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Reward
Upper
Intermediate
Level |
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Lesson |
Grammar
and functions |
Vocabulary |
Skills
and sounds |
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1.
English ... at home and abroad
Signs
in English from around the world |
Questions:
basic rules |
Words used
in English from other languages |
Reading:
reading signs from around the world; reading and answering a
questionnaire; reading for main ideas
Speaking:
talking about hopes and expectations for an English course; asking
questions about Reward Upper-Intermediate
Writing:
writing questions about Reward Upper-Intermediate |
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Discussion
about learning; learning styles |
Question
tags; negative questions; imperative questions; suggestions and
reply questions |
Vocabulary
to describe language errors and parts of speech |
Sounds:
intonation in question tags; using a model dialogue for guided
speaking practice
Listening:
listening for main ideas; inferring
Writing:
writing a composition The best way to learn English |
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2.
Friends and relations
Customs
and rituals in different cultures |
The indefinite
and zero article |
Gestures
and movements of the body |
Speaking:
talking about ways of greeting and addressing people; using a
model dialogue for guided speaking
Reading:
reading for main ideas; understanding text organisation;
focusing on topic sentences; inferring |
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Customs
in different age groups |
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Sounds:
Listening:
listening for main ideas; interpreting information; talking
about customs and rituals
Writing:
text organisation in an informal letter; writing an informal
letter about customs and rituals |
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3.
Passion play
Italian
football
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Tense
review: present tenses |
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Speaking:
exchanging information on hobbies and leisure activities; a
commentary of a sporting event
Reading:
reading for main ideas; linking ideas; dealing with unfamiliar
words
Writing:
preparing a commentary of a sporting event |
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Hobbies
and leisure activities |
Criticising
behaviour and habits; agreeing and disagreeing |
Sport and
leisure activities |
Speaking:
talking about hobbies and leisure activities; a discussion about
hobbies
Listening:
listening for main ideas; listening for specific information
Sounds:
stressed words in sentences of complaint
Writing:
writing a report of a discussion on hobbies |
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4.
Twenty-four hours in your town
Arranging
a day out in Boston, USA
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Tense
review: talking about the future; making suggestions and
responding to them |
People,
places and types of entertainment |
Listening:
identifying context and purpose; listening for specific
information
Speaking:
planning a day out in Boston; making suggestions
Writing:
identifying the difference between formal and informal
expressions; writing a formal business letter |
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Planning
a tourist guide of a town or region |
Tense
review: talking about the future with will |
Features
of city life |
Reading:
reading for specific information; evaluating a text
Sounds:
polite and friendly intonation
Speaking:
describing different aspects of a town or region
Writing:
note-taking; writing a tourist guide for a town or region |
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Progress
check lessons 1-4
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Revision |
Using
a monolingual dictionary; learning vocabulary |
Sounds:
stressed words in sentences
Speaking:
talking about plans for a pen friend's visit
Writing:
writing a letter giving advice about greeting people and
arrangements for a stay |
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5.
Achievements and ambitions
An
extract from Great Railway Journeys by Lisa St Aubin de Teran
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Tense
review: present perfect simple and continuous |
Important
life events |
Speaking:
talking about personal achievements and ambitions; exchanging
information about biographies
Reading:
predicting; reading for main ideas; reading for specific
information; evaluating a text; inferring
Writing:
writing questions to obtain biographical information |
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Personal
achievements and ambitions |
Tense
review: present perfect simple and continuous |
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Sounds:
weak form
Listening:
listening for specific information
Writing:
writing a biography for a newspaper article |
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6.
Trust me - I'm a doctor
Truth
and deception; Sister Coxall's revenge, a short story in
two parts
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Tense
review: past tenses |
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Speaking:
talking about truth and deception
Listening:
predicting the order of events; listening ofr main ideas;
listening for specific information |
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The
story of a doctor in the 19th century |
Describing
a sequence of events in the past |
Words
connected with medical matters |
Sounds:
syllable stress; stress in compound nouns
Reading:
reading for main ideas; inferring; dealing with unfamiliar
words
Speaking:
talking about different jobs |
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7.
Wish your were here?
An
extract from The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson
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Adjectives |
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Speaking:
talking about features of a holiday; discussing holiday preferences
Writing:
writing statements about holiday preferences
Reading:
reading for main ideas; inferring; understanding writer's style;
distinguishing between fact and opinion |
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Talking
about holidays |
Describing
position |
Geographical
descriptions |
Listening:
listening for specific information; inferring
Sounds:
linking sounds
Writing:
writing a description of a town or region using fact and opinion
adjectives |
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8.
Strange sensations
Four
stories from True ghost stories of our time
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Participle
(-ing) clauses |
Words
connected with the senses |
Reading:
reading for main ideas; reading for specific information;
dealing with difficult vocabulary
Speaking:
talking about ghost stories |
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A
ghost story set in Scotland |
Verbs
of sensation |
Words
connected with sounds |
Sounds:
pauses, words stress, intonation for dramatic effect
Listening:
predicting; listening for specific information; inferring;
dealing with difficult expressions
Speaking:
talking about a ghost story
Writing:
writing a ghost story; linking words meanwhile,
eventually, finally |
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Progress
check lessons 5-8
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Revision |
Positive
and negative connotation; adjective suffixes |
Sounds:
stressed words in sentences
Listening:
listening and note-taking
Speaking:
retelling a story |
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9.
Impressions of school
An
extract from Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontė
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Talking
about memories: remember + noun/-ing |
Education and school |
Speaking:
talking about early schooldays
Reading:
predicting; reading for main ideas; dealing with unfamiliar
words; inferring |
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An
interview with an English teacher in Sudan |
Used to
and would + infinitive; be/get used to + noun/-ing |
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Listening:
listening for specific information; inferring
Sounds:
in British and American words
Writing:
interpreting and writing a school report |
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10.
Rules of law
Strange
laws around the world
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Modal verbs: must, have to, have
got to, can't, mustn't |
Words connected with crimes |
Sounds:
syllable stress
Reading:
reacting to a text; reading for main ideas; reading for specific
information |
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The
legal system in Britain |
Modal verbs: don't need
to/needn't, needn't have/didn't need to, should/shouldn't |
Words connected with law and order
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Listening:
listening for main ideas, listening for specific information
Reading:
reacting to a text; reading for main ideas
Writing:
writing a letter to a newspaper expressing an opinion;
linking words and expressions for opinions |
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11.
Discoveries and inventions
The
story of the inventor and traveller, Francis Galton
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Clauses of purpose |
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Speaking:
talking about inventions; talking about tips for everyday
situations
Reading:
reacting to a text; reading for main ideas; dealing with unfamiliar
words
Writing:
writing practical advice |
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Strange
inventions |
Noun/adjective + to +
infinitive |
Household items and actions
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Speaking:
guessing the purpose of different inventions
Listening:
listening for main ideas; listening for specific advice
Sounds:
assimilation of /t/ and /d/ in connected speech
Writing:
writing a product description |
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12.
Food, glorious food
What
your choice of food reveals about you
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Conditionals (1): zero, first and
second conditionals; if and when |
Food and drink |
Speaking:
talking about different ways of cooking and preparing
food; talking about typical food and drink
Reading:
reading and answering a questionnaire; reading for main ideas
Listening:
listening for specific information; inferring
Sounds:
stressed words in sentences |
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Car-engine
cooking |
Conditionals (2): unless, even
if, as long as, provided (that), or/otherwise |
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Reading:
predicting; reading for main ideas; reading for specific
information
Speaking:
talking about car-engine cooking
Writing:
writing advice on eating in different situations such as picnics
and barbecues
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Progress
check lessons 9-12
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Revision |
Remember,
forget, try, stop, regret + -ing or infinitive; opposite
or negative meanings with prefixes |
Sounds:
different ways of pronouncing -ough; stressed words in
connected speech
Listening:
listening and note-taking
Writing:
rewriting news stories |
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13.
High-tech dreams or nightmares?
A
computerised home
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The passive |
Words connected with technology |
Reading:
predicting; reading for specific information; inferring
Writing:
writing a letter of complaint |
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Items
of new technology |
Passive infinitive; passive gerund |
Words connected with different kinds
of communication
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Listening:
listening for specific information; inferring
Sounds:
stress in compound nouns
Speaking:
a discussion about technology and communication
Writing:
writing a summary of a discussion |
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14.
Lifestyles
The
Amish people of Pennsylvanna
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Relative clauses |
New words from a passage about the
Amish people |
Speaking:
talking about lifestyles; talking about changes in lifestyle
Reading:
reading for specific information; inferring |
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Living
in California |
Relative and participle clauses |
Lifestyle in California
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Listening:
predicting; listening for specific information
Sounds:
pauses in defining and non-defining relative clauses
Writing:
writing a diary of a day in the life of an Amish family or in a
Californian community |
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15.
Lucky escapes
Talking
about lucky escapes
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Third conditional |
Positive and negative feelings |
Speaking:
talking about lucky and unlucky situations
Listening:
listening for main ideas; listening for specific information
Writing:
writing a summary |
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Stories
about good and bad luck |
Expressing wishes and regrets |
Opinions
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Reading:
predicting; reading for main ideas; understanding text
organisation
Sounds:
stressed words in sentences expressing wishes and regrets
Speaking:
talking about the stories |
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16.
All-time greats
The
story of the song The Girl from Ipanema
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Phrasal verbs |
Types of music and words connected
with music |
Speaking:
talking about different types of music; talking about
national characteristics of music
Reading:
reading for main ideas; inferring; linking ideas |
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Favourite
music and books |
Phrasal verbs |
Words connected with music and books
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Sounds:
stressed words in sentences with phrasal verbs
Listening:
listening for main ideas; listening for specific information
Writing:
completing a book review of a favourite piece of music or
book
Speaking:
talking about favourite pieces of music and books |
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Progress
check lessons 13-16
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Revision |
Phrasal
verbs |
Sounds:
silent consonants; being aware of speaker's attitude
Writing:
preparing for a game called If things had been different
Speaking:
playing a game called If things had been different |
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17.
Spending money
An
extract from Tender is the Night by F Scott Fitzgerald
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Countable and uncountable nouns |
Shopping items; new words from a
story |
Speaking:
talking about shopping; discussing humorous sayings
Reading:
predicting; understanding the writer's style; reading for main
ideas; reacting to a text
Sounds:
timing and intonation in jokes; different ways of telling a joke |
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Different
shopping habits |
Ways of expressing quality |
Words connected with money
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Speaking:
talking about words connected with money
Listening:
predicting; listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information
Speaking:
talking about shopping habits
Writing:
writing a questionnaire about people's shopping habits |
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18.
Trends
How
to survive the 21st century
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Future continuous and future perfect |
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Reading:
predicting; reading for main ideas; dealing with difficult
vocabulary; inferring
Speaking:
talking about future trends
Writing:
writing advice about future trends |
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Future
trends and party politics |
Future in the past |
Words connected with politics
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Listening:
listening for main ideas; listening for specific information
Sounds:
syllable stress
Writing:
looking at words and phrases often used in discussions;
writing a composition about the 21st century |
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19.
Legendary Britain
The
legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
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Passive constructions with say,
believe etc |
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Reading:
reading for main ideas; reading for specific information
Speaking:
talking about legends |
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Legendary
places |
Speculating about the past: may
have, might have, must have, can't have |
Words connected with legends
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Listening:
predicting; listening for specific information; listening and
note-taking; inferring
Sounds:
stressed words in a dialogue
Writing:
writing a guide to legendary people and places |
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20.
The real thing?
Characteristics
of different brands and products
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Reported speech |
Adjectives to describe different
products |
Speaking:
talking about well-known brands and products
Listening:
predicting; listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information |
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Global
advertising |
Reporting verbs |
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Speaking:
talking about advertising; using a model dialogue for guided
speaking practice
Reading:
reading for main ideas; linking ideas; distinguishing between
main ideas and examples
Listening:
predicting; understanding text organisation
Writing:
writing a dialogue complaining about an advertising claim |
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Progress
check lessons 17-20
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Revision |
Idioms;
slang and informal language |
Sounds:
homophones; homographs
Speaking:
planning a stay in a foreign country |
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