This lesson reviews several of the most important topics covered in American English File Starter. The lesson begins with a game that reviews the present, past, and future verb forms. It then goes on to review the vowel sounds presented in this book. Vocabulary goes over some important verb collocations. Being aware of collocations helps Sts know not only the meaning of words, but also how to use them<br />
in sentences.

This lesson is based on a journey made by Dan Grec, a travel writer from Australia. He decided to drive from Alaska to Argentina on the Pan American highway. The lesson begins with the presentation ofbe going to for future plans. A blog Dan wrote before he left for his trip provides<br />

In this Practical English lesson, Sts learn to make invitations and offrs using Would you . . .? and to accept and decline these politely. These skills are presented in the context of informal social conversations in which friends extend invitations to a party and offr food. In Pronunciation, Sts practice saying Would you, linking the two words. Continuing the party theme, Vocabulary presents words for diffrent kinds of parties and things that Americans commonly bring to parties. In the Speaking activity, Sts role-play conversations in which they invite<br />

In this lesson, Sts review the simple past and learn more irregular verbs in the context of a &ldquo;chapter&rdquo; story about two strangers who meet on a train. Sts fist review verbs they have already learned and then learn new verb phrases. Then Sts practice a complete list of all the irregular<br />
verbs presented in American English File Starter. Finally, in Pronunciation, Sts learn about silent consonants, an important aspect of English pronunciation.

In this lesson, conversations about popular musicians provide the context for practicing object pronouns. In Vocabulary, Sts learn words they can use to express their opinions. These include strong adjectives, e.g., terrible, fantastic and verbs that express strong likes and dislikes,<br />
e.g., can&rsquo;t stand and love. In Pronunciation, Sts practice strong stress to develop a more natural sounding English pronunciation. Finally, Sts bring these skills together in a discussion about musicians and songs that they really like or dislike.