Listening
Speaking /
Pronunciation
Scenario
Study Skills / Writing
Video
Architect answering
questions (7.2)
Three architects discussing
a hotel design (7.4)
Word stress
(7.1)
Describing a building (7.1)
Discussing the issue of
young people living at
home (7.2)
Sharing information on
bridges (7.3)
Key language: talking
about requirements
Task: deciding on facilities
in a hotel
Scenario: on the horizon
Describing a well-known
building (7.1)
Study skills: identifying fact
and opinion
Writing skills: an opinion-
led essay; avoiding
repetition
Meet the Expert: an
interview with Laura Mark
about
innovative
designs
Five people talking about
globalisation (8.1)
Radio programme about
working internationally
(8.2)
Radio interview about
supermarket expansion (8.4)
Discussing globalisation;
Assessing results and
consequences
(8.1)
Sharing information about
global projects (8.3)
Key language: clarifying
Task: taking part in a
debate
Scenario: supermarket
superpower
Writing your opinion on
globalisation (8.1)
Study skills: Summarising;
topic sentences,
paraphrasing
Writing skills: a summary
Meet the Expert: an
interview with Richard
Cook about
working in a
global
workplace (8.1)
Three people talking about
art (9.1)
Conversation about an art
gallery (9.4)
Lecture about writing a
blog (9.5)
Discussing what is art;
justifying opinions
(9.1)
Describing a work of art
(9.1)
Describing a photo (9.2)
Discussing public art (9.3)
Key language: discussing
implications, offering
counter-arguments
Task: deciding on an
action plan
Scenario: The Russell
Drake Gallery
Study skills: Expanding
your vocabulary;
collocations
Writing skills: An online
review
Lecture about group
dynamics (10.1)
Radio advice phone-in
(10.4)
Stress patterns
(10.1)
Planning a newspaper
(10.1)
Discussing peer pressure
(10.2)
Talking about job
interviews and employment
(10.3)
Key language: giving and
reacting to advice
Task: an advice phone-in
Scenario: What’s on your
mind?
Summarising
an article
(10.3)
Study skills: writing a
bibliography, referencing
Writing skills: An
advantages and
disadvantages essay;
complex sentences,
conclusions
Meet the Expert: an
interview with Dr Jack
Lewis, a neuroscientist,
about psychological
profiling
(10.3)
Six people talking about
what they miss about their
culture (11.1)
Radio discussion about
culture shock; (11.2)
Two people talking about
cultural mistakes (11.3)
Presentation about Toronto
(11.4)
Radio lecture about
reading (11.5)
Deciding what to put in a
time capsule (11.1)
Discussing culture shock;
justifying answers
(11.2)
Describing a person (11.2)
Discussing cultural issues
(11.3)
Key language: creating
impact in a presentation
Task: giving a formal
presentation
Scenario: Kaleidoscope
World
Describing a person in
culture shock (11.2)
Study skills: Improving
reading skills;
reading
and chunking, guessing
unknown words, reading
linkers
Writing skills: Formal
correspondence;
letter
layout, formulaic
language
Meet the Expert: an
interview with Anna
Colquhoun, about the
cultural importance of
food. (11.3)
Three people talking about
gadgets (12.1)
Conversation between two
workers (12.4)
Conversation between two
managers (12.4)
Discussing technology
(12.1)
Discussing living without
technology (12.2)
Debating technology (12.3)
Key language: persuading,
making a case for
something
Task: conducting a
problem-solving meeting
Scenario: conducting a
problem-solving meeting
Writing your opinion (12.1)
Study skills: Plagiarism
– what it is and how to
avoid it
Writing skills: An opinion
article;
stylistic features
Study skills video: a lecture
about plagiarism
