| 1 | Methods | Introduction to each other
Introduction about WISE Methods:
– 6-step vocabulary learning
– Transcribing | Slides, notes |
| 2 | Reading | Unit 1: Great places to be
Starting off
Reading 1: The world’s friendliest city (Table completion)
Reading 2: The happiest country in the world (Note completion) | WISE’s materials |
| 2 | Listening | Unit 1: Great places to be
Listening 1: Booking a holiday apartment
– Form completion | WISE’s materials |
| 3 | Vocabulary | Unit 1: Great places to be
Collocations and prepositional phrases | WISE’s materials |
| 3 | Pronunciation | Unit 1: Great places to be
Sentence stress 1
– Stressing the words which answer the question or give new information | WISE’s materials |
| 3 | Speaking | Unit 1: Great places to be
Speaking Part 1
– Answering question about yourself
– Giving extra details
– Expressing likes and dislikes | WISE’s materials |
| 4 | Writing | Lesson 1:
Vocabulary to describe trends tenses
How to build a sentence describing dynamic charts | WISE’s materials |
| 5 | Reading | Unit 2: People’s lives
Starting off
Reading 1: Freya Stark, explorer and writer (Flow-chart completion, Short-answer questions)
Reading 2: Mau Piailug, ocean navigator (True / False / Not given) | WISE’s materials |
| 5 | Listening | Unit 2: People’s lives
Listening 1: Finding a traveling companion
– Predicting the answers
– Listening for signals to the answers
– Note completion | WISE’s materials |
| 6 | Vocabulary | Unit 2: People’s lives
Working out the meanings of words | WISE’s materials |
| 6 | Pronunciation | Unit 2: People’s lives
Verbs + -ed | WISE’s materials |
| 6 | Speaking | Unit 2: People’s lives
Speaking Part 1
– Correcting mistakes
– Giving reasons, results or consequences with because and so | WISE’s materials |
| 7 | Writing | Lesson 2:
Vocabulary of fractions, percentages
How to use articles correctly Describing a pie chart | WISE’s materials |
| 8 | Reading | Unit 3: Getting from A to B
Starting off
Reading 1: The electric evolution (Labelling a diagram)
Reading 2: Traffic jams – no end in sight (Matching headings) | WISE’s materials |
| 8 | Listening | Unit 3: Getting from A to B
Listening: A ship’s information announcement
– Labelling a diagram
– Multiple choice
– Listening for synonyms and paraphrased ideas in questions | WISE’s materials |
| 9 | Vocabulary | Unit 3: Getting from A to B
make and cause | WISE’s materials |
| 9 | Pronunciation | Unit 3: Getting from A to B
Word stress 1
– Using a dictionary | WISE’s materials |
| 9 | Speaking | Unit 3: Getting from A to B
Speaking Part 2
– Understanding the task
– Structuring the task
– Introducing points
– Ending the talk
– Using discourse markers | WISE’s materials |
| 10 | Writing | Lesson 3:
Language of comparisons and contrasts
How to compare and contrast
Describing a bar chart, a table | WISE’s materials |
| 11 | Reading | Unit 4: It was all new once
Reading 1: Air conditioning (Multiple choice)
Reading 2: Rubik’s Cube (Summary completion) | WISE’s materials |
| 11 | Listening | Unit 4: It was all new once
Listening: At an exhibition
– Sentence completion
– Pick from a list | WISE’s materials |
| 12 | Vocabulary | Unit 4: It was all new once
Starting off
What type of word it is? 1 | WISE’s materials |
| 12 | Pronunciation | Unit 4: It was all new once
Chunking 1
Using natural pauses to help the listener | WISE’s materials |
| 12 | Speaking | Unit 4: It was all new once
Speaking Part 2
– Writing notes
– Giving reasons, examples and consequences with because, so, for example, for instance
– Talking for the full two minutes | WISE’s materials |
| 13 | Writing | Lesson 4:
Vocabulary to describe a process and a map
Passive voice in academic writing
Describing a process and a map | WISE’s materials |
| 14 | Reading | MID-TERM TEST
Unit 5: Animal world
Starting off
Reading 1: The life of the European bee-eater (Sentence completion)
Reading 2: Humpback whale breaks migration record (Pick from a list) | WISE’s materials |
| 14 | Listening | Unit 5: Animal world
Listening: Information about a zoo
– Table completion
– Labelling a map or plan | WISE’s materials |
| 15 | (Header) | MID-TERM TEST NLP (30 minutes) | |
| 15 | Vocabulary | Unit 5: Animal world
What type of word it is? 2 | WISE’s materials |
| 15 | Pronunciation | Unit 5: Animal world
Sentence stress 2
– Stressing words which carry meaning or express feeling | WISE’s materials |
| 15 | Speaking | MID-TERM TEST
Unit 5: Animal world
Speaking Parts 1 and 2
– Paraphrasing
– Expressing feelings
– Coping strategies | WISE’s materials |
| 16 | Writing | Lesson 5:
Language to express opinions
Relative clause
Main ideas & supporting ideas for writing task 2 | WISE’s materials |
| 17 | Reading | Unit 6: Being human
Starting off
Reading 1: Making a change (Yes / No / Not given)
Reading 2: Reducing errors in memory (Summary completion with a box) | WISE’s materials |
| 17 | Listening | Unit 6: Being human
Listening: Successful people
– Matching
– Pick from a list | WISE’s materials |
| 18 | Vocabulary | Unit 6: Being human
Word building | WISE’s materials |
| 18 | Pronunciation | Unit 6: Being human
Intonation 1
– Indicating that you have or haven’t finished your answer | WISE’s materials |
| 18 | Speaking | Unit 6: Being human
Speaking Part 3
– The difference between Part 1 and Part 3
– Generalising
– Giving a full answer | WISE’s materials |
| 19 | Writing | Lesson 6:
Conjunctions
Linking words
Connecting sentences in an opinion essay | WISE’s materials |
| 20 | Reading | Unit 7: Literacy skills
Reading: Speed Reading
– Matching information
– Table completion | WISE’s materials |
| 20 | Listening | Unit 7: Literacy skills
Starting off
Applying for an online course
– Form completion
– Multiple choice | WISE’s materials |
| 21 | Vocabulary | Unit 7: Literacy skills
Raise or rise? | WISE’s materials |
| 21 | Pronunciation | Unit 7: Literacy skills
Word stress 2
– Stressing the correct syllable | WISE’s materials |
| 21 | Speaking | Unit 7: Literacy skills
Speaking Parts 2 and 3
– Orientating yourself to the Part 2 topic
– Introducing your opinions in Part 3 and giving reasons | WISE’s materials |
| 22 | Writing | Lesson 7:
Conditional sentences
Using linking words to write about causes, effects and solutions | WISE’s materials |
| 23 | Reading | Unit 8: Tourist attractions
Starting off
Reading: Here today, gone tomorrow (Summary completion, Matching features) | WISE’s materials |
| 23 | Listening | Unit 8: Tourist attractions
Listening: Welcoming visitors to a science museum
– Sentence completion
– Table completion | WISE’s materials |
| 24 | Vocabulary | Unit 8: Tourist attractions
tourism or tourist? | WISE’s materials |
| 24 | Pronunciation | Unit 8: Tourist attractions
Chunking 2
– Improve overall fluency | WISE’s materials |
| 24 | Speaking | Unit 8: Tourist attractions
Speaking Parts 1 and 2
– Using fact and opinion adjectives
– Keep going / maintaining fluency | WISE’s materials |
| 25 | Writing | Lesson 8:
Vocabulary to discuss both sides of things
Pronouns and modifiers
How to write advantages and disadvantages essay | WISE’s materials |
| 26 | Reading | Practice Test Reading | WISE’s materials |
| 26 | Listening | Practice Test Listening | WISE’s materials |
| 27 | Writing | Practice Test Writing | WISE’s materials |
| 27 | Speaking | Practice Test Speaking | WISE’s materials |
| 28 | Test | L+S | |
| 29 | Test | W+R | |
| 30 | Feedback | Feedback + Final test NLP | |