Este manual está basado en el Marco de referencia europeo.

El Marco de referencia europeo proporciona una base común para la elaboración de programas de lenguas, orientaciones curriculares, exámenes, manuales, etcétera, en toda Europa.

Describe de forma integradora lo que tienen que aprender a hacer los estudiantes de lenguas con el fin de utilizar una lengua para comunicarse, así como los conocimientos y destrezas que tienen que desarrollar para poder actuar de manera eficaz. La descripción también comprende el contexto cultural donde se sitúa la lengua. El Marco de referencia define, asimismo, niveles de dominio de la lengua que permiten comprobar el progreso de los alumnos en cada fase del aprendizaje y a lo largo de su vida.

Unit 1 never judge a book by its cover

Vocabulary describing people: personality and appearance.
Compound adjectives
Grammar defining and non-defining relative clauses.
Modals for deduction (past and present)
Writing an informal email
Pronunciation compound adjectives
Unit 2 down-to-earth

Vocabulary animal idioms. Animal collocations: animal sounds
Grammar modals and expressions of probability.
Conditionals. Alternatives to if
Writing an article
Pronunciation contractions. Linking
Unit 3 home sweet home

Vocabulary types of housing. Places in the home. Housework.
Phrasal verbs connected to people relations
Grammar modals of obligation/absence of obligation/prohibition/advice. Have/get something done
Writing a report
Pronunciation consonant clusters
Unit 4 a penny for your thoughts

Vocabulary money. Jobs
Grammar infinitive versus -ing. Participle clauses
Writing a covering letter
Pronunciation stress shift
Unit 5 caught red-handed

Vocabulary crime. Criminals
Grammar emphasis (do, so and indeed). Cleft sentences. Inversions
Writing an opinion composition
Pronunciation how to sound emphatic
Unit 6 out and about

Vocabulary leisure activities: travelling. Extreme sports
Grammar used to, would. Narrative tenses
Writing a blog post
Pronunciation-ed endings
Unit 7 tv or not tv?

Vocabulary headlines.
Television (people, tv programmes and a tv guide)
Grammar impersonal report structures.
Contrast (despite, in spite of, although…)
Writing a "for and against" composition
Pronunciation contrastive intonation
Unit 8 an apple a day keeps the doctor away

Vocabulary health and illness.
Idioms related to the parts of the body. Food and diet
Grammar reported speech.
Reporting statements, commands and questions.
Writing a complaint email/letter
Pronunciation homographs. Homophones
Unit 9 no regrets just lessons learned

Vocabulary feelings
Grammar i wish/if only.
Would rather, would sooner, had better. It´s time
Writing a personal anecdote
Pronunciation /s/ - /z/ - /?/
Unit 10 facebook = language facelift?

Vocabulary compounds with -ever. The internet. Fast writing
Grammar future perfect and continuous.
Use of the article for generalizing
Writing a review
Pronunciation words pronounced differently in spanish/english
Listening transcripts per unit
Exercise key