Intermediate: Clare, A and Wilson, JJ. SpeakOut Pre-Intermediate Students’ Book. Essex.

2011

Students entering this level are able to:

Objectives: Refine skills needed in conversation beyond survival needs. Function independently in most familiar situations and use appropriate language in routine
social situations. Able to write notes, paragraphs, emails, short letters and fill in applications. Grammar knowledge is more refined at this stage.

Learning Outcomes: At the completion of each units students:

Unit
Grammar Vocabulary Reading Speaking Listening Writing
Number
Unit 1 Can use question Can describe family Read and understand Talk about family Listen and Write and email of
forms including and use words to talk text about family events, people in their understand someone introduction, know
subject versus about family trees; can histories, a blog life; discuss the describing their family the difference
object questions use collocations with about the differences difference between men history; listen to a set between formal
and questions with take, get, do and go between men and and women; talk about of interviews and and informal
prepositions; can and phrases to women, read and types of interviews and understand two world styles
produce sentences introduce questions answer a interview experience, responses
using the present and phrases to questionnaire about role play an interview
and past simple describe an avatar what women think,
versus present and read and understand
past continuous tips on successful
interviews
Unit
Grammar Vocabulary Reading Speaking Listening Writing
Number
Unit 2 Use the present Know different types of Read and understand Talk about life Listen and extract Write a news
perfect and past stories, prepositions a text on Hollywood experiences; their life information from: a report using
simple, identify and with expressions of films; an article about story; an important radio programme linkers: as soon
use narrative tenses time, noun and fixed conspiracy theories news story; tell a true about important roles as, while, during,
to tell a story expressions, types of and news stories; story or a lie; discuss in films, know how to until and by the
news, collocations with read about how to tell fictional crime dramas keep a story going by time;
say and tell , crime if someone is lying and tell a narrative listening to people Write a short
collocations and telling an anecdote news story
narrative phrases
Unit 3 Use the present Know new words Read and understand Discuss attitudes now in Listen and write messages
continuous, going related to an article about comparison to ones understand and use note
to, likely to talk communication, idioms teenage they lived earlier in life; predictions about the form; write a
about future plans; about the future; communication ,and talk about how things future of memo
future forms to phrases to clarify a short story about a will change in the future; communication; listen
make predictions someone and internet misunderstanding retell a story about a to a telephone
and ways to deal phrases for discussing misunderstand , talk conversation involving
with preferences about communication misunderstanding
misunderstanding preferences

Unit
Grammar Vocabulary Reading Speaking Listening Writing
Number
Unit 4 use modals of Know new words read and understand Discuss the qualities understand people Write a covering
obligations: must, describing personal an article about needed for different jobs; describing dream jobs letter; write about
have to, should; qualities, strong millionaires, complete a survey and gone wrong; listen to their daily routine
used to and adjectives; business childhood dreams discuss results; talk people making
would for past collocations and and job about how things will decisions in a
habits phrases to give advertisements, read change; know how to meeting
opinion; office about manage a discussion,
conversation and the Apprentice participate in a meeting
phrases to describe programme. and create a business
routines plan, describe a day in
their life

Unit 5 Use comparatives Know new words about Read and understand Discuss how technology Understand and Write an
and superlatives; technology; words an article on has changed the world; extract information advantage vs
related to questions; technology, read and answer questions about from people disadvantages
 question tags, problems and solutions understand and their area of expertise; answering difficult essay, know how
polite requests and presentation essay on the role play asking and general knowledge to use discourse
phrases to describe a advantages and responding to requests; questions; a markers and write
machine disadvantages of present and describe a conversation about and advertisement
technology new machine technical problems for a machine
and know how to
respond to requests
Unit
Grammar Vocabulary Reading Speaking Listening Writing
Number
Unit 6 Use zero and first Use -ing versus –ed Read and understand Talk about their Understand and Write a letter of
conditionals , adjectives, multi world a text on emotions , a emotions; discus extract information advice; to qualify
second verbs with on, off, up BBC program The advices; discuss what from a radio program what they say; and
conditionals and and down people Watchers; they would do in different about therapies; a write about one of
giving good and read and learn about hypothetical situations, conversation where their happiest
bad news better ways to give know who to introduce people receive news moments
bad news themselves

Unit 7 Use the present Use verb phrases with Understand a reading Discuss how people can Understand and Write a discursive
perfect simple about, with, to, for, on, on The Secret of be successful; talk about extract information essay; use linkers
versus the at, and in, know new Success, a something you’ve been form listening on an of contrast; write a
continuous, words to talk about biographical text doing, talk about abilities expert talking about newspaper article
present and past ability, qualifications about the memory , know how to choose hoax photographs
modals of ability, and phrases to men and a story the right candidate for a and people talking
and know how to describe an about qualifications job; about recent news
clarify opinions achievement stories
Unit
Grammar Vocabulary Reading Speaking Listening Writing
Number
Unit 8 Use articles and Use getting on with Understand a BBC Describe their Understand and Write a website
quantifiers; people phrases; blog on neighbours, a neighbourhood; compare extract information review; use
relative clauses; compound nouns, website review real world and online from listening complex
phrases related to the activities; discuss describing online sentences and
internet, welcoming; problematic social communities; people write a web advert
and phrases to discuss situations and create an describing guest/ host for members of an
ideas ideal community experiences ideal community

Unit 9 Use the third Know words related to Understand a text Describe a big moment Understand and Write a short
conditional; active history, periods of time about important in history; talk about their extract information essay using
 and passive and collocations with: moments in history; personal history; compile from listening on paragraphs; write
voice; come, give, have and inventions of the and do a quiz and talk people describing a wiki entry about
make; describe people teenager; an article about influential people past decades; people an influential
and phrases to about time travel and doing a quiz about person
describe outstanding a quiz about history history and reacting
work to information

Unit 10 Use reported use words describing Read and understand Discuss environmental Listen and extract Write a restaurant
speech, verb the environment, a text about a man issues and solutions; information from a review, write an
patterns and airports; word-building who tried to live recommend a city for description of the email complaining
know how to give and prefixes; reporting ethical for a year; the food; talk about their world’s best food for action
advice and verbs; and phrases to words greatest food attitude to food; ask for cities; people giving
warning describe places city; some restaurant and give travel advice; advice/warning and
review and advice on talk about a special or an making
what not to do at an endangered place generalisations
airport