6 NA 1 C1 1 Topic 3 (Un)Employment

Globalisation creates economic policies where the transnationals lord over us, and the result is misery and unemployment. (Evo Morales)

Grammar	Grammar antics
Language Function	Explaining
Listening	Unemployment   + audio
Reading	Children & work
Speaking	Children & women at work
Vocabulary	Work
Writing	Applying for a job

5 NI B2 2 Topic 3 Working & Earning

I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same as 'making a life'. (Maya Angelou).

Grammar	Grammar antics
Language Function	Relating past events
Listening	Job hunting + audio
Reading	Women & work
Speaking	Jobs
Vocabulary	Tools of the trade
Writing	Working abroad

4 NI B2 1 Topic 3 Health & Welfare

The body is a sacred garment. (Martha Graham).

Grammar	At the surgery
Language Function	Describing sleep patterns
Listening	Operations + audio
Reading	Health
Speaking	Health
Vocabulary	The body
Writing	Medical care

 

3 NI B1 Topic 3 Food

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being. (Franz Kafka)

Grammar	How much/many?
Language Function	Making a complaint
Listening	Eating & drinking + audio
Reading	The great British Sunday
Speaking	Food for thought
Vocabulary	Cooking
Writing	Sharing a review

 

2 NB 2 Topic 3 Questions

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.(Lou Holtz)

Grammar	Questions
Language Function	Asking about the subject & object
Listening	An interview + audio 1  2 &  3
Reading	The life of Sean Connery
Speaking	An interview
Vocabulary	Film reviews
Writing	A film review

1 NB 1 Topic 3 House, Home

A home without books is a body without soul. (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

Grammar	At home
Language Function	Describing differences
Listening	My favourite room : audio
Reading	The house
Speaking	A place to rent
Vocabulary	In the bathroom
Writing	Home

 

8 C2 Topic 2 Education & Knowledge

Learning never exhausts the mind. (Leonardo da Vinci)

Grammar	Learning chunks
Language Function	Giving an opinion
Listening	Human intelligence : audio
Reading	We need schools ...
Speaking	Home-schooling
Vocabulary	Education
Writing	Academic exchange programme

 

7 C1 2 Topic 2 Education & Knowledge

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge. (John Naisbitt)

Grammar	Adjectives and adverbs
Language Function	Making suggestions
Listening	Learning : audio
Reading	Exams and grading
Speaking	Parents' concerns
Vocabulary	People in education
Writing	Further education

 

6 C1 1 Topic 2 Education & Knowledge

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values. (Kofi Annan)

Grammar	Grammar antics
Language Function	Comprehending text or speech
Listening	Jamie Oliver & dyslexia  + audio
Reading	Philip Beadle interview
Speaking	Public or private education
Vocabulary	A crossword
Writing	Verb patterns

5 NI B2 2 Topic 2 Teaching & Learning

A thousand teachers, a thousand methods. (Chinese proverb).

Grammar	Omission of the definite article
Language Function	Sequencing
Listening	Learning and life : audio
Reading	Methodology
Speaking	Education
Vocabulary	Issues in education
Writing	Handwriting