Курсы английского языка. 6 уровень - Headway Advanced

Unit 1

What a wonderful world!

Grammar: Auxiliary verbs do, be, have. Naming the tenses. Questions and negatives. Short answers.

Vocabulary: Sounds and spelling: meat /I:/, great /ei/. Silent letters: knee /ni:/.

Postscript: Social expressions: Never mind! It’s my round. You must be joking!

Reading: Topic. “Wonders of the modern world”.

Speaking: Information gap – The life of a Times journalist. Discussion – What’s the most important invention?

Listening: Topic. “A group of people talk about their wonders of the modern world”.

Writing: Correcting language mistakes in an informal letter. Symbols for correction.

Unit 2

Happiness!

Grammar: Present time. Present Simple and Continuous. Action and state verbs walk, know. Present passive.

Vocabulary: Sports and leisure activities play tennis, go swimming, do aerobics.

Postscript: Numbers. Money, fractions, decimals, percentages, phone numbers, dates.

Reading: Topic. “Sister Wendy, TV star” – the nun who is also a TV star.

Speaking: Discussion — What’s important to you in life? Clothes? Travel? Talking about favorite sports.

Listening: Topic. “Three people talk about their favorite sport or leisure activity”.

Writing: Descriptive writing. Describing a person. Adverbs of degree quite young rather attractive.

Unit 3

Telling tales.

Grammar: Past time. Past Simple and Continuous. Past Simple and Past Perfect. Past passive.

Vocabulary: Art, music and literature chapter, orchestra. Verbs and nouns that together paint a portrait.

Postscript: Giving opinions. What did you think of the play? It was boring!

Reading: Topic. “The writer, the painter and the musician” (jigsaw).

Speaking: Talking about your favorite poem, piece, piece of music, or painting. Exchanging information about a famous writer, painter and musician.

Listening: Topic. “The holiday that wasn’t – a frightening holiday experience”.

Writing: Writing a narrative. My worst holiday. Adverbs suddenly, however.

Unit 4

Doing the right thing.

Grammar: Modal verbs (1). Obligation and permission can, have to, allowed to, must, mustn’t, should.

Vocabulary: Adjectives that describe people punctual friendly. Word formation behave – behaviour,stranger – strange.

Postscript: Requests and offers. Could you…? Can you…? I’ll… Shall I…?

Reading: Topic. “A world guide to good manners” – how to behave properly in different parts of the world.

Speaking: Talking about school rules. Nationality stereotypes. Discussion – the rules of etiquette in different countries.

Listening: Topic. “School days long ago. Entertaining friends in three different countries”.

Writing: Filling in a form.

Unit 5

On the move.

Grammar: Future forms going to and will. Present Continuous.

Vocabulary: The weather storm, shower, chilly, freezing.

Postscript: Travelling around. Using public transport. Requests in a hotel.

Reading: Topic. “If it’s Tuesday we must be in Munich” - American tourists in Europe.

Speaking: Arranging to meet. Class survey – favourite holidays.

Listening: Topic. “The geography of the British Isles” - a weather forecast.

Writing: Sending a fax.

Unit 6

Likes and dislikes.

Grammar: Questions with like. Do you like tea? What’s she like? Verb patterns want to do, enjoy meeting.

Vocabulary: Words that go together tall people, historic town, rich food.

Postscript: Signs and soundbites. Dry clean only. I’m just looking, thank you.

Reading: Topic. “In search of (good) English food” – a history of English food.

Speaking: Talking about food, cooking and restaurants. Exchanging information about capital cities.

Listening: Topic. “Two English people talk about living in New York; an American gives her impressions of living in London” (jigsaw).

Writing: Descriptive writing (2). Describing a room. Relative pronouns who, which, that, where, whose.

Unit 7

The world of work.

Grammar: Present Perfect Simple. Present Perfect vs. Past Simple. Present Perfect passive.

Vocabulary: Multi-word verbs look after us, turn on the light.

Postscript: On the telephone. Do you want to hold? Can I take a message? Leaving a message on an answer phone.

Reading: Topic. “The modern servant” – the nanny, the cook and the gardener (jigsaw)”.

Speaking: Exchanging information about the lives of three modern servants. Roleplay – choosing a career. Discussion – retirement.

Listening: Topic. “Thomas Wilson – a retired man talks to his granddaughter about his life”.

Writing: Formal letters. A letter of application.

Unit 8

Imagine!

Grammar: Conditionals. First conditional. Second conditional. Zero conditional. Time clauses when, as soon as.

Vocabulary: Base and strong adjectives big, huge. Modifying adverbs very big, absolutely enormous.

Postscript: Making suggestions. Let’s go shopping! You ought to ask for a pay rise.

Reading: Topic. “Who wants to be a millionaire? We do!” – the ups and downs of winning a fortune.

Speaking: Maze – you’ve won 5m. Where will your life go from here? Discussion – Which charity would you give to?

Listening: Song – “Who wants to be a millionaire?” Three charity appeals – Which one would you give to?

Writing: Words that join ideas. Linking devices and comment adverbs in an informal letter although, however, actually, anyway.

Unit 9

Relationships.

Grammar: Modal verbs (2). Probability (present and past) must/be, might/have been, can’t/go, could/have gone.

Vocabulary: Character adjectives sociable, easy-going.

Postscript: Agreeing and disagreeing. So do I! Neither do I!

Reading: Topic. “The man who planted trees” – a short story by Jean Giono, which shows how the actions of one person can change the world.

Speaking: Quiz – What sort of person are you? Class survey about brothers and sisters.

Listening: Topic. “Two people talk about their families – one from a large family, the other an only child”.

Writing: Sentence combination. Describing a person and a place.

Unit 10

Obsessions.

Grammar: Present Perfect Continuous. Simple vs Continuous. Present Perfect vs Past Simple. Time expressions since I left school, until I met Jack.

Vocabulary: Compound nouns postcard, post office, dining room.

Postscript: Complaining too much, not enough. The soup’s too salty.

Reading: Topic. “Death cigarettes? You must be joking!” – an interview with the man who markets a cigarette called Death”.

Speaking: Discussion – the right to smoke? Exchanging information about two collectors. Guessing game.

Listening: Topic. “Collectors and their collections” (jigsaw).

Writing: Beginning and ending letters, formal and informal.

Unit 11

Tell me about it!

Grammar: Indirect questions. I don’t know where he lives. Question tags. It’s a lovely day, isn’t it?

Vocabulary: Verbs and nouns that go together whistle a tune. Idioms drop someone a line.

Postscript: Informal language ninety quid. What’s up with him?

Reading: Topic. “You ask…we answer” – questions and answers from a science magazine.

Speaking: Information gap – Madame Tussaud’s. Stories of forgetfulness.

Listening: Topic. “The forgetful generation” – a radio programme.

Writing: Producing a class poster. For and against – living in the city what is more, on the plus side.

Unit 12

Two weddings, a birth and a funeral!

Grammar: Reported speech. Reported statements and questions. Reported commands.

Vocabulary: Words connected with birth, marriage and death honeymoon, pram. Practice of the phonetic script.

Postscript: Saying sorry. Pardon? Excuse me! Social situations.

Reading: Topic. “David Copperfield” – an extract about the day of David’s birth from the novel by Charles Dickens.

Speaking: Discussion – What are the customs connected with births, weddings and funerals? The day I was born!

Listening: Topic. “Two people give statements to the police” (jigsaw). A poem – “Funeral blues” by W H Auden.

Writing: Correcting language mistakes in an informal letter.

Зачет (собеседование)