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<div>1. Skills: Reading&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Understanding assumptions in questions<br>- Identifying the writer’s position<br>- Reading for detail&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Recognize and understand assumptions in questions<br>- Read to identify the writer’s position&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- The rise of crowdfunding<br>- Are online “friends” a threat to development?&nbsp;<br>6. Vocabulary: Practice and use synonyms to adapt the register of your text&nbsp;</div>

Reading

<div>1. Skills: Writing&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Analyzing essay questions&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice analyzing essay questions<br>- Write an essay analyzing the social and economic impacts of social media&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Use concessive clauses and contrastive structures</div>

Writing

<div>1. Skills: Listening&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Identifying jokes and colloquial allusions<br>- Listening to a sequence of arguments<br>- Adopting a critical stance to information in lectures&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice identifying jokes and colloquial allusions<br>- Learn to adopt a critical stance to information in lectures&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- Group work<br>- Communities in real life&nbsp;<br>6. Vocabulary: Practice and learn words describing working in teams&nbsp;</div>

Listening

<div>1. Skills: Speaking&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Keeping discussion going&nbsp;<br>3. Objective: Review and improve your use of phrases to keep a discussion going&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Recognize and use cleft sentences</div>

Speaking

Unit 1: GATHERING

<div>1. Skills: Reading&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Identifying main ideas<br>- Interpreting visual data<br>- Identifying main ideas<br>- Identifying stance and distancing&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Interpret graphs and charts to better understand academic texts<br>- Read to identify stance and distancing&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- Instant satisfaction<br>- Gaming, society, and the individual&nbsp;<br>6. Vocabulary: Practice and vocabulary for the description of data&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Writing&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Using data to support opinions&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice using data to support opinions<br>- Write a report describing the changes in online multiplayer gaming&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Use inverted conditionals: real and unreal present</div>

<div>1. Skills: Listening&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Predicting<br>- Following the way a discussion develops<br>- Listening for main ideas<br>- Using Cornell notes for lectures&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice listening to follow the way a discussion develops<br>- Use Cornell notes when listening to lectures&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- Technology in sports<br>- Children, sports, and identity&nbsp;<br>6. Vocabulary: Review and use phrases for getting the opportunity to speak&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Speaking&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Dealing with issues in group work&nbsp;<br>3. Objective: Learn to deal with issues resulting from group work&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Learn and practice structures for expressing causality</div>

Unit 2: GAMES

<div>1. Skills: Reading&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: - Identifying main ideas<br>- Completing flow charts<br>- Inferring meaning of technical vocabulary&nbsp;<br>3. Objective: - Complete a flow chart to understand stages of a process<br>&nbsp;- Read to infer the meaning of technical vocabulary&nbsp;<br>4. IELTS task type:&nbsp;<br>5. Reading/ Listening texts: - The oldest energy source<br>- Fracking—the future?&nbsp;<br>6. Vocabulary: Practice and use language for describing energy production&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Writing&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Writing definitions&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice writing definitions<br>- Write a technical description of how hydroelectric energy is produced&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Use transitive and intransitive verbs</div>

<div>1. Skills: Listening&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Listening to the way a discussion develops<br>- Recognizing allusions to external events and people<br>- Listening for organization and key terms<br>- Listening to annotate presentation slides&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Listen to recognize allusions to external events<br>- Annotate presentation slides while listening&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- Managing change<br>- Perspectives on the past&nbsp;<br>6. Vocabulary: Learn and review words for changing situations&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Speaking&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Referring to other speakers&nbsp;<br>3. Objective: Practice referring to other speakers during presentations and discussions&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Improve and use conditional structures</div>

Unit 3: ENERGY

<div>1. Skills: Reading&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Identifying main idea<br>- Identifying the sequence of past events<br>- Note-taking for summaries<br>- Reading for specific information&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Read to identify the sequence of past events<br>- Practice taking notes for summaries&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- The credit crunch: Whose fault was it anyway?<br>- Risk-takers: Who are they?&nbsp;<br>6. Vocabulary: Practice and use attributive language&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Writing&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Intergrating sources in your writing&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice integrating sources in your writing<br>- Write a summary of an article&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Use infinitive phrases</div>

<div>1. Skills: Listening&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Identifying consensus in group speech<br>- Predicting<br>- Listening for speculation and degree of certainty<br>&nbsp;3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice identifying consensus in group speech<br>- Listen for speculation and degree of certainty&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- Rule breakers, risk-takers<br>- Managing risk&nbsp;<br>6. Vocabulary: Use and learn vocabulary describing risk and conflict&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Speaking&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Obtaining consensus&nbsp;<br>3. Objective: Use language and methods for obtaining a consensus in group discussions&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Practice and learn hedging language</div>

Unit 4: RISK

<div>1. Skills: Reading&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Identifying research questions<br>- Questioning while reading<br>- Identifying main ideas<br>- Looking for similarities and differences&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice questioning while reading<br>- Read to identify similarities and differences between multiple viewpoints&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- Rust Belt dystopia<br>- Suburbs of the future&nbsp;<br>6. Vocabulary: Practice and use academic alternatives to phrasal verbs&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Writing&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Direct quotations&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice integrating direct quotations in your writing<br>- Write an argumentative essay on the topic of suburbanization&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Use parallel structures</div>

<div>1. Skills: Listening&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Listening for speakers’ main points<br>- Listening to detect and repair lapses in understanding<br>- Using extension materials to support understanding<br>- Annotating lecture slides<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Listen to detect and repair lapses in understanding<br>- Use extension materials to support understanding&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- The spread of English<br>- An unnatural spread&nbsp;<br>6. Vocabulary: Review and practice words for relationships&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Speaking&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Drafting persuasive statements&nbsp;<br>3. Objective: Prepare to draft persuasive statements and ordering arguments&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Improve your recognition and use of inversions</div>

Unit 5: SPRAWL

<div>1. Skills: Reading&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Identifying main ideas<br>- Identifying in-text referencing<br>- Identifying cause and effect&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Read to identify in-text referencing<br>- Read to identify cause and effect&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- Born criminal<br>- Is your brain ready yet?&nbsp;<br>6. Vocabulary: Practice and use consequence phrases&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Writing&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Anaphoric and cataphoric referencing&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice using anaphoric and cataphoric referencing<br>- Write a cause-and-effect essay evaluating the cause of delinquent behavior in teenagers&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Use inverted conditionals: imagined past</div>

<div>1. Skills: Listening&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Concurrent listening and note-taking<br>- Listening for main ideas<br>- Following abstract argumentation<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice concurrent note-taking and listening<br>- Learn to follow abstract argumentation while listening&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- Market research<br>- Asking the right questions&nbsp;<br>6. Vocabulary: Use phrases for navigating from one question to another&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Speaking&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Conducting successful interviews&nbsp;<br>3. Objective: Review and improve techniques for conducting successful interviews&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Review and improve indirect questions in interviews</div>

Unit 6: BEHAVIOR

<div>1. Skills: Reading&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Identifying and inferring connections<br>- Identifying persuasion techniques&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Read to identify and infer connections<br>- Read to identifypersuasion techniques&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- The benefits of urbanization<br>- Overpopulation: A problem or a myth?&nbsp;<br>5. Vocabulary: Practice and use adjective + noun collocations&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Writing&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Paraphrasing&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice paraphrasing<br>- Write a persuasive essay on the topic of education in the fight against overpopulation&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Use nominal clauses</div>

<div>1. Skills: Listening&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Identifying patterns in lectures<br>- Listening to follow mathematical or scientific problems&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Listen to identify patterns in lectures<br>- Listen to follow discussion of mathematic or scientific problems&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- The new space race<br>- Mapping the world&nbsp;<br>6. Vocabulary: Use phrases to describe visuals you are referring to&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Speaking&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Using visual data&nbsp;<br>3. Objective: Discuss ways of sharing and using visual data in spoken contributions&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Recognize and use impersonal passive structures</div>

Unit 7: EXPANSE

<div>1. Skills: Reading&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Identifying text organization<br>- Inferring cause and effect<br>- Identifying concepts and theories<br>- Reading for specific information&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Read to infer cause and effect<br>- Read to identify concepts and theories&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- Adapt or die<br>- Leadership and change management&nbsp;<br>5. Vocabulary: Practice and use academic phrases&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Writing&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Report writing&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice report writing<br>- Write the body and conclusion of a business report&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Use participle clauses</div>

<div>1. Skills: Listening&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Following the way a discussion develops<br>- Understanding non-standard accents<br>- Predicting lecture content<br>- Understanding rapid, colloquial lecture speech&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice your understanding of non-standard accents<br>- Listen to improve understanding of rapid, colloquial speech&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- All change, please<br>- The changing pace of news&nbsp;<br>5. Vocabulary: Review and expand vocabulary for managing discussion&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Speaking&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Preparing and asking questions&nbsp;<br>3. Objective: Review and improve preparing and asking questions&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Practice the use of past modals in conditionals</div>

Unit 8: CHANGE

<div>1. Skills: Reading&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Using headings to predict content<br>- Reading for specific information<br>- Identifying main ideas<br>- Identifying commentary on evidence<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice using headings to predict the content of an academic text<br>- Read to identify commentary on evidence&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- Climate change 101<br>- Thirstier than ever&nbsp;<br>5. Vocabulary: Practice and use verb and noun collocations&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Writing&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Commenting on sources&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice commenting on sources<br>- Write a problem-and- solution essay on the topic of global warming&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Use verb patterns</div>

<div>1. Skills: Listening&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Listening for main points<br>- Listening to interpret idioms<br>- Listening to complex arguments<br>- Making estimates and hypotheses&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Learn to listen and interpret idioms<br>- Practice listening and making estimates or hypotheses&nbsp;<br>4.&nbsp;Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- The history of surfing<br>- Ocean problems&nbsp;<br>5. Vocabulary: Learn and use words describing conditions&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Speaking&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Transitions in presentations&nbsp;<br>3. Objective: Practice using transitions to make your presentations flow smoothly&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Improve your understanding of complex ordering of past events</div>

Unit 9: FLOW

<div>1. Skills: Reading&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Predicting content<br>- Identifying reference functions<br>- Identifying main ideas<br>- Preparing for a seminar&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Read to identify the function of in-text references<br>- Read to prepare for a seminar&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- Groupthink<br>- Successful teams and conflict&nbsp;<br>5. Vocabulary: Practice and use adverbs of stance&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Writing&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Writing a reference list&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Practice writing a reference list<br>- Write an argumentative essay about cooperation and conflict on teams&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Use subordinating conjunctions: whatever, whoever, whichever, etc.</div>

<div>1. Skills: Listening&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill:&nbsp;<br>- Listening to confirm predictions<br>- Anticipating information to come<br>- Coping with different lecture styles<br>- Concurrent listening and note-taking&nbsp;<br>3. Objective:&nbsp;<br>- Listen and anticipate information to come<br>- Cope with different lecture styles while listening&nbsp;<br>4. Reading/ Listening texts:&nbsp;<br>- Conflict resolution—what works best?<br>- Role conflicts&nbsp;<br>6. Vocabulary: Use and practice vocabulary for describing behavior&nbsp;</div>

<div>1. Skills: Speaking&nbsp;<br>2. Subskill: Principles and structure of formal debates&nbsp;<br>3. Objective: Learn and practice the principles and structure of formal debates&nbsp;<br>4. Grammar: Learn and practice using a range of adverbs to modify statements</div>

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