Workbook page 10

This is the first in a series of six Practical English lessons (one every other File) that teach Sts functional language to help them “survive” in English in travel and social situations. There is a storyline based on two characters, Rob Walker, a British journalist who works for a magazine called London 24seven , and Jenny Zielinski, who works in the NY office of the same magazine and who is on a work trip to London. Sts meet them for the first time in this lesson, where Jenny arrives in the UK and checks into a hotel.

Workbook page 8-9

The lesson starts with a focus on classroom language, which helps Sts to understand and respond to common classroom instructions, and to ask the teacher in English for information and clarification. Sts then learn the pronunciation of the alphabet and practice it with common abbreviations. After this, Sts listen to an interview with a student in a language school and learn how to give personal information, and practice spelling. This leads into the grammar focus of possessive adjectives.

Workbook page 6-7

In this lesson, Sts complete their study of the verb be and learn how to say where they and other people are from. They learn vocabulary for countries and nationalities, and this language is then practiced in a world quiz. Pronunciation covers the schwa hi, a sound that occurs in many English words, and three consonant sounds that are difficult for many nationalities. The grammar section, be in questions and negative sentences, is then presented through three street interviews. Sts then focus on sentence stress before practicing asking where people arc from.

Workbook page 4-5

The context of this first lesson is a young man who meets a girl at a dance club and brings her home to meet his mother. The mother clearly disapproves of her son’s choice. This lesson starts with four dialogues where Sts practice basic greetings, asking names, etc. They then focus on the grammar of the verb be in affirmative sentences and subject pronouns. In Pronunciation, Sts are introduced to word stress and the American English File system of teaching the 45 sounds of English. Here they begin by focusing on six vowel sounds.