MODULE ONE:"Pleased to meet you"

MAIN SKILLS:introducing oneself and others;identifying levels of formality;listening for details;using language to structure meetings

UNIT 1:introductions in groups

Culture corner:Greetings in different cultures

UNIT 2:talking about yourself;talking in meetings

Creative speaking:Manners maketh man

MODULE TWO:"A night on the town"

MAIN SKILLS:asking for and expressing preferences;making arrangements;listening to iden-tify agreement,personal information,opinions;expressing polite agreementUNIT 3:deciding on plans for leisure activities

Culture corner:How shall we agree or disagree?

UNIT 4:making social arrangements

Creative speaking:Diaries,meetings and arrangements;Word stars

MODULE THREE:"Where am I?"

MAIN SKILLS:following and giving directions,identifying instructions and describing routes;listening for details of locations

UNIT 5:following and giving directions;using maps

Culture corner:Giving directions,a linguistic and a cultural matter as well

UNIT 6:following directions and tracing routes

Creative speaking:Giving new directions to travel proverbs

MODULE FOUR:"What should I wear?"

MAIN SKILLS:giving opinions about fashion;describing clothing;matching spoken descriptions to graphics;listening to identify items

UNIT 7:describing appearance and clothing

Culture corner:Giving and accepting invitations

UNIT 8:choosing and buying clothes

Creative speaking:Worrying about what to wear:a radio discussion programme

MODULE FIVE:"How would you like it cooked,sir?"

MAIN SKILLS:describing food dishes;listening for details,note-taking and form-filling;se-quencing information and using discourse markers

UNIT 9:ordering food in a restaurant,clarifying choices

Culture corner:Showing your preferences or choices

UNIT 10:describing food;giving instructions for cooking

Creative speaking:A philosophy of food?

MODULE SIX:"You're looking a little pale today"

MAIN SKILLS:discussing illnesses,describing symptoms,making suggestions;listening to instructions;form-filling;listening for key information

UNIT 11:discussing illnesses:doctors and patients

Culture corner:Don't put your foot in your mouth!

UNIT 12:discussing health and healing

Creative speaking:Factors in healing:a television presentation

MODULE SEVEN:"She sells seashells by the seashore"

MAIN SKILLS:discussing ways of saying things;listening for sounds and phrases;recognising speakers'attitudes;identifying descriptions and locations

UNIT 13:using poems for spoken expression

Culture corner:Expressing meaning through intonation

UNIT 14:descriptions:using the senses,visualising

Creative speaking:Complete the poem:ways of speaking;An alphabet of ways of speaking

MODULE EIGHT:"I really must complain!"

MAIN SKILLS:complaining;giving polite emphasis;recognising speakers'attitudes;attending to stressed words;listening for details of prices,numbers and problemsUNIT 15:making complaints-1

Culture corner:Effective complaints

UNIT 16:making complaints-2

Creative speaking:Complaining;Points of view