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IMPERIAL ENGLISH UK INTERMEDIATE COURSE (CEFR B1-B2 / IELTS 4.5-5.5)

help your reading comprehension techniques (T1/T3) (T4)
A Healthy • Practising finding the meaning of new Discussing opinions on the
Mind vocabulary from its context article (T5)

(1 hour) • Reading for detail

6 • Giving your opinions and reasons for Opinions and reasons Interviewing a partner (T2) Reported speech (T3)
these on the topic of health and nutrition (T1)
Diet and Presenting results to the class Reporting verbs (T3)
Nutrition • Using reporting verbs to summarise Summarising and (T4)
someone else’s opinions reporting (T3)

(1 hour) • Summarising feedback from a group
discussion looking at similarities and Summarising results
differences (T4)

7 • Discussing how different countries spend Discussing cultural differences Listening for numbers Functional language (T3)
their free time (T1) and dates (T2)
Sport or
Game? • Listening to identify numbers and dates Expressing opinions (T4)
in a radio programme

(1 hour) • Discussing and negotiating preferences Negotiating (T5)

8 • Discussing the things that make you Writing notes about Discussing what makes you
happiest in life what makes your happy (T1/T2)
A New partner/ group happy
Housemate • Providing reasons for your answers (T1/T2) Analysing answers given (T3)
• Analysing and feeding back on the
(1 hour) different categories that make the class Poster presentation (T4) Poster presentation (T4)
happiest

• Designing a poster to promote happiness
and making the right choices in life

9 • Considering popular tourist destinations Reading for specific Making notes for a role- Discussing an image and predict
and the problems they can encounter information (T1) play (T3) ideas (T1)
Transport and
Directions • Adopting a stance on a topic and thinking Reading for the writer’s Writing a summary of Discussing the impact of
about how this can change your opinion opinion (T2) opinions in the role-play tourism (T1)
(1 hour) • Taking part in a meeting to discuss how (T4)
to solve problems associated with a Role-play: problem and solution
popular tourist destination (T3)
Critical thinking (T5)

10 • Discussing different ways of travelling Paragraph topics (T2) Planning an essay (T5) Discussing advantages and Linking and
and their advantages and disadvantages disadvantages (T1) sequencing (T3)
Travel Addicts Writing an essay (T5)
• Analysing linking and sequencing words
(1 hour) that can be used in an academic essay
• Planning and writing an academic essay
giving arguments for and against a

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