MODULE ONE："Yes,but what is culture?"

UNIT 1：Drawing attention to aspects of culture,the meaning of gestures,listening to draw inferences;naming countries and nationalities,word families

Culture corner：What is culture,then?Differences between and within cultures

UNIT 2：Contrasting customs in different countries,stereotyping people from other cultures,commenting on the importance of features of culture,using prefixes

Creative speaking：Making a brief presentation about culture

MODULE TWO："How did we manage without computers?"

UNIT 3：Discussing the influence of computers and the development of inventions;using varied expressions of time;using a summary to present information

Culture corner：Asking questions informal contexts

UNIT 4：Sequencing instructions for downloading pictures and programmes

Creative speaking：Preparing and delivering a set of instructions

MODULE THREE："We're destroying our own planet!"

UNIT 5：Making brief notes on environmental issues,questioning and asking for information;drawing inferences and conclusions,noting effects

Culture corner：A linear way and/or a circular way：different ways of presenting arguments

UNIT 6：Identifying environmental problems and solutions;making comparisons and drawing conclusions

Creative speaking：Making a group presentation on the environment

MODULE FOUR："News is news...but is it all good?"

UNIT 7：Discussing news reports and photos;making complaints;using question tags;listening for facts and figures

Culture corner:Cultural tendencies in news reporting

UNIT 8：Notetaking about misrepresentation in the media;formulating arguments for and against an issue;pronoun references

Creative speaking：...and the good news is...Writing and presenting good news stories

MODULE FIVE："What should I do with my money?"

UNIT 9：Discussing and taking notes on changes in European currency systems;making genera-lizations to agree or disagree;listening to check the accuracy ofstatements

Culture corner：Expressing feelings and emotions in different cultures

UNIT 10：Handling expressions used to discuss finance and banking;role playing opening a bank account;listening to complete a form

Creative speaking：Role playing：questions from the public to a finance Minister

MODULE SIX："It's playing,not winning that's important"

UNIT 11：Describing different sports and explaining the rules;notetaking;listening for inference

Culture corner：Aspects of competitiveness in different cultures

UNIT 12：Understanding and using general idioms which come from different sports;considering ethics in sports;listening for key points

Creative speaking：Inventing a game and explaining it

MODULE SEVEN："Let me think!"

UNIT 13：Giving reasons for likes and dislikes;listening to discriminate answers or to reconstruct a context

Culture corner：Puzzles in learning and learning in puzzles—cultural views of classroom events

UNIT 14：Making comparisons in different contexts,drawing attention to differences and discussing the relative merits of products

Creative speaking：Giving creative solutions to real-life puzzles

MODULE EIGHT："How things change!"

UNIT 15：Making predictions about changes in society and in one's own life;notetaking on past and predicted changes；using expressions to show degrees of certainty

Culture corner：Facing a new situation：changes when living in another country

UNIT 16：Describing changes in the past,present and future in vehicle design and household inventions；referring to periods of time；listening for inferences

Creative speaking：Changes in homes：memories and predictions