Khóa Upper-Intermediate
Chương trình tiếng anh thương mại
Chuẩn đầu ra tương đương: CEFR B2
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KHÓA Upper-Intermediate
Chương trình tiếng Anh thương mại
Giáo Trình: Life – National Geographic
Thời lượng: 15 tuần
Thời gian: 3 buổi/ tuần; 90 phút/ buổi
Học phí: 10 triệu
Sỉ số 1 lớp học: 6 học viên/ tối đa 8 học viên
Nội dung khóa học Upper-Intermediate
Chủ đề 1
RELATIONSHIPS
Chủ đề 2
STORYTELLING
Chủ đề 3
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
KIỂM TRA GIỮA CẤP ĐỘ
LẦN 1
Chủ đề 4
ART & CREATIVITY
Chủ đề 5
DEVELOPMENT
Chủ đề 6
ALTERNATIVE
KIỂM TRA GIỮA CẤP ĐỘ
LẦN 2
Chủ đề 7
NATURAL RESOURCES
Chủ đề 8
THE NEWS
Chủ đề 9
TELENTED PEOPLE
KIỂM TRA GIỮA CẤP ĐỘ
LẦN 3
Chủ đề 10
CUSTOMS & BEHAVIOR
Chủ đề 11
KNOWLEDGE & LEARNING
Chủ đề 12
THE ECONOMY
KIỂM TRA CUỐI CẤP ĐỘ
RELATIONSHIPS
Real-life (functions)
– Meeting people you know
Critical thinking
– Identifying the main aspect
Pronunciation
– Weak forms in passive verbs
– Expressive intonation
Listening
– Three people talking about important relationships in their lives
– A radio extract about animal friendships
Speaking
– Your friends
– The generation gap
– Family influences
Writing
– Text type: an informal email (1)
– Writing skill: greetings and endings
STORYTELLING
Real-life (functions)
– Reacting to stories
Critical thinking
– Close reading
Pronunciation
– The letter l
– Contracted negative forms
– Linking and assimilation
Listening
– A conversation about different accounts of Ayrton Senna’s life
– An interview with a film critic
Speaking
– The film of the book
– A famous writer or filmmaker
– Narrow escapes
– Storytelling
Writing
– Text type: a story
– Writing skill: using descriptive words
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Real-life (functions)
– Asking for and offering technical help
Critical thinking
– Balancing arguments
Pronunciation
– /r/ and /t/ in American English
– Stress in two-syllable verbs
Listening
– Three people making predictions about the future
– A presentation about overpopulation
Speaking
– Global problems
– Overpopulation
– Information age
– Predictions
– Technological solutions
Writing
– Text type: short email requests
– Writing skill: being polite
ART & CREATIVITY
Real-life (functions)
– Describing likes and dislikes
Critical thinking
– Analysing contrasts
Pronunciation
– Weak form of
– Disappearing sounds
Listening
– A conversation about two people who do artistic things in their free time
– An extract from a radio program about what’s on in Melbourne
– An artist’s opinion about what art is
Speaking
– Participation in the arts
– An art competition
– Music and values
Writing
– Text type: an online review
– Writing skill: personalizing your writing
DEVELOPMENT
Real-life (functions)
– Reaching decisions
Critical thinking
– Fact or opinion
Pronunciation
– Rhyming words
Listening
– Three speakers talking about different types of development
– Someone talking about redevelopment in their city
– An interview with a journalist talking about social development in southern India
Speaking
– Changes in your town
– A happy society
– Sensitive development
– Evaluating a development project
Writing
– Text type: an opinion essay
– Writing skill: linking words
ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL
Real-life (functions)
– Getting around
Critical thinking
– Claims and justifications
Pronunciation
– Intonation in questions
– Intonation in sentences with two clauses
Listening
– Someone describing their stay at an ice hotel
– An interview about volunteer vacations
Speaking
– Local knowledge
– Planning a staycation
– Opinions about travel
– Ideas for an unusual hotel
Writing
– Text type: a letter of complaint
– Writing skill: formal language
NATURAL RESOURCES
Real-life (functions)
– Making your point
Critical thinking
– Emotive language
Pronunciation
– Contractions in conditionals
– Sentence stress
Listening
– An ecologist describing how we can avoid wasting natural resources
– Four people talking about saving water
Speaking
– How we use water
– Conservation
– Wishes
Writing
– Text type: a letter to the press
– Writing skill: giving vivid examples
THE NEWS
Real-life (functions)
– Reporting what you heard
Critical thinking
– Different perspectives
Pronunciation
– Weak forms in verbs
– The schwa
Listening
– A radio news report about the parents of Chinese university freshmen
– Television news report of four good news stories
Speaking
– The ethics of taking photographs
– Good news stories
– Reputations
Writing
– Text type: minutes from a meeting
– Writing skill: impersonal language
TALENTED PEOPLE
Real-life (functions)
– Describing skills, talents, and experience
Critical thinking
– Weighing the evidence
Pronunciation
– Linking vowels /w/, /j/ and /r/
– Difficult words
Listening
– A description of a mahout’s job
– Two friends discussing an astronaut’s extraordinary career
– An interview about Emerging Explorers
Speaking
– A career path
– Personal qualities
– Women at work
Writing
– Text type: an online profile
– Writing skill: writing in note form
CUSTOMS & BEHAVIOR
Real-life (functions)
– Describing traditions
Critical thinking
– Sources
Pronunciation
– /uː/ and /juː/
– The letter s
Listening
– An anthropologist’s explanation of the quote “manners maketh man”
– An extract from a radio program about a tribe with an unusual diet
Speaking
– Typical behavior
– Food and eating habits
– Customs in your country
– Wedding traditions
Writing
– Text type: an informal email (2)
– Writing skill: elision in informal writing
KNOWLEDGE & LEARNING
Real-life (functions)
– Getting clarification
Critical thinking
– Reinforcing ideas
Pronunciation
– Contrastive sentence stress
– Linking in question forms
Listening
– A psychologist describing a situation in which you have to use your intuition
– A talk by a psychologist on memory
Speaking
– Acquiring knowledge
– Memory tests
– Why you forgot
– Types of learner
Writing
– Text type: an email about a misunderstanding
– Writing skill: linking contrasting ideas
THE ECONOMY
Real-life (functions)
– Negotiating
Critical thinking
– Signposts to key information
Pronunciation
– The sounds /ʃ/, /ʧ/, /ʒ/ and /ʤ/
– Sentence stress in idiomatic phrases
Listening
– Extract from a radio program with an economist giving definitions of poverty and wealth
– An interview with the author of The Servant Economy
Speaking
– The economy in your country
– Getting things done
– Gift giving and exchange
Writing
– Text type: a report
– Writing skill: subheadings and bullet points
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