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Unit 1 LOCAL COMMUNITY | - Guessing the meaning of words in context - Reading for specific information about special products in some areas | Give a short presentation about a speciality |
Unit 2 CITY LIFE | - Making reference in an annoucement about a competition to find silutions to city problems - Reading for general and specific information to find solutions to city problems | Talking about city problems and their solutions |
Unit 3 HEALTHY LIVING FOR TEENS | - Guessing the meaning of words in context - Reading for specific information about how someone could have a well-balanced life when he / she was at school | Talking about how to have a well-balanced life as a secondary student. |
REVIEW 1 |
Unit 4 REMEMBERING THE PAST | Reading for specific information about how English people leep their cuisine alive | Taking about a typical traditional Vietnamese dish |
Unit 5 OUR EXPERIENCES | Reading for general and specific information about different summer course experiences | Talking about a friend's experience of a course |
Unit 6 VIETNAMESE LIFESTYLE: THEN AND NOW | Reading for specific information about learning styles in the past and at present | Talking about changes in your learning style |
REVIEW 2 |
Listening | Writing | Language Focus |
Listening for specific information about a community helper | Writing a paragragh about a community helper | Vocabulary: - Community helperS - Traditional handicrafts Pronunication: Vowel revision: /æ/ , /ɑː/ , and /e/ Grammar: - Question words before to-infinities - Phrasal verbs (1) |
Listening for specific information about life in some cities | Writing a paragragh about what you like or dislike about city life | Vocabulary: City life Pronunication: Diphthong revision: /aʊ/ , /əʊ/ , and /eə/ Grammar: - Double comparatives - Phrasal verbs (2) |
Listening for specific information about how some students manage their time | Writing a paragragh about how to manage time effectively | Vocabulary: Students' life and schoolwork Pronunication: Sounds: /h/ and /r/ Grammar: Modal verbs in first conditional sentences |
Listening for general and specific information about old school days | Writing a paragragh about old school days | Vocabulary: - Life in the past - Preserving values of the past Pronunication: Sounds: /m/ and /l/ Grammar: - Past continous - Wish + past simple |
Listening for general and specific information about bad experiences at school | Writing a paragragh about the most plesant / unplesant experiences at school | Vocabulary: - Experiences - Adjustives describing experiences Pronunication: Sounds: /j/ and /w/ Grammar: Present perfect |
Listening for specific information about changes in family life | Writing an email about changes in your family | Vocabulary: Changes in lifestyles Pronunication: Sounds: /fl/ and /fr/ Grammar: - Verbs + to-infinitive - Verbs + V_ing |
Reading | Speaking | |
Unit 7 NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD | - Making references in a reading text about a travel destination - Reading for specific information about a travel destination | Talking about a natural wonder |
Unit 8 TOURISM | Reading for specific information about different types of tours | Talking about your travel experience |
Unit 9 WORLD ENGLISHES | - Making references in a references in a reading text about the three circles of English - Reading for general and specific information about the three circles of English | Talking about borrowed words |
REVIEW 3 |
Unit 10 PLANET EARTH | Reading for general and specific information about flora and fauna | Talking about threats to flora and fauna and how to protect them |
Unit 11 ELECTRONIC DEVICES | _ Guessing the meaning of words in context - Reading for specific information about electronic devices | Talking about an electronic device which is important to you |
Unit 12 CAREER CHOICES | - Identifying the structures of texts - Reading for general and specific information about the future world of work | Talking about the job you want do to in the future |
REVIEW 4 |
Listening | Writing | Language Focus |
Listening for specific information about a natural wonder | Writing a paragragh about a natural wonder / landscape in an area | Vocabulary: Natural wonders Pronunication: Sounds: /sl/ and /sn/ Grammar: Reported speech (Yes / No questions) |
Listening for general and specific information about a tour announcement | Writing a paragragh introducing a tour | Vocabulary: Tourism Pronunication: Stress in words ending in -ic and -ious Grammar: Related pronouns |
Listening for specific information about ways to improve one's English vocabulary | Writing a paragragh about ways to improve an area of English learning | Vocabulary: - Aspects of languages - English language learning Pronunication: Stress in words ending in -ion and -ity Grammar: Defining relative clauses |
Listening for general and specific information about the effects of living things on the environment | Writing a summary | Vocabulary: - Planet Earth - Habitats - Flora and fauna Pronunication: Rhythm in sentences Grammar: Non-defining relative clauses |
Listening for specific information about the current and future uses of one's favourite electronic device | Writing a passage about the current and future capabilities of one's favourite electronic device | Vocabulary: Electronic devices Pronunication: Stress on all words in sentences Grammar: suggest / advise / recommend + V-ing / a clause with should |
Listening for specific information about people's career paths | Writing an email about your future favourite job | Vocabulary: Jobs Pronunication: Intonation in statements used as questions Grammar: Adverbial clauses of cencession, result, and reason |