UNIT 7 TASK

UNIT 7 LIVING SPACES

GRAMMAR

Comparatives and superlatives

Used to, would, and the simple past

VOCABULARY

House features in the city

Wordbuilding: verb → adjective

Word focus: as and like

REAL LIFE (FUNCTIONS)

Expressing preferences and giving reasons

PRONUNCIATIONS

As … as, rising and falling intonation

LISTENING

Podcast replies about homes around the world

Four people talking about where they live

READING

1.- An article about what New York used to be like

2.- An article about a little town in Puerto Rico

CRITICAL THINKING

Descriptions

SPEAKING

House or apartment?

Your town, wish you were here!

WRITING

Text type: A description of a place

Writing skill: organizing ideas

UNIT 6 TASK

UNIT 6 WELLBEING 

GRAMMAR

Modal verbs (1):

have to, must, can, be allowed to, should

First conditional: if + will

When, as soon as, unless, until, before

VOCABULARY

A healthy lifestyle

Wordbuilding:phrasal verbs with down and up

Modern life

Restaurants

REAL LIFE (FUNCTIONS)

describing dishes

PRONUNCIATIONS

Weak forms:

1.- KEEP EGGS IN THE FRIDGE 

2.- WASH RICE BEFOR YOU COOK IT

3.- EAT FISH ON THE DAY YOU BUY IT 

4.- COOK MEAT UNTIL IT ISN'T PINK 

LISTENING

Two people discussing the power of the mind

READING

A news item about traditional dishes

A news item about imaginary eating

An article about modern lifestyles

CRITICAL THINKING

Language clues: Contrasting idea, Consequence

1.- Do you think caffeine is harful, beneficial, neither or both?

2.- Did you change your ideas about caffeine after reading the article?

SPEAKING

Your favorite dish

A healthy lifestyle

Modern life

WRITING

Text type: a formal letter

Writing skill: explaining consequences


Dear Mrs. Hardwick, 

We are writing to express our concern at the plan to close the staff restaurant at the end of this month. 

In our view, this action will have serious consequence for all the staff. If there is no on-site restaurant, employees will have to travel to the nearest town at linch time. This could lead to time management and punsctuallity issues. 

In addition, it is important for working people to eat a healthy meat at lunch time. If the restaurant closes, this will result in many people eating snack and sandwiches. This kind of food is not nutritious and therefore staff health and productivity could suffer. 


Currently, the staff are not alowed to eat at their workstations. How will the closure of the restaurant affect this policy? Will there be plans for a kitchen or food area?

We request a meeting to discuss these issues at your earliest convenience. 

Yours sincerily. 

PJ Firth. 
Staff Representative. 

UNIT 5 TASK

UNIT 5 TRAVEL 

GRAMMAR

Present perfect and simple past

For

Present perfect continuous and present perfect 

How long … ?

VOCABULARY

Vacation 

Destinations: Travel destinations and activities.

 Conservation 

Travel problems

Wordbuilding: compound nouns (noun + noun)

REAL LIFE (FUNCTIONS)

Dealing with problems

PRONUNCIATIONS

Has, have strong and weak forms

LISTENING

Part of a radio show about a wildlife conservationist three conversations about vacation activities

READING

A profile of a wildlife conservationist

an article about vacation destinations an article about tourism and conservation

CRITICAL THINKING

Close Reading

SPEAKING

Travel experiences what makes a good vacation, green activities

WRITING

Text type: a postcard

writing skill: informal style

UNIT 4 TASK

UNIT 4 OPPORTUNITIES

GRAMMAR

Predictions: will, may, might, could

Future forms: present continuous, will, going to

VOCABULARY

Job and work education

Wordbuilding: phrasal verbs

Pay and benefits

Job requirements

REAL LIFE (FUNCTIONS)

Making and responding to requests

PRONUNCIATION

Weak and strong: Auxiliary verbs

LISTENING

Three young women talking about their future.

READING

An article about India’s new superhighway

An article about the economic boom in China

CRITICAL THINKING

Arguments

SPEAKING

Predictions, planning your work, pay and conditions

WRITING

Text type: a cover letter

Writing skill: formal style

Dear Ms. Huges,

I am writing in reply to your advertisement in the Daily News. I have recently graduated in Sport administration from Norwich University. I have experience in admiistration center.

I consider myself to be reliable, punctual and well organized. As part of my job I was responsable for ordering new equipment.

I am avaible my resume for an interview at any time and can start work inmediatly.

I am enclosing my resume that gives full details my qualifications and experience.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely.

Rose Torres

UNIT 3 TASK

UNIT 3 WATER

GRAMMAR

Simple past and past continuous 

Past perfect

VOCABULARY

Water and recreation

Activities: 

DIVING

FISHING

JET-SKIING

KAYAKING

RAFTING

ROWING 

SAILING

SNORKELING

SURFING

SWIMMING 

WATER-SKIING

WINDSURFING 

Places: 

LAKE

MARINA

OCEAN

POOL

RESERVOIR

RIVER

SEA

STREAM

WATERFALL

Wordbuilding: adverbs

Most adjectives are formed by adding -ly to adjectives. 

Some adverbs and adjectives are the same.

quick (adjective) -- quickly (adverb)

fast (adjective) = fast (adverb) 

Word focus: get

I entered the pool = Get into

The weather dindn't improve = Get worse

I couldn't reach the shore = Get to the shore

I wasn't moving awards= Get any clausure

We receive so much from nature = Get 

I'd escaped from that dangerous situation = Got in out 

REAL LIFE (FUNCTIONS)

Telling stories

Beginning a story: 

Did I ever tell you about? 

I remember once... 

A coupe of year ago.

You'll never belive what happened once 

Saying what happened:

After we saw...

After a few days... 

A couple of week later 

One day

All of a sudden 

Suddenly

Inmediatly 

Then 

The next thing was 

While I was 

During the night   

PRONUNCIATION

Was – were

LISTENING

Two people talking about what happened next

READING

An interview about underwater discoveries an article about an unforgettable experience.

CRITICAL THINKING

Reading between the lines.

When you read an article you have to analize the context. 

SPEAKING

The first time puzles it happened to me

WRITING

Text type: a blog post writing skill: interesting language

Write a first draft of a blogpost about your weekend. 

A wonderful adventure on weekend!

A couple of year ago my husband and me decided to go an adventure trip. We were on vacation in Puyo, We meet foreign people, they had practiced rafting before.

When we arrived near a river I felt very nervous however I wanted to try rafting. Our instructor told us some instructions and inmediatly we entered the river.

I had never practiced extreme sport, but I loved it!! I practiced rafting, canoying and canopy the same day. I’ll never forget that experience.

                                                                                                                                     

UNIT 2 TASK

UNIT 2 PERFOMANCE

GRAMMAR

Present perfect already, just, and yet

Verb patterns: -ing form and infinitive

VOCABULARY

Musical styles

BLUES

BOSSA NOVA
CHARANGA
FADO
FLAMENCO
HOOMII
REGGAE
TAIKO DRUMMING

Describing music genre

CATCHY
MELODIC
TUNELESS
CHEERFUL
MOVING
UNUSUAL
LIVELY
REPETITIVE
MELANCHOLY
RHYTHMIC

 Emotions

GOING OUT DANCING REALLY ENERGIZES ME UP
EVERYTIME I HEAR A SAD SONG, I WANT TO CRY
THAT MUSIC IS SO CHEERFUL -IT ALWAYS MAKES ME SMILE 
IT'S A REALLY FUNNY MOVIE. I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT 
SEEING HORROR MOVIES MAKES ME FEEL SCARED

Global culture

Connections
Culture
Influences 
Market
World

 Describing performances

FANTASTIC
FASCINATING
SPECTACULAR
TERRIBLE
TERRIFIC
THRILLING
UNFORGETTABLE

BORING
DEPRESSING
DISAPPOINTING
DULL
ENTERTAINING 

 Wordbuilding: adjective + noun.

Some adjectives and nouns often go together. 
Our world       Popular culture 

REAL LIFE (FUNCTIONS)

Choosing an event

DO YOU FEEL LIKE GOING OUT TONIGHT?
DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE MOVIES?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE A MOVIE?

PRONUNCIATION

Intonation with 

Really, absolutely, pretty, and very

LISTENING

A radio show about world fusion music.

READING

An article about why we dance

an article about globalization

CRTITICAL THINKING

Sources.

The autor does not express her opinion about globalization

SPEAKING

New releases

Performing changes

We are in the middle of a worldwide change in culture.
According to social scientists, our world is shrinking. 

WRITING:

Text type: a profile writing skill: linking ideas (1)

VIDEO FORUM

Taiko Master 

UNIT 1 TASK

GRAMMAR:

Simple present and present continuous

Statives verbs question forms

VOCABULARY:

Time expressions feelings and personal states

The roles we play wordbuilding: activity → person

ANTROPOLOGIST

COMPETITOR

MENTOR

RESERCHER

ATHLETE

CONTESTANT

OPPONENT

SCIENTIST

BIOLOGIST

FRIEND

PARENT

TEACHER

COLLEAGUE

MANAGER

PRIMATOLOGIST

REAL LIFE (FUNCTION)

Opening and closing conversations

Opening conversations

May I introduce myself?

Alow me introduce myself?

Hi, how are you? I'm... 

It's a pleasure tomeet you.

Nice meeting you

Closing conversations

Thanks for your time.

It's been good talking to you. 

Let me give me your card.

Let's stay in touch

Why don't I give you my card?

How about meeting again?

PRONUNCIATION:

Questions

Short questions

LISTENING:

Two people doing a quiz about colors and their meaning

READING:

An article about how we use color an article about the color red

CRITICAL THINKING

Conclusion

The color red is only an important factor when there is very little difference inthe athletes' skill. 

SPEAKING:

Routines and leisure activities personal questions the roles we play

COOK A MEAL

DECORATE YOUR HOUSE

DRESS UP

GO ONLINE

GO OUT WITH FRIENDS

GO SHOPPING

GO TO EVENING CLASSES

GO TO AN EXERCISE CLASS

LEARN A NEW SKILL

MAKE SOMETHING WITH YOUR HANDS

READ A NEW BOOK

SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY 

WRITING:

Text type: a website profile writing skill: criteria for writing

Write a website profile to promote your business  

Final Project: English Portfolio.

Miss Maria del Carmen Boloña; our English teacher announced at the beggining of our English course in Casa Grande University. It consisted of creation of a blog publishing task required troughout the class.

We used Life English book as principal resources in class and Cengage learning on line for improving our languages, this course has e-learning strategies so we used Moodle to Access Information about assignment and announcement, in my opinion it is a easy form to maximize our learning process in foreign language. As a result, our english knowledge has improved a lot.

I hope this final Project will meet our teacher’s expectation and everything learned can be used to obtein our B2 certificate.