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