Upper Intermediate Table of Contents

CONTENTS

UNITS 1–6

Unit

Grammar

Vocabulary

Reading

Listening

Speaking/ Pronunciation

Scenario

1  Communication

The continuous aspect; state verbs

Communication

Great speeches

Discussing communication

Flat sharing

Idioms connected with communication

Leaflet advertising a course in communication skills

Opinions on what makes a good communicator

(p6–15)

The perfect aspect

Extracts from You Just Don’t Understand

Introducing the achievements of a wellknown person

Discussing trends (in communication and research)

Part of a radio series

2  Environment

Present perfect simple and continuous

(p16–25)

Indirect questions

Local environmental issues Word combinations: global warming Adverbs

Study and Writing skills

Note-taking Structure of talks Key language: outlining problems, offering solutions Note-taking Task: solving communication Writing and checking emails Register problems Peer checking

Sparrow Hill Wind Farm

Newspaper article about local environmental issues

Vox pops about where people live

Information gap: comparing the results of two surveys

Newspaper article about disappearing Arctic ice

Questions and answers about volcanoes

Discussing changes in one’s environment

Key language: agreeing and disagreeing politely, polite questions

Extract from A Short History of Nearly Everything

Advice on designing questionnaires

Preparing a factsheet about volcanoes

Task: attending a public meeting

Designing a questionnaire Question types Writing a questionnaire

Pronunciation: stress in word combinations, contractions

3  Sport (p26–35)

Quantifiers; few / little vs a few / a little

Idioms connected with sport

Magazine article about Charles Miller

Interview with a karate teacher

Sports quiz

Who was the greatest?

Discussing sport and games

Definite and zero articles

Prefix self-

Leaflet advertising a karate club

A lecturer giving advice on essay writing

Discussing men and women in sport

Key language: emphasis and comparison

Abstract nouns Adjectives

Biographical article about Babe Didrikson

Medical terms: people, conditions and treatments

Encyclopaedia entries on medical breakthroughs

Illness and medicine

Various types of information about malaria

Task: choosing the greatest modern sportsperson

Pronunciation: the definite article

Understanding essay questions Understanding key words Essay writing For and against essay Introductions Formal expressions

Review Units 1–3 (p36–37)

4  Medicine (p38–47)

Plans and arrangements: future continuous, going to, present continuous Predictions: future perfect, will

Dependent prepositions

Newspaper article about the first face transplant

Talk by a professor about issues with medical treatments A lecture on using the Internet for research

Assessing what makes a good doctor

The Dowling Hospital Key language: predicting

Evaluating resources on the Internet

Discussing medical and ethical issues

Task: making a difficult decision

Writing short reports Making recommendations

A new plan

Describing graphs, charts and tables

Planning an awarenessraising day Pronunciation: stressed syllables

5  Transport (p48–57)

Modal verbs (future) Modal verbs (past)

Transport: methods and problems

Magazine article on road safety

Safety features

Magazine article on transport in the future

BBC news report about a new type of transport

Role play: road safety

Magazine article on great train journeys

6  Literature((p58–67)

Narrative tenses: past simple, past continuous, past perfect (simple and continuous) used to, would

Literature: types of writing, people in literature

Website on the Nobel Prize for Literature

Word sets: light and dark, sounds

Extracts from novels Descriptions of characters in literature

Discussing methods of transport

Book group discussion Monologues about characters in literature Book extracts

Key language: persuading, recommending action

Discussing a difficult journey

Task: making an action plan

Talking about books you like/dislike

A book deal

Discussion about childhood beliefs and practices Pronunciation: used to

Key language: proposing, bargaining, talking about needs/expectations Task: negotiating a contract

Describing information in a table Comparison and contrast

Improving listening skills Predicting from clues Guessing meaning of words A travel blog Adverbs of degree

Review Units 4–6 (p68–69) LANGUAGE LEADER

upper intermediate

LANGUAGE LEADER

upper intermediate

CONTENTS

UNITS 7–12

Unit

Grammar

Vocabulary

Reading

Listening

Speaking/ Pronunciation

Scenario

Study and Writing skills

7 Architecture

The passive (1): revision; continuous passive and -ing form; general use

Describing buildings

Personal opinions about buildings

Interview with an architect

Discussing and describing buildings

On the horizon

Identifying fact and opinion

Key language: talking about requirements

A description of a building Avoiding repetition: nouns, verbs, clauses

(p70–79)

The passive (2): revision; passive infinitive; discourse uses

Idioms with bridge Prefixes

Newspaper article about hotels in space

Discussion about space hotels

Magazine article about famous bridges

Comparing two bridges

Task: designing the ground floor of a hotel

Pronunciation: word stress, stress and intonation

8 Globalisation (p80–89)

Verb patterns: verbs that take both the infinitive and -ing form

Word combinations: globalisation

Internet message board about globalisation

Abstract nouns

have something done

Word set: the media

Magazine article about the power of the Internet

Podcasts about globalisation Discussing positive and negative aspects of globalisation Comparing good and bad experiences

Magazine article about global role models

9 Art (p90–99)

Ungradable adjectives; use of very, really, extremely, etc.

Art and artists

Position of adverbs in the sentence

Order of adjectives before a noun

Adverb/adjective combinations

Leaflet advertising exhibitions at an art gallery Magazine article arguing for photography as an art form

Conversation about exhibitions and opinions of them

Key language: clarifying Task: a TV debate

Discussion: what is art?

The new exhibition

Discussing works of art and art exhibitions

Key language: sequencing information, moving to a new point

Describing photos and a work of art

Three profiles of modern artists

Supermarket superpower

Summarising Topic sentences Paraphrasing A summary Editing to shorten

Expanding your vocabulary Collocations An online review Adverbs

Task: giving an informal presentation

Pronunciation: stress and intonation

Review Units 7–9 (p100–101)

10 Psychology (p102–111)

11 Culture (p112–121)

Discussing team roles

Ask Vanessa

Organising a group activity

Key language: giving advice

Leaflet for parents about peer pressure

Discussing crime books

Task: an advice phone-in

Website on psychological profiling

Pronunciation: stress patterns in adjective-noun pairs

A discursive essay Linking words Conclusions

Kaleidoscope World

Improving reading skills Chunking Prefixes and suffixes Linkers

Relative clauses: comment clauses, use of prepositions

Working together: verbs with particles

Website about the Belbin Model

Reduced relative clauses

Idioms with mind

Reported speech

Aspects of culture

Reporting verbs

Adjectives

Part of a lecture on group dynamics

Website on aspects of culture

Vox pops about one’s own culture

Extracts from leaflet on culture shock

Monologue about experiencing culture shock

Two opinions about cultural awareness

Description of cultural mistakes

Time capsule

Comparing two descriptions Key language: creating an of changing cultures impact in a presentation Debate on cultural differences

Task: giving a formal presentation

Discussing technology and its benefits

Computer crash

A radio discussion

12 Technology (p122–131)

Conditionals (1): 1st, 2nd, alternatives to if Conditionals (2): 3rd, mixed

Technology Adjectives connected with technology Prefixes expressing opposites

Magazine article on pioneers of communication

Descriptions of gadgets and opinions of them

Website FAQs on the Amish

Debate on the rate of technological progress

Article from The New Scientist on fear of technology

Writing a bibliography, referencing

A formal letter Letter layout Formulaic language

Plagiarism: what it is and Key language: reassuring and how to avoid it encouraging An article Identifying the writer’s Task: problem-solving position meeting

Review Units 10–12 (p132–133) Language Reference and Extra Practice (p134–157) • Communication Activities (p158–174) LANGUAGE LEADER

upper intermediate

Audioscripts (p175–190) LANGUAGE LEADER

upper intermediate