Inglés - Nivel 4

Book used: top notch 2B

Unit 6: Eating well

• Vocabulary:
  • Excuses for not eating something
  • Food passions
  • Lifestyles and health problems
  • Describing food
    
• Conversation Strategies:
  • Use Don´t worry about it to decline an apology
  • Use Well to introduce an opinion that differs from someone else´s
    
• Grammar:
  • Negative yes/no questions and Why don´t...?
  • Used to
  • Further explanation of usage: negative yes/no questions with short answers
  • Further explanation of usage: Why don´t/ doesn´t...?
  • Further explanation of form: used to
    
• Speaking:
  • Offer dishes and decline food
  • Talk about foods you love and hate
  • Discuss lifestyle changes
  • Describe unique foods
    
• Pronunciation:
  • Used to
    
• Listening:
  • Conversations about food / Task: identify excuses for not eating something
  • Descriptions of food passions / Task: determine each person´s food passions
  • Descriptions of unique food / Task: describe food items
    
• Reading:
  • News article about changing lifestyles and obesity
  • The healthy- eating pyramid
  • Lifestyle survey
    
• Writing:
  • Write about lifestyle changes
  • Describe a dish

Unit 7: Psychology and Personality

• Vocabulary:
  • Describing colors
  • Adjectives of emotion
  • Suggestions to cheer someone up
  • Adjectives to describe personality
    
• Conversation Strategies:
  • Use You know..., to be less abrupt
  • Use out of the question to indicate opposition· Use Really? to indicate a difference of opinion
  • Use Thanks for asking to acknowledge another´s concern
    
• Grammar:
  • Gerunds and infinitives after certain verbs
  • Gerunds after prepositions
  • Expressions with prepositions
  • Further explanation of form and usage: gerunds and infinitives
  • Negative gerunds
    
• Speaking:
  • State color preferences
  • Describe your mood and emotions
  • Cheer someone up
  • Discuss personality types
  • Discuss the impact of birth order on relationships
    
• Pronunciation:
  • Reduction of to in infinitive phrases
    
• Listening:
  • Conversations about color preferences / Task: write color names and adjectives of emotion
  • An academic lecture / Task: infer definitions of personality
  • Conversations about emotions / Task: describe how each speaker feels about certain things
    
• Reading:
  • Magazine article about the impact of birth order on personality
  • Color survey
  • Personality survey
    
• Writing:
• Describe your own personality
• Describe the personality of someone you know well

Unit 8: Enjoying the arts

• Vocabulary:
  • Types of art
  • Common materials
  • Positive adjectives
  • Ways to say you don´t like something
    
• Conversation Strategies:
  • Use For one thing to provide one reason among several
  • Use Excuse me to ask for attention in a store
    
• Grammar:
  • The passive voice: statements and questions
  • Further explanation of form and usage: the passive voice
  • The passive voice: intransitive verbs
    
• Speaking:
  • Recommend a museum
  • Describe an object
  • Describe how you decorate your home
  • Discuss your favorite artists
  • Express opinions about art
    
• Pronunciation:
  • Emphatic stress
    
• Listening:
  • A biography of Vicent Van Gogh / Task: listen for his life events
  • Conversations about art objects / Task: identify the objects discussed
    
• Reading:
  • Magazine article about the role of art in two people´s lives
  • Guide to London museums
    
• Writing:
  • Create a short biography of an artist you like
  • Describe a piece of art you like
    

Unit 9: Living with computers

• Vocabulary:
  • Computer products and accessories
  • Computer toolbars and commands
  • Internet activities
    
• Conversation Strategies:
  • Use Oh yeah? to show that you are interested· Use Everyone says to solicit an opinion· Use
  • Well to soften a contradictory opinion· Use Why don´t you to respectfully offer advice
    
• Grammar:
  • Comparison with as...as
  • The infinitive of purpose
  • Review: Comparatives and superlatives
  • As....as with adverbs
  • Expressing purpose with in order to and for
    
• Speaking:
  • Discuss buying a computer product
  • Recommend “a better deal”
  • Troubleshoot a problem
  • Describe how you use computers
  • Discuss the benefits and problems of the Internet
    
• Pronunciation:
  • Stress in as...as phrases
    
• Listening:
  • Conversations about using computers / Task: identify computers commands
  • Descriptions of computer activities / Task: listen for things to do on the Internet
  • Conversations comparing two computer products / Task: complete comparative sentences
    
• Reading:
  • Four news articles about serious problems with the Internet
  • Electronics store website
  • Consumer information card
    
• Writing:
  • Express your opinion about the social impact of the Internet
  • Report how you use a computer
    

Unit 10: Ethics and values

• Vocabulary:
  • Ways to acknowledge thanks
  • Ways to express certainty
  • Moral dilemmas· Personal values
    
• Conversation Strategies:
  • Use Excuse me to get a stranger´s attention
  • Use You think so? to probe the wisdom of a course of action
    
• Grammar:
  • Possessive pronouns
  • Factual and unreal conditional sentences
  • Further explanation of form and usage: factual and unreal conditional sentences
    
• Speaking:
  • Return lost property
  • Discuss an ethical choice
  • Express personal values
  • Discuss honesty
  • Warn about consequences
    
• Pronunciation:
  • Assimilation of the sounds /d/ + /y/
    
• Listening:
  • Conversations about personal valuesTask: identify each person´s personal values and infer meaning of key words and phrases
    
• Reading:
  • News article about the Tokyo lost-and-found
  • Values self-test
    
• Writing:
  • Express opinions about modesty
  • Write an article about appropiate appearence in your country
  • Narrate a true story about an ethical choice