Lesson 12B "From start to finish"
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.
Lesson 12A "Trip of a lifetime"
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 />
Practical English "Would you like a coffee?"
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 />
Lesson 11B "Strangers on a train"
In this lesson, Sts review the simple past and learn more irregular verbs in the context of a “chapter” 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.
Lesson 11A "What do you think of it?"
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’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.
Lesson 10B "What did you do?"
This lesson introduces the simple past of the four most common irregular verbs in English: do, get, go, and have. The lesson begins by reviewing the vocabulary for daily routines. The new grammar is presented through the context of a phone conversation between a father and his teenage daughter. The father asks his daughter what she did earlier in the day and begins to suspect that his daughter is not alone in the house. Sts learn the past form of the verbs do, get, go, have.
Lesson 10A "It changed my life"
A student’s experience of School Year Abroad, a student exchange program for high school students, provides the context to introduce the simple past of regular verbs. These are presented through a short picture story about a McKenzie Nagle, who went to Vietnam to study there for a semester. Sts then focus closely on the diffrent pronunciations of the -ed ending and go on to practice this in a speaking activity. In Vocabulary, Sts learn some more common verbs and the lesson fiishes with Sts reading about McKenzies’s time in Vietnam.