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Unit 1. Word formation
Abbreviations and acronyms.
Prefixes: creating new meanings.
Suffixes: productive suffixes and word classes.
Word-building and word-blending.
Global contact and language enrichment.
Similar but different: words easily confused.
Unit 2. Work and study
At work: colleagues and routines.
At work: career and promotion.
Business 1.
Business 2.
Cramming for success: study and academic work.
Education: debates and issues.
Unit 3. People and relationships
Talking about yourself.
Relationships: positive aspects.
Relationships: problems.
Passions: reactions and emotions.
Feelings: antipathies and aversions.
Observing others: appearance and mannerisms.
Observing others: character traits.
Birth and death: from cradle to grave.
Unit 4. Leisure and lifestyle
Free time: relaxation and leisure.
All the rage: clothes and fashion.
Homestyles, lifestyles.
Socialising and networking.
The performance arts: reviews and critiques.
The plastic arts.
Talking about books.
We are what we eat.
Dinner`s on me: entertaining and eating out.
Unit 5. Travel
On the road: traffic and driving.
Travel and accommondation.
Tourism.
Unit 6. The environment
Describing the world.
Weather and climate.
Buildings in metaphors.
Trees, plants and metaphors.
Animals and birds.
Environment and conservation.
Unit 7. Society and institutions
Here to help: service encounters.
Authorities: customs and police.
World views: ways of thinking.
Festivals in their cultural context.
Talking about languages.
History.
Poverty: the haves and the have nots.
British politics.
The language of law.
War and peace.
Economy and finance.
Personal finance: balancing your books.
Unit 8. The media
The media: print.
The media: Internet and e-mail.
Advertising.
The news: gathering and delivering.
Unit 9. Health
Health and illness 1.
Health and illness 2.
Health and illness 3.
Diet, sport and fitness.
Unit 10. Technology
Aspects of industrialisation.
Technology and its impact.
Future visions.
Unit 11. Basic concepts
Space: expanse and confinement.
Time: sequence and duration.
Motion: nuances of pace and movement.
Manner: behaviour and body language.
Sound: from noise to silence.
Weight and density.
Colour: range and intensity.
Speed.
Cause and effect.
Comparison and contrast.
Difficulties, dilemmas and hitches.
Modality: expressing facts, opinions, desires.
Number: statistics and assessing quantity.
Unit 12. Functional vocabulary
Permission and prohibition.
Complaining and protesting.
Apologising, forgiving and reconciliation.
Complimenting and praising.
Promises and bets.
Reminiscences and regrets.
Agreement, disagreement and compromise.
Academic writing 1.
Academic writing 2.
Writing: style and format.
Lexical strategies for speaking.
Speech: style and articulation.
Vague language expressions.
Unit 13. “Idioms and phrasal verbs”.
Types of idiom.
Idioms for situations.
Idioms that comment on people 1.
Idioms that comment on people 2.
Idioms that comment on stories and reports.
Phrasal verbs 1.
Phrasal verbs 2.
Phrasal verbs 3.
Unit 14. Aspects of variation
American and British English.
Other Englishes: diversity and variety.
Language and gender.
Language of age and social class.
Newspaper headline language.
Don`t forget to use: Test me (According to all the topics).
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