MAP OF THE BOOK
UNIT
VIDEO
1 PLACES
Listening 1: A podcast about
homes around the world
(Geography)
Living in
Alaska
Key listening skill:
Predicting content using visuals
Listening for main ideas
Listening for detail
Understanding key vocabulary
Distinguishing fact from opinion
Listening 2: A lecture about
satellite navigation systems
(Travel management)
2 FESTIVALS AND
CELEBRATIONS
LISTENING
A Chinese
New Year
Key listening skill:
Listening and taking notes
Understanding key vocabulary
Predicting content using visuals
Listening for main ideas
Listening for examples
Recognizing examples
Listening 2: A talk about
celebrations and food
(Cultural studies)
Pronunciation for listening:
Stressed words in connected
speech
Education
around the
world
Listening 1: A guided tour of a
university campus
(University orientation)
Virtual
reality
Listening 2: Presentation about
sign language
(Sign language and deaf studies)
Key listening skill:
Understanding key vocabulary
Languages
in South
America
Key listening skill:
Using your knowledge to predict
content
Listening for genre
Using your knowledge to predict
content
Understanding key vocabulary
Listening for main ideas
Listening for instructions
Pronunciation for listening:
Sounding positive
Consonant sounds: silent /l/
Collocations about learning
(e.g. study Geography,
learn Biology, teach French,
revise History)
Review of prepositional
phrases
Technology (e.g. go online,
wifi, the cloud)
Pronunciation for listening:
Consonant sounds: /s/ // /t/
strong // and weak //
Listening 2: A news report about
how computers affect our
memory
(Psychology)
Listening 1: Different genres of
listening
(English language and linguistics)
Using visual clues to listen
Activating your knowledge
Listening for detail
Collocations (e.g. go
to a concert, take a
photograph, have a nice
time)
Listening for main ideas
Listening for reasons
Listening for additional details
Listening 1: A student radio
programme about robots
(Sociology)
5 LANGUAGE AND
COMMUNICATION
Key listening skill:
Understanding key vocabulary
Pronunciation for listening:
Word stress
Understanding intonation
Listening 2: A discussion about
learning with technology
(Educational studies)
4 THE INTERNET
AND TECHNOLOGY
Vocabulary for places
we live and work (e.g.
pedestrian area, bus stop,
cottage)
Pronunciation for listening:
Vowel sounds: /e/ // // //
Listening 1: Three interviews
about festivals in different
countries
(Social sciences)
3 SCHOOL AND
EDUCATION
VOCABULARY
LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS 2
Communication (e.g. pick
up, learn, wave)
MAP OF THE BOOK
GRAMMAR
Review of the Past simple
CRITICAL THINKING
SPEAKING
Preparation for speaking
Organize information for a presentation
Plan a presentation
Pronunciation for speaking
Connected speech
Speaking task
Create a presentation for your classmates
about an interesting place. Give factual
information about the place you choose.
Review of Present tense
question forms
Preparation for speaking
Make suggestions
Use a table to organize ideas
Speaking task
Discuss a new festival and make suggestions
for events. Give a poster presentation about
your festival to the rest of your group.
Basic verb patterns
Preparation for speaking
Offer opinions, agree and disagree
Phrases for giving opinions in a debate
Use an idea wheel to categorize
vocabulary
Speaking task
Hold a debate about whether students
should choose how they learn. Explain if you
agree or disagree with your classmates during
the debate.
can / be able to
Preparation for speaking
Describe additional and contrasting
information
Linking words of contrast to organize a
report
Categorize advantages and
disadvantages to hold a debate
Speaking task
Present a report about technology, providing
some information about a device. Look at
advantages and disadvantages and details to
support main ideas.
Imperative clauses
Verb patterns
Use a flow chart to give instructions
Preparation for speaking
Sequence instructions
Sequencing words to organize instructions
Speaking task
Plan and give a set of instructions.
LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS 2
MAP OF THE BOOK
UNIT
VIDEO
6 WEATHER AND
CLIMATE
Rain and the
water cycle
The Palio
horse race
Listening 1: A panel discussion
about the scoring system in
Taekwondo
(Sports science)
South
African
Cape
fishermen
Listening 1: A conversation
between two students about
two remarkable people
(History)
Internet
inventors
Listening 1: A radio programme
about space travel
(Space studies)
Listening 2: A discussion about
the International Space Station
(Space studies)
Listening for bias
Listening for corrections
Adverbs
Key listening skill:
Understanding key vocabulary
Multi-word verbs
Recognizing numbers
Listening for reaction
Key listening skill:
Predicting content using visuals
-ed and -ing adjectives
Understanding key vocabulary
Listening for attitude
Listening for detail
Pronunciation for listening:
Showing enthusiasm
Listening 2: A seminar discussion
about inventions with unusual
designs
(Industrial design)
10 SPACE AND THE
UNIVERSE
Vocabulary for sport (e.g.
golf, gloves, rink)
Pronunciation for listening:
Pronouncing numbers
Listening 2: A discussion between
a mentor and a student about
interview techniques
(Business studies)
9 PEOPLE
Key listening skill:
Understanding key vocabulary
Pronunciation for listening:
Elision and weak forms
Making corrections
Listening 2: A presentation about
unusual sports
(Sports science)
Listening 1: A conversation about
wasting time at work
(Business studies, Sociology)
Verb collocations
Pronunciation for listening:
Vowel sounds: // //
Sounding interested
Listening 2: A discussion between
two students who are preparing
a survey about the weather and
peoples moods
(Psychology and Social Sciences)
8 BUSINESS
Key listening skill:
Understanding key vocabulary
VOCABULARY
Predicting ideas from research
Recognizing mood
Listening 1: A news report on the
climate of the Western Ghats
tropical rainforest
(Geography)
7 SPORTS AND
COMPETITION
LISTENING
Exploring
Mars
Key listening skill:
Understanding key vocabulary
Travel verbs and nouns with
similar meanings
Using context to guess words
Listening to an introduction
Word building
Pronunciation for listening:
Words with easily confused
sounds
Consonant sounds: /t/ //
LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS 2
MAP OF THE BOOK
GRAMMAR
Review of future forms
CRITICAL THINKING
Use a consequence map
SPEAKING
Preparation for speaking
Linking words to explain cause and
consequence
Speaking task
Create and complete a survey about the
use of land and how it affects the climate.
Present the results of the survey to your
classmates.
Review of the Present
perfect
Use ideas rakes
Preparation for speaking
Phrases to talk about advantages and
disadvantages, to explain that you dont
understand and to ask for further explanation
Speaking task
Have a panel discussion about sport
and money. Talk about advantages and
disadvantages.
Review of comparatives
Use cluster diagrams
Preparation for speaking
Phrases to give advice
Speaking task
Think of some solutions to a work or study
problem and give advice to someone.
Suffixes
Use description wheels
Preparation for speaking
Phrases and questions to talk about the
appearance and functions of objects
Speaking task
Describe an object. Talk about what it looks
like and its functions. Consider its advantages
and disadvantages.
Conditionals
Use question charts
Preparation for speaking
Using body language to show interest
Phrases to invite others to speak, interrupt or
continue speaking
Speaking task
Plan a conference about space exploration.
Discuss and find solutions to any possible
problems.
LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS 2
