Week 1 - Theoretical

Introduction, evaluating students level of English by B2 end of year test

Week 2 - Theoretical

Adverbs and adverbial clauses, noun forms, listening activity about bilingualism,

Week 3 - Theoretical

reading a blogpost, talking about language learning factors

Week 4 - Theoretical

Expressing yourself in an inexact way, listening about friends and rivals, sharing rough details of an experience, writing a web forum post, expressing opinion, idioms about body parts

Week 5 - Theoretical

Talking about extreme conditions, comparison, multi-word-verbs about social interaction, discussing different views on communication

Week 6 - Theoretical

Plans, intentions and arrangements, verbs of movement, listening an interview with a base jumper, reading an article about a zero gravity flight, discussing a blogpost

Week 7 - Theoretical

Giving advice, listening activity about an overstaying guest, writing a report, linking for contrast and concession, idioms of movement

Week 8 - Theoretical

Talking about travel and adventure, inversion, vocabulary on wealth and poverty, reading an article about volunteering, BBC talk on volunteerism

Week 9 - Theoretical

Describing journeys and landscapes, future in the past, listening a BBC talk about a journey of a lifetime, reading a narrative article, telling the story of an adventurous journey

Week 10 - Theoretical

Paraphrising and summarising, listening to a bad interview, expressing opinion about a place, writing a travel review, descriptive language, idioms about landscapes

Week 11 - Theoretical

talking about using instinct and reason, noun phrases, BBC radio discussion on gut instinct in medical diagnosis, reading an article on trusting your gut,

Week 12 - Theoretical

Talking about memories, structures with have and get, reading an article on false memories, discussing ways to improve memory

Week 13 - Theoretical

Using tact in formal discussions, getting feedback, giving opinions tactfully, writing a profile article, Interviewing for a profile article, organising info,

Week 14 - Theoretical

Review and extension using unit progress tests and mid-term competency test