"Find everything your students need to succeed in the New Language Leader Coursebook: 12 units that cover grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking, study skills and writing.

A stimulating way to practice
The Coursebook offers a variety of material on contemporary issues that will help students negotiate academic life successfully.
Scenarios give students the opportunity to apply language in real-life situations and develop valuable communication skills.
Study Skills sections, with videos, provide useful tips and training for a successful academic life.
“Meet the Expert” videos develop listening skills and provide inspiring topics for discussion.

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Exam practice is embedded in each unit to prepare students for high-stakes tests such as IELTS and PTE Academic. This makes the New Language Leader Coursebook the ideal material to ensure students’ success." (Publisher's Website)

CONTENTS

Unit 1 - HUMAN PLANET

GRAMMAR: Present simple and continuous: state and action verbs - Present simple / continuous questions - Adverbs of frequency

VOCABULARY: Countries and regions: adjectives and nouns - Weather words: modifiers - Adventure holiday activities - Linking words: but, and, also, when

READING: My world, our world: a global online project - Understanding genre: Surviving Siberia: climate versus lifestyle - A city guide

LISTENING: My world, our world entries - Conversation describing new holidays on offer - Discussing opinions about new holidays

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Long turn taking: Describe favourite places - Discussion about different climates - Showing interest - Intonation for agreeing and disagreeing

SCENARIO:
Key language: agreeing and disagreeing
Task: making a choice
Scenario: choosing holiday itinerary for a tour operator

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write a short paragraph describing climate
Study skills: Dictionary Skills: Understanding meaning
Writing skills: Understanding text organisation - descriptive writing: places

VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with James Moore, an expedition medical consultant about living in extreme places

Unit 2 - PEOPLE

GRAMMAR: Past simple: regular and irregular verbs - Use of the affirmative with time expressions - Past simple negatives and question forms

VOCABULARY: Personality: adjectives and nouns - Weather words: modifiers - Linking words: until, at first, then, at the moment, afterwards

READING: Evaluation: International Women`s Day Awards - Increasing your understanding: Biography of Osamu Tezuka and Frida Kahlo - A learning styles and strategies questionnaire - A reflective blog

LISTENING: Stories of determination - Description of an inspirational person - Conversation discussing potential new flatmates

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talk about stories of determination - Voice and unvoiced consonants: regular past endings - Collaboration: Research and describe inspirational people - Word stress

SCENARIO:
Key language: describing people
Task: choosing a new flatmate
Scenario: choosing most suitable flatmate

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write a short description of a determined person
Study skills: Learning styles and strategies
Writing skills: Inferring a reflective blog

VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Karen Rubins, a comic artist

Unit 3 - THE MEDIA

GRAMMAR: Past continuous - Defining relative pronouns: who, which, where, that

VOCABULARY: The media - Nouns, eg. journalist/journalism - TV programme genres, eg. comedy, politics

READING: The story of the internet - Personal reflection: News organisations around the world - A TV programme review

LISTENING: Stories about the early days of the internet (analysing the topic) - An introduction to a new TV programme, Fame and Fortune - TV programme development meeting

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: was/were strong and weak forms - Interview about internet use - Word stress - Retell a recent news story - Intonation in short questions - Discussion about recent TV programmes or series

SCENARIO:
Key language: making suggestions
Task: designing a show
Scenario: planning a TV programme

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write a short paragraph describing climate
Study skills: collaboration: working with others
Writing skills: Summarising a TV programme review

VIDEO: Study skills video: collaboration - working with others

Unit 4 - HEALTH

GRAMMAR: Present perfect with time expressions- Articles - Giving advice with reasons (should + infinitive of purpose/in order to)

VOCABULARY: Medical words - Reporting verbs, e.g. states, claims, shows, thinks, etc. - Ailments, eg. a backache – grammar of words: compound nouns; false friends

READING: Podcasts about different aspects of International Medi-Aid (IMA) exploring facts - Text about relationship between diet and mental health

LISTENING: Doctors expressing opinions - Student councellor interviews

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Comparing life experiences - Justifying opinion - Discussion about food and health - Interview about eating habits and diets - Phrase stress and rhythm

SCENARIO:
Key language: giving advice and reasons
Task: giving advice about health issues
Scenario: giving advice to students

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write a summary about the eating habits and diets
Study skills: Guessing the meaning of unknown words
Writing skills: Inferring an informal email

VIDEO: Meet the expert: interview with Dr John Briffa, a doctor who specialises in nutrition, about brain food

Unit 5 - NATURAL WORLD

GRAMMAR: Comparatives and superlatives; as... as - Expressions of quantity

VOCABULARY: Landscapes: adjectives to describe a place - Nouns and verbs, eg. damage (n/vb) - Describing photos - Reference words: it and its

READING: Text about the island of Bora Bora - collaboration - Animal invaders - how much danger are we in? Thinking beyond the text

LISTENING: Nature programme about three islands - Conversation about photos; choosing photos and reasons why

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Describe the islands; presentation to compare two places - Comparison of personal lives - Strong and weak forms (schwa)

SCENARIO:
Key language: justifying choices
Task: giving reasons and making choices
Scenario: describing photos to partner and selecting which ones to use

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write a short paragraph describing climate
Study skills: developing self-awareness - Correcting your writing
Writing skills: Understanding text organisation writing comparative paragraphs

VIDEO: Meet the expert: interview with Gareth Philips, a professional photographer about the selection of photos

Unit 6 - SOCIETY AND FAMILY

GRAMMAR: Predictions: will, might and may (probably, definitely) - First conditional

VOCABULARY: Nouns and verbs, e.g. consumer vs. consume - Family; negative adjectives: un- and -less - Expressing opinions - Linkers: so, as, however and because of

READING: Advert of future analysis - Article about low birth rate in Germany (Understanding genre)

LISTENING: Meeting between futurologist and a business investor; evaluating and predicting - Conversation about specific problems and possible solutions - Television talk show about family matters

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Making future predictions - Discuss Q about family; Discussion about family dilemmas; contractions: 'll - Word linking

SCENARIO:
Key language: expressing opinions
Task: having a discussion
Scenario: discussion about family matters in a talk show

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write paragraph(s) about predictions for a specific society and country
Study skills: Critical Thinking: judging reliability, considering evidence, developing self-awareness
Writing skills: Understanding text organisation (a short article)

VIDEO: Study skills video: a short lecture on critical thinking

Unit 7 - SCIENCE

GRAMMAR: Obligation: should, must and have to - Had to and could

VOCABULARY: Science and crime - Nouns, adjectives and verbs with prepositions - Developing an argument (This means that... etc.) - Scientific fields and inventions/discoveries

READING: TV programme reviews: a documentary and a crime drama - Webpage about Stephen Hawking: justifying selections

LISTENING: Interview with a crime documentary researcher; making personal connections - Radio programme for intellectual discussion about important inventions and scientific discoveries

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussion about crime and science - Discussion about rules and regulations in students' own lives - Discussion about famous scientists and their discoveries - Discussion about attitudes to science - Word stress and the schwa - Discuss type of notes and ways to make notes

SCENARIO:
Key language: developing an argument
Task: making your case
Scenario: discussion about top inventions

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Research and write a short description of a famous person's life and work
Study skills: making notes
Writing skills: analysing data (Describing charts)

VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Huw James, a scientist who specializes in astronomy, about black holes and astrophysics

Unit 8 - THE NIGHT

GRAMMAR: Verb patterns - Future intentions: going to, hoping to, I'm going to, I'd like to

VOCABULARY: Expressions with sleep, e.g. sleep badly, have a sleepless night, etc. - Jobs; -ing/-ed adjectives - Expressing preferences: Night out entertainment, e.g. go out for

READING: Email Exchange about a talk on sleep - Ordering ideas - Article about night workers - Sydney festival events listing - A short mysterious story

LISTENING: Presentation about sleep - Evaluating performance - Conversation planning a night out at festival

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussion about sleep - Quizz about sleep patterns - Contractions: Discussing future plans, hopes and dreams - Sentence stress: key words and clarity

SCENARIO:
Key language: discussing preferences
Task: making a future plan
Scenario: planning a night out

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write a short paragraph describing climate
Study skills: remembering vocabulary - evaluating methods
Writing skills: prediction - a narrative

VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Karen Fowler, a communications manager, about working in the dark in Antarctica

Unit 9 - WORK AND INDUSTRY

GRAMMAR: Used to - Present simple passive

VOCABULARY: Work and working conditions, e.g. colleague, employee, good pay, opportunities to travel, etc. - Compound nouns - Negotiating: Price/Quantity, Delivery, Payment negotiation phrases - Linkers: sequencing phrases, e.g. to begin with..., etc.

READING: Email from HR asking for employee opinion about the company - Making informed guesses - Use of gold in industry - The early stages of making chocolate

LISTENING: Interview with two employees exploring the topic - Researching the topic - Radio programme about favourite inventions

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Verb endings - Talking about last weekend - Talking about first experiences - Stressed words

SCENARIO:
Key language: giving reasons
Task: giving short presentation
Scenario: everyday inventions

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write a short text about a historical figure - Making notes
Study skills: making notes while reading
Writing skills: a short biography

VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Odette Aguirre, an acupuncturist, about the benefits of acupuncture

Unit 10 - GLOBAL AFFAIRS

GRAMMAR: Should, shouldn't - Have to, don't have to - Problem-solving

VOCABULARY: Money (nouns) - Money (verb phrases) - Introducing extra information - Linkers: that

READING: Poster advertising a talk about money safety for students - FAQs on loan company website - Profile of entrepreneur who took out a loan

LISTENING: Talk about money safety for students - Bank survey about money

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Giving advice - Evaluating: different business ideas - Stressed words

SCENARIO:
Key language: asking for and giving opinions
Task: doing an opinion survey
Scenario: survey about money

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write a reply to a student's problem
Study skills: making notes during a talk
Writing skills: formal writing (an online form)

VIDEO: Study skills video: a talk about bank accounts

Unit 11 - THE ENVIRONMENT

GRAMMAR: Will, won't - Be going to

VOCABULARY: Compound nouns - Rooms and furniture - Directions - Linkers: at the same time and next

READING: Separate lives - Exploring the topic - A modern home, your dream home

LISTENING: Discussion about features of a smarthome - Phone call about renting a flat

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Contractions - Speculating: Talking about your lives in the future - Describing your home - Contractions - Explaining decisions: Designing your dream home - Stressed words

SCENARIO:
Key language: checking understanding
Task: asking for information about accommodation
Scenario: finding a flat

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING:
Study skills: examination skills
Writing skills: an informal email

VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Dr Laura Baker, a meteorologist, about tracking and analysing storms

Unit 12 - SPORT

GRAMMAR: Second conditional - Too and enough

VOCABULARY: Types of sports to collocate with do/go/play - Linking words - Sports personalities

READING: Open letter to the Minister of Sport; evaluating effective language - Magazine article about female football fans - An English course advert a formal email

LISTENING: Current affairs programme on TV - Interview between a sports psychologist and a client - A tutorial about time management

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussion about attitudes and approaches to sport - Evaluating claims - Discussion of topical issues related to football, sport and health and sports facilities in different countries - Intonation in lists

SCENARIO:
Key language: answering complex questions
Task: using a questionnaire
Scenario: Doing a sports psychology survey

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: A summary paragraph of topical issues
Study skills: Time Management - critical evaluation
Writing skills: a formal email

VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Rachel Pavlou, the Women's Football Development Manager for the English FA, about the rise of women's football

Language reference

Meet the Expert

Communication Activities

Audioscripts

Irregular Verb List

Phonetic Charts

Level: Pre-Intermediate / Intermediate (A2+-B1+)