Verbal Communication Objectives
- Spoken Production
- Can develop an argument with appropriate highlighting of significant points and relevant supporting detail
- Listening
- Can extract the main points from news items, etc. with opinions, arguments, and discussion
Vocabulary Objectives
- Natural World and Environment
- Can use a range of language related to the weather (blizzard; breezy; overcast; sleet; drizzle; gale; misty; heat wave; humidity; overcast, etc.)
- Can use a range of language related to different forms of pollution (oil spill/slick; landfill; deforestation; toxic/nuclear waste; acid rain; smog; fumes; emissions, etc.)
- Can use some detailed language related to protecting the environment (climate change; conserve/renewable energy; carbon footprint; organic; biodegradable, etc.)
- House and Home
- Can use general language related to buying and selling property (real estate agent (AmE); asking price; for sale; rent; mortgage; deposit; affordable, etc.)
- Can use some detailed language related to rentals and contracts (administration/management fee; agency; lease; tenant; landlord, etc.)
- Can use some detailed language related to household finance (expenses; income; bills; rent; interest rate; credit; loans; payments; debt; overdraft, etc.)
- Media, arts, literature and entertainment
- Can use detailed language related to a news article (tabloid; feature on; editorial about; biased; balanced view; good point about, etc.)
- Can use a range of language related to a current affairs program (investigative; findings; statistics; issues; expose; bring to light; reveal; accused of; cover-up, etc.)
Grammar Objectives
- Formality and Register
- Can switch between phrasal verbs and more formal alternatives appropriately (disposed of/got rid of; leave something out/omit; take something back/return, etc.)
- Can use a range of appropriate language and conventions in a letter of complaint (disappointed with/by; lack of; unacceptable level of; consumer rights; I must ask, etc.)
- Discourse and Linking
- Can use not only + but also to connect ideas in formal written language. (The information is not only inaccurate, but also poorly presented, etc.)
- -ing Forms and Infinitives
- Can give more information about an action using a clause + be + infinitive. (The most important thing is to tell the truth; The kind thing to do is not to tell him, etc.)
- Modal Verbs
- Can express prohibition, permission, obligation and lack of obligation in the past. (weren’t allowed to; didn’t need/have to; shouldn’t have; needed/had to; couldn’t, etc.)
- Past Tenses
- Can talk about situations that were changing in the past to give background to a story. (It was the sixties; People were rebelling; Everyone was living on credit at the time, etc.)
- Word Order and Sentence Patterns
- Can use a range of cleft sentences in the present, past and future. (The fact is; What it means is; What we’ll do is; What we did in the end was, etc.)
Written Communication Objectives
- Writing
- Can signal additional information in a formal structured text with a range of language
- Can write a letter of complaint with appropriate register, structure, and conventions
- Reading
- Can recognize contrasting arguments in structured, discursive text