Unit 1 School and Beyond The college experience; improving the quality of education Describing the first year of college Practicing interviewing phrases and skills Lesson A School life Lesson B Education -- boys vs. girls? Unit 2 Who Art You? Memory, cognition, and personality Describing the mind and memory Expanding on a topic Lesson A Memory and the mind Lesson B Developing intelligence Unit 3 Contemporary Issues Current trends; resolving conflicts Illegal downloading Expressing an opinion Lesson A In the city Lesson B Conflict resolution Unit 4 Happy Days Outlooks and impressions Expressing feelings and opinions Keeping a conversation going Lesson A What makes you happy? Lesson B Global gaming Unit 5 In Other Words Language and gender Describing language abilities Talking about charts and data Lesson A Total immersion Lesson B Baby talk Unit 6 The Wold Awaits You Trips and journeys Describing travel destinations: words that end in -less Using polite language Lesson A On the road Lesson B Destination Chile Unit 7 Ordinary People,Extraordinary Lives Aspirations, risks, and dreams Discussing and describing a sequence of events Making a presentation to a group using presentation phrases Lesson A Follow your dream! Lesson B Student activists Unit 8 Our Changing World The future of our world Discussing the future Describing benefits and supporting points and giving support to main points Lesson A Looking to the future Lesson B A million-dollar idea
