Lesson 12C The American English File questionaire

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In this final lesson Sts review Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation from the whole course, with a special focus on question formation. The lesson is based on an interview Sir Ian McKellen kindly gave to the American English File authors. Sts start by reading the interview and doing some comprehension exercises. They then work on the Vocabulary and Pronunciation, before interviewing each other in the last activity using some of the questions in the questionnaire.

lesson 12B I've never been there!

Submitted by api on Wed, 12/15/2021 - 08:35

The main context of the lesson is a conversation between a young man and woman about where to go for dinner.
The man has a memory lapse, which provokes an angry reaction in his partner. Their conversation contrasts the present perfect and the simple past in a natural context: Have von been to. ..? When did you go? Why did you go there? The lesson starts with a listening activity inspired by a real episode in an American TV series in which Sts are exposed to both the present perfect (for past experiences) and the simple past. This leads into the grammar focus.

Lesson 12A Books and movies

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The topic of movies that are based on books provides the context to introduce the present perfect. The lesson begins with the grammar presentation through a conversation about a movie. The pronunciation focus is on sentence stress, and vocabulary looks at common irregular past participles. The main context of the final speaking and listening activity is a survey asking about movie experiences, and Sts learn how to ask present perfect questions with ever.
Note: In 1 2B Sts learn other regular and irregular past participles, and contrast the present perfect with the simple past

Lesson 11C Me, women, and the Internet

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After the focus on one website in 1 1 B, this lesson looks at the Internet in general and in particular how it is used in different ways bv men and women. This provides the context tor learning vocabulary related to the Internet and for a grammar focus on the uses of the definite and indefinite article that Sts have seen so far in the course.

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