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PLANIFICARE CALENDARISTICA PENTRU MODULUL

COMUNICARE IN LIMBA ENGLEZ

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1 IDENTITY 1. Warm-up
Vocabulary: personality
adjectives 1h
Speaking: describing people
Listening: monologues

2. Autobiography
Vocabulary: wordbuilding
1h
Reading: biographical
extracts

3. Who Are You? 1.1

Grammar: tenses 1.2
Pronunciation: contractions 2.1 1h
Reading: handwriting styles 2.2
3.1
4. National Identity
3.4
Function: colloquial
expressions
Vocabulary: multi-part verbs
1h
Listening: a radio phone-in
programme; an interview
Listening Strategies: revision
Speaking: about own area

5. Communication Workshop
Writing a formal and informal 1h
letter
Linking: revision
Speaking: a short presentation
 Chatroom: vague language;
linking
Speaking strategies: revision

6. Language Awareness 1
Grammar: Reference (1):
Determiners 1h
Reading: A Sherlock Holmes
story
2 LAUGHTER 1. Warm-up
Vocabulary: laughter words
and expressions 1h
Listening: types of laughter;
monologues
Speaking: talking about
humour; personal experience

2. A comic Novel
Vocabulary: collocations
Reading: a literature extract
Reading Strategy: multiple 1.1
choice 1.2
Listening: a literature extract 1.3 1h
Speaking: personal experience 2.1
3. Crazy But True! 2.2
Grammar: Past tenses;
2.3
Past Perfect Continuous
Reading: newspaper stories 3.1

4. Whats So Funny?
Function: telling jokes
Vocabulary: multi-part verbs
Listening Strategies: multiple
choice
Listening: a TV programme; 1h
jokes
Speaking: telling a joke
Pronunciation: emphasis

5. Communication Workshop
Writing: a personal anecdote
Linking: sequence linkers;
linking with
participle
 Listening: an American
comedian
Speaking: a roleplay
Chatroom: reacting
Speaking Strategies:
preparation

6. Language Awareness 2
Grammar: Simple and
Continuous Tenses 1h
Reading: a short story

7. Review
Grammar and vocabulary
revision
Pronunciation: word stress 1h

8. Culture Corner 1: The

History of English
3 STYLE 1. Warm-up
Vocabulary: opinion
adjectives 1h
Listening: monologues
Speaking: a questionnaire
1.1
2. Street Art 1.3
Vocabulary: street 2.1
entertainment 2.2 2h
Verbs make, have, get
2.3
Reading: a magazine article
Reading Strategy: matching 2.4
headings and paragraphs 3.1
Listening: musical extracts 4.1
Speaking: about own area

3. Body Language
Grammar: Relative and
Participle Clauses 1h
Reading: a magazine article

4. Branded
Function: preferences:
describing people
 Vocabulary: multi-part verbs
Listening: a conversation; a
radio programme 2h
Listening Strategies:
true/false questions
Speaking: Describing a person
Pronunciation: modifiers

5. Communication Workshop
Writing: a description of a
person and place
Linking: so and such
Listening: a song
Speaking: discussing a photo 1h
Speaking Strategies: gaining
time
Chatroom: colloquial
expressions
4 BEAUTY 1. Warm-up
Vocabulary: opinion
adjectives 1h
Listening: dialogues
Speaking: about beauty 1.1
1.2
2. Poetry
2.1
Vocabulary: idiomatic
language 2.2
1h
Reading: a poem 3.1
Reading Strategy: reading 3.4
poetry 4.1
Speaking: discussing images 4.2
3. Wrapped Up
Grammar: The Passive 1h
Reading: an article

4. Music
Vocabulary: multi-part verbs
Function: giving opinions:
agreeing and disagreeing 1h
 Listening: film music; a
discussion
Listening strategies:
matching people and opinions
Speaking: personal tastes in
music; reacting to music
Pronunciation: intonation

5. Communication Workshop
Writing: a film review 1h
Linking: revision; either..or,
neither.nor
Listening: a conversation
Speaking: planning an event
Speaking Strategies: taking
turns in group discussions
Chatroom: colloquial
expressions

6. Language awareness 3
Grammar: Reference (2):
Pronouns
Reading: a magazine article
1h
7. Review: Modules 3 and 4
Grammar and vocabulary
revision
Pronunciation: /s/ and /z/

8. Culture Corner 2
English Around the World
5 NEW 1. Warm-up
FRONTIERS Vocabulary: scientific words
Listening: radio programmes 1h
Speaking: discussing science
today 1.1
1.2
2. Eureka! 2.1
Vocabulary: compound words 2.2
Reading: a magazine article 3.1 1h
Reading Strategies:
3.4
true/false/no information
questions
Speaking: about scientific
discoveries

3. Futurology
 Grammar: The Future; Future
Perfect; Future Perfect 2h
Continuous
Reading: a magazine article

4. Artificial Intelligence
Function: clarifying and
asking questions 1h
Vocabulary: multi-part verbs
Listening: an interview; a film
story
Listening Strategies:
completing notes
Speaking: explaining how a
robot works

5. Communication Workshop
Writing: an article
Linking: reason and purpose 1h
Listening: a song
Speaking: a presentation
Speaking Strategies: giving
presentations
Chatroom: presenting

6 SOFT 1. Warm-up
MACHINE Vocabulary: parts of the body
Listening: a quiz 1h
Speaking: personal habits and
routines 1.1
1.2
2.Life Savers 2.1
Vocabulary: illness and 2.2
disease; synonyms 3.1
Reading: a newspaper article 1h
3.4
Reading Strategies: texts with
paragraph gaps
Speaking: the future of
medicine

3. Super Athletes
Grammar: Conditionals;
Mixed Conditionals
Reading: a magazine article 1h
Pronunciation: contractions
 4. Brain Power
Function: giving and asking
for advice
Vocabulary: multi-part verbs 1h
Listening: a lecture; a radio
phone-in
Listening Strategies:
completing a text
Speaking: advising a friend

5. Communication Workshop
Writing: a discursive essay (1)
Linking: concession and
contrast
Listening: a TV programme 1h
Speaking: a discussion
Speaking Strategies: avoiding
problems
Pronunciation: emphatic
stress
Chatroom: colloquial
expressions

6. Language Awareness 4
Grammar: Modality
Reading: a magazine article
1h
7. Review: Modules 5 and 6
Grammar and vocabulary
revision
Pronunciation: sounds and
spelling

8. Culture corner 3
The USA (1): History

7 JOURNEYS 1. Warm-up
Vocabulary: describing places
Listening: travel experience 1h
1.1
Speaking: travel preferences
1.2
2. On The Road 2.1
Vocabulary: wordbuilding 2.2
Reading: travel literature 3.1
extracts 3.4
Reading Strategies:
sequencing events
 Speaking: about holiday

3. Migrating
Grammar: Verb Patterns: 1h
-ing form and infinitive
Reading: photo captions

4. Trans-Continental
Vocabulary: multi-part verbs
Function: polite requests
Listening: an advertisement; 1h
dialogues
Listening Strategies:
identifying situations and
people
Speaking: a roleplay
Speaking Strategies: being
polite
Pronunciation: politeness

5. Communication Workshop
Writing: a formal letter
Linking: condition 1h
Listening: a song
Speaking: a roleplay
Chatroom: showing
sympathy; ellipsis
8 GLOBAL 1. Warm-up
ISSUES Vocabulary: global issues
Listening: the news; statistics 1h
Speaking: discussing global
issues

2. Unnatural Disasters
Vocabulary: disasters; 1.2
prefixes 2.1
Reading: a magazine article 1h
2.2
Reading Strategies:
completing texts with sentence 3.1
gaps 3.4
Speaking: disasters and aid 4.1
4.2
3. Global Warming
Grammar: Reporting
Reading: a newspaper report 1h

4. Rich and Poor

Function: justifying
 arguments
Vocabulary: solutions to
social and environmental 1h
problems; multi-part verbs
Reading: graphs and statistics
Listening: a lecture; a
dialogue
Listening Strategies: taking
lecture notes
Speaking: a discussion:
problem solving
Pronunciation: stress in
multi-part verbs

5. Communication Workshop
Writing: a report
Linking: formal linkers: a
review
Listening: a radio programme 1h
Speaking: discussing photos
Speaking Strategies: using
photos in discussions
Chatroom: giving opinions;
impersonal you

6. Language Awareness 5
Grammar: Impersonal Report
Structures
Reading: a newspaper article 1h

7. Review: Modules 7 and 8

Grammar and vocabulary
revision
Pronunciation: word stress

8. Culture Corner 4
The USA (2): The History of
Popular Music
9 SOCIETY 1. Warm-up
Vocabulary: social problems;
describing trends 1h
Listening: a news report
Speaking: a discussion 1.1
1.2
2.2
2. Golden Ages
Vocabulary: rich language 2.4
Reading: a magazine article 3.2 1h
 Reading Strategies: 3.4
summarising 4.1
Writing: a concluding
paragraph

3. Consumer Society
Grammar: Complex 2h
Sentences (1): Persuasion
Reading: a newspaper article
Listening: a dialogue

4. Utopia
Function: making suggestions
Vocabulary: multi-part verbs
Listening: a story; a dialogue
Listening Strategies: 1h
understanding cultural
references
Speaking: roleplays
Pronunciation: strong and
tentative suggestions

5. Communication Workshop
Writing: a discursive essay (2)
Linking: reason and result
Vocabulary: crime and 2h
punishment
Listening: a song
Speaking: problem solving
Speaking Strategies:
preparing for problem solving
Pronunciation: assimilation
and elision
Chatroom: exaggeration and
understatement; reacting to
suggestions
10 CONFLICT 1. Warm-up
Vocabulary: conflict words 1h
Listening: TV news
Speaking: speculating
1.1
2. War Memories 1.2
Vocabulary: word families
2.1
Reading: war memoirs 1h
Reading Strategies: reading 2.2
under presure 3.1
3.4
3. Neighbours From Hell 4.1
 Grammar: Complex 4.2 1h
Sentences (2): Emphasis
Reading: a newspaper story

4. Conflict Resolution
Vocabulary: multi-part verbs
Function: arguing
Listening: a dialogue; a radio 1h
programme
Listening Strategies:
identifying mood
Speaking: roleplays
Pronunciation: mood

5. Communication Workshop
Writing: a letter of complint
Linking: a review
Listening: a filmscript 1h
Speaking: a formal phone
conversation
Chatroom: formal expressions

6. Language Awareness 6
Grammar: Perfective Verb 1h
Forms
Reading: a letter

7. Review: Modules 9 and 10

Grammar and vocabulary
revision
Pronunciation: consonant 1h
sounds
11 LITERATU- 1. The Strange Case of Dr. 1.2
RE SPOT Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by 1.3
Robert Louis Stevenson
1.4
2. Love Poems: a selection 2h
3. The Martian Chronicles, by 2.4
Ray Bradbury 3.2
4. The Shepherd Andreas, by 3.3
Karen Connelly 3.4
5. No Crime in the Mountains, 4.1 4.2
by Raymond Chandler