English Course B1.1

UNIT 1. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE

1. Grammar focus
   1. Present simple review
   2. Adverbs of frequency
   3. Present continuous
2. Theme/Lexical focus – Daily life/Activities
3. Functional focus – Starting conversation/Meeting people
4. Writing task – An informal letter to a pen pal describing your typical working day

UNIT 2. WHAT’S YOUR FAMILY LIKE?

1. Grammar focus
   1. Personal descriptions
   2. Have got/like/enjoy doing
   3. Saxon genitive
2. Theme/Lexical focus – People/Parts of the body
   1. Adjectives of physical description
3. Functional focus – Introducing people to each other
4. Writing task – A short email describing your new girl/boyfriend to another friend

UNIT 3. MOVING AROUND!

1. Grammar focus – Past simple
2. Theme/Lexical focus
   1. Transport
   2. Airport/holidays
3. Functional focus – Enquiring about and buying a train ticket
4. Writing task – A chronological narrative: writing about a disastrous holiday

UNIT 4. A WINDOW TO ANOTHER WORLD

1. Grammar focus – Past simple and past continuous
2. Theme/Lexical focus – Books & Stories/Types of books
3. Functional focus – Telling an anecdote
4. Writing task – A story: students will be given a choice of titles

UNIT 5. THE ANIMAL WORLD

1. Grammar focus – Comparative and superlative adjectives
2. Theme/Lexical focus – Zoo animals: Gorilla
3. Functional focus – Joining a gym/sportsclub
4. Writing task – Filling out a membership form

UNIT 6. WHAT SHOULD I WEAR?

1. Grammar focus – Countable and uncountable nouns
2. Theme/Lexical focus
   1. Shopping and clothes
   2. Food
   3. Clothes
3. Functional focus
   1. Buying food
   2. How many/much…?
4. Writing task – Writing a note: instructions for a shopping trip (what to buy and where, etc.

UNIT 7. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!

1. Grammar focus – Present perfect: just, yet, already
2. Theme/Lexical focus – Entertainment/Types of entertainment
3. Functional focus – Giving and responding to invitations
4. Writing task – An email to a friend: have you seen … yet? Would you like to go?

UNIT 8. RUN FASTER, JUMP HIGHER, FEEL BETTER

1. Grammar focus – Present perfect: for and since
2. Theme/Lexical focus – Health & Sport/Adjectives describing sports
3. Functional focus – Joining a gym/sportsclub
4. Writing task – Filling out a membership form

UNIT 9. TURN OFF YOUR PHONES, PLEASE

1. Grammar focus – Passive (present)
2. Theme/Lexical focus – Science and technology gadgets
3. Functional focus – Asking for information in a shop
4. Writing task – An essay: A gadget I couldn’t live without

UNIT 10. WATCH OUT!

1. Grammar focus
   1. Modals: advice, prohibition/obligation
   2. Need to/needn’t
2. Theme/Lexical focus
   1. Safety/Safety equipments
   2. Dangerous jobs
3. Functional focus – Giving advice (to someone who wants to do a dangerous job)
4. Writing task – An email to a friend telling them what they need to bring on a camping trip.