1. English: Level 3
Intermediate
3B - 30 hours
8 Units
Topics Speaking Grammar Reading / Writing / Vocabulary Listening / Pronunciation
Unit 1
Have or get something done (active and Reading about self-improvement and
Everyday services; Talking about things you need to have
passive); making suggestions with what it takes; Writing a letter of advice; Sentence stress; Listening to suggestions
recommendations; self- done; asking for and giving suggestions
gerunds, infinitives, modals+verbs, and Vocabulary related to self-improvement for self-improvement
improvement and/or advice
negative questions and giving advice
Unit 2
Referring to time in the past with adverbs
and prepositions: during, in, ago, Reading about political and technological Syllable stress; Listening for opinions
Historic events and people; Talking about the future; talking about
from…..to, for, since; predicting the future changes; Writing a biography; Vocabulary about public figures; listening to
biography; the future things to be accomplished in the future
with will, future continuous, and future related to the topics predictions
perfect
Unit 3
Time clauses: before, after, once, the
Describing turning points in a person's moment, as soon as, until, by the time; Reading about people's life choices and Reduction of have and been; Listening to
Miltestones and turning points;
life; describing regrets in life and describing regrets and hypothetical regrets; Writing a letter of apology; descriptions of important events; listening
behavior and personality; regrets
hypothetical situations situations with should not have+past Vocabulary related to topic to regrets and explanations
participle and if clauses+past perfect
Unit 4
Describing qualities for success; Describing purpose with infinitive clauses
Qualities for success; successful
describing features; giving reasons for and infinitive clauses with for; giving Reading about advertising; Writing a TV Reduced words; Listening for features
businesses; advertising (ads and
success; interviewing for a job; talking reasons with because, since, because of, commercial; Vocabulary related to topic and slogans
slogans)
about ads and slogans for, due to, and the reason
Review. Stop and check.
Unit 5
Past modals for degrees of certainty: must
Unexplained events; pet peeves; Making conclusions; offering (not) have, may (not) have, might (not) Reading a story about unexplained Reduction in past modals; Listening to
reactions; predicaments and explanations; describing hypothetical have, could (not) have; past modals for phenomenon; Writing about a explanations; listening for the best
advice events; giving advice opinions and advice: should (not) have, predicament; Vocabulary related to topic solution to a problem
could (not) have, would (not) have
Unit 6
Describing how something is made or The passive to describe process with Reading about movies in other countries
Stress compound nouns; Listening to
Media professions; processes; the done; describing and understanding is/are+past participle and modal+be+past and the kinds; Writing about a process;
some describing their work and job;
entertainment industry careers in the media or in a different participle; defining and nondefining Vocabulary related to movies and other
listening for personality traits
profession relative clauses topic
Unit 7
Reading about a law and people's
Giving recommendations and opinions
Recommendations and opinions; Giving opinion for and against opinions about it; Writing a letter to a Intonation in tag questions; Listening for
with passive modals: should be, ought to
opinions; social issues; controversial issues; offering different community leader about laws/regulations; solutions to everyday annoyances;
be, must be, has to be, has got to be; tag
controversial issues opinions; agreeing and disagreeing Vocabulary related to laws and giving listening to issues and opinions
questions for opinions
recommendations
Unit 8
Complex noun phrases containing
Describing challenges, frustrations, and Reading about people who have talents
gerunds; accomplishments with the Stress and rhythm; Listening to
Challenges; accomplishments; rewards; discussing traits needed for and have made accomplishments; Writing
present perfect and simple past; goals challenges and rewards of people's work;
goals; volunteering meeting challenges; talking about the a personal statement for an application;
with the future perfect and would like to listening for people's goals for the future
past and the future Vocabulary related to topic
have+past participle
Final Review