Este manual está basado en el Marco de referencia europeo. El Marco de referencia europeo proporciona una base común para la elaboración de programas de lenguas, orientaciones curriculares, exámenes, manuales, etcétera, en toda Europa. Describe de forma integradora lo que tienen que aprender a hacer los estudiantes de lenguas con el fin de utilizar una lengua para comunicarse, así como los conocimientos y destrezas que tienen que desarrollar para poder actuar de manera eficaz. La descripción también comprende el contexto cultural donde se sitúa la lengua. El Marco de referencia define, asimismo, niveles de dominio de la lengua que permiten comprobar el progreso de los alumnos en cada fase del aprendizaje y a lo largo de su vida. Unit 1 never judge a book by its cover Vocabulary describing people: personality and appearance. Compound adjectives Grammar defining and non-defining relative clauses. Modals for deduction (past and present) Writing an informal email Pronunciation compound adjectives Unit 2 down-to-earth Vocabulary animal idioms. Animal collocations: animal sounds Grammar modals and expressions of probability. Conditionals. Alternatives to if Writing an article Pronunciation contractions. Linking Unit 3 home sweet home Vocabulary types of housing. Places in the home. Housework. Phrasal verbs connected to people relations Grammar modals of obligation/absence of obligation/prohibition/advice. Have/get something done Writing a report Pronunciation consonant clusters Unit 4 a penny for your thoughts Vocabulary money. Jobs Grammar infinitive versus -ing. Participle clauses Writing a covering letter Pronunciation stress shift Unit 5 caught red-handed Vocabulary crime. Criminals Grammar emphasis (do, so and indeed). Cleft sentences. Inversions Writing an opinion composition Pronunciation how to sound emphatic Unit 6 out and about Vocabulary leisure activities: travelling. Extreme sports Grammar used to, would. Narrative tenses Writing a blog post Pronunciation-ed endings Unit 7 tv or not tv? Vocabulary headlines. Television (people, tv programmes and a tv guide) Grammar impersonal report structures. Contrast (despite, in spite of, although?) Writing a 'for and against' composition Pronunciation contrastive intonation Unit 8 an apple a day keeps the doctor away Vocabulary health and illness. Idioms related to the parts of the body. Food and diet Grammar reported speech. Reporting statements, commands and questions. Writing a complaint email/letter Pronunciation homographs. Homophones Unit 9 no regrets just lessons learned Vocabulary feelings Grammar i wish/if only. Would rather, would sooner, had better. It¿s time Writing a personal anecdote Pronunciation /s/ - /z/ - /?/ Unit 10 facebook = language facelift? Vocabulary compounds with -ever. The internet. Fast writing Grammar future perfect and continuous. Use of the article for generalizing Writing a review Pronunciation words pronounced differently in spanish/english Listening transcripts per unit Exercise key
