Week 1 6-10 Oct 2008 2 13-17 Oct 2008 3 20 – 24 Oct 2008 4 27 – 31 Oct 2008 28-29 Oct- Cumhuriyet Fest 5 03 – 07 Nov 2008 6 10 – 14 Nov 2008 7 17-21 Nov 2008 8 24-28 Nov 2008 9 01-05 Dec 2008 10 08-12 Dec 2008 Kurban Fest Topics Welcome ! Reading the Syllabus Language Leader Pre-Intermediate Course Book (LLPCB): Unit 1. Weather Present Simple and Present Continuous: state and action verbs, questions, modifiers: quite, very, really, extremely. Linkers: and, also, but, when Pronunciation: intonation for agreeing/disagreeing Vocabulary: Weather, adventure holiday activities Unit 2. People Past Simple: time expressions and past continuous, personality adjectives, linkers: until, at first, then, at the moment, afterwards Pronunciation: was/were, word stress. Keeping a learning diary. LLPCB: Unit 3. The Media Articles, Relative Pronouns Vocabulary: The media, nouns: photography/photographer, TV programs Pronunciation: was/were, word stress Keeping a Learning Diary REVIEW Units 1-3 Unit 4. Health Present Perfect: time expressions, for and since. Vocabulary: medical words Pronunciation: intonation in yes/no questions Guessing the meaning of unknown words, writing a thank you email LLPCB: Unit 5. Natural World Comparatives and superlatives, expressions of quantity. Vocabulary: landscapes, adjectives, animals, nouns and verbs (damage n/vb) Pronunciation: weak forms Writing a comparative essay using linkers: in contrast, but, whereas Unit 6. Society and Family Will, might and may for predictions, first conditional. Vocabulary: ages, negative adjectives (un and less) Pronunciation: what’ll, word linking Correcting and writing an article using linkers (so, as, however, because of) REVIEW Units 4-6 Quiz 1: 31 Oct 2008 Achievement 1: 06 Nov 2008 LLPCB: Unit 7. Science Must and have to, had to and could. Vocabulary: science and crime, nouns, adjectives and verbs with prepositions. Making notes and describing charts Pronunciation: voiced/unvoiced consonants pairs Unit 8. The Night Verb patterns, future intentions: going to, hoping to, would like to, -ing/-ed adjectives Writing a story using time expressions Pronunciation: intonation in Wh- questions LLPCB: Unit 9. Work and industry Used to, present simple passive. Vocabulary: work, compound nouns Writing: describing a process using linkers Pronunciation: used to, sentence stress in proposals REVIEW Units 7-9 Unit 10. Global Affairs Present Continuous for future arrangements, Past simple passive, adjectives Pronunciation: pausing and emphatic stress Writing a for and against essay using linkers: although, on the other hand, therefore LLPCB: Unit 11. The Environment Present perfect continuous, phrasal verbs Pronunciation: intonation in question tags Writing a report, exploring reading texts Unit 12. Sport Second conditional, too and enough Pronunciation: intonation in question lists Writing a formal email: register, punctuation REVIEW Units 10-12 Consolidation test 1 Quiz 2: 28 Nov 2008 Achievement 2: 04 Dec 2008 Week 11 15-19 Dec 2008 12 22-26 Dec 2008 13 29 Dec- 02 Jan 2009 31 Dec, 01 Jan 2009 New Year 14 05 – 09 Jan 2009 15 12 – 16 Jan 2009 16 19-23 Jan 2009 17 26-30 Jan 2009 Topics Language Leader Intermediate Course Book (LLICB): Unit 1 Personality Question forms, subject and object questions, present simple and present continuous, prefixes Pronunciation: Word Stress Comparative essay, symbols and abbreviations, linkers, taking notes while reading, Unit 2. Travel Past simple, regular and irregular verbs, phrasal verbs, time linkers, present perfect simple and past simple; yet, already, before, never Pronunciation: -ed endings, weak forms Taking notes while listening, time linkers LLICB: Unit 3. Work Present perfect simple and present perfect continuous, work adjectives, paragraphs, organizing a paragraph Pronunciation: correcting politely, contractions and weak forms Vocabulary: work adjectives, expressions connected with time and work Covering letter and curriculum vitae REVIEW Units 1-3 Unit 4. Language Future forms: will, going to, present continuous, first conditional, time clauses Vocabulary: phrasal verbs, allow, permit, let Describing tables and charts, writing a report LLICB: Unit 5. Advertising Second Conditional, comparison: as … as, emphasizing difference and similarity, adjectives, dependent prepositions, a formal letter Vocabulary: Advertising methods, word combinations Formal letter writing Unit 6. Business Writing emails: Beginning and ending letters and emails Pronunciation: Weak forms REVIEW Units 4-6 LLICB: Unit 7. Design Word building, adjectives, abstract nouns, editing and proofreading, report writing, linkers Pronunciation: Word Stress Unit 8. Education Reading Strategies: skimming and scanning, writing a formal letter: Letter conventions Quiz 3: 09 Jan 2009 LLICB: Unit 9. Engineering Articles, word combinations, linkers, preparing for a talk, writing a process essay REVIEW Units 7-9 Unit 10. Trends Expressions of Quantity, phrasal verbs, adjective order, recording and learning vocabulary, avoiding repetition Pronunciation: Stress and numbers Oral Exam 1: 12-14 Jan 2009 LLICB: Unit 11. Arts and Media Comparing and contrasting, delivering a talk, making generalizations Unit 12. Crime Third conditional, past reduction, should, have, shouldn’t have, summarizing, narratives, linkers REVIEW Units 10-12 Achievement 3: 29 Jan 2009 Week 18 16 – 20 Feb 2009 19 23 – 27 Feb 2009 20 02 – 06 March 2009 21 9-13 March 2009 22 23 16 – 20 March 2009 23 – 27 March 2009 24 30 March-03 Apr 2009 25 31 March – 04 April 2009 Topics Language Leader Upper-Intermediate Course Book (LLUCB) Unit 1. Communication The continuous aspect; state verbs. The perfect aspect. Idioms connected with communication, Outlining problems and offering solutions, note-taking, writing and checking emails. Unit 2. Environment Present perfect simple and continuous, Indirect Questions Word combinations, Adverbs Agreeing and disagreeing politely, polite questions Designing and forming questionnaires Pronunciation: Stress in word combinations, contractions LLUCB Unit 3. Sport Quantifiers; few/little vs a few a little, Definite and zero articles Idioms connected with sport, Prefix –self, Abstract nouns and Adjectives Emphasis and comparison Essay writing: For and Against essays Pronunciation: The definite article REVIEW Units 1-3 Unit 4. Medicine Plans and arrangements: future continuous, going to, present continuous Predictions: future perfect, will Medical terms, Dependent prepositions Predicting: making a difficult decision Writing short reports, making recommendations Pronunciation: stressed syllables LLUCB Unit 5. Transport Modal verbs: future, past Vocabulary: transport, safety features Persuading, recommending action Comparison and contrast: describing graphs, charts and tables Group discussion on methods of transport Unit 6. Literature Narrative tenses: Past simple, past continuous, past perfect, used to, would Word Sets: light and dark, sounds Proposing, bargaining, talking about needs and expectations Predicting from clues, guessing meaning of words, adverbs of degree Pronunciation: used to REVIEW Units 4-6 Quiz 4: 13 March 2009 Achievement 4: 19 March 2009 LLUCB Unit 7. Architecture The passive: continuous passive, -ing form, general use, passive infinitive, discourse uses Describing building using idioms with bridge, prefixes Talking about requirements, identifying fact and opinion, avoiding repetition: nouns, verbs and clauses Pronunciation: word stress, stress and intonation LLUCB Unit 8. Globalisation Verb Patterns: verbs that take both infinitive and –ing form, have something done Word combinations: globalization, abstract nouns, word set: the media Making clarifications during speech Topic sentences, paraphrasing, summarizing: editing to shorten Unit 9. Art Ungradable adjectives, position of adverbs in the sentence Art and artists, adverb/adjective combinations, order of adjectives before a noun Sequencing information, moving to a new point Collocations, adverbs Pronunciation: stress and intonation REVIEW Units 7-9 Week 26 06-10 April 2009 27 13– 17 April 2009 Topics Unit 10. Psychology Relative clauses, reduced relative clauses Verbs with particles, idioms with mind Giving advice Writing a bibliography, referencing, discursive essay writing: linking words, conclusions Pronunciation: Stress patterns in adjective noun pairs Quiz 5: 10 April 2009 Achievement 5: 16 April 2009 28 20 – 24 April 2009 Oral Exam 2 29 27 April – 01 May 2009 30 11 – 15 May 2009 31 18 – 22 May 2009 32 29 May 2009 Unit 11. Culture Reported Speech, reporting verbs Aspects of culture, adjectives Creating impact in a presentation Improving reading skills, chunking, prefixes and suffixes, linkers. writing: letter layout, formulaic language Debating, making comparisons Unit 12. Technology Conditionals: 1st , 2nd , 3rd, mixed Adjectives connected with technology, prefixes expressing opposites Problem solving: Reassuring and encouraging Discussing Plagiarism and Identifying the writer’s position in an article Discussing technology REVIEW Units 10-12 Quiz 6: 15 May 2009 Achievement 6: 21 May 2009 Final Formal letter