Unit 1:
A world of words
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- Countries and nationalities
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- Subject pronouns
- The verb Be: Affirmative
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- Introductions
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- Listening: Common names
- Speaking:
+ Introductions
+ Common name
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- Reading: Names around the world
- Writing: Introductions
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- Word stress with nationality words
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Unit 2:
Centered on language
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- The alphabet
- Numbers 1-20
- Personal information
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- Wh- questions with Be
- The verb Be: Negative
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- Asking for clarification
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- Listening: Registering for a class
- Speaking: Why is English important for you?
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- Reading: Why is English important for you?
- Writing: Filling in a registration form
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- Classroom language
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Unit 3:
Take note!
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- Action verbs
- Numbers 20-100
- Time
- Days of the week
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- Imperatives
- Possessive adjectives
- Possessive ’s
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- Polite expressions
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- Speaking: Types of communication
- Listening: Answering machine messages
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- Reading: Messages and signs
- Writing: E-mail messages
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- Pronunciation of numbers
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Unit 4:
Familiar things
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- Jobs
- Everyday objects
- Prepositions of location (place): in, on…
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- This / these (What’s this?...)
- Plural nouns
- Yes / No questions with Be
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- Useful questions
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- Listening: Useful objects in different jobs
- Speaking: Describing location
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- Reading: Desks
- Writing: Describing a desk
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- Remembering vocabulary
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Unit 5:
Family network
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- Family relationship
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- Simple present:
+ Statements
+ Yes / No questions
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- Starting a conversation
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- Listening: A family description
- Speaking: How often do you…?
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- Reading: Family Reunions
- Writing: Describing a family
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- Intonation in Yes / No questions
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Unit 6:
Buying power
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- Colors
- Clothes
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- Demonstratives: this / that / these / those
- How much…? + price
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- Can for request
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- Speaking: Talking about clothes
- Listening and Speaking: Telephone orders
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- Reading: How popular is Internet shopping?
- Writing: Filling in an order form
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- Making vocabulary notes
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Unit 7:
Day in, day out!
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- Everyday activities
- Schedules
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- Simple present: Wh- questions
- Prepositions of time: in, on, at…
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- Showing interest
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- Listening: Hotels around the world
- Speaking: Describing schedules and routines
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- Reading: Everyday Living
- Writing: Filling in an order form
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- Linking with the final s sound
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Unit 8:
Essential ingredients
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- Food
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- Countable and uncountable nouns
- Some and any
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- Polite offers
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- Listening: Special ingredients
- Speaking: Describing popular foods
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- Reading: Food in the United States
- Writing: An article about food
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- Making grammar notes
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Unit 9:
In the neighborhood
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- Places
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- There is/ are
- Prepositions of location (place): next to, in front of…
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- Asking and answering questions about places
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- Listening: Description of a neighborhood
- Speaking: Designing an ideal neighborhood
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- Reading:
+ Postcard
+ New Urbanism
- Writing: An advertising brochure
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Listening tips
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Unit 10:
Fun and games
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- Sports, games, and abilities
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- Can/ can’t (ability)
- Conjunctions: and, but, or
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- Offering help
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- Speaking: What can athletes do?
- Listening: A game show
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- Reading:
+ Instruction Profile
+ Amazing Athletes
- Writing: Describing abilities
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Pronunciation of can and can’t
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Unit 11:
Home phone
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- Rooms in a house
- Telephone language
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- Present continuous:
+ Statements
+ Wh- and Yes / No questions
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- Telephone language – calling and answering the phone
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- Speaking:
+ What are people doing?
+ Describing pictures
- Listening: Who can talk on the phone?
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- Reading: Home phones
- Reading and Writing: The Message - A TV script
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Spelling: -ing forms
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Unit 12:
Hot and cold
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- Months and seasons
- Weather
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- Adjectives
- Adverbs of frequency
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- Small talk
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- Listening:
+ Weather in January
+ Song: “Blue Skies”
- Speaking: How do your clothes and activities change by season?
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- Reading: Travel to Mars?
- Writing: Life and seasons
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Sentence stress
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Unit 13:
Take care of yourself
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- Parts of the body
- Ailments and remedies
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- Should/ shouldn’t (advice and suggestions)
- Modifiers: too, very…
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- Giving advice
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- Listening: Computer Dos and Don’ts
- Speaking: Giving advice
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- Reading: Computers: How much is too much?
- Reading and Writing: Ask Jenna – an advice column
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Organizing vocabulary
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Unit 14:
It was fantastic!
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- Adjectives and nouns
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- Simple past:
+ Be
+ Regular and irregular verbs
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- Responding to information
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- Listening: Who did the letters belong to?
- Speaking: Where did you find the bottle?
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- Reading: A Message in a Bottle
- Writing: A letter
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Pronunciation of –ed endings
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Unit 15: Extraordinary lives
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- Life events
Years
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- Simple past:
+ Negative statements
+ Questions
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- Expressing degrees of certainty
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- Listening: Justine Kerfoot’s life story
- Speaking: Important dates and events in your life
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- Reading: A True Pioneer
- Writing: A famous person
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Reading tips
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Unit 16:
Let’s celebrate!
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- Festivals and celebrations
- Ordinal numbers
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- Future: be going to + verb
- Subject-object pronouns
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Invitations – inviting, accepting, and refusing
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- Speaking: Describing festivals in your country
- Listening:
+ Birthday presents
+ Song: “Celebrate Our Love”
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- Reading:
+ Voices in the street
+ Festivals around the World
- Writing: Describing a festival
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Pronunciation of ordinary numbers
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