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

Book 10 2026 The Rainmaker by John Grisham

'All students enter law school with a certain amount of idealism and desire to serve the public, but after three years of brutal competition we care for nothing but the right job with the right firm where we can make partner in seven years and make big bucks.'

For our tenth book of the year I recommend The Rainmaker  by John Grisham. Rudy Baylor is in his final term of law school, and, desperate for work, takes on the case of a terminally ill young man whose family has been denied their insurance claims by an influential insurance company. In his attempts to reveal how the family have been shockingly mistreated by the huge company, he comes to realise he just may have stumbled upon one of the largest insurance frauds in the history of civil litigation. Here is the worksheet.

8 NA 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 NA 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 NA 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

4 NI B2 1 Topic 2 Education & Work

Your character is much more than your looks. (Scott Sanford).

Grammar	Reported questions
Language Function	Reporting speech
Listening	Job interviews : audio
Reading	Education systems
Speaking	School memories
Vocabulary	Education
Writing	Education & learning

 

3 NI B1 Topic 2 Education & Work

The only thing worse than training employees and losing them is to not train them and keep them. (Zig Ziglar)

Grammar	Obligation
Language Function	Expressing obligation & absence of
Listening	Exam results : audio 1 + audio 2
Reading	Back to school
Speaking	Education
Vocabulary	Education
Writing	Voluntary work camps

2 NB 2 Topic 2 Back to the Classroom

The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. (Mike Murdock)

Grammar	Present participles
Language Function	Describing how you study
Listening	Education in Britain: audio
Reading	Books and reading
Speaking	Talking about a book
Vocabulary	School subjects
Writing	A book review

1 NB 1 Topic 2 In the Classroom

It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom. (Michael Morpurgo)

Grammar	Possessives
Language Function	Identifying people's possessions
Listening	Homework : audio
Reading	A Study Timetable
Speaking	Pronunciation
Vocabulary	Classroom Objects
Writing	At school