TBC-InTV, UK Channel’s 21st Century Personal and Career Development HYBRID COURSE

Lesson Focus:
-Reserving a flight and going through immigration
-Reserving a hotel room and asking for hotel services
-Talking about travel plans and itineraries
-Talking about types of trips and vacation itineraries
-Talking about travel types and vacation activities
-Writing emails about one’s travels

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Grammar:Simple Future Tense

Reading:Article from a Travel Magazine,page 53, “Top 3 Recommended Tourist Sites of the Year”

Vocabulary:Trekking, scuba diving, cruise, rafting, paragliding, folk dancing, yachting, suntan, snorkeling, skiing, wake-up call, foreigner, tourist site

Writing:Writing a short email about a trip

Language Function: Speaking, writing, reading about travels

Lesson Focus:

-Making requests and accepting or refusing requests
-Asking for permission and giving and declining permission
-Giving reasons for declining requests and permissions
-Using Can…. Would you mind…. To make requests and ask for permissions

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Grammar: Usage of Can… Would you mind…

Reading: Expressing what they can not say, an article in a magazine, page 61

Vocabulary: Convenience store, paycheck, boss about,curfew, annoyed, nightowl, disabled, courier, requests, co-workers, allergic, performance

Writing: Writing a “complaint letter” to a superior

Language Function: Speaking, writing, reading about experiences using can… and would you please….

Lesson Focus:

-Talking about favorite freetime activities and future plans
-Talking about activities one will do in a certain situation in the future
-Making invitation and accepting or refusing invitations
-Using time clauses with when, if, while, before, after, to talk about future plans
-Using would you like to…. To make invitations

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Grammar: Using time clauses: when, if, while, before, after to talk about future plans

Reading: Reasons for Taking Some Time Off School or Work, page 69

Vocabulary: Symphony, espresso, sculpture, exhibition, mechanic, visa, romantic, supportive

Writing: Short answers on “if” questions, page 70

Language Function: Speaking, writing, reading about travels and situations regarding travels

Lesson Focus:

-Talking about relationships about men and women
-Talking about the qualities of a good friend
-Describing one’s ideal type of man or woman
-Using adjective clauses to describe one’s ideal type

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Grammar: Adjective clauses

Reading: Reading a blog article, “Do you think a friend can be your girl/boyfriend?” Page 77

Vocabulary: Love match, girlfriend, boyfriend, independent, positivity, affection, appearance, humor, loyalty, trustworthy, couple, crush on, broke up, ask out

Writing: Write a short essay, “My First Love”

Language Function: Speaking, writing, reading about their choice or type for a partners,
friend, love life in general

Lesson Focus:

-Talking about imaginary situations
-Talking about wishes and dreams
-Asking for and giving suggestions
-Using the unreal conditional talk about wishes and imaginary situations

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Grammar: Conditional statements

Reading: Reading a web article, “What would you do if you became a millionaire?” page 85

Vocabulary: Web forum, confidence, locked out, locksmith, daydreaming, famous star, nicotine patch, lottery, gambling, passport, professor, energizer

Writing: Writing about answers to, “What would you do if….” page 86

Language Function: Speaking, writing, reading about imaginary situations, wishes, dreams, and giving suggestions

Lesson Focus:

-Talking about locations of places
-Asking for or giving directions to places
-Asking and answering about the distance to a place
-Asking for and making recommendations
-Using imperatives to give directions

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Grammar : Prepositions of place

Reading : Reading a road map, page 93

Vocabulary : Exotic, historic, artifacts, chapel, barracks, hair salon, city hall,
convention center

Writing : Writing directions going to your favorite shopping center

Language Function : Speaking, writing, reading about asking, giving directions to places

Lesson Focus:

-Talking about various fields of study
-Talking how to register a course in college
-Talking about kinds of schools and diplomas
-Talking about educational systems in different countries
-Talking about plans regarding education

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Grammar: Prepositions in, to, at

Reading: “The educational systems in The USA, China, and Germany”, page 101

Vocabulary: Educational system, vocational, master’s degree, doctorate degree, college, university, undergrad, bachelor’s degree, primary school, secondary school, pre-school

Writing: Short paragraph writing about a topic of their choice on page 102

Language Function: Speaking, writing, reading studies, schools, universities, courses