Unit

Speaking

Grammar

Pronunciation / Listening

Writing / Reading

6

Describing problems; making complaints; explaining something that needs to be done

Describing problems with past participles as adjectives and with nouns; describing problems with keep + gerund, need + gerund, and need + passive infinitive

Contrastive stress Listening to people exchange things in a store; listening to complaints; listening to repair people describe their jobs Self-study: Listening to people's problems with items they bought

Writing a letter of complaint "Trading Spaces": Reading about a TV show in which participants redecorate other people's rooms

7

Identifying and describing problems; earning up with solutions

Passive in the present continuous and present perfect; prepositions of cause; infinitive clauses and phrases

Reduction of auxiliary verbs Listening to environmental problems; listening for solutions Self-study: Listening to people talk about problems in their city

Writing a letter to the editor "The Threat to Kiribati": Reading about an island that is sinking into the ocean

8

Asking about preferences; discussing pros and cons of different college majors; talking about learning methods; talking about personal qualities

Would rather and would prefer; by + gerund to describe how to do things

Intonation in questions of choice Listening to descriptions of courses; listening for additional information Self-study: Listening to a student describe online classes

Writing a short speech "Learning Styles": Reading about different kinds of learning

9

Talking about things you need to have done; asking for and giving advice or suggestions

Have or get something done (active and passive); making suggestions with gerunds, infinitives, modals + verbs, and negative questions

Sentence stress Listening to suggestions for self-improvement Self-study: Listening for what people need to have done

Writing a letter of advice "Improve Your Memory, Improve Your Life": Reading about techniques to improve memory

10

Talking about the future; talking about things to be accomplished in the future

Referring to time in the past with adverbs and prepositions; during, in, ago, from ... to, for, since: predicting the future with will, future continuous, and future perfect

Syllable stress Listening for opinions about public figures; listening to predictions Self study: Listening to past events; making predictions

Writing a biography "The Global Village": Reading about political and technological changes that bring people closer together