| UNIT | GRAMMAR / PRONUNCIATION | FUNCTIONS / TOPICS |
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| 1 |
simple present in questions; Wh- and Yes/No questions; ordinal numbers; pronunciation of ordinal numbers and reduced forms |
introducing oneself and responding to an introduction; saying good-bye; birthdays; personal information |
| 2 |
simple present; subject-verb agreement; pronouns; short responses--neither, so; Wh- and Yes/No questions; adverbs of frequency; can & can't ; word stress; pronunciation of can & can't |
greeting someone; giving opinions; agreeing and disagreeing; ending a conversation; likes/dislikes; abilities; movies, music, TV, food & drink |
| 3 |
simple present; Wh- and Yes/No questions; singular/plural nouns; pronunciation of family words |
asking and talking about family; relatives |
| 4 |
present progressive; simple present; adjectives to describe people; linked sounds |
describing what people look like; describing present actions |
| 5 |
indefinite articles: a & an; Wh-questions; adverbs of frequency; ever with simple present; syllable and word stress |
talking and asking about work; telling time; work; occupations |
| 6 |
simple past; Wh- and Yes/No questions with simple past; used to; time expressions; pronunciation of past verb forms; reduced forms |
talking about experiences; vacations |
| 7 |
using play with sports; adjectives for describing sports; adverbs of frequency; too + adjective; superlatives; pronunciation of sport names |
describing a sport; talking about physical condition; giving opinions; sports |
| 8 |
Wh- questions; can & can't; pronunciation of country names and nationalities |
talking about abilities; countries; nationalities; languages; ethnic foods |
| 9 |
present perfect; simple past vs present perfect; never & ever; time expressions; superlatives with present perfect; pronunciation of past participles |
talking and asking about experiences |
| 10 |
prepositions of place; prepositions of location; imperatives; definite and zero articles |
describing locations; giving street and subway directions; expressing thanks |
| 11 |
polite modals; requests; syllable stress and the z sound |
making restaurant reservations; requesting; expressing thanks; making plane reservations; reconfirming a flight; travel; Hawaii |
| 12 |
adjectives for describing things and places; made of; be going to; by train; large numbers; pronunciation of large numbers |
describing Japanese things and places; making suggestions and giving reasons; talking about costs; yen amounts; prices |
| 13 |
present progressive for future; be going to & will; present perfect with yet; will for intentions, promises and offers; expressions of speculation; assimilations (gonna); contractions with will |
talking about future events; inviting; suggesting; speculating about the future; vacations |
| 14 |
be good at; adjectives for personality; past tense questions with be; modals of obligation: must, have to, can't, not allowed to; pronunciation of school subjects |
talking about school; describing personality; giving reasons; talking about rules; likes/dislikes; teachers; high school |
| 15 |
polite modals; requests; should and shouldn't; fillers: hmm..., umm...; too + adjective; numbers and prices; shopping expressions; noun/pronoun agreement |
giving travel advice; requesting; calling room service; arranging a wake-up call; changing money; shopping; bargaining; travel; Thailand |
| 16 |
indefinite and zero articles; modals of advisability: should and shouldn't; nonspecific you; time expressions; pronunciation of body parts, health problems and th |
talking about sickness and health; giving advice; parts of the body; sickness; health |
| 17 | review and consolidation | review and consolidation |
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