Week 1

Course Content

Listening

Anticipating the text -
Using picture/graphic clues
Predicting from questions
Identifying how many speakers
Identifying relationships between speakers
Predicting language according to relationships/topics
Identifying reason/purpose of conversation
Task: Identify the differences between spoken and written language

Listening for Specific Information-
Predicting the required words
Identifying key words
Identifying word classification
Dates, times, numbers, names etc.
Task: Form filling

Reading

Orientation to the Text
Using the text to make predictions about content
Headings, titles; bold, underlined, italic words etc
Using pictures, graphics, tables, graphs etc
Identifying genre
Identifying the audience
Understanding paragraphs
Task: Identify topic sentences

Writing

Describing facts and figures-
Bar and pie charts
tables
Describing trends-
Line graphs
Examining axis

Speaking

Introducing oneself-
Focus on fluency
Linking ideas
Predicting topics/familiar situations
Providing personal information
Task: Part 1 of speaking test

Week 2

Course Content

Listening

Listening for detail
Identifying key words
Identifying when there is a need to listen
Predicting possible context of the language
Task: multiple choice and pictures

Listening for the main ideas
Separating main ideas from supporting detail
Identifying main ideas
Recognising introductory phrases
Developing the main idea
Task: Multiple choice

Reading

Scanning for specific information and details-
Understanding the layout
Getting an idea of where information might be
Increasing reading speed
Getting the gist
Checking predictions
Task: Form filling and chart/table completion

Writing

Summarising data In a table-
Selecting important information
Comparing data
Grouping information
Describing a process-
Cohesion
Sequencing
Essay structure

Speaking

Planning a talk-
Explaining how you feel or felt in the past
Giving short answers to follow up questions
Task: Part 2 of speaking

Week 3

Course Content

Listening

Interpreting meaning
Understanding the speaker's attitudes
Stress
Interpreting intonation
Prosodic features of speech including hesitations, repetitions, avoidance, tone, etc
Task: multiple choice

Identifying 'signposting' to aid understanding
Comparisons
Contrasts or opposites
Examples
Cause/effect, result
Additional information
Framework or stages of a talk
Task: note completion and labeling a diagram

Reading

Identifying main ideas and supporting ideas-
Topics - the main idea
Paragraphs
Topic sentences in paragraphs
Differentiating between main idea and supporting comments
Organization of paragraphs
Locating specific information quickly
Cohesion between and within paragraphs
Paragraph headings
Summarizing paragraphs
Task: multiple choice, note taking, matching paragraph headings

Writing

Approaching the task-
Understanding instructions
Forming ideas
Organizing ideas into paragraphs
Structuring an argument

Speaking

Planning the talk-
Approaching the topic
Expanding ideas
Signposts and cohesion
Fluency
Developing the main idea through sub-topics
Task: Part 2 of speaking

Week 4

Course Content

Listening

Completing Gap-fill question types
Identifying specific information
Predicting the type of word(s) required
Using the other written information as an aid
Selecting key words

Completing short answer question types
Analysing the task
Understanding requirements
Note taking
Summarising
Identifying key words
Specifying the topic

Reading

Understanding an argument
Understanding the argument
Making references
Paraphrasing argument
Separating fact and opinion

Reading strategies - question types
Short answer question types
Sentence completion
Completing a summary

Writing

Presenting an argument-
The introduction
Expressing views
Making concessions
Refuting an argument
The conclusion

Speaking

Exploring the Theme
Intonation
Stress
Prosodic features for "thinking time", hesitations
Explaining how things work
Expressing and justifying opinions
Discussing advantages and disadvantages
Task: Part 3 of speaking

Week 5

Course Content

Listening

Completing multiple choice question types
Predicting text content
Predicting possible answers
Identifying obvious incorrect answers
Identifying 'almost but not quite' correct answers
Identifying key words/phrases

Completing true/false question types
Recognition of modifying words/phrases
Unconditional or all-inclusive qualifying words
Understanding instructions
Identifying key words
Identifying topic words

Reading

Recognising fact, opinion, claim, writer's attitude-
Recognising the language of fact, opinion, claim
Differentiating meaning
Deduction
Inferring
Evaluating Information
Task: Yes/No/ Not Given, Multiple choice

Writing

Essay Writing
Giving opinions
Cause and effect

Speaking

Exploring the Theme
Fluency and cohesion
Reasoned responses
Justifying opinions
Speculating
Task: Parts 2 and 3 of speaking