Advanced English 08 – Langcom

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LESSON 1 To discuss past actions and their present results. 5 Topics

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SPEAKING AND LISTENING Hindsight is 20/20

VOCABULARY Thought processes

VOCABULARY GAME Thought processes

GRAMMAR Variations on past unreal conditionals

SPEAKING Regrets

LESSON 2 To react to past situations and events. 4 Topics

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SPEAKING AND READING Are you a relaxed or nervous person?

VOCABULARY Describing emotional reactions

GRAMMAR Commenting on the past

SPEAKING You’re not flustered by it

LESSON 3 To describe a negative experience, offer sympathy and reassurance. 5 Topics

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LISTENING I think you might be exaggerating

PRONUNCIATION Listening for weak forms in complex verb phrases

SPEAKING SKILLS Describing a bad experience and offering sympathy and reassurance

PRONUNCIATION Using intonation to show emphasis

SPEAKING Offering sympathy and reassurance

LESSON 4 To write a short story based on a set of facts. 4 Topics

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READING Too good to be true

WRITING SKILLS Using both, each, neither

WRITING A story

SPEAKING The ripple effect

LESSON 5 To discuss the value of changing perspective. 4 Topics

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LISTENING AND SPEAKING You can’t see the forest for the trees

VOCABULARY Describing things

GRAMMAR Quantifiers and prepositions in relative clauses

SPEAKING Looking at extreme close-ups

LESSON 6 To talk about how eyes function in humans and animals. 4 Topics

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READING The human eye

VOCABULARY Eye idioms and metaphors

GRAMMAR Noun clauses with question words

SPEAKING We don’t see eye to eye

LESSON 7 To discuss problems caused by staring at screens. 4 Topics

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LISTENING The effect of screens on our eyes

PRONUNCIATION Listening for /t/ between vowels

SPEAKING SKILLS Clarifying a problem

SPEAKING Screen time

LESSON 8 To write a personal profile statement for a résumé. 4 Topics

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READING Details Or The Big Picture

WRITING SKILLS Profile statements

WRITING A personal profile statement

SPEAKING Preparing for a convention

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