3

fourth

English File
edition

Intermediate
Teacher’s Guide

WITH TEACHER’S RESOURCE CENTRE 

Christina Latham-Koenig
Clive Oxenden
Jerry Lambert
with Anna Lowy
Krysia Mabbott

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 Course overview
For students
Student’s Book
The Student’s Book has 10 Files. Each File is organized like this:
A and B lessons
Each File contains two four-page lessons which present and practise
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation with a balance of reading and
listening activities, and lots of opportunities for speaking. Every two Files
(starting from File 2), the B lesson ends with a Video Listening section. All
lessons have clear references to the Grammar Bank, Vocabulary Bank, and
where relevant, to the Sound Bank at the back of the book.

Practical English
Every two Files (starting from File 1) there is a two-page lesson which
teaches high-frequency, everyday English (e.g. language for asking for
permission and making requests) and social English (useful phrases like
How come you’re so late? and I think I’ll go home if you don’t mind).
The video is in the form of a drama, featuring the two main characters,
Rob and Jenny. The lessons have a storyline which runs through the level.

Revise & Check The back of the Student’s Book

Every two Files (starting from File 2) there is a two-page section revising The lessons contain references to these
the Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation of each File and providing sections: Communication, Writing, Listening,
Reading, Listening, and Speaking. The ‘Can you…?’ section challenges Grammar Bank, Vocabulary Bank, and
students with engaging reading texts and street interview videos, which Sound Bank.
give students exposure to real-life English. The Student’s Book is also available as
an eBook.
Online Practice
For students to practise and develop their language and skills or
catch up on a class they have missed.
• Look again: students can review the language from
every lesson.
• Practice: students can develop their skills with extra Reading,
Writing, Listening, and Speaking practice.
• Check your progress: students can test themselves on the main
language from the lesson and get instant feedback, and try an
extra challenge.
• Interactive video to practise the language from the Practical
English lessons.
• Sound Bank videos to learn and practise pronunciation of
English sounds.
• Resources: All Student’s Book audio, video, scripts, wordlists,
dyslexia-friendly texts, and CEFR Language Portfolio.

Workbook
For language practice after class.
• All the Grammar, Vocabulary, and Say It app
Practical English For students to learn
• Pronunciation exercises with audio. and practise the
The audio can be accessed sounds of English
on Online Practice
• Can you remember...? exercises for • Individual sounds
students to check their progress
• Sounds in key words
• Speak and record
• Available with or without key functionality

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 For teachers
Teacher’s Guide Classroom Presentation Tool
Step-by-step procedural notes for all
the lessons including:
• an optional ‘books-closed’ lead-in
for every lesson.
• Extra challenge suggestions
for ways of exploiting the
Student’s Book material in a more
challenging way if you have a
stronger class.
• Extra support suggestions for
ways of adapting activities or exercises to make them
work with weaker students.
• Extra ideas for optional activities.
All lesson plans include answer keys and audio scripts.
Over 50 pages of photocopiable activities. • The complete Student’s Book
• Photocopiable activities from the Teacher’s Guide
Grammar • All class audio and video, with interactive scripts
see pp. 144 – 168 • Answer keys for exercises in the Student’s Book and
• An activity for every Grammar Bank, which can be used in photocopiable activities
class or for self-study extra practice • Dyslexia-friendly texts
Communicative
see pp.169 – 198  Class audio
• Extra speaking practice for every A and B lesson All the listening materials for the Student’s Book can be
found on the Teacher’s Resource Centre, Classroom
Vocabulary Presentation Tool, Online Practice, Student’s eBook, and
see pp.199 – 217 the Class Audio CDs.
• An activity for every Vocabulary Bank, which can be used
in class or for self-study extra practice  Video
There is more information on page 143 of this Teacher’s Video listening
Guide about the photocopiable worksheets and tips on how
• Short documentary, drama, or
best to use them.
animation for students at the
end of even-numbered
Teacher’s Resource Centre B lessons (2B, 4B, 6B, etc.)

Practical English
• A unique series of videos that
goes with the Practical English
lessons in the Student’s Book

Revise & Check video

• Street interviews filmed in
London, New York, and Oxford to accompany the
Revise & Check section
All the video materials for the Student’s Book can be
found on the Teacher’s Resource Centre, Classroom
• All the Student’s Book audio/video files and scripts Presentation Tool, Online Practice, Student’s eBook,
and the Class DVD.
• Detailed lesson plans from the Teacher’s Guide
• Answer keys
• All the photocopiable activities from the Teacher’s Guide,
including customisable versions
• All the Workbook audio files and scripts
• Tests and assessment material, including: an Entry Test;
Progress Tests; an End-of-course Test; a Quick Test for every
File; and complete test for every File. There are A and B
versions of all the main tests and audio files for all the
Listening tests
• CEFR documents
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The authors would like to thank all the teachers and students round the world whose
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 Contents

p.4 Syllabus checklist

p.8 Course overview

● Introduction
● What do Intermediate students need?
● For students
Student’s Book
Online Practice
Workbook

● For teachers
Teacher’s Guide
Teacher’s Resource Centre
Classroom Presentation Tool
Class audio
Video

p.12 Lesson plans

p.12 File 1 A–B Practical English  Episode 1
p.28 File 2 A–B 1&2 Revise and Check
p.41 File 3 A–B Practical English  Episode 2
p.54 File 4 A–B 3&4 Revise and Check
p.66 File 5 A–B Practical English  Episode 3
p.79 File 6 A–B 5&6 Revise and Check
p.92 File 7 A–B Practical English  Episode 4
p.106 File 8 A–B 7&8 Revise and Check
p.120 File 9 A–B Practical English  Episode 5
p.132 File 10 A–B 9&10 Revise and Check

p.143 Photocopiable activities

p.143 Introduction
p.144 Grammar activity answers
p.147 Grammar activity masters
p.169 Communicative activity instructions
p.176 Communicative activity masters
p.199 Vocabulary activity instructions
p.203 Vocabulary activity masters

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 Syllabus checklist
GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
1
6 A Eating in…and out present simple and food and cooking short and long vowel
continuous, action and sounds
non-action verbs
10 B Modern families future forms: present family, adjectives of sentence stress, word
continuous, be going to, personality stress
will / won’t
14 Practical English Episode 14 introducing yourself and other people, reacting to what people say

2
16 A Spending money present perfect and money o and or
past simple
20 B Changing lives present perfect + for / strong adjectives: sentence stress
since, present perfect exhausted, amazed, etc.
continuous
24 Revise and Check 1&2

3
26 A Survive the drive choosing between transport /ʃ/, /dʒ/, and /tʃ/, linking
comparatives and
superlatives
30 B Men, women, and articles: a / an, the, collocation: verbs / /ə/, two pronunciations
children no article adjectives + prepositions of the
34 Practical English Episode 24 giving opinions, agreeing / disagreeing / responses

4
36 A Bad manners? obligation and prohibition: phone language silent consonants
have to, must, should
40 B Yes, I can! ability and possibility: can, -ed / -ing adjectives sentence stress
could, be able to
44 Revise and Check 3&4

5
46 A Sporting superstitions past tenses: simple, sport /ɔː/ and /ɜː/
continuous, perfect
50 B #thewaywemet past and present habits relationships the letter s, used to
and states

54 Practical English Episode 34  sking for permission, making requests, greeting someone you haven’t seen for
a
a long time

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 SPEAKING
talking about preferences, agreeing
and disagreeing
talking about the future, retelling
a story
talking about money and experiences
How long…?, talking about extremes
tourist role-play, giving opinions
generalizing, talking about childhood
talking about annoying habits and
manners
talking about ability, assessing advice
talking about sport, telling an
anecdote
talking about present and past habits,
presenting an opinion
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LISTENING
understanding key words in questions,
predicting content using visual clues
understanding a story
listening for facts
checking hypotheses, listening for
specific information
confirming predictions
understanding points of view
understanding problems and advice
making inferences, listening for
specific information
understanding an interview
predicting the end of a story,
understanding facts and supporting
information
READING
using your own experience to
understand a text
identifying reasons
understanding paragraphing
understanding the order of events
confirming predictions
understanding the main point in
a paragraph
assessing a point of view
understanding tips and examples
understanding how examples support
main points
predicting the end of a story
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 GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
6
56 A Behind the scenes passive (all tenses) cinema regular and irregular past
participles
60 B Every picture tells modals of deduction: might, the body diphthongs
a story can’t, must
64 Revise and Check 5&6

7
66 A Live and learn first conditional and future education the letter u
time clauses + when, until,
etc.
70 B The hotel of Mum second conditional, houses sentence stress, the
and Dad choosing between letter c
conditionals
74 Practical English Episode 4 making and responding to suggestions, making an excuse and apologizing

8
76 A The right job for you choosing between gerunds work word stress
and infinitives
80 B Have a nice day! reported speech: sentences shopping, making nouns the letters ai
and questions from verbs
84 Revise and Check 7&8

9
86 A Lucky encounters third conditional making adjectives and sentence rhythm, weak
adverbs pronunciation of have
90 B Digital detox quantifiers electronic devices linking, ough and augh

94 Practical English Episode 54 asking indirect questions

10
96 A Idols and icons relative clauses: defining compound nouns word stress
and non-defining
100 B And the murderer is… question tags crime intonation in question
tags
104 Revise and Check 9&10

106 Communication 115 Writing 125 Listening 132 Grammar Bank

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 SPEAKING LISTENING READING

talking about films listening for content words understanding the main point in a
paragraph
talking about profile pictures, checking assumption, understanding understanding humour, checking
making deductions the order of events assumptions

talking about school, assessing listening for numbers understanding points of view
opinions

discussing pros and cons, describing using prediction to understand understanding pros and cons
ideal situations content

making a presentation listening and making notes predicting from evidence

talking about shopping habits understanding the order of events, predicting the end of a story
understanding attitude and tone

talking about luck listening to summarize understanding topic sentences

discussing digital habits understanding attitude understanding technical language

talking about people and things that listening for facts reading with purpose
you admire
police interview role-play taking notes understanding
referencing

152 Vocabulary Bank 165 Irregular verbs 166 Sound Bank

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 Course overview
Introduction Every lesson focuses on high-frequency vocabulary and
common lexical areas, but keeps the load realistic. All new
Our aim with English File fourth edition has been to make
vocabulary is given with the phonemic script alongside, to
every lesson better and to make the package more student-
help students with the pronunciation of new words.
and teacher-friendly. As well as the main A and B Student’s
Book lessons, there is a range of material that you can Many lessons are linked to the Vocabulary Banks which
use according to your students’ needs, and the time and help present and practise the vocabulary in class, give an
resources you have available. Don’t forget: audio model of each word, and provide a clear reference so
students can revise and test themselves in their own time.
• videos that can be used in class in every File: Practical Students can review the meaning and the pronunciation of
English, Video Listening, and Can you understand
new vocabulary on Online Practice, and find further practice
these people?
in the Workbook.
• Quick Tests and File tests for every File, as well as Progress
Tests, an End-of-course Test, and an Entry Test, which you Pronunciation
can use at the beginning of the course
• Practice in pronouncing sounds, words, and connected
• photocopiable Grammar and Communicative activities for speech clearly
every A and B lesson, and a Vocabulary activity for every
Vocabulary Bank
• Awareness of rules and patterns
Online Practice and the Workbook provide review,
• Focus on word and sentence stress
support, and practice for students outside the class. Clear, intelligible pronunciation (not perfection) should be
the goal of students at this level. There is a pronunciation
The Teacher’s Guide suggests different ways of exploiting
focus in every lesson, which integrates clear pronunciation
the Student’s Book depending on the level of your class. We
into grammar and vocabulary practice. There is an emphasis
very much hope you enjoy using English File fourth edition.
on the sounds most useful for communication, on word
stress, and on sentence rhythm. Online Practice contains
What do Intermediate the Sound Bank videos which show students the mouth
positions to make English vowels and consonants. They
students need? can also review the pronunciation from the lesson at their
The Intermediate level is often a milestone for students: at own speed. There is more practice of pronunciation in the
this point, many students really begin to ‘take off’ in terms of Workbook, with audio, which can be found on Online
their ability to communicate. Some students, however, may Practice.
see the Intermediate level as a ‘plateau’ and feel that they are
no longer making the progress they were before. Students Speaking
at this level need fresh challenges to help them to realize
how much they know and to make their passive knowledge
• Motivating and accessible topics
active, together with a steady input of new language. • The key words and phrases necessary to discuss a topic
• Confidence that their language is clear and intelligible
Grammar • Practice in more extended speaking
• Consolidation and extension of main grammatical • Time to organize thoughts before speaking
structures Lack of self-confidence can be a barrier to successful
• Practice in using different tenses together speaking at this level. Each speaking task is supported by
• Student-friendly reference material the necessary Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation and
designed to help students to feel a sense of progress and
We have tried to provide contexts for new language that
to show that the number of situations in which they can
will engage students, using real-life stories and situations,
communicate effectively is growing.
humour, and suspense. The Grammar Banks give students
a single, easy-to-access grammar reference section, with
example sentences with audio, clear rules, and common
errors. There are at least two practice exercises for each
grammar point. Students can look again at the grammar
presented in the lesson on Online Practice. The Workbook
provides a variety of practice exercises and the opportunity
for students to use the new grammar to express their
own ideas.

Vocabulary
• Systematic expansion of topic-based lexical areas
• Building new words by adding prefixes and suffixes
• Opportunities to put new vocabulary into practice

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 Listening
• Confidence-building, achievable tasks
• Practice in `getting the gist’ and listening for detail
• Practice in dealing with authentic spoken language
At Intermediate level students need confidence-building
tasks which are progressively more challenging in terms
of speed, length, and language difficulty, but are always
achievable. Longer listenings are broken into separate parts
with different tasks, to avoid memory overload. Students
are exposed to a wide variety of accents, including some
non-native speakers of English. On Online Practice, for each
File students can find further listening practice related to the
topic. They can also access the listening activities from every
lesson, to practise in their own time, and to read the script to
check anything that they have found difficult.
Reading
• Engaging topics and stimulating material
• Exposure to a wide variety of authentic text types
• Challenging tasks which help them read more skillfully
Many students need to read in English for their work
or studies, and reading is also important in helping to
build vocabulary and to consolidate grammar. The key to
encouraging students to read is to provide material where
they feel there is a reason to read and tasks which help them
to get the most out of a text. This level contains a variety
of readings from real sources (the British press, magazines,
websites, forums, infographics) and have been chosen for
their intrinsic interest and potential to generate a reaction.
The opinions expressed in these texts do not necessarily
reflect the view of the English File authors or of Oxford
University Press.
Writing
• Clear models for a variety of text types
• An awareness of register, structure, and fixed phrases
• A focus on ‘micro’ writing skills
It is often difficult to motivate students to write at this level.
In English File Intermediate each guided writing activity flows
out of a main lesson to ensure that students have plenty of
ideas start with and focuses on key areas of language, style,
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and organization to help break the writing process down
into a series of achievable tasks.
Students can use Online Practice to develop their
writing skills further. The Discussion board also provides
opportunities for informal written interaction.
Practical English
• Consolidate and extension of functional language
• Knowing what to say in typical social situations
• Getting used to listening to faster, more colloquial speech
The five Practical English lessons revise and extend
common situations such as introductions or making polite
requests, and introduce and practise the language for
new situations, like expressing opinions or apologizing.
The story line involving the two main characters, Jenny
and Rob, continues from where it left off in English File
Pre-intermediate but it is self-standing, so it can be used
equally with students who did not use the previous level.
The lessons also highlight other key `Social English’ phrases,
for example Could you tell me why… ? and If you don’t mind.
On Online Practice, students can use the interactive video
to record themselves and hear their own voice in the
complete conversation. They can also listen and record the
Social English phrases. The Workbook provides practice of
all the language from the Practical English lessons.
Revision
• Regular review
• Motivating reference and practice material
• A sense of progress
Students will usually only assimilate and remember new
language if they have the chance to see it and use it several
times. Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation are recycled
throughout the course. After every two Files there is a
two-page Revise & Check section. The left-hand page
revises the grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation of
each File.
The right-hand page provides a series of skills-based
challenges, including street interviews, and helps students
to measure their progress in terms of competence. These
pages are designed to be used flexibly according to the
needs of your students. On Online Practice, for each File,
there are three Check your
progress activities. The first is
a multiple choice activity for
students to test themselves on
the Grammar and Vocabulary
from the File. The second is a
dictation related to the topic
and the language of the File
for students to practise the
new language in context.
Finally, there is a Challenge
activity, which involves a mini-
research project based on a
topic from the File. Every two
Files, the Workbook contains
a Can you remember...? page,
which provides a cumulative
review of language students
have covered in the
Student’s Book.
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