Topics Proposed for Focused Discussion and Paragraph Writing
1. Urban and Rural Life: Pros and Cons. Advantages and disadvantages of living in a city and in the country
2. Accommodation you occupy. Your dream dwelling
TOPICS PROPOSED FOR ORAL ASSESSMENT
1. Advantages and disadvantages of living in a flat, a private house, a hostel
2. What types of accommodation seem the most attractive and the least convenient to you? Why?
3. The factors you consider when buying or renting accommodation
4. Describe the place you live in (location, exposure, plan, furniture, decoration, gadgetry)
5. The most common problems around the house
Module ¹ 6. TRAVELLING
I. Holidays
1. New Headway U-I. p.20 Death by tourism
2. English Vocabulary in Use pre-i and i. U.88 A sightseeing holiday
3. English Vocabulary in Use u-i and adv. U.50 Holidays
4. Avenues First Certificate. p.88-89 Exotic holidays (Going away, A good holiday?)
5. Highlight U-I. U.3 p.19-27
6. Think First Certificate. U.5 A Sense of Adventure
p.60-61 The Best of Times? p.62 What a Nightmare! p.64-65 Once in a Lifetime, A holiday with a difference
p.66 Future Plans, p.68 Travellers
7. Inside Out U-I. U.8 Escape p.68-69 A day at the seaside
8. New Headway I. U.9 p.94 A place
9. I. Semyankiv, A. Shugai. Listening comprehension tasks. p.10 Planning Holidays
II. Kinds of travelling. Directions
1. First Certificate Language Practice. p.186 Travel and Holidays
2. More than Words 2. U.21 p.175 Rail, air and sea travel
3. Right Word Wrong Word. p.227 Travelling by train, 279 Travelling
4. English Vocabulary in Use pre-i and i. U.86 Air travel
5. English Vocabulary in Use u-i and adv. U.49 Travel
6. Headway I. U.4 T.9
7. Headway U-I. U.8 T.24
8. Avenues First Certificate wb. p.58 Package Tours
9. New Headway I. p.51-53 T.38 express tour
10. I. Semyankiv, A. Shugai. Listening comprehension tasks. p.10 Out and About London
III. Hotel
1. English Vocabulary in Use pre-i and i. U.87 Hotels
2. Headway I. U.8 p.42 Hotel Rules
IV. Customer’s rights
1. Interactions I U.12 p.146-158 You, the consumer (a letter of complaint) W
VIDEO
1. Headway El. U.4 Heathrow Airport
2. Headway pre-i. U.3 Car Hire, U.5 The Hotel, U.9 The Mini
3. New Headway I. U.3 The Sea, U.4 Taxi!
4. New Headway U-I. U.2 Lonely as a cloud, U.3 Mach 2 to New York
5. Family Album (asking directions), episode 4
Grammar and Functions
• Sequence of Tenses • Reported Statements • Reported Questions • Using the to infinitive • Indirect Questions
1. FCE 1. U.7 p.106
2. Grammarway. U.7 p.102
3. First Certificate Language Practice. U.6
4. Grammar Azar. U.7.6, 7.7; 7.1 – 7.4
5. Grammar Azar (new). U.7.1 – 7.6; 12.1 – 12.4
WORD-LIST
accident
across the street from opposite
airport
aisle / centre / window seat
alley
(anti-)clockwise
around/round the corner
asking for and giving directions
at/on the corner of
avenue
baggage reclaim
bed and breakfast
boarding card
booking (office)
boulevard
by pass
(bridal) suite
cabin crew
carry-on/hand luggage
charter flight
chauffeur
close to
coach (station)
conductor
congestion
continental breakfast
contraflow
(co-)pilot
crash
crossroads
cruise
cul-de-sac / dead lock
customs
cut/half-price ticket
deck
departure lounge
destination
double/family/single/twin room
driving license/test
economy / tourist class
English breakfast
excursion/expedition/hitch-hiking
ferry
fine
flight attendant
footbridge
(forced) landing
full / half board
guest house
harbour
heavy traffic
in/on the way
itinerary
lane
landmark
life belt / jacket
liner
maid
means of transport
monument to
moving stair
next to
one-way street
passer-by
path
pedestrian
pedestrian / zebra crossing
porter
quay(side)
reception
resort
return ticket
route
runway
rush hour
safety belt
season ticket
service station
side road
single ticket
stand-by ticket
stopover
subway/underground
travel/trip/voyage
underpass
van
vehicle
yacht
to arrive in/at / to get to
to be/get air/home/car/sea-sick
to board
to break down
to cancel
to catch the bus
to change buses
to change from … to
to check in / out
to commit traffic offence
to complain to sb about sth
to cut across
to delay
to engage / take a room
to get in / out of a car
to get on / off the bus
to get/go through the customs
to go as far as
to go/travel on foot
to go/travel by air/sea/land
to go past / to pass by
to go sightseeing
to go/see sights
to go straight on / ahead
to go to / towards
to head for
to hire a car
to land
to leave (for)
to lose one’s way
to make good time
to miss the bus
to pay in advance
to put up a tent
to reserve a cabin
to ride in a bus
to see sb off
to set off/out / to start out
to take off
to take a photo / photos
to turn (to the) left/right