99

Rd3: recognize the difference

between fact and opinion (effectively)
Rg1: understand the attitude or opinion of Business and work Reading Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 5 - Pg 87-92
100 the writer towards the topic and most
specific details (effectively)

101
Wo4: highlight most significant points
and some supporting details (clearly)
Wo5: provide comparatively developed
arguments
Wce1: arrange information and ideas rather Advantages and
coherently Disadvantages essay Writing Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 5 - Pg 93-97
Wce3: present a rather clear central topic
102 within each paragraph
Wcn1: use a range of cohesive devices
Week 15 mostly appropriately
Wcn3: use paragraphing (rather clearly)

Vocabulary review Barron Essential words for the ielts - Pg 177-195

103 (Business and Work) Check your vocabulary for English for the IELTS exam -
Pg 53-55

Academic writing for Ielts - Pg 58-60

104 Sentence building Check your vocabulary for English for the IELTS exam -
(Talking about Advantages and Disadvantages)
Pg 13

Rd3: recognize the difference between fact

and opinion (effectively) Reading practice
105 Rg1: understand the attitude or opinion of (Matching features - Matching sentences) The Official cambridge guide to IELTS
the writer towards the topic and most
specific details (effectively)

106
Ld1: understand specific information
in unsupported extended talks (rather
effectively) Business and work Listening Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 5 - Pg 98-100
107 Ld5: understand the flow and details
of an argument in supported extended
talks

108 So1: give clear, well-structured

descriptions/presentations
Sce1: arrange information and ideas Business and work Speaking Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 5 - Pg 101-105
coherently
Scn1: link ideas with a range of discourse
109 markers (rather appropriately)

Wo4: highlight most significant points

and some supporting details (clearly)
Wo5: provide comparatively developed
arguments
Wce1: arrange information and ideas rather Advantages and
Week 16 110 coherently Exam skills - Writing Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 5 - Pg 97
Wce3: present a rather clear central topic Disadvantages essay
within each paragraph
Wcn1: use a range of cohesive devices
mostly appropriately
Wcn3: use paragraphing (rather clearly)

So1: give clear, well-structured

descriptions/presentations
111 Sce1: arrange information and ideas Business and work Exam skills - Speaking Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 5 - Pg 105
coherently (Part 1 + 2)
Scn1: link ideas with a range of discourse
markers (rather appropriately)

Ld1: understand specific information

in unsupported extended talks (rather Listening practice
112 effectively) Section 4 The Official cambridge guide to IELTS
Ld5: understand the flow and details
(Sentence completion - Table completion)
of an argument in supported extended
talks

113 High Scoring Ielts Writing - Pg 70-78

Focusing on theme-related ideas Teacher's collection of IELTS questions about Business
114 (Businessand work)
and work

115 Grammar review Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 5 - Pg 91

(Future tense: will/going to)
 Wo4: highlight most significant points
and some supporting details (clearly)
Wo5: provide comparatively
developed arguments
Wce1: arrange information and ideas
rather coherently Advantages and Practice test
116 Wce3: present a rather clear central Disadvantages essay Writing The Official cambridge guide to IELTS
Week 17
topic within each paragraph
Wcn1: use a range of cohesive devices
mostly appropriately
Wcn3: use paragraphing (rather
clearly)

Practice test
117 Reading & Listening Cambridge IELTS 5 -14

Practice test
118 Cambridge IELTS 5 -14
Speaking - Part 1 + 2 + 3
Mindset for Ielts- Online Skill Module - Unit 5
119 Unit check & Consolidation

120
Revision for Progress test 2
121
122
Week 18 123
124 Progress test 2
(Reading, Listening and Writing)
125
126

127 Rd1: understand specific information

(effectively)
Rg1: understand the attitude or
opinion of the writer towards the topic and The natural world Reading Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 6 - Pg 106-111
most specific details (effectively)
Rd5: understand the flow of arguments
128 (effectively)

Wo3: use appropriate layout for

129 different written genres (rather
effectively)
Wo4: highlight most significant points
and some supporting details (clearly)
Wo5: provide comparatively Agree/Disagree essay Writing Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 6 - Pg 112-114
developed arguments
Wce1: arrange information and ideas
rather coherently
130 Wcn1: use a range of cohesive devices
Week 19
mostly appropriately

Vocabulary review Barron Essential words for the ielts - Pg 9-27

131 Check your vocabulary for English for the IELTS exam -
(The natural world) Pg 60-61

Academic writing for Ielts - Pg 61-64

132 Sentence building Check your vocabulary for English for the IELTS exam -
(Giving opinion)
Pg 8

Rd1: understand specific information

(effectively)
Rg1: understand the attitude or
opinion of the writer towards the Reading practice
133 topic and most specific details (Yes No Not Given, Summary completion) The Official cambridge guide to IELTS
(effectively)
Rd5: understand the flow of
arguments (effectively)

134 Ld5: understand the flow and details

of an argument in supported extended
talks The natural world Listening Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 6 - Pg 115-121
Lm1: understand most of the main
points in extended talks with little
135 assistance
 So3: highlight a moderate number of
136 significant points and supporting details
(clearly)
Sce1: arrange information and ideas The natural world Speaking Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 6 - Pg 122-127
coherently
Scn1: link ideas with a range of discourse
137 markers (rather appropriately)

Wo3: use appropriate layout for

different written genres (rather
effectively)
Wo4: highlight most significant points
Week 20 and some supporting details (clearly)
138 Wo5: provide comparatively Agree/Disagree essay Exam skills - Writing Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 6 - Pg 114
developed arguments
Wce1: arrange information and ideas
rather coherently
Wcn1: use a range of cohesive devices
mostly appropriately

So3: highlight a moderate number of

significant points and supporting details
(clearly) Exam skills - Speaking
139 Sce1: arrange information and ideas The natural world Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 6 - Pg 127
coherently (Part 1 + 2 + 3)
Scn1: link ideas with a range of discourse
markers (rather appropriately)

Ld5: understand the flow and details

of an argument in supported extended Listening practice
talks
140 Lm1: understand most of the main Section 4 The Official cambridge guide to IELTS
(Completing diagram - Multiple choice task)
points in extended talks with little
assistance

141 High Scoring Ielts Writing - Pg 10-17

Focusing on theme-related ideas
(The natural world) Teacher's collection of IELTS questions about Natural
142 world

143 Grammar review Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 6 - Pg 109

(so, too, either, neither)

Wo3: use appropriate layout for

different written genres (rather
effectively)
Wo4: highlight most significant points
and some supporting details (clearly) Practice test
144 Wo5: provide comparatively Agree/Disagree essay Writing The Official cambridge guide to IELTS
developed arguments
Week 21 Wce1: arrange information and ideas
rather coherently
Wcn1: use a range of cohesive devices
mostly appropriately

Practice test
145 Reading & Listening Cambridge IELTS 5 -14

Practice test
146 Speaking Cambridge IELTS 5 -14
(Part 1 + 2 + 3)

Mindset for Ielts- Online Skill Module - Unit 6

147 Unit check & Consolidation Mindset for Ielts - Test bank - Test 3

148 Rd1: understand specific information

(effectively)
Education system Reading Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 7 - Pg 135-137
Rd5: understand the flow of
149 arguments (effectively)

150 Wo4: highlight most significant points

and some supporting details (clearly)
Wo5: provide comparatively developed
arguments
Wce1: arrange information and ideas rather
coherently Agree/Disagree essay Writing Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 7 - Pg 128-134
Wce3: present a rather clear central topic
within each paragraph
Wcn1: use a range of cohesive devices
Week 22 mostly appropriately
Wcn3: use paragraphing (rather clearly)
 Wo4: highlight most significant points
and some supporting details (clearly)
Wo5: provide comparatively developed
arguments
Wce1: arrange information and ideas rather
coherently Agree/Disagree essay Writing Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 7 - Pg 128-134
Wce3: present a rather clear central topic
within each paragraph
151 Wcn1: use a range of cohesive devices
Week 22 mostly appropriately
Wcn3: use paragraphing (rather clearly)

Barron Essential words for the ielts - Pg 233-251

152 Vocabulary review Check your vocabulary for English for the IELTS exam -
(Education)
Pg 49-50

Sentence building
153 (Giving opinion) Academic writing for Ielts - Pg 65-71

Rd1: understand specific information

(effectively)
154 Reading practice The Official cambridge guide to IELTS
Rd5: understand the flow of
arguments (effectively)

155 Final term 2

156 Speaking test

157
Week 23 158
159 Final term 2
Written test
160
161
Week 24
Tet holiday
Week 25

Ld1: understand specific information

162 in unsupported extended talks (rather
effectively)
Ld5: understand the flow and details Education system Listening Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 7 - Pg 138-142
of an argument in supported extended
163 talks

164 Sce1: arrange information and ideas

coherently
Sce2: show a rather clear overall Education system Speaking Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 7 - Pg 143-147
progression
165 Scn1: link ideas with a range of discourse
markers (rather appropriately)

Wo3: use appropriate layout for

different written genres (rather
effectively)
Wo4: highlight most significant points
Week 26 and some supporting details (clearly)
166 Wo5: provide comparatively Agree/Disagree essay Exam skills - Writing Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 7 - Pg 137
developed arguments
Wce1: arrange information and ideas
rather coherently
Wcn1: use a range of cohesive devices
mostly appropriately

Sce1: arrange information and ideas

coherently
167 Sce2: show a rather clear overall Education system Exam skills - Speaking Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 7 - Pg 147
progression (Part 3)
Scn1: link ideas with a range of discourse
markers (rather appropriately)

Ld1: understand specific information in

unsupported extended talks (rather Listening practice
168 effectively) Section 3 + 4 The Official cambridge guide to IELTS
Ld5: understand the flow and details of an (Charts and Diagrams completion)
argument in supported extended talks

169 High Scoring Ielts Writing - Pg 96-106

Focusing on theme-related ideas Teacher's collection of IELTS questions about
170 Education system

171 Grammar review Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 7 - Pg 130

(Modal verbs of Obligation)

Week 27
 Wo4: highlight most significant points
and some supporting details (clearly)
Wo5: provide comparatively developed
arguments
Wce1: arrange information and ideas rather Practice test
172 coherently Agree/Disagree essay The Official cambridge guide to IELTS
Week 27 Wce3: present a rather clear central topic Writing
within each paragraph
Wcn1: use a range of cohesive devices
mostly appropriately
Wcn3: use paragraphing (rather clearly)

173 Practice test Cambridge IELTS 5 -14

Reading & Listening

174 Practice test Cambridge IELTS 5 -14

Speaking - Part 1 + 2 + 3

175 Unit check & Consolidation Mindset for Ielts- Online Skill Module - Unit 7

176 Rd3: recognize the difference between fact

and opinion (effectively)
Rg1: understand the attitude or opinion of
the writer towards the topic and most Festivals and Traditions Reading Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 8 - Pg 148-153
specific details (effectively)
Rg2: understand implied meaning
177 (sometimes effectively)

Wce1: arrange information and ideas rather

178 coherently
Wce3: present a rather clear central topic Problem and Solution Writing Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 8 - Pg 154-157
within each paragraph
Wcn1: use a range of cohesive devices
179 mostly appropriately
Week 28
Vocabulary review
180 (Culture and Traditions) Barron Essential words for the ielts - Pg 93-111

181 Sentence building Academic writing for Ielts - Pg 72-77

(Giving problems and solutions)

Rd3: recognize the difference between fact

and opinion (effectively)
Rg1: understand the attitude or opinion of
182 the writer towards the topic and most Reading practice The Official cambridge guide to IELTS
(True False Not Given)
specific details (effectively)
Rg2: understand implied meaning
(sometimes effectively)

183
Revision for MOCT TEST 1
184
185
Week 29 186
187 MOCK TEST 1
188
189

190 Ld1: understand specific information

in unsupported extended talks (rather
effectively) Festivals and Traditions Listening Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 8 - Pg 158-162
Lg2: understand most main ideas in
191 extended talks (with some assistance)

192 So1: give clear, well-structured

descriptions/presentations
Scn1: link ideas with a range of discourse
markers (rather appropriately) Festivals and Traditions Speaking Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 8 - Pg 163-167
So3: highlight a moderate number of
193 significant points and supporting details
(clearly)

Week 30 Wce1: arrange information and ideas rather

coherently
Wce3: present a rather clear central topic
194 Problem and Solution Exam skills - Writing Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 8 - Pg 157
within each paragraph
Wcn1: use a range of cohesive devices
mostly appropriately
Week 30

So1: give clear, well-structured

descriptions/presentations
Scn1: link ideas with a range of discourse Exam skills - Speaking
195 markers (rather appropriately) Festivals and Traditions (Part 1 + 2 + 3) Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 8 - Pg 167
So3: highlight a moderate number of
significant points and supporting details
(clearly)

Listening practice
196 Section 3 + 4 The Official cambridge guide to IELTS
(Summary and Table completion)
197 High Scoring Ielts Writing - Pg 36-49
Focusing on theme-related ideas Teacher's collection of IELTS questions about Culture
198 (Culture and Traditions) and Traditions

Grammar review
199 (First and Second Conditionals) Mindset for Ielts 2 - Unit 8 - Pg 152

Wce1: arrange information and ideas rather

coherently
200 Wce3: present a rather clear central topic Problem and Solution Practice test The Official cambridge guide to IELTS
within each paragraph Writing
Week 31 Wcn1: use a range of cohesive devices
mostly appropriately

Practice test
201 Cambridge IELTS 5 -14
Reading & Listening

202 Practice test Cambridge IELTS 5 -14

Speaking - Part 1 + 2 + 3

203 Unit check & Consolidation Mindset for Ielts- Online Skill Module - Unit 8
Mindset for Ielts - Test bank - Test 4
 Number Weighing
Unit test 4 1
On-going
assessment Progress tests (Reading/Listening and
Assessment 2 2
Writing test)
for one
semester
Summative Speaking (end-term) 1 2
assessment Endterm 1 3
 GRADE 6-9 with a total of 12 periods/ week

Impact Series

1 Unit Periods 1-2 Periods 3-4 Periods 5-6

Grammar (Impact)
Speaking (Impact)- Theme
introduction
Week 1 Reading (Impact)
Vocabulary (Impact)
Grammar
Supplementary materials

Grammar (Impact)
Reading
Week 2 Writing project
Supplementary materials
Grammar - Blended Vox Pop/
Flipped classroom
Supplementary materials

Listening Impact Project - Showcase &

Week 3 Role model (Video- Impact) Writing project Feedback in class

Gold Experience Series

1 Unit Periods 1-2 Periods 3-4 Periods 5-6

Grammar GE
Speaking (GE)- Theme
introduction
Week 1 Reading (GE)
Vocabulary GE
Grammar
Supplementary materials

Grammar
Supplementary materials
Reading
Week 2 Writing Project
Supplementary materials
 Reading
Week 2 Writing Project
Supplementary materials
Grammar - Blended Vox Pop/
Flipped classroom
Supplementary materials

Listening supplementary Independent learning (GE)

materials (Extensive listening
Writing Project
Week 3 or build on the Switch on
Video)
Switch on GE project -Showcase
& Feedback in class

GRADE 10 with a total of 10 periods per week

Impact series

1 Unit Periods 1-2 Periods 3-4 Periods 5-6

Speaking (Impact)-Theme
Week 1 introduction Listening
Vocabulary & Grammar Differentiated activities (Video-
Reading (Impact) Impact)

Week 2 Grammar (Impact) Writing Project Impact Project

Listening
Role model (Video- Impact) Writing Project
Week 3 Speaking Project

Impact Project - Showcase &

Feedback in class

Gold Experience series

1 Unit Periods 1-2 Periods 3-4 Periods 5-6

Week 1 Speaking GE-Theme

introduction
Vocabulary & Grammar Reading (GE ) Listening (GE)
 Week 2

Grammar GE Writing Project Switch on Project

Listening supplementary
materials (Extensive listening
or build on the Switch on
Week 3 Video)

Switch on GE project Writing Project

-Showcase & Feedback in class Speaking Project

GRADE 11-12 with a total of 7 periods per week

Impact series

1 Unit Periods 1-2 Periods 3-4 Periods 5-6

Listening
Differentiated activities (Video-
Week 1 Impact)
Speaking (Impact)-Theme
introduction Bookworm (MyOn & extensive
Vocabulary Reading (Impact) reading)

Impact Project
Week 2

Grammar (Impact) Writing (Impact) Supplementary materials

Listening
Role model (Video- Impact)
Week 3
Impact Project - Showcase &
Feedback in class Writing Project Review & Exam practice

Gold Experience series

1 Unit Periods 1-2 Periods 3-4 Periods 5-6

Listening (GE)
Week 1 Speaking GE-Theme
introduction Bookworm (MyOn & extensive
Vocabulary & Grammar Reading (GE) reading)

Week 2 Switch on Project

Grammar (GE) Writing (GE) Supplementary materials
 Listening supplementary
materials (Extensive listening
or build on the Switch on
Week 3 Video)

Switch on GE project
-Showcase & Feedback in class Writing Project Review & Exam practice

GRADE 12 MOET (TBA)

GRADE 12 IELTS

1 Unit Periods 1-2 Periods 3-4 Periods 5-6

Vocabulary review
(Supplementary materials)
Reading Writing
Week 1 (Mindset) (Mindset)
Sentence building
(Supplementary materials)

Exam skills
Listening Speaking (Writing-Mindset)
Week 2 (Mindset) (Mindset)
Exam skills
(Speaking - Mindset)

Grammar review Practice test

(Reading & Listening)
(Mindset)
(Supplementary materials)
Focusing on theme-related
Week 3 Ideas
(Supplementary materials)
Writing practice Speaking practice test
(Supplementary materials) (Supplementary materials)
otal of 12 periods/ week

Periods 7-8 Periods 9-10 Periods 11-12

Review
Listening
Differentiated activities Writing (Impact)
(Video- Impact)
Exam practice

Review
Bookworm (MyOn &
Impact Project
extensive reading)
Exam practice

Review
Speaking Project Exam practice
Unit check

Periods 7-8 Periods 9-10 Periods 11-12

Review
Listening GE
Writing GE
Exam practice

Review
Bookworm (MyOn &
Switch on GE project extensive reading)
Flipgrid responds
 Bookworm (MyOn &
Switch on GE project extensive reading)
Flipgrid responds
Exam practice

Review

Speaking Project Exam practice

Unit check

al of 10 periods per week

Periods 7-8 Periods 9-10

Review

Exam practice
Writing (Impact)

Review
Bookworm (MyOn & extensive
reading)
Exam practice

Review

Exam practice

Unit check

Periods 7-8 Periods 9-10

Review

Writing (GE) Exam practice

 Review

Exam practice
Bookworm (MyOn & extensive
reading)

Review

Unit check
Exam practice

otal of 7 periods per week

Periods 7

Review

Review

Unit check

Periods 7

Review

Review
 Unit check

2 MOET (TBA)

E 12 IELTS

Periods 7

Reading practice
(Supplementary materials)

Listening practice
(Supplementary materials)

Unit check & Consolidation

 Grade 6-9: ESL curriculum structure

Types of periods Number of periods/ Unit

Language development periods- mainly based on textbooks &

supplementary materials 16

Enriching periods (PBL) 12

Reinforcing periods 8
 Types of periods Number of periods/ Unit
Language development periods- mainly based on textbooks &
supplementary materials 11

Enriching periods (PBL) 11

Reinforcing periods 8
 Typesmainly
Language development periods- of periods
based on textbooks & Number of periods/ Unit
supplementary materials 11

Enriching periods (PBL) 5

Reinforcing periods 5
 Types of periods Number of periods/ Unit

Skill-focused periods- mainly based on textbooks 9

Reinforcing periods for skill and language development- mainly based

on textbooks and supplementary materials 9

Practice test and Unit check 3

Percentage of the
curriculum

44%

33%

22%
Percentage of the
curriculum

31%

31%

22%
Percentage of the
curriculum
31%

14%

14%
Percentage of the
curriculum

43%

43%

14%
GRADE 12 - IELTS

Impact/Gold Experience
Week & Supplementary materials Project-based Learning Assessment
1 (12-16 Aug) Get to know Ss- CM; Adjust Ss placement
2 (19-23 Aug)
Language proficiency Exam Skills Practice Test Topic Awareness
3 (26-30 Aug) development
4 (2-6 Sep) Unit test 1
5 (9-13 Sep)
Language proficiency Exam Skills Practice Test Topic Awareness
6 (16-20 Sep) development Unit test 2
7 (23-27 Sep) & Progress test 1
8 (30 Sep-4 Oct)
Language proficiency Exam Skills Practice Test Topic Awareness
9 (7-11 Oct) development
10 (14-18 Oct) Unit test 3
Language proficiency
11 (21-25 Oct) Exam Skills Practice Test Topic Awareness
development
12 (28 Oct-1 Nov) Haloween (Costume Day)
13 (4-8 Nov) Endterm 1
14 (11-15 Nov) Language proficiency Unit test 4
Exam Skills Practice Test Topic Awareness
15 (18-22 Nov) development & Progress test 2
16 (25-29 Nov) Language proficiency
Exam Skills Practice Test Topic Awareness Unit test 5
17 (2-6 Dec) development
18 (9-13 Dec) Endterm 2
Language proficiency
Exam Skills Practice Test Topic Awareness
19 (16-20 Dec) development
20 (23-27 Dec)
Semester ends
21 (30 Dec-3 Jan)
22 (6-10 Jan) Language proficiency Unit test 6
Exam Skills Practice Test Topic Awareness
23 (13-17 Jan) development
24 (20-24 Jan)
Tet holiday
25 (27-31 Jan)
Language proficiency
Exam Skills Practice Test Topic Awareness
26 (3-7 Feb) development Progress test 3
27 (10-14 Feb)
28 (17-21 Feb) Language proficiency Exam Skills Practice Test Topic Awareness Unit test 7
development
29 (24-28 Feb)
30 (2-6 Mar)
Language proficiency
31 (9-13 Mar) Exam Skills Practice Test Topic Awareness Unit test 8
development
32 (16-20 Mar) & Progress test 4
33 (23-27 Mar)
Language proficiency
34 (30 Mar-3 Apr) Exam Skills Practice Test Topic Awareness Unit test 9
development
35 (6 Apr-10 Apr)
Language proficiency
Exam Skills Practice Test Topic Awareness
36 (13-17 Apr) development
37 (20-24 Apr) English Language Day & Revision
38 (27 Apr-1 May) Language proficiency
Exam Skills Practice Test Topic Awareness
39 (4-8 May) development Unit test 10
40 (11-15 May) Language proficiency
Exam Skills Practice Test Topic Awareness Progress test 5
41 (18-22 May) development
42 (25-29 May) Semester 2 ends
 Codes Unit
Skill Subskill Name No. 1 2 3 4 5 6
1
2
Reading 3
Rd for detail 4
5
6
1
Reading
Reading Rf 2
function
3
Reading
Rm for main 1
idea

Reading 1
Rg
for gist
2

1
2
Listening 3
Ld
for detail 4
5
6
1
Listening
Lg 2
for gist
Listening 3
Listening
Lm for main 1
idea

Listening
for
Lo opinion/ 1
attitude/
feeling

Speaking 1
So organizati 2
on 3
Speaking 1
Sce coherenc
e 2
Speaking
Speaking 1
Scn
cohesion 2
Speaking
St tone & 1
style
 1
Writing 2
Wo organizati 3
on 4
5
Writing 1
Wce coherenc 2
Writing e 3
1
Writing
Wcn 2
cohesion
3
Writing
Wt tone & 1
style
7 8
UNIT 1 (Week 1-3)
Contents/ Themes:
The man-made environment
Vocabulary:
apartment, beach, bungalow, castle, ceiling, cellar, remote island, city
center, countryside, dining room, floor, garage, stone, glamorous, leather,
mountains, mansion, marble, modern, simple, skyscrapper, spacious,
staircase, traidtional, wood, window, gym,
Vocabulary strategies:
- Undestanding and producing paraphasing
- Using verbs and adjectives/adverbs to describe trends
Grammar:
- Present simple and present continuous
Speaking skills: Talk about various aspects of life; respond to wh-
questions, would and Yes/No questions; prepare more information for
common topics
Listening skills: predict required information, listenin to understand
specific information, listen to understand the context and eliminate the
distractors.
Reading skills: Skim to understand the general ideas & scan to find specific
information
Writing skills: Desbribe trends, compare graphs and write a summary of
the main features

UNIT 2 (Week 4-6)

Contents/ Themes:
Leisure and Recreation
Entertainment
Vocabulary:
legendary, championships, famous, heavyweight, succeed, determined,
star, celebirity, responsibility, hit a serve, opponent, pressure, medallist,
debut, professional career, endorsement, impose, possession, archery,
equivalent.
Vocabulary strategies:
- Using context
- Using comparison to describe trends
Grammar:
- Past simple and past continuous
- Comparative forms
Speaking skills: Expresion opinion; use connecting words; use sentence
stress and intonation to express feelings
Listening skills: Listen and understand the direction; match descriptions
with people, places or things; listen for specific information and classify it
in a table
Reading skills: Skim and scan for correct answer quickly, identify questions
for factual information and writer's opinion, and undestand the whole text
to answer questions
Writing skills: select and compare key featues, structure a comparison
UNIT 3 (Week 8-10)
Contents/ Themes:
The news and Media
Vocabulary:
sports, politics, business, technology, expeditions, economics, science,
access, TV bulletins, crimes, trusted, resources, digital, keep up to date,
devices, encounter, headlines, accuracy, reliability, selective, convenience,
social, motivation, sense of duty, generation
Vocabulary strategies:
- Using time markers and passive voice to describe a process
- Paraphasing
Grammar:
- Passive voice
Speaking skills: Use adjectives and intonation to express feelings; use
paraphase and passive to describe an event
Listening skills: Identify the attitudes and opinions of speakers; recognize
the paraphases, understand the role of distractors
Reading skills: Match information in a question with information in the
text; skim a text for required information
Writing skills: Decribe a process with passive voice and time markers; plan
a description of a process; interpret scientific and technical diagrams

UNIT 4 (Week 11, 12, 14)

Contents/ Themes:
Travel and Transportation
Vocabulary:
attraction, local, cancellation, mother tongue, custom, body language,
native, integrate, offend, focus on, frustrated, absorb, surround, observe,
capture, imagination, glamorous, memorable, in a hurry
Vocabulary strategies:
- Using cohesive devices
- Recoginizing synomyms
Grammar:
- Present and past tenses
Speaking skills: Plan the long-run question; use correct sequencing words
for clear structure; understand sentence stress
Listening skills: Identify the main subjects of the conversation; identify
functions of speakers; match questions and options
Reading skills: Undestand the main idea to match the heading
Writing skills: Study and compare maps; read and check errors in writing
pieces; improve cohesion by organizing ideas in logical way; use cohesive
devices

UNIT 5 (Week 15-17)

Contents/ Themes:
Business and Work
Vocabulary:
business, owner, contribution, foundation, donate, incredible, profession,
high-quality products, self-made, customer service, automobile, achieve,
impact, founder, revolutionize, laboratory-grown, immeasurable,
competition, mission, commercially available, search-and-rescue,
operation, global demand, worldwide, vertical farming, parasites
Vocabulary strategies:
- Using context
Contents/ Themes:
Business and Work
Vocabulary:
business, owner, contribution, foundation, donate, incredible, profession,
high-quality products, self-made, customer service, automobile, achieve,
impact, founder, revolutionize, laboratory-grown, immeasurable,
competition, mission, commercially available, search-and-rescue,
operation, global demand, worldwide, vertical farming, parasites
Vocabulary strategies:
- Using context
- Using linking words and language of comparison and contrast
Grammar:
- Future tense
Speaking skills: Express wishes and intentions; expand the answer; use
contradictions
Listening skills: Use notes to follow the talk/lecture; identify information
needed
Reading skills: Skim the text to identify facts and opinions; match facts
and opinions with a person; match sentence beginnings and endings
Writing skills: Analyse advangtages and disadvantages; plan ideas and
organize them in a paragraph; use linking words

UNIT 6 (Week 19-21)

Contents/ Themes:
The natural environment
Vocabulary:
captivity, conservation, endangered, extinction, habitat, poach, species,
threaten, characteristics, cause harm, damage, permission, criticise,
responding, survival, restricred conditions, breeding program, genetic
variation, loss of habitat
Vocabulary strategies:
- Paraphsing
- Using context
Grammar:
- So, too, either, neither
- Quantifiers
Speaking skills: Recognize different functions in speaking; express opinions
with appropriate emotion
Listening skills: Complete diagram and process; understand the use of
siignpost words
Reading skills: Identify whether questions match writer's opinions;
complete the summary, approach Yes/No/Not Given questions
Writing skills: Express ideas clearly in Agree/Disagree essay; avoid
irrelevant ideas; avoid repeating words and phrases

UNIT 7 (Week 22, 26, 27)

Contents/ Themes:
Education systems
Vocabulary:
campus, assignments, faculty, enrol, undergraduates, Bachelor's degree,
fund, Master program, postgraduates, prospectus, lecture, admisison,
preferential treatment, self-discipline, tutorial, student service, lecture hall,
socialize, dissertation, coursework, honor program, vocational training
Vocabulary strategies:
- Using context
- Using signpost words
Grammar:
Education systems
Vocabulary:
campus, assignments, faculty, enrol, undergraduates, Bachelor's degree,
fund, Master program, postgraduates, prospectus, lecture, admisison,
preferential treatment, self-discipline, tutorial, student service, lecture hall,
socialize, dissertation, coursework, honor program, vocational training
Vocabulary strategies:
- Using context
- Using signpost words
Grammar:
-Modals of obligation
Speaking skills: Consider reasons, causes, and effects; make suggestions
and recommendations
Listening skills: Listen to understand the description; complete a
chart/diagram; use notes to follow what speaker is saying
Reading skills: skim the text to locate information quickly; lable the flow
chart, diagram or technical drawings
Writing skills: Express opinions clearly; organize ideas in a logical ways;
proofread

UNIT 8 (Week 28, 30, 31)

Contents/ Themes:
Festivals and Traditions
Vocabulary:
advertising, live music, fireworks, acupuncture. celebrate, parade, street
parties, sculptures, festival season, appreciate, social status, costumes,
open-air, traditions
Vocabulary strategies:
- Using context
- Using words/phrases to show concession
Grammar:
- First and second conditionals
Speaking skills: Make comparisons between past and present; show both
sides of issues; stress key words to make comparisons
Listening skills: Identify key information in summaries and tables; classify
information
Reading skills: Find factual information for True/False/Not Given questions
Writing skills: Identify and approach Problems and Solutions essay; write
suitable introductin and conclusion