Listening
Speaking /
Pronunciation
Scenario
Study Skills / Writing
Video
Five people talking about
communication habits
(1.1)
Radio programme about
communication problems
(1.3)
Conversation between two
student counsellors (1.4)
Discussing communicating
(1.1)
Discussing non-verbal
communication (1.1)
Talking about current
trends
considering
consequences
(1.2)
Thinking of advice for a
foreigner coming to do
business in Bahrain (1.3)
Key language: outlining
problems, offering
solutions, reacting to
suggestions
Task: solving
communication problems
Scenario: flat sharing
Writing a list of advice for
communicating in your
Bahrain (1.1)
Study skills: Note-taking
from listening to a talk
structure of talks
note-taking
Writing skills: Writing
and checking written
communication
register
peer-checking
Study Skills
video: James
Hammond gives a lecture
about public speaking
3 people talking about
their local area (2.1)
Lecture about volcanoes
(2.3)
Phone conversation about
a proposed wind farm (2.4)
Conversation with
a lecturer about
questionnaires (2.5)
Collocations
(2.1)
Discussing solutions to
problems (2.1)
Discussing the
environment (2.2)
Talking about volcanoes
(2.3)
Making a short presentation;
presenting
(2.3)
Key language: agreeing and
disagreeing politely, polite
questions
Task: Attending a formal
meeting
Scenario: Sparrow Hill
Wind Farm
Writing a short summary to
a solution (2.1)
Study skills: Designing a
Questionnaire
question
types
Writing skills: Writing a
questionnaire
Meet the expert:
an
interview with Dr Andrew
McGonigle about active
volcanoes.
Interview with a karate
teacher (3.2)
Presentation about Yuna
Kim (3.4)
Lecturer answering
questions about essay
writing (3.5)
Weak forms of
the
(3.3)
Using idioms to talk about
experiences (3.1)
Ranking characteristics
(3.3)
Key language: Using
emphasis and comparison
Task: giving a presentation
Scenario: Who is the
Greatest?
Study skills: Understanding
Essay Questions;
understanding key words,
essay writing
Writing skills: A For
and Against Essay:
introductions, formal
expressions
Doctor talking about her
work (4.1)
A volunteer talking about
malaria (4.2)
Six doctors talking
about future medical
developments (4.3)
Business consultant talking
about using the internet (4.5)
Lecturer advising students
about internet resources (4.5)
Stressed syllables
(4.1)
Discussing medicine and the
medical profession (4.1)
Planning a fund-raising day
(4.2)
Talking about hopes for the
future (4.3)
Key language: discussing
implications
Task: making difficult
decisions
Scenario: Medical
dilemmas
Study skills: Evaluating
resources on the internet
Writing skills: A
short report;
making
recommendations
Meet the expert:
an
interview with Dr Tina
Chowdhury, about medical
bionics.
People talking about
transport (5.1)
News report on transport
of the future (5.2)
Discussion on transport
problems (5.4)
Discussing road safety
(5.1)
Making future predictions
(5.2)
Describing a memorable
journey (5.3)
Key language: the language
of meetings - summarising
Task: Evaluating proposals
Scenario: Beauciel
Writing a short report on
road safety (5.1)
Study skills: Graphs, charts
and tables
Writing skills: Describing
information in a table;
comparison and contrast
Meet the expert:
interview
with Monisha Rajesh about
her Indian train journey (5.3)
Discussion about a book
(6.1)
Four people talking about
books (6.2)
Five people talking about
reading habits (6.3)
Conversation about a film
proposal (6.4)
Five people describing a
memorable presentation (6.5)
Used to
(6.3)
Describing a book or film
(6.1)
Discussing influential
books (6.2)
Talking about childhood
(6.3)
Key language: persuading
Task: making a persuasive
presentation
Scenario: the new film
project
Study skills: making an
effective presentation,
rhetorical techniques
Writing skills: An online
review; adjectives, adverbs
