Reward - Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

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Lesson 'Grammar and functions Vocabulary Skills and sounds 1
1 English athome 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 Reivard Upper-intermediate Writing: writing questions about Reivard Upper-intermediate
Discussion about learning; learning styles Question tags; negatíve questions; imperative questions; suggestions and reply questions Vocabulary to describe Ianguage 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
2 Friends and relations Customs and rituals in different cultures The indefinite, definite 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
Customs in different age groups Sounds: /öi:/ and /öa/ Listening: listening for main ideas; interpreting information; talking about customs and rituals Writing: text organisation in an informál letter; writing an informál letter about customs and rituals
3 Passión play Italian football Tense review: present tenses 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
Hobbies and leisure activities Criticising behaviour and hábits; 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 specifíc information Sounds: stressed words in sentences of complaint Writing: writing a report of a discussion on hobbies
4 Tiventy-four hóin? in your town Arranging a day out in Boston, USA 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 fonnál and informál expressions; writing a formai business letter
Planning a tourist guide of a town or region Tense review: talking about the futuré 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
Progress check lessons 1-4 Revision Using a monolingual dictionary; learning vocabulary Sounds: /yj and h\/\ h/\ stressed words in sentences Speaking: talking about plans for a penfriend's visit Writing: writing a letter giving advice about greeting people and arrangements for a stay
5 Achievements and ambitions An extract from Great RailwayJourneys by Lisa St Aubin de Teran Tense review: present perfect simple and continuous Important life events Speaking: talking about personal achievements and ambitions; exchanging infonnation about biographies Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; reading for specific information; evaluating a text; inferring Writing: writing questions to obtain biographical information
Personal achievements and ambitions Tense review: present perfect simple and continuous Sounds: weák form /bin/ Listening: listening for specific infonnation Writing: writing a biography for a newspaper article
6 Tnist me- I'm a
doctor Truth and deception; Sister Coxall's revetige, a short story in two parts
The story of a doctor in the 19th century
Grammar and functions
Tense review: past tenses
Vocabulary
Describing a sequence of events in the past
Words connected with niedical matters
Skilfs and sounds
Speaking: talking about truth and deception Listening: predicting the order of events; listening for
main ideas; listening for specific information Writing: rewriting the story from a different point of view
Sounds: syllable stress; stress in compound nouns Reading: reading for main ideas; inferring; dealing with
unfamiliar words Speaking: talking about different jobs
7 Wish you were here? An extract from The Lost Continent by Bili Bryson
Talking about holidays
Adjectives
Describing position
Geographical description
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
Listening: listening for specific information; inferring Sounds: linking sounds /y/, /w/ Writing: writing a description of a town or region using fact and opinion adjectives
8 Strange sensations Four stories from Tnte ghost stories of our time
A ghost story set in Scotland
Participle (-ing) clauses
Verbs of sensation
Words connected with the senses
Words connected with sounds
Reading: reading for main ideas; reading for specific
information; dealing with difficult vocabulary Speaking: talking about ghost stories
Sounds: pauses, word 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 meamvhile, eventuaüy, finally
Progress check lessons 5- 8
Positive and negatíve connotation; adjective suffixes
Sounds: /di/ and /au/; stressed words in sentences Listening: listening and note-taking Speaking: retelling a story
9 Impressions of school Talking about memories: An extract from Jane Eyre remember + noun/-ing by Charlotte Bronté
An interview with an English teacher in Sudan
Used to and wottld + infinitive; be/get used to + nouiV-ing
Education and school Speaking: talking about early schooldays
Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; dealing with unfamiliar words; inferring
Listening: listening for specific information; inferring Sounds: /]/ in British and American words Writing: interpreting and writing a school report
10 Rules of law Strange laws around the world
Modal verbs: must, have to, havegotto, can't, mustn't
The legal system in Britain Modal verbs: don 't neecl to /needn't, needn't have/didn 't need to, should/shouldn 't
Words connected with crimes
Words connected with law and order
Sounds: syllable stress
Reading: reacting to a text; reading for main ideas;
reading for specific information Speaking: talking about new laws Writing: writing new laws
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
11 Discoveries and
inventions The story of the inventor and traveller, Francis Galton
Strange inventions
Clauses of purpose
Noun/adjective + to + infinitive
Household items and actions
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
Speaking: guessing the purpose of different inventions Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for
specific information Sounds: assimilation of/t/ and /d/ in connected speech Writing: writing a product description
Lesson HGrammar and functionsl Vocabulary Skills and sounds J
12 Food, glorious food What your choice of food reveals about you Conditionals (1): zero, first and second conditionals; ;/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
Car-engine cooking Conditionals (2): un less, even if, as long as, provided (that), or/otherwise 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
Progress check lessons 9- 12 Revision Remember, foiget, tiy, stop, regret + -ing or infinitive; opposite or negatíve meanings with prefixes Sounds: /o:/, /au/ and /o:/; different ways of pronouncing -ough; stressed words in connected speech Listening: listening and note-taking Writing: rewriting news stories
13 High-tech dreams or nightmares? A computerised honié The passive Words connected with technology Reading: predicting; reading for specific information; inferring Writing: writing a letter of complaint
Items of new technology Passive infinitive; passive gerund Words connected with different kinds of communication 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
14 Lifestyles The Amish people of Pennsylvania Relatíve clauses New words from a passage about the Amish people Speaking: talking about lifestyles; talking about changes in lifestyles Reading: reading for specific information; inferring
Living in Califomia Relatíve and participle clauses Lifestyle in Califomia Listening: predicting; listening for specific information Sounds: pauses in defining and non-defining relatíve clauses Writing: writing a diary of a day in the life of an Amish family or in a Californian community
15 Lucky escapes Talking about lucky escapes Third conditional Positive and negatíve feelings Speaking: talking about lucky and unlucky situations Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific information Reading: reading for specific infonnation Writing: writing a summary
Stories about good and bad luck Expressing wishes and regrets Opinions Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; understanding text organisation Sounds: /s/ and ///; stressed words in sentences expressing wishes and regrets Speaking: talking about the stories
16 All-time greats The story of the song The Girl from Ipanema 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
Favourite music and books Phrasal verbs Words connected with music and books Sounds: stressed words in sentences with phrasal verbs Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific information Writing: completing a book review using attitűdé words or phrases; writing a review of a favourite piece of music or book Speaking: talking about favourite pieces of music and books
Grammar and functions
Vocabulary
Progress check lessons 13 - 16
Skills and sounds
Sounds: /a/ and /Ö/; silent consonants; being aware of
speaker's attitűdé Writing: preparing for a game called Ifthings had
been different Speaking: playing a game called Ifthings had been different
17 Spending money Countable and uncountable An extract from Tender is nouns the Night by F Scott Fitzgerald
Shopping items; new words from a story
Different shopping habits Ways of expressing quantity Words connected with money
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 teliing a joke
Speaking: talking about words connected with money Speaking: talking about shopping habits Writing: writing a questionnaire about people's shopping habits
18 Trends How to survive the 21st century
Future trends and party politics
Future continuous and future perfect
Future in the past
Words connected with politics
Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; dealing with
difficult vocabulary; inferring Speaking: talking about future trends Writing: writing advice about future trends
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
19 Legendary Britain The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Legendary places
Passive constructions with say, believe etc
Speculating about the past: may have, mighthave, must have, can't have
Reading: reading for main ideas; reading for
specific information Speaking: talking about li
Words connected with legends
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
20 The real thing? Characteristics of different brands and products
Global advertising
Reported speech
Reporting verbs
Adjectives to describe Speaking: talking about well-known brands and products
different products Listening: predicting; listening for main ideas; listening
for specific information Sounds: understanding different tones of voice
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
Progress check lessons 17- 20
Idioms; slang and informál language
Sounds: homophones; homographs Speaking: planning a stay in a foreign country

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