In this lesson, Sts fist learn weather vocabulary. Then the lesson uses the weather to help Sts understand the diffrence between the present continuous and the simple present. The context of the presentation is a snowy day in May, which is very unusual in the U.S. People talk about<br />

In this lesson, Sts learn a new verb tense, the present continuous. It is presented in the context of two friends talking on the phone. One friend describes what is happening around her, as the other tries to guess where she is. After the presentation of the grammar, Sts practice two vowel sounds, contrasting the short vowel /ʊ/ with the long vowel /u/. They also practice the pronunciation of the /ŋ/ sound, the &ndash;ing<br />

In this lesson, Sts learn how to say the date in English. This involves teaching Sts ordinal numbers, which are presented through a general knowledge quiz. Sts then learn the months and, fially, how to say the date. For simplicity&rsquo;s sake, the lesson focuses on one way of saying the date, i.e., May fist ( as opposed to the fist of May). It does not focus on how to say the year. This is taught in American English File 1 . In the People on the street section, Sts listen to six people saying when their birthday is and what they did on their last birthday.

Can is a very versatile verb in English and is used to express<br />

In this lesson, Sts focus on word order in questions. The context for presenting the grammar is an interview with a woman who works for the Department of Tourist Information in the town of Ushuaia in the south of Argentina. Ushuaia is very close to Antarctica. She talks about what it is like to live in a town that has 19 hours daylight in the summer but is dark most of the day in winter. In Vocabulary, Sts learn some more common verbs, and the pronunciation focus is on three more vowel sounds, /ɛr/, /ɑ/, and /aʊ/, and the /y/ sound.