Contents
Contentsmap of Students'Book 4-5
Introduction 6-7
A few ideasfor classroomprocedures 8-9
The Languageto go authors i 10
Languageto go and EFLexams 11
Phonemicsymbols 12
Teachingnotes 13-53
Photocopiable
activities " 55-135
Photocopiable
tests 136-143
Testsanswer key 144-145
Photocopiable
writingbank 146-152
Contents
mapof Students'
Book
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: Present wilh yet, already;'.:,
tdlking: your life
L a n g u a g et o g o :
Vocabularyand
Reading: 100 days a-t
Grammar: Second
Get talking: How
L r s t e n r n g :A t e l e p h o n ec o n v e f s a t t o n
V o c a b u l a r y 2 : P h r a s a vl e r b s a b o u t t e l e p h o n i n g Vocabulary2: Phrasal
ve'bsaboutillness
G e t t a l k i n g : r o l e p l a y :O n t h e p h o n e Gettalking:roleplay:
A visitto the doctor
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L a n g u a g e t o g o : C o m p a r i n ga l t i t u d e s
V o c a . b u l a r ya n d s p e a k i n g : E x p r e s s i o n sw i t h t i m e
Reading: Long-distancecomm uter
G r a m m a r : w a y s t o e x p r e s sc o n t r a s t i n gi d e a s
G e t t a l k i n g a n d w r i t i n g : A t t i t u d e st o w o r k a n d t i m e
Speaking and vocabulary: Happiness
L i s t e n i n g : S u r v e ya b o u t h a p p i n e s s
F u n c t i o n : P o l i t eq u e s t i o n s
G e t t a l k i n g : P e r s o n a li s s u e s
lntroduction
About Languageto go continueswith readingor listeningmaterialwhich
presentsthe targetstructure(s) in a meaningful
Manyadultstudentsof Englishhavea limitedamount context.This is followedby some inductivegrammar
of time for theirstudies.Theymay requireEnglishfor work, focusingon the meaningand the form of the
both professional and socialreasons,and are also structure,and by some practiceexercises. Students
awarethat they'relikelyto use it in a numberof shouldnow be equippedto do the finalactivityin the
international situations. Thev needto ensurethat the Get talkingsectionat the end of the lesson,which is
time they spendon theirEnglishlearningis highly sometimesaccompaniedby a Get writingsection.
focusedand goaloriented.Theyneedto be ableto fhe Languageto go is exemplifiedin an easily
achievecertaintasksand to leavea language class, memoriseddialoguein the bottomcornerof each
sometimesaftera busyand tiringday of workingor right-handpageand actsas the focusand goalof
studying,with a bite-sizedchunkof Languageto go the lesson.
and a senseof 'Yes,I can do that - anvwherein the
Motivationis at the coreof successful learningrn
w o r l d ,i n E n g l i s h ! '
general,and language learningin particular;
we have
Languageto gois a shortcoursefor this kindof adult thereforetakengreatcareto choosetopicsand texts
student.Our underlying principleis that students whichwill stimulatethe studentintellectuallyas well
startthe classwith an objectivedefinedin terms of a as linguistically.
Muchof the materialhasbeen
realisticoutcome,and finishwith the language they chosenso that it reflectsthe international
communitv
needto achieveit. So here'sa quickoverviewof of Englishusers,as nativeor non-native speaKers.
what the coursecontatns:
We havetriedto use as manvinternational conrexrs
r Fourlevels:Elementary, Pre-lntermediate,
as possible,sincewe're awarethat our studentswill
Intermediate and Upoerlntermediate. Eachlevel
use theirnewlyacquiredlinguistic competencenot
has40 teachinglessons,and eachlessonnas just in theirown countryor in an English-speaking
been carefullv writtenso that it takesaround60
one,but all aroundthe worro.
minutesin the classroom,
o A Practicesection,a Grammarreferenceand the C y c l i c a sl y l l a b u s
recording scriptsat the backof the Students'Book. The coursedesignof Pre-lntermediate, Intermediate
r A detachable Phrasebook in the Students'Book. andUpperIntermediate is basedon a cyclicalsyllabus,
o A classcassetteor CD with the listeningmaterial. in whichdifferentaspectsof language, suchas
. ThisTeacher'sResourceBook,containinga tenses,modals,vocabulary or functions, are
step-by-stepguideto everylesson(including presented severaltimes in the samelevel.The
answerkeys),photocopiable activities, advantage of this approach is that the structures
can
photocopiable testsanda writingbank. be naturallyrevised,recycledand consolidated on a
. The Languagefo go website (www.language-to- regularandfrequentbasis.lt alsoallowsschoorsano
go.com). insiituteswith a systemof continuous enrolmentto
ensurethat studentswho arrivelaterin the course
are not disadvantaged
to go - a closerlook
by missingout on lessons
Language whichhavealreadydealtwith key structures.
Students' Book At Elementary level,we havenot useda cyclical
syllabus, as it does not meet the needsof
Content
Elementary students,for whom a specificsequence
Eachteachinglessonis designedto last60 minutes
of acquiringlanguageis more useful.lt is alsotrue
and is containedon two facingpages,which
that this levellendsitselflesswell to courseswith
reinforcesvisuallythe relationshipbetweenthe
continuousenrolment.
Students'Booklessonand the classroomlesson.
It focuseson a finalactivity,by presentingand The principalsyllabusesin the courseare Grammar
practisingthe languagerequiredand then inviting and Vocabulary. The approachto grammaris largely
studentsto performthe activityat the end of the one of guideddiscoveryin which the studentsare
lesson.The lessonbeginswith a presentation of the presentedwith examplesof the target structureand
vocabularyneededfor the final activity,then then invitedto work out the rulesrelatinqto form
