Topic # 7: Nature and Ecology

Lesson 1: Environmental Awareness.

Reading: Environmental awareness. Language Leader (up.-int.). Unit 2.

Listening: People talking about the problems of their local area. Language Leader (up.-int.). T. 1.9.

Speaking: If you could solve one major socio-ecological problem, what would it be?

Grammar: Parallel structure. Azar. Grammar. Ch.8-1.

Lesson 2: Environmental Problems.

Reading: Natural world. New Cambridge Advanced English. Unit 18; Time is running fast for tropical forests. Nexus. Unit 11.

Listening: Air Pollution. Cars and Travel. Think First Certificate. Unit 7, p. 85-86. The sea – sink or swim. First Certificate Avenues. Unit 14.1.

Speaking: What can you as an individual do to help solve the environmental problems?

Writing: System for writing: cause-effect essays.

Grammar: Using paired conjunctions. Azar. Grammar.8-2.

Lesson 3: Alternative Sources of Energy.

Reading: Fuels of the future. Meet the US, p.25-33.

Listening: Wind Farm. Language Leader (up.-int.). T. 1.12.

Speaking: Nuclear power stations: for or against?

Grammar: Combining independent clauses with conjunctions. Azar. Grammar. Ch.8-3.

Lesson 4: Green Consumerism.

Reading: The natural world. Think First Certificate. Unit 7. Headway (upp.-int.) Unit 7.

Listening: An interview with J.Porritt, the director of “Friends of the Earth” Headway(up.-int.).T.28.

Speaking: The Greens as a political power.

Grammar: Adverb clauses. Azar. Grammar. Ch.8-4; 9-10.

Lesson 5: Hunger.

Reading: Hunger. Think First Certificate, Unit 7.

Writing: “In a world of plenty, people are still dying of hunger. What can be done to solve this problem?”

Speaking: “Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children”.

Grammar: Giving examples. Azar. Grammar. Ch.9-11.

Lesson 6: Disasters and Relief Work.

Reading: Disasters. First Certificate Avenues. Unit 8.

Listening: Disasters: fire. First Certificate Avenues, p. 101.

Speaking: “Act of God”: Disasters in the news.

Grammar: Continuing the idea. Azar. Grammar. Ch.9-12.

Lesson 7: Environmental issues in terms of politics.

Reading: Power plays in ecology. Package of Study Pages for the Department of Social Sciences.

Speaking: “You can’t really talk about ecology as a science. You have to consider ecology within a social and political context”.

Grammar: Phrasal Verbs. Azar. Grammar. Appendix 26.

Lesson 8: Current test.

Topic # 8: Art and Society

Lesson 1: Art as the Reflection of Society.

Reading: Art for Art’s Sake? Proficiency Masterclass. Unit 6.

Listening: Interview with G.Green. Headway (adv.).T.2.

Speaking: The role of art in the society.

Grammar: Inversion. FCE Use of English. Ch.12.

Lesson 2: Types of Art and Their Significance.

Reading: Entertainment and the arts. First Certificate Language Practice. Unit 10. Language Leader (up.-int.). Unit 9.

Listening: Describing a Painting. Proficiency Masterclass. Unit 6.

Speaking: Your favourite kind of art.

Grammar: Inversion. FCE Use of English. Ch.12.

Lesson 3: The Art of Storytelling.

Reading: Storytelling. Think First Certificate. Unit 4.

Listening: Little Red Riding Hood. Headway Adv. T.19. An alternative Cinderella. Think First Certificate. Unit 4.

Speaking: How influential do you think paper books will remain in the future?

Writing: A modern-day fairy-tale.

Lesson 4: Books and Films.

Reading: Reviewing books and films. Headway (upper-int.), p. 35-36.

Listening: three people talking about a book they have read recently. New Headway (adv.), T. 3.6; One of my favorite films. Cambridge Advanced. T.3.2 A,B,C; T.33D.

Writing: System for writing: book/film review.

Speaking: Reading is to mind what exercise is to the body

Lesson 5: Music as the Universal Language.

Reading: The sound of music. Focus on IELTS. Unit 7.

Listening: Your favourite song.

Speaking: Music is the most universal kind of art.

Grammar: Emphatic structures. FCE Use of English. Ch.12.

Lesson 6: The personality of the Artist.

Reading: Genius. Inside Out (up.-int.). Unit 10.

Listening: Frida Kahlo. Inside Out (up.-int.). T. 47.

Speaking: Are you a creative person? Where do you (or, could you) channel your creativity?

Grammar: Emphatic structures. FCE Use of English. Ch.12.

Lesson 7: Cultural Icons and Role Models.

Reading: Fame and fortune. New Cambridge Advanced. Unit 11. Global role models. Language Leader (up.-int.). Unit 8.3.

Video: “Andrew Worhol Introduced Pop Art.” Focus on Innovators and Innovations.

Speaking: Is “popular art” true art? Why or why not?

Lesson 8: Current test.

Lesson 9: Revision.

Lesson 10: Final test.