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- HEADWAY INTERMEDIATE
Курс "Intermediate" рассчитан на слушателей,
имеющих некоторый опыт практики английского
языка в объеме уровня "Pre-Intermediate".
Курс включает разговорную практику по тематике
повседневной жизни с объемом новой лексики 25-30
слов за урок в классе, интенсивное аудирование в
классе и дома, и письменные упражнения в рамках
домашних заданий.
Учебная программа:
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.
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