ELS0550 Weekly Work Plan: Semester 2

WEEK/S LANGUAGE FOCUS - Relative clauses - Quantifiers VOCABULARY READING/ LISTENING Food festivals around the world TASK FURTHER SKILLS Real life: Awkward social situations Pronunciation: Sounding polite STUDY PRACTICE REMEMBER Study tip: Improving your reading speed Pronunciation spot: Different pronunciations of the letter e

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Module 7 Big Events (Cutting Edge) _____________ Module E Natural Forces (Units 9 and 10, Focus on Academic Skills)

- Events and celebrations - Extreme adjectives - Word spot: take

_____________ See pg. 2 for breakdown of language and skills

Task: Describe a memorable event Preparation: Listening Task: speaking

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Module 8 Fame and Fortune (Cutting Edge) Module F Brain Power (Units 11 and 12, Focus on Academic Skills)

1 Gerund or Infinitive? 2 Different infinitive and gerund forms

- The road to fame - Word spot: big, great

Reading and vocabulary: How to be a celebrity

Summarize and article Preparation: reading and listening Task: speaking

Real life: Saying whats wrong with things

Study tip: Improve your listening Pronunciation spot: diphthongs

See pg. 2 for breakdown of language and skills

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Review and Cutting Edge consolidation modules 5-8, pgs. 94-95 Review and progress check 3, pg. 84 (Focus on Academic Skills)

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Module 9 Mysteries, problems, oddities (Cutting Edge) ______________ Module G Inside Information (Units 13 and 14, Focus on Academic Skills)

1 Modals and related verbs 2 Past modals

Vocabulary: strange events Word spot: wrong

Listening: Mysteries of everyday life

Task: Solve the mysteries Preparation: reading and vocabulary Task: speaking and listening

Real life: Giving and Reporting opinions Pronunciation: Sentence stress Writing: For and against essay

Study tip: Improve your listening Pronunciation spot: dipththongs

________________ See pg. 3 for breakdown of language and skills

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Module 10 Getting together (Cutting Edge)

1Review of future forms 2 Future continuous and future perfect Pronunciation: contractions

Getting together

Reading: getting together 21st C. style

Task: Decide whos coming to dinner Preparation: listening Task: speaking

Writing: types of message Real life: Dealing with problems on the telephone

Study tip: Using the internet: key pals Pronunciation spot: hard and soft letters

Module H Future prospects (Units 15-16, Focus on Academic Skills) See pg. 3 for breakdown of language and skills

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Module 11 (first half) Interfering with nature (Cutting Edge Review and progress check 4, pg. 110 (Focus on Academic Skills)

1 Hypothetical situations in the present 2 Hypothetical situations in the past

Reading and vocabulary: Big questions facing modern medical science

Task: Make the right decision Preparation: reading and listening Task: speaking

Real life: Giving and reporting opinions Pronunciation: sentence stress Writing: for and against essay

Study tip: Using the internet: ideas for online news Pronunciation spot: rhyming sounds

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Module 11 (second half) Interfering with nature (Cutting Edge

1 Hypothetical situations in the present 2 Hypothetical situations in the past

Reading and vocabulary: Big questions facing modern medical science

Task: Make the right decision Preparation: reading and listening Task: speaking

Real life: Giving and reporting opinions Pronunciation: sentence stress Writing: for and against essay

Study tip: Using the internet: ideas for online news Pronunciation spot: rhyming sounds

Module I Transport, part 1 (Unit 15, Focus on Academic Skills) See pg. 3 for breakdown of language and skills

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Module 12 (first half) Media Mania (Cutting Edge Module I Transport, part 2 (Unit 16, Focus on Academic Skills) Academic Skills)

1 Reporting peoples exact words Pronunciation: stress patterns 2 Verbs that summarize what people say

Vocabulary and speaking: types of media Pronunciation: Word stress in adjectives Wordspot: speak and talk

Speaking and listening: The media game Reading and speaking: Giving up TV

Task: Prepare a questionnaire about the media Preparation: listening Task: writing and speaking

Writing: a film review

See pg. 3 for breakdown of language and skills

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Module 12 (second half) Media Mania (Cutting Edge

1 Reporting peoples exact words Pronunciation: stress patterns 2 Verbs that summarize what people say

Vocabulary and speaking: types of media Pronunciation: Word stress in adjectives Wordspot: speak and talk

Speaking and listening: The media game Reading and speaking: Giving up TV

Task: Prepare a questionnaire about the media Preparation: listening Task: writing and speaking

Writing: a film review

Module J Appearances, part 1 (Unit 19, Focus on Academic Skills)

See pg. 3 for breakdown of language and skills

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Review and Cutting Edge consolidation modules 9-12, pg. 136

Module J Appearances, part 2 (Unit 20, Focus on Academic Skills)

See pg. 3 for breakdown of language and skills Review and progress check 5, pg. 124 (Focus on Academic Skills) Catch up

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Resources

Cutting Edge, Focus on Academic Skills, supplemental materials

Extra Material / Resources Resources Books ECAE has a wide range of general English and IELTS related resource books that are available to the instructors. Much of the material found in these books could be used as supplementary resources in the classroom. Online Resources Clarity English http://www.clarityenglish.com Delicious http://www.delcious.com/genengecae IELTS Delicious- http://www.delcious.com/ecaeielts

Note: Instructors will be asked to develop and share extra materials for the program as semester progresses. Please place on the N drive

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