Listening
Speaking /
Pronunciation
Scenario
Study Skills / Writing
Video
Interview with a crime
documentary researcher;
making personal
connections
(7.1)
Radio programme for
intellectual discussion
about important
inventions and scientific
discoveries (7.3)
Discussion about crime
and science; Discussion
about rules and regulations
in students’ own lives (7.1)
Discussion about famous
scientists and their
discoveries; Discussion
about attitudes to science
(7.2)
Word stress and the schwa
(7.3)
Discuss type of notes and
ways to make notes (7.4)
Key language: developing
an argument
Task: making your case
Scenario: discussion
about the top inventions/
discoveries
Research and write a short
description of a famous
person’s life and work (7.1)
Study skills: making notes
Writing skills:
analysing
data
Describing charts
Presentation about sleep;
Evaluating performance
(8.1)
Conversation planning a
trip to a festival (8.3)
Discussion about sleep
Quiz about sleep patterns
(8.1)
Contractions
Discussing
future plans, hopes and
dreams (8.2)
Sentence stress: key words
and clarity
(8.3)
Key language: discussing
preferences
Task: making a future plan
Scenario: planning a
night at a festival
Write a short paragraph
describing climate (1.2)
Study skills: remembering
vocabulary;
evaluating
methods
Writing skills:
prediction
A narrative
Meet the Expert: an
interview with Karen
Fowler, a communications
manager, about working in
the dark in Antarctica (8.2)
Interview with two
employees
exploring the
topic
(9.1)
Business people
negotiating a deal (9.3)
Discussing opinions about
new holidays (1.3)
study vs working discussion
Comparison of the way
people used to live and work
today with the past
‘s’ in
used to
(9.1)
Talk about industries/well-
known business (9.2)
Numbers
(9.3)
Key language: making
offers and proposals
Task: having a negotiation
Scenario: negotiating a
deal
Write a paragraph
comparing life in past to
now (9.2)
Study skills: Giving a
short talk;
analysing
performance
Writing skills: Describing a
process
Study skills video: a short
talk about the history of
chocolate (9.4)
A meeting to discuss a trip
schedule (10.1)
The history of Apple (10.2)
An Olympic bid
presentation (10.3)
A talk about UNICEF (10.4)
General discussion about
the United Nations;
Interviews to check social
arrangements (10.1)
Exchanging knowledge
about global companies;
exploring the
topic
talking about
big businesses and
globalisation (10.2)
Pausing and emphatic stress
(10.3)
Key language: giving
examples
Task: giving a presentation
Scenario: making an
Olympic bid
Write a paragraph
summarising next week’s
social arrangements (10.2)
Study skills: improving
your listening: predicting
content, predicting
vocabulary, importance
markers
Writing skills: A for and
against essay;
developing
ideas
Meet the Expert: an
interview with Nick
Cooper, a brands
specialist, about what
makes a global brand
(10.2)
A radio documentary
about the environment and
global warming (11.1)
A funding committee
discussing a regeneration
project proposal (1.3)
Illustrating a claim
Talking about the causes
and effects of global
warming (11.1)
Problem-solving
Discussion
about ways to reduce waste
(11.2)
Intonation in question tags
(11.3)
Discuss the effects of the
newsletter (11.4)
Key language: checking
agreement
Task: collaborating
Scenario: allocating funds
for local regeneration
Write a short paragraph
describing climate (1.2)
Study skills: thinking
critically about reading
texts
Writing skills:
Asking
critical questions
A
report
Meet the Expert: an
interview with Dr Laura
Baker, a meteorologist,
about tracking and
analysing storms (12.1)
Current affairs programme
on TV (12.1)
Interview between a sports
psychologist and a client
(12.3)
A tutorial about time
management (12.4)
Discussion about attitudes
and approaches to sport
(12.1)
Evaluating claims
Discussion of topical issues
related to football, sport and
health and sports facilities in
different countries (12.2)
Intonation in lists
(12.3)
Key language: answering
complex questions
Task: using a questionnaire
Scenario: doing a sports
psychology survey
A summary paragraph of
topical issues (12.2)
Study skills: Time
Management;
critical
evaluation
Writing skills: a formal
email
Meet the Expert: an interview
with Rachel Pavlou, the
Women’s Football
Development
Manager for
the English
FA, about the
rise of women’s
football (12.2)
Audioscripts (p149-164) | Irregular Verb List (p165) | Phonetic Charts (p166)
