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GUIDELINES FOR TEACHING - LEVEL B1

COURSE BOOK: INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS PRE-INTERMEDIATE


UNIT 1
FIRST MEETING

UNIT 2
THE WORLD OF WORK

UNIT 3
CHALLENGES

- Present simple and present continuous

- Past simple

GRAMMAR

- Present simple
- Adverbs of frequency
- Wh-questions

READING AND
VOCABULARY

- Vocabulary: Collocations with make,


have, travel and go
- Reading Page 8: Reading for
practicing asking questions

- Vocabulary: Collocations with do, make,


have, work
- Practicing asking questions from
readings Page 16
- Vocabulary for describing jobs: Page 19
- Listening to extracts and completing
information and answering questions
Page 14
- Listening to phone calls and completing
information P.22
- Listening for spelling and numbers
Page 23
- Describing your present job
- Making conversations on the phone
- Discussion: Working policies in your
country Page 19
- Write a short description of your company
or a company you want to work for in the
future.

- Collocations with play, do, go


- Reading: Matching headings and reading
for completing the table. Page 29

- Speaking: Describing your present job


- Writing: Describing your company or a
company you want to work for in the
future

- Speaking and writing: Describe a


memorable trip you have had

LISTENING

SPEAKING

- Listening to short conversation and


answering questions Page 6
- Listening for number and languages
Page 12

- Leisure survey: Using adverbs of


frequency
- Language for greetings and saying
goodbyes
- Write an introduction about yourself

WRITING

EXAM FOCUS

- Speaking: Introduce yourself


- Writing: Why do you study English?

- Listening to an interview and completing


the notes, answering questions Page 24
- Listening for details to complete the table.
Page 29

- Information gap: Making questions and


exchanging information Page 26-27
- Making a conversation: Welcoming a
visitor Page 31
- Write a letter describing a trip you have
had

UNIT 4
PLANS AND ARRANGEMENTS

GRAMMAR

READING AND
VOCABULARY

LISTENING

SPEAKING

WRITING

EXAM FOCUS

- Present continuous for future and be


going to
- Practicing making questions with be
going to Page 34
- Vocabulary: Hotel profile
- Reading: Signs and notices Page 36
- Reading for speaking: Read the
information on Prague and discuss with
your friend to make a detailed plan of
what you are going to do.
- Listening to a phone conversation and
completing information in the table,
answering questions Page 32.
- Listening and completing the
conversations Page 40
- Making a conversation: checking in at
the reception desk Page 41

- Language for e-mail, faxes, and letters


- Write an e-mail to your friend to tell
him/her about your plan for the next
weekend.
- Speaking: Describe your plan for the
coming weekend.
- Writing: Your friend wants to visit
your city next weekend. Write to
him/her and suggest a detailed plan for
what he/she should do during the visit.

UNIT 5
HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR
LIFESTYLE?

UNIT 6
FLYING GETTING CHEAPER

- Mass nouns and count nouns


- Quantifiers: some/any/a lot of/ lots
of/much/many/a little/ a few

- Comparative and superlative adjectives

- Reading and answering questions: Top


tips for a healthier you Page 46- Vocabulary: Food file Page 51
- Reading: Slow food and enjoy life

- Vocabulary: Air travel file


- Reading for speaking: Transformation
Page 60-61 (Reading and exchanging
information)

- Listening to short talks and match with


the main ideas Page 53

- Listening to short talks and completing


tables Page 58
- Listen to airport announcements and match
with the main ideas. Page 59
- Listening and completing conversations
Page 63
- Making arrangements: Making a phone call
to arrange a dinner party with one of your
friends or colleagues.
- Discussion: What are some common ways
to get around your city?
- Write about your favorite means of transport
for traveling.

- Exchanging information: How do you


spend your time Page 50
- Describe your eating habit
- Discussion: What should you do to be
healthy?
- Describe a restaurant/ a caf you like best
in your hometown.

- Speaking: Describe your eating habit


- Writing: Write a letter to a friend who
asks you for some advice on how to keep
fit and give him/her some pieces of
advice.

- Speaking and writing: Your favorite means


of transportation and why you like it.

GUIDELINES FOR TEACHING - LEVEL B1


COURSE BOOK: INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS 1B PRE-INTERMEDIATE
UNIT 7
CHANGING LIVES

GRAMMAR
READING AND
VOCABULARY

LISTENING

SPEAKING

WRITING

EXAM FOCUS

UNIT 8
CORSSING CULTURES

- Past simple and Present perfect


Practice exercise 1,2,3

- Modal verbs
- Practice: Exercise 1, 2 Page 76

- Vocabulary: The language of graph


Word Power Page 69
- Vocabulary: Company benefits
Exercise 1 Page 70
- Reading: Fairtrade Language Focus
Page 64
- Reading for discussion: Exercise 4 & 5
Page 70-71.
- Listening to an interview and complete
the notes Exercise 5 Page 65
- Listening to a description of sales
figures to complete a graph
Exercise 5 Page 69
- Listening to an extract from a radio
programme and answer questions
Exercise 3 Page 70
- Reading for speaking: Exercise 4
Page 67
- Discussion: What is a good job and a
good company?
- Speaking: Talk about the benefits you
have in your present job.
- Write about a company/ a school/ an
organization you want to work for in the
future.

- Vocabulary: Adjectives to describe


peoples personality Exercise 3-Page
79
- Cultural groups: Exercise 1 Page 80
- Reading: Understanding cultural
differences Page 74-75

- Writing and speaking: Describe an


ideal job.

UNIT 9
FOR OVER A CENTURY
- Present perfect simple and continuous
Language focus Exercise 1, 2
- Practice 1, 2, 3, 4 Page 87- 88.
- Vocabulary: Parts of speech: Exercise 2
Page 90
- Vocabulary: Collocations Exercise 3
Page 91
- Reading: Wordpower Exercise 1 Page
90
- Reading: Changing China Page 92 - 93

- Listening exercise 8 Page 76


- Listening exercise 2 & 3 Page 80

- Listening exercise 9.1 Page 86


- Listening: Offers and requests Page 94

- Giving advice to visitors to your


company/ organization/ country
Exercise 4 Page 77
- Introducing Vietnamese culture: Exercise
5 Page 80

- Interview your friend: Exercise 6 & 7


Page 89.

- A friend from England has written to you


to ask for some advice for her trip to
Vietnam in 1 week next summer. Write
to her to give some advice.
- Speaking and writing: Giving advice on
what visitors to Vietnam should and
should not do (topics for conversation,
clothing, use of body language, and some
other social behavior)

- Write about your biggest changes in the


last 3 years (concerning education, family,
social relationship, financial status,
appearance and personality)
- Writing and speaking: Your biggest
changes in the last 3 years (concerning
education, family, social relationship,
financial status, appearance and
personality)

UNIT 10
WILL OUR PLANET SURVIVE?

GRAMMAR

READING AND
VOCABULARY

WRITING
EXAM FOCUS

UNIT 12
THE STORY OF CORK

- Simple future with will


- First conditions with if and when
Practice exercise 1 and 2 Page 98-99

- If clause 2nd conditional Practice


exercise 1, 2, & 3 Page 108.

- The passive voice: Present Simple, Past


Simple, Present Perfect, and Future
Language focus Exercise 1 , 2 Page 112
- Practice Exercise 1, 2

- Vocabulary and reading: Language


focus Exercise 1, 2 & 3 Page 96 97
- Vocabulary: Office equipment
Wordpower Exercise 1 Page 101
- Reading: Skill focus Exercise 1 and 2
Page 102
- Reading: The ageing future Exercise
5 & 6 Page 102-103
- Listening exercise 3 Page 102
- Listening exercise 1 & 3, 4 Page 104

- Reading: Means of transports in different


cities Language Focus Page 106
- Vocabulary: adjectives to describe cities
Wordpower Exercise 4 Page 109
- Vocabulary: collocations to describe city
Wordpower - Exercise 2 Page 109
- Reading: Brussels Exercise 1-Page 109

- Vocabulary: Suffixes Exercise 1, 3, 4


Page 116

- Listening: Pronunciation Exercise 2


Page 107
- Listening: Skill focus exerise 3 Page
110
- Listening: Social Responses Exercise 2
Page 111
- Discussion: What is a good city to live
in? (Using ideas from exercise 1 Page
110.

- Listening: Exercise 4 Page 117


- Listening and speaking: Exercise 7, 8, 9
Page 118

- Writing: Is your city a good city to live in?


Why (not)?

- Writing: Write about a happy memory in


your childhood.

- Writing: Describe your city


- Speaking: Which city in Vietnam do you
really want to live in the future? Why?

- Speaking and writing: Describe the happiest


event in your life.

LISTENING

SPEAKING

UNIT 11
GETTING AROUND IN CITIES

- Describe your office/ room to your


partner.
- Speaking: Asking for information
Exercise 6 & 7 - Page 104-105
- Writing sentences with if, I think and I
dont think ... Exercise 4 & 5 Page
99 - 100
- Speaking: Describe your office or your
room.
- Writing: Describe environmental
problems in your neighborhood and
what should be done to help improve
the situation.

- Speaking: Information Gap Practice Exercise 4 Page 114

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