Blended course B1 Type 1
Each lesson consists of a task which students have to complete during the lesson. Students prepare for the task during the week by doing appropriate
exercises on MEC. The task itself involves a range of skills, listening and speaking in class. Short reading texts in class and maybe longer
preparatory readings at home, and follow up writing activities at home. There are also follow up activities on MEC for the language points that are
anticipated to arise from the task. This allows the teacher to clarify the language in class, with students doing the written practice activities on
MEC.
Task type
0
1
2
Introduction to
MEC
Get to know the
other people in the
class (interaction,
understanding and
completing a form
Recounting an
experience
CEF
Vocabulary
Grammar
Can enter unprepared
into conversation on
familiar topics,
express personal
opinions and
exchange information
on topics that are
familiar, of personal
interest or pertinent
to everyday life (e.g.
family, hobbies,
work, travel and
current events). Can
ask someone to
clarify or elaborate
what they have just
said
Everyday life
Present simple
Hobbies and sports
Pr simple v continuous
Student life
Question forms
Adjectives
Determiners
Can reasonably
fluently relate a
straightforward
narrative or
description as a linear
sequence of points.
Can relate details of
unpredictable
occurrences, e.g. an
accident.. Can
respond in an
Relationships with
friends and family.
Past simple, past
continuous
Work and school.
State verbs
Phrasal verbs.
Revision of object
pronouns
Pronunciation
Writing and
extra work
Contrastive stress
Phrasal verbs
Weak and strong
auxiliary verbs
‘be’ + ‘can’.
Write the story
you told in
class
appropriate way
expressing surprise,
interest etc.
Can write a
description of an
event, a recent trip –
real or imagined.
3
4
Discussing news
and current affairs
Planning a holiday
together
Can recognise
significant points in
straightforward
newspaper articles on
familiar subjects. Can
narrate a story. Can
enter unprepared into
conversation on
familiar topics and
express personal
opinions on current
events in the news.
Can make his/her
opinions and
reactions understood
regarding solutions to
problems or practical
questions of where to
go, what to do, how
to organise an event
(e.g. an outing).
News and media
Passive voice.
Changing verbs to
nouns.
Active v passive voice.
Word building
Holidays and travel
5
Dealing with
typical holiday
situations (hotel
reception, check
in, asking
Can deal with most
transactions likely to
arise whilst
travelling, arranging
travel or
accommodation, or
dealing with
Present perfect v simple
past
Extension of
comparative adjectives
Modals for offers and
invitations (shall, will)
Suggestions
Present cont and ‘going
to’ future.
Can write personal
letters /postcards
giving news and
expressing thoughts
about abstract or
cultural topics.
1st conditional
qualifiers
Hotel and transport
Directions
Look at tourist
websites as
prep for task
next lesson
Revision of
comparatives
Short answers
Present simple v present
continuous v present
perfect
Write an email
to a friend
giving details
of holiday plan.
for/giving
directions
6
Watching a film or
programme (part
of lesson)
Talking about
something you are
good at
7
Describe
childhood
memories – your
school and
teachers
authorities during a
foreign visit.
Can cope with less
routine situations in
shops, post offices,
banks, e.g. returning
an unsatisfactory
purchase. Can make
a complaint. Can
write a description of
an event, a recent trip
– real or imagined.
Can understand a
large part of many
TV programmes.
Can reasonably
fluently sustain a
straightforward
description of one of
a variety of subjects
within
his/her field of
interest, presenting it
as a linear sequence
of points and interact
appropriately asking
for clarification when
necessary
Can describe events,
real or imagined. Can
narrate a story.
Can write accounts of
experiences,
describing feelings
and reactions in
simple connected
text.
Passives (review)
Indirect questions
Will for instant
decisions
Vocabulary field
relative to students
own area of interest
‘Does, plays and goes’
Present perfect
continuous
Present perfect
continuous v present
perfect simple
Mixed tense revision
Definite, indefinite and
zero article.
School/education/
Used to/not any more
adjectives for
describing people
Make let allow
Modals of ability in the
past (could)
Obligation in the past
(had to/didn’t have to)
Revision of superlatives
Word stress
Write a
description of a
teacher you
remember from
school.
8
9
Understanding
how to operate a
device and explain
how to do same
Can understand
simple technical
information, such as
operating instructions
for everyday
equipment.
Speculating about
a picture
Can describe how to
do something, giving
detailed instructions.
Putting a case for
something
Decision making
10
Giving and
justifying opinions
and describing
pictures.
Machinery, electronics
Shapes and materials
Verb patterns (ing v
infinitive forms)
Imperatives
Modals of possibility
(can, could,may,might)
Intonation –
expressing
feelings
‘Have to’
Defining relative
clauses and relative
pronouns
Can develop an
argument well
enough to be
followed without
difficulty most of the
time.
Can briefly give
reasons and
explanations for
opinions, plans and
actions.
Can take the floor or
invite opinions from
others as appropriate.
Connecting words
Can give or seek
personal views and
opinions in
discussing topics of
interest.
Describing movement
Modals of obligation
First conditional and
unless
1st v 2nd Conditional
So/neither do I
Comparatives
Describing works of
art.
Although/however
Looks like/seems like
Extension of modals of
certainty, possibility
and deduction.
The environment
Phrasal verbs.
Prepositions of
movement
Rhythm and
stress
Write about the
subject you
discussed in
class giving the
arguments for
and against.
11
12
Interviews/ job
interviews
Review of course
Can use a prepared
questionnaire to carry
out a structured
interview, with some
spontaneous follow
up
questions. Can
provide concrete
information required
in an interview and
can initiate, maintain
and close simple
face-to-face
conversation on
topics that are
familiar or of
personal interest.
Can enter unprepared
into conversations on
familiar topics.
Can follow clearly
articulated speech
directed at him/her in
everyday
conversation, though
will
sometimes have to
ask for repetition of
particular words and
phrases.
Employment and the
work place
Asking questions in all
tenses.
Short answers
Past perfect
Noun suffixes
Tense review
Past perfect / past
continuous
Blended course B1 type 2
Each lesson consists of a task which students have to complete during the lesson. Students prepare for the task during the week by doing appropriate
exercises on MEC. The task itself involves a range of skills, listening and speaking in class. Short reading texts in class and maybe longer
preparatory readings at home, and follow up writing activities at home. There are also follow up activities on MEC for the language points that are
anticipated to arise from the task. This allows the teacher to clarify the language in class, with students doing the written practice activities on
MEC.
Task type
0
1
2
Introducing MEC
Getting to know people
Describing places and
holiday destinations
CEF
Can enter unprepared
into conversation on
familiar topics, express
personal opinions and
exchange information on
topics that are familiar,
of personal interest or
pertinent to everyday
life (e.g.
family, hobbies, work,
travel and current
events). Can ask
someone to clarify or
elaborate what they have
just said.
Can reasonably fluently
sustain a straightforward
description of one of a
variety of subjects
within
his/her field of interest,
presenting it as a linear
sequence of points.
Can write personal
letters describing
experiences, feelings
and events in some
detail.
Vocabulary
Everyday life /
hobbies /
studies.
The home and
household
chores
Grammar
Present simple
/continuous
revision of there
is/there are – some and
any
adjectives and adverbs
Furniture
prepositions
Towns and
cities/tourist
destinations/
weather
Present perfect for
experience
Present perfect v past
simple
Synonyms –
adjectives
Been v gone
‘Missed v lost’
Object pronouns.
Use of ‘Let’s’ for
Pronunciation
sentences stress
Writing and extra
work
suggestions
3
Recommending and
advising - Plan a trip to
your country for foreign
visitors
Can make his/her
opinions and reactions
understood as regards
solutions to problems or
practical
questions of where to
go, what to do, how to
organise an event (e.g.
an outing).
Can express belief,
opinion, agreement and
disagreement politely.
Holidays and
hotels.
Synonyms
Could/should
Write an email to a
friend, telling them
about the ideas/plans
you have for their
holiday here, and
telling them what to
bring.
Have to/don’t have
to/need to/ don’t need
to.
Modal verbs of ability:
can/could/be able to
Comparatives and
superlatives (
including as / not as)
4
Talk about a film you have
seen or book you have
read
Can relate the plot of a
book or film and
describe his/her
reactions.
Films and books
‘Ing’ and ‘ed’
adjectives
Present simple v past
simple for recounting a
story.
Can write accounts of
experiences, describing
feelings and reactions in
simple connected text.
Past simple v past
continuous.
Past simple v past
perfect.
Revision of narrative
tenses.
5
Speculating about the
future. Talking about
hopes, dreams and
Can describe dreams,
hopes and ambitions.
Life path and
career.
I hope to / I’d like to /
might / may / will
definitely etc
Vowel sounds
Write a review of a
book you have read or
a film you have seen.
ambitions.
Action verbs.
Linking words and
phrases.
Future with ‘will’
Future tense revision.
6
Describing family events,
food and recipes
Can describe how to do
something, giving
detailed instructions.
Food and
cooking
Present perfect simple/
continuous
Syllable stress.
Use of ‘just’.
Can ask for and follow
detailed directions.
Can obtain more
detailed information.
Use of ‘for and ‘since’
Revision of past
tenses.
Imperatives for
describing recipes
7
Past times: talk about how
things used to be different
in the past.
Can exchange, check
and confirm
accumulated factual
information on familiar
routine and non-routine
matters within his/her
field with some
confidence.
Forming
adjectives from
nouns.
Countable /
uncountable nouns
Used to v past simple
Word linking.
Modals of obligation
in the past
Passive voice.
Describing ability in
the past.
8
Participating in a lecture
Can develop an
argument well enough to
The
Definite, indefinite and Consonant sounds.
Write a formal letter
giving information
about a festival to
guest musicians.
(part of lesson) – note
taking.
Talking about hypotheses
9
Giving a short
presentation
be followed without
difficulty most of the
time.
environment.
2nd conditionals
Can briefly give reasons
and explanations for
opinions, plans and
actions.
Can take notes during a
lecture which are precise
enough for his/her own
use at a later date
Can give a prepared
straightforward
presentation on a
familiar topic within
his/her field which is
clear
enough to be followed
without difficulty most
of the time, and in which
the main points are
explained
with reasonable
precision.
zero article.
Review of
conditionals.
Field of
students’ own
interest.
Direct and reported
speech
Consonant sounds.
Phrasal verbs
Modals of speculation
Sentence stress.
Opposites.
Also looks like / seems
like
‘Take, have or
break.’
Can take follow up
questions, but may have
to ask for repetition if
the speech was rapid
Can write very brief
reports to a standard
conventionalised format,
which pass on routine
factual
information and state
reasons for actions.
10
Speculating about a
present or past situation /
describing a picture
Can give or seek
personal views and
opinions in discussing
topics of interest.
Write a report of one
of the a presentations
you heard in class.
11
Putting a case for
something / decision
making. Describing the
future course of action
based on decisions taken.
Can intervene in a
discussion on a familiar
topic, using a suitable
phrase to get the floor.
Can initiate, maintain
and close simple, faceto-face conversation on
topics that are familiar
or of
personal interest.
Phasal verbs.
Common
business.
Prepositions of place
and movement.
Linkers of purpose
Intonation.
Future with ‘Going to’
and present
continuous.
‘So and neither’
Can write personal
letters and notes asking
for or conveying simple
information of
immediate relevance,
getting across the point
he/she feels to be
important.
12
Agreeing and disagreeing /
course review
Can give or seek
personal views and
opinions in discussing
topics of interest.
Technology
Quantifiers.
Adjectives.
Review of all tenses.
Word stress.