letter of complaint
• IELTS writing
9 Mind and body 1/10 • Gerunds and infinitives
10 hours of class time • Future plans
6 hours 25 minutes of • Vocabulary in context
private study • Homophones
• Writing a discursive essay
• IELTS speaking
10 Food 1/10 • Ellipsis
10 hours of class time • Compound and possessive nouns
6 hours 25 minutes of • Vocabulary about food
private study • Writing questions
• An authentic lecture
11 Home and Hobbies 1/10 • Adding emphasis
10 hours of class time • Cleft sentences
6 hours 25 minutes of • Commonly confused words
private study • Word building
• Intonation
12 The 21st Century 1/10 • Future changes and technology
10 hours of class time • Biographies
6 hours 25 minutes of • Vocabulary in context
private study • Presentations
• IELTS speaking

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4. Pedagogic Approach
Suggested Learning Hours
Lectures: Tutorial: Seminar: Assessment: Private Total:
Study:
120 - - 2 hours and 54 77 200
minutes:
• Listening Exam:
30 minutes
• Speaking Exam:
9 minutes
• Written Exam: 2
hours 15 minutes
The pedagogic approach taken throughout the module is based on task-based learning methodology and
encourages communicative practice. The learning activities suggested vary in nature to include a range of
visual, auditory and kinaesthetic activities.
4.1 Lectures
During the lecture time for this module you will be participating in small-group interactive classes, referred
to as 'lessons', each of which lasts for one hour. Your teacher might choose to combined lessons to make
longer sessions. You will be expected to participate in the classes and complete activities both on your
own and in small groups. You will also need to discuss topics with your classmates and teacher.
You will need to bring this Student Guide to every lesson as it contains details of many of the activities you
will be working on. You will also need a notebook in which to take notes, and record new vocabulary and
language points.
4.2 Private Study
In addition to the taught portion of the module, you will also be expected to undertake private study. This
course is generally taught in an intensive way and therefore a significant amount of homework will be set,
so that you may further practise and consolidate the skills learnt in class. You will also need to follow the
instructions given by your teacher and make sure you allocate sufficient time outside of the classroom to
complete the required work and to develop your understanding of the skills introduced. It is also important
to be aware of other ways to practice your English outside of the classroom. This may be via the internet,
TV, radio, a local library or bookshop or local speaking clubs.
5. Assessment

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NCC Education Examination
This assessment will be based on the assessment criteria given above and students will be expected to
demonstrate that they have met the module’s learning outcomes. Sample assessments are available
through the NCC Education Virtual Learning Environment (http://vle.nccedu.com/login/index.php) for your
reference.
The paper is provided by NCC Education and conducted, according to NCC Education guidelines, in your
centre. Students will have to complete a written paper consisting of Listening, Language in Use, Reading
and Writing, and also a separate Speaking test. The Speaking test must be conducted individually, and
will last 8-10 minutes.
6. Textbooks
English File Advanced Third Edition is the highly recommended textbook for this module. However, you
may use an alternative textbook which covers similar language points and skills.
Latham-Koenig, C., Oxenden, C. and Lambert, J. (2015). English File Advanced Student’s Book Third
Edition. Oxford: OUP
ISBN 978—0-19-450239-9
Latham-Koenig, C., Oxenden, C., Lambert, J. and Hudson, J. (2015). English File Advanced Workbook
Third Edition (without Key). Oxford: OUP*
ISBN 978-0-19-450217-7
* A ‘with key’ version of these books is also available and may be used so that students can check their
own work. You may also prefer the ‘with key’ version for their use.
You will need to bring your textbooks to every lesson during the course.

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Topic 1 Globalisation
Learning Objectives
On completion of this topic, you will be able to:
• Form questions to ask personal information.

• Debate the advantages and disadvantages of globalisation.
• Listen and read to understand an opinion.
• Read a text to build vocabulary.
• Read a text and understand its gist and details.
• Present information orally to a group of people.
• Listen for specific information.
• Present an argument and justify their position.
• Create an action plan for their learning.
• Listen to news reports for detail.
• Consider ways of studying vocabulary.
Lesson 1 – Icebreakers
Aims
You will be able to:
• Speak fluently to other students

• Form questions to find personal information
• Practise note-taking skills
• Discuss your previous study experiences
Resources
• Activity – Module Overview (below)
Homework
Write a short report on what you expect to learn from AELS. Use the notes you have taken in class.

Activity – Module Overview
Listen to the information your teacher gives you about this module and make notes under the headings
below.
Timetable:
Lesson content:
Homework:
Assessment:
Other Useful Information:

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Lesson 2 – The Environment
Aims
• Define vocabulary related to globalisation

• Debate the advantages and disadvantages of globalisation
Resources
You will be given a handout in class.
Homework
Revise all of the vocabulary covered in today’s listen. If necessary, finish your work on your poster begun
in class today.
Lesson 3 – Opinions
Aims
• Build vocabulary related to the topic of globalisation

• Listen and/or read to understand opinion
Resources
Your teacher will share materials with you in class.
Homework
Revise the vocabulary covered in today’s lesson. Find another article or recording about globalisation
and think about whether the opinion of the author is similar to or different from the opinions you
heard/read about in the lesson.

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Lesson 4 – A City
Aims
You will:
• Build inference reading skills

• Discover new vocabulary in a text
Resources
Homework
Look at the website your teacher used to find information about cities. Research another city in which
you are interested. Make notes on the main points of interest in the city.
Lesson 5 – Oral presentations

Aims
• Use appropriate vocabulary to describe changes caused by globalisation

• Present information orally to a group of people
• Read an article to understand its gist and details
Resources
Activity – Life in my Country (below)
Homework
Write a report about how you felt during your presentation. What did you do well and how can you
improve?

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Activity – Life in my country
Think about how life in your own country or city has changed over the last 50 years and make notes
under the topics below:
Fashion and ownership of material goods
Building and development
Way of life, culture and language
Standard of living
Government, social and political trends
Plans, developments and trends for the future

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Lesson 6 – Global English
Aims
• Listen for inference and specific information

• Give information on a range of topics
Resources
• Activity – Learning English (below)

• Your teacher will also share materials with you in class.
Homework
There is no homework following today’s lesson.
Activity – Learning English
Read the statements below and write whether they are true or false for you. Then ask three other
classmates and write true or false for them
Me Name Name Name

_______ _______ ______
It is important for me to learn one variety

of English (e.g. British English).
I think it is important to speak English with

an accent like a native speaker.
I want to learn slang words and idioms

from a certain variety of English (e.g.
British English, American English.).
I need to learn correct grammar so that

people will understand me when I speak
English.
British English is better than other

varieties.

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Lesson 7 – Making an Argument
Aims
• Use vocabulary related to globalisation

• Practise presenting arguments and justifying your position
Resources
Activity – Language for Debating (below)
Homework
Revise the vocabulary from today’s lesson.
Activity – Language for Debating
1. Useful Language for Debating
Make notes on useful language for debating. You can add to these notes throughout the lesson.
Making a Point Interrupting
Agreeing Disagreeing
2. Generating Ideas

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Advantages of Globalisation Disadvantages of Globalisation
3. Structuring Your Argument
Look at the ideas you generated above. Now you need to organise these into your argument for the debate.
Make notes but don’t write full sentences. You can refer to your notes when you speak but not read from
them.
Lesson 8 – Learning Action Plan

Aims

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You will have
• Created an action plan for your learning
Resources
Activity – Planning to learn (below)
Homework
Look again at your aims. Can you think of any more? Write up your ideas from the discussion at the end
of today’s class. How will you achieve your aims?
Activity – Planning to learn
My English:
My strengths:
My aims for this course:

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How I can achieve my aims:
In class:
1
2
3
Outside class:
1
2
3
Lesson 9 – News reports

Aims
You will:
• Listen to news reports for detail

• Consider ways of studying vocabulary
Resources
Activity – Taking notes (below)
Homework
Listen to other reports from the ‘From Our Correspondent’ programme or the alternative reports used in
today’s class. Answer the same questions as the ones used in class. Make notes of any useful
vocabulary or phrases you hear.

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Activity – Taking notes
Listen to the news reports and take notes in the table below.
Report 1 Report 2 Report 3

Where is the
reporter?
What is the main

topic?
How does the

reporter find
information?
What key details or

statistics does the
reporter mention?
Do you know what

kind of accent the
reporter has?
Lesson 10 – International Companies

Aims
• Consider the pros and cons of the expansion of international companies

• Make a presentation in favour of or against an argument
Resources
Homework
There is no homework following this lesson

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Topic 2 – Personality – at work and at home
On completion of this unit, you will be able to:
• Use expressions to agree and disagree with ideas

• Recognise main verbs in a sentences
• Use vocabulary to talk about personality
• Use a dictionary effectively
• Understand the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs
• Speak for 2 minutes about jobs and about family members
• Recognise a writer’s opinion in a text
• Write and edit a job application cover letter
• Use discourse markers in speech and writing
Lesson 1 – Agreeing and Disagreeing
Aims
• Listen for details

• Use expressions for agreeing and disagreeing
Resources
• English File Advanced Student’s Book (or other textbook chosen by your teacher)
• English File Advanced Workbook (homework)
Homework
English File Advanced Workbook, page 6. Check your answers in the key if you have one and ask your
teacher if you have any questions.

Lesson 2 – Describing Personalities
Aims
• Use ‘have’ as an auxiliary and main verb

• Use vocabulary to describe personalities
Resources
• Your teacher will give you a vocabulary activity
Homework
Lesson 3 – Using a Dictionary
Aims
• Understand how to use a dictionary effectively

• Understand the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs
Resources
• Activity – A Dictionary Entry
• Activity – Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
• Activity – Dictionary Challenge (homework)
Homework
Complete Activity – Dictionary Challenge. Your teacher will check the answers at the start of the next
lesson.

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Activity – A Dictionary Entry
Source: Cambridge Online Dictionary http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/abandon
Activity – Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Transitive+object Intransitive – no object
Is run transitive or intransitive?

1. She runs a business __________
2. She runs every evening ________
Is sing transitive or intransitive?

3. He sang __________
4. He sang a song ________
Activity – Dictionary Challenge
Use a dictionary to find answers to the following questions:
What is the verb form of the adjective beautiful? Write a sentence that uses the verb?

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Where does the stress (e.g. photographer) go on the word indecisive?
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Lesson 4 – A Personality Test
Aims
• Consider the effectiveness of personality tests

• Use a dictionary to find information about unfamiliar words
Resources
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Lesson 5 – Jobs
Aims
• Speak on a topic for 2 minutes

• Understand writers’ opinions
Resources
• Your teacher will give you a card to practise a speaking exam
Homework
English File Advanced Workbook, exercises 1 and 2 on page 7. Check your answers in the key if you
have one and ask your teacher if you have any questions.

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Lesson 6 – Companies
Aims
• Discuss jobs
• Understand an interview
Resources
Homework
English File Advanced Workbook, exercise 3 on pages 7 and 8 and exercises 4 and 5 on page 8. Check
your answers in the key if you have one and ask your teacher if you have any questions.
Lesson 7 – A Job Advert
Aims
• Use discourse markers

• Understand a job application cover letter
Resources
• Activity – A Job Advert (homework)
Homework
Complete Activity – A Job Advert.

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Activity – A Job Advert
Look at the job advert. Make notes in the table below about your suitability for the job. You can
invent information if you like.
Personal
information,
including skills and
qualifications
Relevant experience
Why you are suitable

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Lesson 8 – Writing a Cover Letter
Aims
• Write the first draft of a job application cover letter

• Edit the first draft of a cover letter
Resources
• Activity – A Job Advert from Lesson 7
Homework
There is no homework for this lesson, but you should review language from previous lessons.
Lesson 9 – An Interview with a Musician
Aims
• Write the final version of a cover letter

• Understand an interview with a musician
Resources
• Activity – Cover Letter Final Version

Homework
Activity – Cover Letter Final Version
Now write the final version of your cover letter.

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Lesson 10 – Talking About Your Family tree
Aims

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• Recognise how discourse markers are used in speech
• Talk about your family
Resources
• Your teacher will give you a card to practise a speaking exam
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Topic 3 – Learning
• Give a short talk on an aspect of an education system

• Analyse strategies for improving spelling
• Use context to understand the meaning of words in a text
• Understand different types of accent
• Explain how to acquire a skill
• Use internet search engines for research purposes
• Use narrative tenses to discuss childhood memories
• Write and edit an article about changes in society
• Discuss topical issues in education
Lesson 1 – Education Systems
Aims
• Ask and answer questions about education systems

• Give a short presentation on an aspect of an education system
Resources
• Activity – Education Alphabet

• Activity – Education Presentations
Homework
There is no homework for this lesson but you should review the language from the lesson.

Activity – Education Alphabet
Work with your group to think of a word or phrase connected to education for each letter of the alphabet.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.
m.
n.
o.
p.
q.
r.
s.
t.
u.
v.
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Activity – Education Presentations
You are going to listen to your classmates’ presentations about education. Make notes using the table
below.
Topic Main sections of Main Ideas Questions I would like

Presentation to ask
Lesson 2 – Spelling
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• Discuss aspects of education systems

• Use strategies for improving spelling
Resources
• Activity – Education Systems

• Activity – Spelling Tips
Homework
Find other tricky words and try to think of ways to remember how to spell them.
Activity – Education Systems
Look at the statements below. Write if they are true (T) or false (F) about your country. Write a question
mark (?) if you are not sure. Then discuss them with a partner.
T, F or ?
Children start school at six years old.
The academic year begins in August.
Most undergraduate degrees last at least five years.
Primary school children have to wear a uniform.
Most students in tertiary education are female.
Most school children eat lunch in school.
Most postgraduate students study abroad.
Secondary school students can choose between
vocational and academic courses.
Many students in colleges and university are adults
who also work.
Lectures at universities take place in large halls with
hundreds of students present.
Online courses are more popular than face-to-face
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Activity – Spelling Tips
Look at the spelling tips for tricky words. Which do you think are useful? Which do you already use?
Do you know any other tips? Discuss with a partner.
1. Mnemonics. These are memory tricks, such as remembering a phrase in which the first letter of each
word spells a tricky word. For example, the first letters in the phrase ‘Never eat chips, eat salad
sandwiches and remain young’ spell ‘necessary’.
You can also remember short phrases to help recall how many letters are in certain words. For
example: ‘You go really red because you are so shy when you’re embarrassed.’ and ‘When you have a
dessert you want seconds.’ (2 x s).
2. Seeing words within words. For example: ‘A secretary keeps a secret’; ‘a rat’ in ‘separate’.
3. Look for prefixes, suffixes and roots. For example: ‘disappear’ is ‘dis – appear’ and ‘unnecessary’ is
‘un – necessary’.
4. Understand other forms of the word. For example, knowing an adjective will help you spell an adverb
when you need to add ‘ly’ or ‘ally’. ‘Tradition’ (noun), ‘Traditional’ (adjective), ‘Traditionally’ (adverb).
‘Beauty’ (noun), ‘Beautiful’ (adjective), ‘Beautifully’ (adverb)
Lesson 3 – A Book Review
Aims
• Read and analyse a book review

• Use context to understand the meaning of words in a text
Resources
Homework
English File Advanced Workbook, exercises 1, 2 and 3 on pages 11 and 12. Check your answers in the
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Lesson 4 – Accents
Aims
• Record vocabulary effectively

• Improve comprehension of different types of accent
Resources
Homework
English File Advanced Workbook, exercises 4-6 on pages 12 and 13. Check your answers in the key if
you have one and ask your teacher if you have any questions.
Lesson 5 – Acquiring a Skill
Aims
• Take part in a chain discussion about university education

• Explain how to acquire a skill
Resources
• Activity - Skills & Subjects
Homework
Think of a skill you would like to have. Find an article or watch a video which explains how to acquire this
skill. There are examples of videos at www.ehow.com and examples of articles at
www.howtodothings.com. Prepare a short instructional talk which you will give to your partner at the start
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Activity – Skills & Subjects
Talk to your classmates and find someone who has learned the following skills or subjects at school or
college. When you find someone who studied a subject, ask if they found it useful and why.
Subject Name Useful?
Citizenship
Computing
Cookery
DIY
Drama
Personal finance
First aid
Foreign languages
Teamwork
Note-taking
Research
Time management
Typing
Lesson 6 – Search Engines
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• Take notes effectively

• Use internet search engines for research purposes
Resources
• Your teacher will give you information about search engines
Homework
Use the internet to search for other tips and advice about using search engines.
Lesson 7 – Narrative Tenses
Aims
• Understand an autobiographical passage

• Use narrative tenses to discuss childhood memories
Resources
Homework

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Lesson 8 – An Essay About Society
Aims
• Analyse a text about changes in society

• Write and edit a text about changes in society
Resources
• Activity – An Aspect of Society - Draft
• Activity – An Aspect of Society – Final Version (homework)
Homework
Write a final version of your article in Activity – An Aspect of Society – Draft.
Activity – An Aspect of Society - Draft
Write an article about how one aspect of society has changed over the last 30 years. When you have
finished, exchange with another student and check. Focus on paragraphing and overall sense.
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Write the final version of your article for homework.
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Aims

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• Read and understand topical issues in education

• Discuss topical issues in education
Resources
• Your teacher will give you an article to read in class
Homework
Lesson 10 – Reading Exam Practice
Aims
• Take a reading exam under test conditions
Resources
• Your teacher will give you a practice reading exam
Homework
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Topic 4 – History in the Making
• Understand the feeling of a writer

• Consider the design of a questionnaire
• Understand the different types of interview questions
• Write and edit a report using notes
• Comprehend the written opinions of film critics
• Use descriptive language to write about a scene in a film or TV programme
• Listen for the overall sense and specific detail in an interview with a writer
• Understand how adverbs and adverbial phrases are used as discourse markers
• Use discourse markers in context to predict sentence endings
• Identify reasons given by interviewees for their opinions
• Understand the overall sense and details of a news story on the radio
Lesson 1 – Borrowed Words
Aims
• Understand the feeling of a writer

• Pronounce words which have come from other languages
Resources
• Your teacher will give you an activity to talk about words borrowed from other languages
Homework
There is no homework for this lesson but you should review the language from the lesson.
Lesson 2 – Going on a Date
Aims
• Hear specific words in a radio programme

• Use phrases with get
Resources

Homework
English File Advanced Workbook, exercises 1-4 on pages 17 and 18. Check your answers in the key if
Lesson 3 – Interviews and Questionnaires
Aims
• Consider the way language is used in the design of a questionnaire or interview

• Learn to identify the language differences between interviews and questionnaires
Resources
• Activity – Question Design

• Activity – Interviews and Questionnaires
Homework
English File Advanced Workbook, exercises 5 and 6 on pages 18 and 19. Check your answers in the key
if you have one and ask your teacher if you have any questions.
Activity – Question Design
You want to find out the reasons why the cinema is under-utilised. You are going to survey the
customers.
Group A: You are intending to distribute a questionnaire. Prepare the questions you would like to
include.
Group B: You are intending to interview the customers. Prepare the questions you would like to
ask.
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Activity – Interviews and Questionnaires
You are going to discuss the differences between these research methods. Write down some ideas and
then take notes during the discussion.
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Lesson 4 – Writing a Questionnaire
Aims
• Use different question types in questionnaires

• Structure a report
Resources
• Activity – Questionnaire Content

• Activity – Report Structure
Homework
Finish making notes in Activity – Report Structure.
Activity – Questionnaire Content
You are now going to decide on the final content for your questionnaire. Think carefully about the number
and type of questions a customer would be prepared to answer and write the final list below.
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Now imagine that you have received the responses to your questionnaire from approximately 20
customers. You will need to invent the data you have received. You are now going to write a report of
approximately 500 words about why the cinema is being under-utilised. Use the headings below to draft
the structure of your report.
Introduction
Procedure

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Findings
Recommendations
Conclusion
Lesson 5 – Writing a Report
Aims
• Turn notes into a report

• Edit a report
Resources
• Activity – Cinema Report
Homework
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Activity – Cinema Report
Write a report on why the cinema is under-utilised. You should aim to write approximately 500 words.
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Lesson 6 – Describing a Scene
Aims
• Comprehend the written opinions of film critics

• Use descriptive language to write about a scene in a film or TV programme
Resources
• Activity – A Memorable Film
• Your teacher will give you a card for speaking exam practice
Homework
Complete page 20 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers in the key if you have one
and ask your teacher if you have any questions.

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Activity – A Memorable Film
Write a paragraph about a scene from a film or TV programme which is memorable to you.
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Lesson 7 – Historical Films
Aims
• Predict the content of a text

• Listen for the overall sense and specific detail in an interview
Resources
Homework
Complete exercises 4 and 5 on pages 21 and 22 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers
in the key if you have one and ask your teacher if you have any questions.
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Aims
• Understand how adverbs and adverbial phrases are used as discourse markers
• Use discourse markers in context to predict sentence endings
Resources
Homework
Complete exercise 3 on page 21 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers in the key if
Lesson 9 – Talking About History
Aims
• Complete summary sentences of an interview with a classicist

• Identify reasons given by interviewees for their opinions
Resources
Homework
Complete page 23 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers in the key if you have one

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Lesson 10 – Radio News
Aims
• Understand the overall sense and details of a news story on the radio
• Consider issues raised in a news story
Resources
• Your teacher will play a radio programme and give you questions related to it
Homework
Go to the website www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/newshour and listen to other stories which are to your
interest.

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Topic 5 – Sound and Print
• Use words to describe sounds.

• Pronounce consonant clusters.
• Use music-related vocabulary to write a music review.
• Make deductions and speculations using modal verbs.
• Use phrases to express opinions
• Describe films using appropriate adjectives.
• Identify a writer’s conclusions.
• Deliver a presentation in a natural style.
• Critically analyse authentic reviews.
• Answer multiple-choice questions based on an interview
Lesson 1 – Sounds
Aims
• Use words to describe sounds

• Write paragraphs based on sounds
Resources
• Activity – Three Paragraphs About Sounds
Homework
English File Advanced Workbook, exercise 1 on page 24. Check your answers in the key if you have one

Activity – Three Paragraphs About Sounds
Listen to the sounds. Make a note of the sounds you hear.
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2 12
3 13
4 14
5 15
6 16
7 17
8 18
9 19
10 20
Now continue the sentences below to write three paragraphs based on the sounds.
It was 12.30 at night and Mike had just fallen asleep…

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Lesson 2 – Phobias
Aims
• Pronounce consonant clusters

• Read an article and match paragraphs with summaries
Resources
• Activity – Consonant Clusters
Homework
English File Advanced Workbook, exercise 2 and 3 on page 24. Check your answers in the key if you
Activity – Consonant Clusters
Write three sentences which include examples of words with consonant clusters. Ask your partner to read
your sentences aloud.
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Lesson 3 – Music Reviews
Aims
• Consider the typical features of the structure of a review

• Use music-related vocabulary to write a music review
Resources
• Activity – Two Music Reviews

• Activity – Review Draft of an Album or Concert
• Activity – Final Music Review
Homework

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Write the final version of the music review which you have prepared in class using Activity – Final Music
Review.
Activity – Two Music Reviews
Read a review of a music concert and a review of an album. Complete the table below.
Question Concert Review Album Review
1. How does
the reviewer
feel about the
concert/album?
2. How many
paragraphs are
there?
3. What is the
main focus of
each
paragraph?
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Activity – Review Draft
Drafting Your Review
Use the headings below to make notes on the concert or album you are going to review.
Introduction:
• Name of Concert/Artist:
• Type of Music:
• Interesting fact about concert/album:
What did you enjoy/dislike about it?
Which songs were particularly good/bad and why?
Overall conclusion on concert album:
Activity – Final Music Review
Now write the final version of your music review.

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• Make deductions and speculations using modal verbs
• Use phrases to express your opinion
Resources
Homework
Lesson 5 – Describing Films
Aims
• Describe films using appropriate adjectives

• Identify a writer’s conclusions
Resources
• Activity – About Books
Homework
English File Advanced Workbook, exercises 1-3 on pages 27-28. Check your answers in the key if you

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Activity – About Books
Ask your partner about books and try to write as many book titles as possible.
Tell me about a book that… Title
…you couldn’t put down.
…you started but couldn’t finish.
…you wanted to read after seeing the film.
…you think would make a good film.
…you bought but have never read.
…you have read but can’t remember
much about.
…you were forced to read at school and
didn’t like.
…people are talking about at the moment.
…you want to read in the future.
Lesson 6 – Book Reviews
Aims
• Understand the typical structure of a book review

• Identify useful vocabulary in book reviews
Resources
• Activity – Writing Your Own Book Review

• Activity – Book Review Vocabulary
Homework
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Activity – Book Review
Think of a book which you would recommend. Make notes next to the headings below. When you have
finished, tell your partner about the book.
Title:
Author:
Plot:
Writing style:
Characters:
Overall impression:
Activity – Book Review Vocabulary
Look at the short book reviews provided by your teacher. Find examples of words used to describe plot,
writing style and characters and make notes in the table.
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Lesson 7 – Presentations
Aims
• Use signposting language in a presentation

• Deliver a presentation in a natural style
Resources
• Activity – Writing Your Own Book Review (from Lesson 6)

• Activity – Book Review Presentations
Homework
Activity – Book Review Presentations
Speaker Book title Author Genre Overall impression

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Lesson 8 – Real Reviews
Aims
• Identify useful vocabulary in an authentic review

• Critically analyse authentic reviews
Resources
• Your teacher will show you examples of reviews
Homework
There is no homework from this lesson but you should review the vocabulary used in the reviews.
Lesson 9 – Translation
Aims
• Identify synonyms in a text

• Answer multiple choice questions based on an interview
Resources
Homework
Find a paragraph in a book or website written in your own language. Try to translate this into English and
make it sound as natural as possible.
Lesson 10 – Review Lesson

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• Use the language learned in Topics 1-5
Resources
• Your teacher will give you activities to review Topics 1-5
Homework
Review the language from Topics 1-5.

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Topic 6 – Time and Money
• Match titles with articles

• Understand the importance of distancing in academic writing
• Use distancing effectively in writing
• Use expressions with time
• Use linking when speaking
• Use cohesive devices to introduce examples when speaking
• Identify a writer’s opinion
• Use the past tense to describe unreal situations
• Use idioms related to money
• Recognise different accents of English
Lesson 1 – Multi-tasking
Aims
• Match titles with articles

• Give advice in a short talk
Resources
• Activity – Multi-tasking (homework)
Homework
Search the internet for an article with advice about multi-tasking and complete Activity – Multi-tasking.

Activity – Multi-tasking
Find an article on the internet which gives advice about multi-tasking and make notes about it in the table.
Title of article
Website
Summary of advice given in the article
Do you agree with the advice? Why (not)?
Lesson 2 – Distancing
Aims
• Understand a speaker giving a talk

• Understand the importance of distancing in academic writing
Resources
• Activity – Multi-tasking – completed as homework prior to Lesson 2

Homework
Exercises 1 and 2 on page 30 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers in the key if you

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Lesson 3 – Distancing in Writing
Aims
• Recognise examples of distancing in writing

• Use distancing effectively in writing
Resources
• Activity - Distancing
Homework
Look at a news website or newspaper. You should read an article and find examples of distancing.
Activity – Distancing
Read the article which your teacher gives you and make notes in the table.
Source of article (name

of website, newspaper
etc)
Title of article
Topic of article
Summary of main
point(s)
Examples of distancing
Reasons for use of

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Lesson 4 – Time Expressions
Aims
• Match speakers with summaries of their talks

• Use expressions with time
Resources
• Activity – How Long Will You Wait?

Homework
Exercise 3 on pages 30 and 31 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers in the key if you
Activity – How Long Will You Wait?
Ask other students how long they will wait in the following situations before they lose patience. Write the
name of the student you ask and then how long they would wait. Try to ask each question to a different
student.
How long will you wait for … before you lose Name Time
patience?
a date/friend to arrive for a meeting
a bus or train
a car in front of you to start moving when the light
turns green
for a table in a restaurant or cafe
people to stop talking in the cinema
the doctor
someone you live with to get ready when you are
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Lesson 5 – Talking About Time
Aims
• Use linking as a feature of natural pronunciation

• Use cohesive devices to give examples when speaking
Resources
• Your teacher will give you a card to practise speaking
Homework
Exercises 4 and 5 on page 31 and page 32 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers in
the key if you have one and ask your teacher if you have any questions.
Lesson 6 – Money and Marriage
Aims
• Identify a writer’s opinion

• Understand how metaphors are used in a text
Resources
• Your teacher will give you an exercise about currencies
Homework
Exercises 1 and 2 on page 33 of English File Advanced Workbook. You will look at unreal use of past
tenses in Lesson 7 so don’t worry if you don’t fully understand this yet. Check your answers in the key if

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Lesson 7 – Unreal Situations
Aims
• Use the past tense to describe unreal situations

• Use idioms related to money
Resources
• Activity - Wishes
Homework
Exercise 3 on page 34 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers in the key if you have
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Activity – Wishes
Ask questions to your classmates and try to find people who answer ‘yes’ to the questions in the table.
Then ask questions to get some more details. Add two questions of your own
Do you ever wish… Name More information
…you could meet a wealthy partner?
… you had been born in a different

time?
…you could have a year off to travel?
…you could learn a new skill?
…you had chosen to study a different

subject?
…you had more free time for your

hobbies?
…you lived in another town or city?
…you…
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Lesson 8 – Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Aims
• Ask and answer quiz questions

• Write an essay about money
Resources
• Activity – Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Homework
Write an essay of about 250 words on the advantages and disadvantages of becoming rich overnight,
using some of the money-related vocabulary you have seen in recent lessons. You should give this to your
teacher for marking.
Activity – Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
General Rules for ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’
The main game has 15 questions and four possible answers – simply choose the correct answer within
the time allowed to progress to the next question. If you do not know the answer, you stop at the point
where you are or use a lifeline (see below). As you answer each question correctly, you will progress up
the money ladder. However, if you answer a question incorrectly you either lose everything or drop to the
safety point in that section (the two safety points are £1,000 and £32,000). If you have not reached a safety
point, you will lose everything. If you have reached £8,000 and you answer the question incorrectly, you
will drop down to £1,000. In the same way, if you reach £500,000 and you answer the question incorrectly,
you will drop down to £32,000.
The money ladder looks like this:
£1,000,000
£500,000
£250,000
£125,000
£64,000
£32,000 (Safety point)
£16,000
£8,000
£4,000
£2,000
£1,000 (Safety point)
£500
£300
£200
£100
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Players have three lifelines available. Each lifeline can be used only once, but you can choose to use all
three on one question.
1. 50:50
Selecting 50:50 removes two incorrect answers, leaving you with the correct answer and one remaining
incorrect answer. The group which wrote the questions should decide which incorrect answer should be
left.
2. Phone a Friend
Selecting Phone a Friend allows you to ask one of you classmates the question within a 30- second time
limit. You cannot ask a person who was in the group which wrote the questions.
3. Ask the Audience

Selecting Ask the Audience allows the student to ask the others in the class to vote on the correct answer.
Each student can have only one vote and the group which wrote the questions are not allowed to vote.
Lesson 9 – Recognising Accents
Aims
• Complete a gap-fill exercise when listening to an interview

• Recognise different accents of English
Resources
Homework
Exercise 4, 5 and 6 on pages 34 and 35 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers in the

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Lesson 10 – Designing a Business
Aims
• Answer questions based on a video

• Give a presentation about a business
Resources
• Your teacher will show you a video
Homework
Go to the BBC website and search for ‘Start up Stories’. Watch any videos which interest you. You should
also review the language from this Topic.

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Topic 7 – Changes
• Give written advice about an everyday problem

• Accurately use gerunds or infinitives which follow verbs with objects
• Transform sentences by putting words into the correct form
• Understand the form, meaning and pronunciation of compound adjectives
• Accurately use the third conditional in a speech
• Use precise vocabulary to talk about phones
• Accurately use prepositions with adjectives
• Write an essay which carefully considers two points of view
• Edit sentences to improve accuracy
• Critically assess the findings of authentic scientific studies
Lesson 1 – Giving Advice
Aims
• Summarise and relate the main points in a text

• Give written advice about an everyday problem
Resources
• Activity – How To Survive
Homework
You can also look at www.wikihow.com and find the topic you wrote about in Activity – How To Survive,
during the lesson. Compare your advice with the advice given on the website.
Activity – How To Survive
Write advice below about your chosen topic.
How to survive _____________________________________.

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Now show your advice to a classmate. Does your partner agree with your advice?
Compare your advice with the advice given at www.wikihow.com.
Lesson 2 – Gerunds and Infinitives
Aims
• Accurately use gerunds or infinitives which follow verbs with objects

• Use precise vocabulary to give a short talk about something which annoys you
Resources

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Homework
Lesson 3 – Living Situations
Aims
• Use precise vocabulary to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various living situations
• Transform sentences by putting words into the correct form
Resources
• Activity – Living Situations

• Activity - Prepositions
• Activity – Sentence Transformation
Homework
Exercises 5 and 6 on pages 38 and 39 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers in the
Activity – Living Situations
Discuss the following questions with your group:
In your country:
1. At what age do young adults normally leave their parental home?
2. For what reasons do young adults leave their parental home? Study? Work? Marriage? Their parents
push them?
3. Is it common to share rented housing with friends or colleagues?
4. Is it acceptable to live with a partner before getting married?
5. Have you ever lived alone/far from your family? Was it a good experience?
6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of:
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Living alone?
Being single?
Sharing accommodation with

friends rather than family?
Activity – Prepositions
Look at the text below, what words are missing?
… statistics show that ______ the first time ______ the UK, households consisting ______
two parents and their children are ______ the minority. The majority ______ households
are now made ______ single people living alone, single people sharing, and single parents
and their children. The government believes that this trend is set to continue …
Activity – Sentence Transformation
Change the sentences so that they have the same meaning, using the word in capitals - then
decide if each sentence is True (T) of False (F) for you.
My parents didn’t always have the money to buy everything I wanted.

AFFORD
My parents couldn’t always ___________________________________
Going out with my family was good fun

ENJOY
I ________________________________________________________
My parents were more worried that I would fail in tests than I was.
DREAD
My parents ________________________________________________
I enjoyed waiting to get my test results.

LOOK FORWARD TO
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If my parents wanted me to study something extra (like the piano), I had to continue until
they said I could stop.
GIVE UP
I couldn‘t __________________________________________ unless my parents agreed.
Sometimes I didn’t like some of the people I went to school with, but I hid my feelings.
PRETEND
I _______________________________________________________
I never started homework straight away. I did it at the very last minute!
PUT OFF
I ______________________________________________________
My brothers and sisters were not happy if I received something from my parents and they
didn’t.
RESENT
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My parents didn’t care if I studied or not but I continued without their support
CARRY ON
I ________________________________________ without my parent’s support.
I really wanted to have a home of my own.

WAIT
I couldn‘t __________________________________________________
Working was something I never thought about.

IMAGINE
I _________________________________________________________
If I lost my temper, my parents never got angry.

PUT UP WITH
My ________________________________________________________
I really didn’t like some of the clothes my parents made me wear.

DETEST
I ________________________________________________________
My parents sometimes told me that I wouldn’t get any pocket money if I didn’t behave
well.
THREATEN
My parents ________________________________________________
Lesson 4 – The 30-Day Challenge
Aims

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• Understand and follow the main points of a talk
• Understand the form, meaning and pronunciation of compound adjectives
Resources
• Activity – 30-Day Challenge
Homework

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Activity – 30-Day Challenge
Think of a 30-day challenge you would like to do. Make notes in the boxes below. You will then present
the information to your classmates.
What the challenge is:
Why I have chosen it:
What my previous experience is:
How I intend to go about it:
How I think it might change me:
Lesson 5 – Debating
Aims
• Accurately use the third conditional in a speech

• Use precise vocabulary for justifying choices
Resources
• Activity – Useful Language

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Homework
Watch the TED talk at https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_sandel_the_lost_art_of_democratic_debate.

Make notes on the content.
Activity – Useful Language
Below are some examples of useful phrases which you should use in the debate.
Conditionals Making Decisions

If_____ hadn’t invented_____, _____ There’s no way we’re leaving ______ behind
wouldn’t have happened. because______
But for ________ we wouldn’t have________. Leaving _______ is out of the question
because________
If it hadn’t been for ______, we wouldn’t have I think ________ is expendable.
_______ now
Had it not been for _______, we wouldn’t What did _______ really do for us?
have________.
Examples:
If Charles Darwin hadn’t discovered evolution, our knowledge of science would be a lot poorer.
If it hadn’t been for Gandhi, India wouldn’t be independent.
But for Shakespeare, we wouldn’t have so many words in English.
Lesson 6 – Mobile Phones
Aims
• Use precise vocabulary to talk about phones

• Distinguish the /æ/ and /ʌ/ sounds
Resources

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Homework
Exercises 1, 2 and 3 on pages 40 and 41 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers in the
Lesson 7 – Conditional Sentences
Aims
• Use a range of conditional sentences to talk about the past, present and future
• Accurately use prepositions with adjectives
Resources
• English File Advanced Student’s Book (recommended)

• Activity – Conditional Sentences
• Activity – Are You Addicted?
Homework
Activity – Conditional Sentences
Complete the sentences so that they are true for you and then add two examples of your own.
1. I could manage for a week without the internet provided that

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2. I would only lend someone money on condition that

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3. Even if I had all the time in the world, I would never

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4. Had I not decided to learn English, I

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5. I’d be prepared to move abroad as long as
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6. _____________________________________________________________________________
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7. _____________________________________________________________________________
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Activity – Are You Addicted?
Find someone who:
Name More information
is addicted to social networking.
is dependent on their parents.
is fed up with reality shows on TV.
is open to new ideas.
is sick of being bombarded with

depressing news.
is hooked on an American TV
series.
is proud of their nation’s sporting

achievements.
is keen on getting married.
is obsessed with celebrities and

their lifestyles.
is helpful to foreign tourists.
Lesson 8 – A Balanced Essay
Aims

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• Use specific vocabulary to understand a talk by a doctor

• Write an essay which carefully considers two points of view
Resources

• Activity – Balanced Essay
Homework
Finish the final version of your essay in Activity – Balanced Essay. Hand this in to your teacher for checking.
Write between 200 and 250 words.
Activity – Balanced Essay
Choose one of the titles and write an essay which shows two points of view before coming to a conclusion.
1. The growth of online shopping has greatly improved the consumer experience.
2. Ready meals have revolutionised eating at home – but at what price?
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Lesson 9 – Vocabulary and Grammar Tests
Aims
• Understand vocabulary in context

• Edit sentences to improve accuracy
Resources
• Your teacher will give you activities to test your vocabulary and grammar
Homework

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There is no homework but you should review the main points from the lesson.
Lesson 10 – Male and Female Brains
Aims
• Read authentic articles for gist and details

• Critically assess the findings of authentic scientific studies
Resources
• Your teacher will give you articles to read
Homework

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Topic 8 – Interesting Ideas
• Form grammatically accurate general knowledge questions

• Use vocabulary from an audio interview to discuss education
• Use the context of an article to identify the meaning of words
• Use accurate grammar to write information about a well-known person
• Accurately use language of permission, obligation and necessity
• Accurately use verbs which relate to the senses
• Understand and use idioms which include colours
• Use appropriate vocabulary and grammar to edit and write a letter of complaint
• Familiarise themselves with the format of the writing exam they will take
• Undertake a writing test under exam conditions
Lesson 1 – A Quiz Show
Aims
• Use language of suggesting, agreeing and disagreeing to devise a quiz show

• Form grammatically accurate general knowledge questions
Resources
• Your teacher will show you videos of quiz shows, if possible
Homework
Lesson 2 – Exclamations
Aims
• Use vocabulary from an audio interview to discuss education

• Use natural intonation and linking in exclamations
Resources
Homework
Lesson 3 – Word Formation with Prefixes
Aims
• Use prefixes to form words

• Use the context of an article to identify the meaning of words
Resources
Homework
In the next lesson, you are going to write about a well-known person, from history or current, who you
consider to be interesting. For homework, you should research this. You should use the internet to find
interesting facts about your chosen person and make brief notes.
Lesson 4 – A Factsheet
Aims
• Use precise vocabulary to write interesting facts

• Use accurate grammar to write information about a well-known person

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Resources
• Your teacher will give you materials for making your factsheet
Homework
Lesson 5 – Permission, Obligation and Necessity
Aims
• Accurately use language of permission, obligation and necessity

• Plan and write a report about a school
Resources
• Activity – A Report
Homework
Write the final version of your report in Activity – A Report.
Activity – A Report
Write the final version of your report. You should write between 200 and 250 words and organise your
report like the model text you saw in the lesson. Hand your report in to your teacher for checking.
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Lesson 6 – The Senses
Aims
• Accurately use verbs which relate to the senses

• Pronounce the letters ‘-ure’ correctly
Resources
• Activity – Taste
Homework

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Exercises 1, 2 and 3 on page 46 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers in the key if
Activity – Taste
Form questions to find the following information about your classmates:
Find someone who: Name More information
has a favourite painting.
wants to look like a celebrity.
sounds good when they sing.
feels uncomfortable when they listen

to heavy metal music.
hates the taste of some foods.
has a favourite perfume.
has touched a wild animal.
often goes to art galleries.
has a favourite artist.
has interesting decorations on their

walls at home.

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Lesson 7 – Art and Colour
Aims
• Use precise vocabulary to discuss objects of art

• Understand and use idioms which include colours
Resources
Homework
Lesson 8 – A Letter of Complaint
Aims
• Clearly structure a letter of complaint

• Use appropriate vocabulary and grammar to edit and write a letter of complaint
Resources
• Activity – Letter Preparation

• Activity – Letter of Complaint
Homework
Finish the final version of your letter of complaint and hand it in to your teacher for checking.

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Activity – Letter Preparation
You are going to write a letter of complaint. Choose a topic and write down some ideas about what you
will include.
Topic
Who are you writing to?
Why are you writing?
What are the problems?
What would you like to be done

about it?
What action will you take if you are

not satisfied by how your complaint
has been handled?

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Activity – Letter of Complaint
Now write your letter of complaint. Remember to set it out in an appropriate way.
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Lesson 9 – IELTS Writing Practice 1
Aims
• Familiarise yourself with the format of the writing exam you will take
Resources
• Your teacher will give you exam practice materials
Homework
Lesson 10 – IELTS Writing Practice 2
Aims
• Familiarise yourself with the format of the writing exam you will take
Resources
• Your teacher will give you exam practice materials

Homework
Exercises 7 on page 48 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers in the key if you have

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Topic 9 – Mind and Body
• Use precise vocabulary to discuss illnesses and treatments;

• Use language of comparison to compare forms of medicine;
• Accurately use structures with gerunds and infinitives;
• Use precise vocabulary to talk about travel;
• Use phrases to give opinions and refute arguments;
• Use precise and accurate grammar and vocabulary to produce an effective leaflet;
• Understand the types of questions in a speaking exam;
• Use accurate grammar to talk about future plans;
• Accurately use a range of homophones.
Lesson 1 – Health and Medicine
Aims
• Use reading strategies to match summaries with paragraphs

• Use precise vocabulary to discuss illnesses and treatments
Resources
Homework

Lesson 2 – Articles About Medicine
Aims
• Use language of comparison to compare forms of medicine

• Identify homonyms and homophones of words in articles
Resources

• Activity – Articles About Medicine
Homework
Find another article about medicine and look for homonyms and homophones in the text. Share these
with your group in the next lesson.

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Activity – Articles About Medicine
Article 1 Article 2
Title?
Source?
What is the article about?
What are the

advantages/disadvantages
discussed in the article?
What do you think is the

author’s opinion about the
topic?
Other interesting points:
Lesson 3 – Gerunds, Infinitives and Similes
Aims
• Accurately use structures with gerunds and infinitives

• Accurately use similes to make their English more descriptive
Resources

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Homework
Exercises 3, 4, 5 and 6 on page 51 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers in the key
if you have one and ask your teacher if you have any questions.
Lesson 4 – Travel
Aims
• Use precise vocabulary to talk about travel

• Consider the overall meaning of a text
Resources
• Activity – Where Have You Been?
Homework

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Activity – Where Have You Been?
Look at the question card below. Spend a minute thinking of your answer and you have two minutes to
speak. You don’t have to talk about a distant and long trip, you could describe a day-trip to a nearby town.
Card
You have one minute to think about the following topic. Then you should speak about
it for two minutes.
Talk about a place you have been to.
Where is the place?

When did you go there?
Who did you go with?
What did you do there?
What was your opinion of the place?
You can also give other information.
Lesson 5 – A Discursive Essay
Aims
• Use phrases to give opinions and refute arguments

• Clearly structure a balanced essay to show both sides of an argument
Resources
• Activity – Planning A Discursive Essay
• Activity – A Discursive Essay (homework)
Homework
Write the final version of your essay in Activity – A Discursive Essay. Hand this in to your teacher for
checking.

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Activity – Planning a Discursive Essay
Choose one of the essay titles:
1. Drivers should be charged for using roads linking major towns and cities.
2. Our lifestyles are less healthy than our grandparents’.
Now make notes in the table below:
Title:
Introduction: Background + Own
view
What is the opposing view? Give

reasons and examples. Refute this.
Own view. Give main points and

examples.
Conclusion: Summarise main

points.
Activity – A Discursive Essay
Now write the final version of your essay. Write about 250 words.
Title: ___________________________________________________
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Lesson 6 – A Leaflet
Aims

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• Analyse the content and structure of authentic leaflets

• Use precise and accurate grammar and vocabulary to produce an effective leaflet
Resources
• Your teacher will show you some leaflets and give you materials for producing your own.
Homework
Lesson 7 – Speaking Exam Practice
Aims
• Understand the types of questions in a speaking exam

• Use precise vocabulary and accurate grammar to give answers to common speaking-exam
questions
Resources
• Activity – Speaking Part 1

• Activity – Where Have You Been? (Lesson 4)
Homework

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Activity – Speaking Part 1
Write three Part-1 type questions on each of the topics. Then ask them to your partner.
Tourism
1. _________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________
Health and Fitness

1. _________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________
Complete the card with a question about health and fitness. Then exchange cards with your partner and
answer your partner’s question.
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it for two minutes.
Talk about ________________________.
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Write four Part-3 type questions about the same topic that you chose for Part 2 above. Remember that in
Part 3, questions and more abstract and general, not about personal experience. Ask your questions to
your partner.
1. _____________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________________
Lesson 8 – Future Plans
Aims
• Use accurate grammar to talk about future plans

• Accurately form questions about the future
Resources
• Activity – Future Plans
Homework

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Activity – Future Plans
Find someone who:
…is meeting some friends later

today
…has a flight which leaves next

month.
…will be wearing something black

tomorrow.
…is due to hand in a piece of work

this week.
…is going somewhere interesting

this weekend.
…will miss the next lesson.
Lesson 9 – Homophones
Aims
• Use linking words to help structure a talk

• Accurately use a range of homophones
Resources

• You will need a dictionary (paper or online)

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Homework
Exercises 5, 6 and 7 on pages 54 and 55 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers in the
Lesson 10 – Review Lesson 2
Aims
Resources
Homework

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Topic 10 – Food
• Identify and evaluate a writer’s opinion in a text

• Identify the use and meaning of ellipsis in authentic articles
• Use precise language to introduce the pros and cons of an issue
• Use precise vocabulary to discuss the preparation of food
• Form questions using common collocations
• Use strategies to take effective notes during an authentic lecture
• Use precise vocabulary and the imperative to write a recipe
• Accurately use compound and possessive forms
• Use a wide range of adjectives to describe food
• Use accurate and natural language in a restaurant setting
Lesson 1 – Animals
Aims
• Identify and evaluate a writer’s opinion in a text

• Accurately use vocabulary related to animals and idioms with animals
Resources
Homework

Lesson 2 – Ellipsis
Aims
• Identify the use and meaning of ellipsis in authentic articles

• Naturally pronounce auxiliary verbs
Resources

Homework
Lesson 3 – Pros and Cons
Aims
• Identify the main arguments and counter-arguments in a debate

• Use precise language to introduce the pros and cons of an issue
Resources
Homework

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Lesson 4 – Food Preparation
Aims
• Use precise vocabulary to discuss the preparation of food

• Accurately pronounce words with silent letters
Resources
Homework
Lesson 5 – Food Vocabulary
Aims
• Form questions using common collocations

• Define phrases containing unfamiliar words
Resources
• Activity - Collocations
• Activity – Questions With Collocations
• Activity – Questions About Food
• You will need a dictionary
• Your teacher will give you a handout about phrases
Homework

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Activity – Collocations
Look at the following words. Which word can combine with each of them to make a common collocation?
What do the collocations mean?
fast-____
slow-____
local-____
tasty-____
home-made-____
nutritious-____
low-fat-____
junk-____
healthy-____
comfort-____
fresh-____
raw-____
favourite-____
baby-____

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Activity – Questions With Collocations
Choose 6 of the collocations above and use them in questions to make your own ‘find someone who’
activity.
Find someone who:
Activity – Questions About Food
In small groups, ask and answer the questions.
1. Do children in your country learn about food at school?

2. How and what do they learn?
3. Do you think children should learn about food at school or at home?
4. Why are fast food and junk food so popular with children?
5. From what age should children learn how to cook? Why?
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Lesson 6 – A Lecture About Food
Aims
• Use strategies to take effective notes during an authentic lecture

• Use precise vocabulary to discuss issues related to food
Resources
• Your teacher will show you a lecture and give you questions about it
Homework
Find information about a dish from your country or region. Make a note of the ingredients and how it is
made.

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Lesson 7 – Recipes
Aims
• Consider the language and format of authentic recipes

• Use precise vocabulary and the imperative to write a recipe
Resources
• Your teacher will show you recipes and give you materials to prepare your own.
Homework
There is no homework, but you might want to make the dish which you wrote about in the lesson. If you
can do this, you could take photos of it to share with your classmates, or even bring in some of your food
for them to taste.
Lesson 8 – Describing Food
Aims
• Accurately use compound and possessive forms

• Use a variety of adjectives to describe food
Resources
Homework

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Lesson 9 – A Picnic
Aims
• Use a wide range of adjectives to describe fruit

• Fluently and coherently discuss food preferences
Resources
• Activity - Fruit
• Activity – A Picnic
• Activity – A Special Meal
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Activity – Fruit
Write adjectives in the boxes to describe the varieties of fruit.
Name of Colour Taste Shape Texture Size

fruit

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Activity – A Picnic
Discuss with your group and decide what you are going to take on your picnic. Complete the table with
your group’s choices.
Fruit 1.
2.
3.
4.
Vegetables 1.
2.
3.
4.
Meat-based products 1.
2.
3.
Sweets/deserts 1.
2.
Drinks 1.
2.
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Activity – A Special Meal
Look at the question card below. Spend a minute thinking of your answer and you have two minutes to
speak.
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it for two minutes.
Talk about a special meal you have had.
Why was it special?

Where was it?
Who else was there?
When was it?
What did you eat?

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Lesson 10 – Designing a Restaurant
Aims
• Use fluent and coherent English to plan a restaurant

• Use accurate and natural language in a restaurant setting
Resources
• Your teacher will give you materials to help design your restaurant
Homework

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Topic 11 – Home and Hobbies
• Recognise and accurately pronounce cleft sentences

• Accurately use cleft sentences when discussing a range of topics
• Understand some commonly confused words
• Take notes during an authentic video and report what you have seen
• Understand how words are built using different parts of speech
• Use precise vocabulary to discuss topical issues in sport
• Understand the difference between some common homographs
• Accurately use relative clauses in a range of contexts
• Form accurate questions about health and fitness
• Use precise and accurate language to take part in a planning meeting
Lesson 1 – Introducing Cleft Sentences
Aims
• Understand the main points in an authentic interview

• Recognise and accurately pronounce cleft sentences
Resources
Homework

Lesson 2 – Practicing Cleft Sentences
Aims
• Understand the form and meaning of cleft sentences

• Accurately use cleft sentences when discussing a range of topics
Resources
• Activity – Cleft Sentences

• Your teacher will give you some discussion topics
Homework
Activity – Cleft Sentences
Complete the sentences with your own ideas.
1. What I like about my English class is ________________________________

2. What I really like about my country is ________________________________
3. What my city needs is ___________________________________________
4. What I don’t understand about _____________ (a famous person) is why
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5. It’s ______________________ that I find most difficult in English.

6. What I’d like to do this weekend is __________________________________
7. A place I’d love to visit in the future is _______________________________

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Lesson 3 – Commonly Confused Words
Aims
• Identify the order of events in an article

• Understand some commonly confused words
Resources
Homework
Lesson 4 – Citizenship
Aims
• Use accurate vocabulary to discuss citizenship

• Take notes during an authentic video and report what you have seen
Resources
• Your teacher will show you information about citizenship
Homework
Search the internet for the citizenship requirements of a different country to the one you saw in class. How
do these compare with the country you researched in class? Make notes.

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Lesson 5 – Word Building
Aims
• Use precise vocabulary to discuss physical activity

• Understand how words are built using different parts of speech
Resources
Homework

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Lesson 6 – Issues in Sport
Aims
• Use strategies to summarise an authentic article

• Use precise vocabulary to discuss topical issues in sport
Resources
• Your teacher will give you an article to read

• Activity – An Article About Sport
Homework
Find another article about an issue in sport. Write a short summary of the article in your notebook.
Activity – An Article About Sport
Make notes about the article you have read
Title
Source
Issue
Main points related to

the issue
Writer’s stance
Conclusions

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Now write a 50-word summary of the article you read.
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Lesson 7 – Relative Clauses
Aims
• Understand the difference between some common homographs

• Accurately use defining and non-defining relative clauses
Resources
Homework

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Lesson 8 – Practicing Relative Clauses
Aims
• Accurately use relative clauses in a range of contexts

• Understand the difference between various types of relative clause
Resources
• Activity – Relative Clause Phrases

• Activity – Whose and Who’s
• Activity – Memories
• Your teacher will give you paper, cards and dice
Homework
Find an article online or in a magazine or newspaper on a topic that interests you. Read the article and
look for examples of how relative clauses are used.
Activity – Relative Clause Phrases
Discuss the following phrases with your partner. Do you know what they mean? Can you think of example
sentences?
In which (where)
All of which
Some of which
None of which
Both of which
Neither of which
(1,2,3) of which

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Activity – Whose and Who’s
Complete the sentences below by writing ‘whose’, ‘who is’ or ‘who has’ in each gap.
1. The football manager is the person _________ responsible for motivating the team.
2. Do you know anyone ________ played in the final of a tournament?
3. Fans ________ football shirts are from last year can buy a new one for half price.
4. Is there anyone in this class ________ played tennis before?
5. _________ golf clubs are these?
6. Steve, _________ a Chelsea fan, is upset because his team lost.
Activity – Memories
Roll a dice and speak for one minute about the topic which corresponds to the number.
1. A time when you had a nice meal.

2. A place where you have had a great holiday.
3. A person who has helped you a lot.
4. A reason why you are studying English.
5. A day which you will never forget.
6. A time when you felt nervous.
Lesson 9 – Keeping Fit
Aims
• Form accurate questions about health and fitness

• Clearly and naturally present advice to a group
Resources
• Activity – How Fit Are You?

Homework

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Activity – How Fit Are You?
Find someone who:
does some exercise at least three

times a week.
is a member of a gym.
goes swimming regularly.
limits how much TV they watch.
eats lots of fruit and vegetables.
doesn’t smoke.
plays a sport regularly.
Lesson 10 – A Sports Event
Aims
• Use precise and accurate language to take part in a planning meeting

• Clearly and naturally outline an event to a group
Resources
• Activity – Designing a Sports Event
Homework

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Activity – Designing a Sports Event
As you plan your sports event with your group, discuss the following points.
1. What will the sport be? Why?

2. Who will the participants be? Where will they come from?
3. Where will the event take place? Why?
4. How will you market and promote the event? Why?
5. How will you get sponsorship and other funding?
6. Will you have a logo? A mascot? What will these look like?
7. How long will the event last? What will the format be?
8. How will the event be broadcast? Why?
9. What facilities will be available for people who attend?
10. What transport arrangements will you need to make?

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Topic 12 – The 21st Century
• Use precise vocabulary to compare past predictions with present reality

• Consider the effects of inventions after reading authentic articles
• Prepare and present information about a gadget in a natural and coherent way
• Understand authentic biographical information
• Organise a piece of biographical writing into cohesive paragraphs
• Summarise and synthesise the main points of various articles
• Use authentic sources to prepare an evaluative talk about a company
• Accurately and naturally speak on a range of topics
• Speak about a range of topics under exam conditions
Lesson 1 – The Future
Aims
• Use precise vocabulary to compare past predictions with present reality

• Accurately use future tenses to make predictions

Resources
• Activity – Future Predictions

Homework
Page 36 of English File Advanced Workbook. Check your answers in the key if you have one and ask your
Activity – Future Predictions
What do you think things will be like in 100 years’ time? Make notes on your discussions below.
Topic
Differences

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Now listen to your classmates’ presentations and make notes on their topics.
Topic
Differences
Topic
Differences

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Lesson 2 – Inventions
Aims
• Consider the effects of inventions after reading authentic articles

• Use accurate language to write about the future
Resources
• Activity – Future Inventions

• Activity – Present and Future
• Your teacher will give you an article to read
Homework
Activity – Future Inventions
Work with your partner and make predictions about the social, economic and personal consequences of
the new inventions you looked at in the article
Social consequences:
Economic consequences:
Personal consequences:

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Activity – Present and Future
Write 8 sentences about your life under the topic headings below.
Work – present
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Work – future
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Free time – present

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Free time – future

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Health – present
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Health – future
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Family – present
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Family – future
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Lesson 3 – Gadgets
Aims
• Understand details in an authentic video

• Prepare and present information about a gadget in a natural and coherent way
Resources
• Your teacher will show you a video

Homework

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Find another article about possible future inventions. Make notes about an invention you would like to
happen.
Lesson 4 – George Orwell
Aims
• Use accurate language to discuss future predictions

• Understand authentic biographical information
Resources
• Activity – 1984
• Your teacher will give you information about George Orwell to read
Homework
Activity – 1984
Read the ideas below, found in George Orwell’s 1984 and discuss:
• Which of the things were true in 1984?

• Which of the points have come true since 1984?
• Which points do you think will come true in the future?
Telescreens in every room. The programming runs 24 hours a day, and the people have no way of turning
their screens off.
Telescreens in all public and private places, so the populace could be watched to prevent thoughtcrime.
Helicopters silently watch over the masses to keep people from committing thoughtcrime, by planting the
fear of "always being watched."
Lotteries with very few (if any) winners. Held just to collect income for state, and to give hope to the masses.
Useless statistics, incorrect economic predictions, and slanted opinions polls are presented on the
telescreen as "legitimate news", to give people the impression that "things are getting better", and that all
people agree with the popular way of thinking.

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People are steered away from consuming rare goods such as chocolate, steak, sugar, coffee, cigarettes,
and alcohol by rationing.
Songs are created by machines. This is done to make sure nobody can take credit for songs, or write
songs.
Lesson 5 – Biographical Writing
Aims
• Use authentic sources to research for a piece of biographical writing

• Organise a piece of biographical writing into cohesive paragraphs
Resources
• Your teacher will give you materials to help with your research
• Activity – Biography
Homework
Write the final version of your biography in Activity – Biography. Hand this in to your teacher for checking.
Activity – Biography
Write the final version of your biography of a person from the world of technology. Remember to write
clearly organised paragraphs. Also remember to acknowledge your sources. Write 250-300 words.
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Lesson 6 – Social Media
Aims
• Summarise and synthesise the main points of various articles

• Use language of giving advice to write about social media
Resources
• Your teacher will show you articles about social media
Homework
Find and read more articles about the effects of social media.
Lesson 7 – Presenting About a Company
Aims
• Use authentic sources to prepare an evaluative talk about a company

• Naturally and coherently present information about a company
Resources
• Your teacher will show you information about a company
Homework
Find more information about a different tech company to the one they researched in class.

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Lesson 8 – Speaking Exam Preparation
Aims
• Use precise vocabulary covered in the course

• Accurately and naturally speak on a range of topics
Resources
• Your teacher will give you materials for speaking practice
Homework
Lesson 9 – A Speaking Exam
Aims
• Speak about a range of topics under exam conditions

• Understand how to improve your speaking exam performance
Resources
Homework
Complete pages 102 and 103 in the English File Advanced Student’s book. Your teacher will check these
at the start of the next lesson.

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Lesson 10 – Review Lesson 3
Aims
Resources
Homework

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Advanced English Language Skills

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2. Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

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4.2 Private Study

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On completion of this topic, you will be able to:

• Form questions to ask personal information.

You will be able to:

• Speak fluently to other students

• Activity – Module Overview (below)

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Other Useful Information:

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You will be able to:

• Define vocabulary related to globalisation

You will be given a handout in class.

You will be able to:

• Build vocabulary related to the topic of globalisation

Your teacher will share materials with you in class.

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• Build inference reading skills

Your teacher will share materials with you in class.

Lesson 5 – Oral presentations

You will be able to:

• Use appropriate vocabulary to describe changes caused by globalisation

Activity – Life in my Country (below)

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Fashion and ownership of material goods

Building and development

Way of life, culture and language

Government, social and political trends

Plans, developments and trends for the future

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You will be able to:

• Listen for inference and specific information

• Activity – Learning English (below)

There is no homework following today’s lesson.

Activity – Learning English

Me Name Name Name

It is important for me to learn one variety

I think it is important to speak English with

I want to learn slang words and idioms

I need to learn correct grammar so that

British English is better than other

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You will be able to:

• Use vocabulary related to globalisation

Activity – Language for Debating (below)

Revise the vocabulary from today’s lesson.

Activity – Language for Debating

1. Useful Language for Debating