Theme
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The contest of the theme
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Recommended literature
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Control week
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Form of control
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1
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2
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3
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4
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1. File 1A. Q and A. Vocabulary:
Working out meaning from the context
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Grammar exercises: Question formation (word order); Present/past simple; indirect questions
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New English File Upper- intermediate
Workbook
p.4-6 all ex-s
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1
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Oral quiz
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2. File 1B. Do you believe it?
Vocabulary:
Personality
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Study tip: Answering the questions on the text;
Vocabulary exercises
Text for reading and discussion. Grammar exercises: auxiliary verbs, comparatives
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New English File Upper- intermediate
Workbook
p.7-9 all ex-s
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2
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quiz
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3. File 1C. You’re the doctor!
Vocabulary: illness and treatment
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Grammar exercises: Present Perfect ( negatives and affirmatives); Phrasal verbs;
Vocabulary booster
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New English File Upper- intermediate
Workbook
p.10-12 all ex-s
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3
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Reading control
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4. File 1.
Colloquial English
What does the future hold?
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Study tip: Using the mini-dictionary (2): Word stress
Vocabulary exercises
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New English File Upper- intermediate
Workbook
p.13 all ex-s
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4
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Discussion
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5. File 1
Writing
An informal email / letter
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Grammar exercises: identifying grammar, spelling, punctuation mistakes
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New English File Upper- intermediate
Student’s book
p. 17 Writing an informal email / letter
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5
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Writing letter
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6. File 1
Revise and Check
What do you remember?
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Grammar exercises
Pronunciation
Vocabulary exercises
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New English File Upper- intermediate
Student’s book
p. 18
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6
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Speaking on the topic
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7. File 1
Revise and Check
What can you do?
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Practice exercises
Text listening
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New English File Upper- intermediate
Student’s book
p. 19
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7
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listening
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8. File 2
2A. National stereotypes: truth or myth
Vocabulary: clothes and fashion
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Grammar exercises: adjectives as nouns, adjective order, vocabulary practice
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New English File Upper- intermediate
Workbook
p.14-16 all ex-s
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8
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Writing practice
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9. File 2
2B. Air travel: the inside story
Vocabulary: air travel
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Past Perfect; narrative tenses; irregular verbs
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New English File Upper- intermediate
Workbook
p.17-19 all ex-s
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9
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Tenses control
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10. File 2
2C. Incredibly short stories
Vocabulary: confusing adverbs and adverbial phrases
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Grammar exercises: adverbs and adverbial phrases; sentence order; particle use
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New English File Upper- intermediate
Workbook
p.20-22 all ex-s
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10
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Discussion
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11. File 2
Colloquial English
Flying high
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Study tip: Increasing your vocabulary (1): Word families
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New English File Upper- intermediate
Workbook
p.23 all ex-s
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11
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Vocabulary work
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12. File 2
Writing
A short story
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Vocabulary booster: “It was only a small mistake, but it changed my life”
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New English File Upper- intermediate
Student’s book
p. 19 Writing a short story
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12
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Story writing
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13. File 2
Revise and Check
What do you remember?
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Grammar and vocabulary revision
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New English File Upper- intermediate
Student’s book
p. 34
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13
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revision
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14. File 2
Revise and Check
What can you do?
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Practice exercises
Text listening
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New English File Upper- intermediate
Student’s book
p. 35
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14
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listening
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15. File 2
Control work
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Grammar and vocabulary revision
File 1-2
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Check your progress:
New English File Upper- intermediate
Grammar summary
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15
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Test
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