Contrast / Comparison. Describing a place
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 № 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 4. 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 |
