"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.

Be ready for university entrance tests
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 - PERSONALITY

GRAMMAR: Question forms, subject & object questions - Present simple & present continuous

VOCABULARY: Personality adjectives - Prefixes - Symbols & abbreviations - Linkers

READING: Encyclopedia entry about extroverts & introverts (Making connections) - Article about method acting (Reacting to a text) - Article about charisma (Identifying topic sentences)

LISTENING: Conversation about appearance & personality - Radio interview with a psychologist

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing personalities - Word stress - Discussing personality tests - Discussing charisma

SCENARIO:
Key language: giving opinions, agreeing & disagreeing, making suggestions
Task: choosing a new team member
Scenario: choosing a new member

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Writing questions
Study skills: Taking notes while reading
Writing skills: A for and against essay

VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Michael Gould, a professional actor, about method acting

Unit 2 - TRAVEL

GRAMMAR: Past simple - Present perfect simple & past simple

VOCABULARY: Travel expressions - Phrasal verbs 1 - Words from the reading - Time linkers

READING: Article about travel & tourism - Articles about famous explorers - Evaluating & justifying - Article about Wilfred Thesiger - Reacting to the topic - Extract from Arabian Sands

LISTENING: Questions & answers about travelling abroad - Inferring attitude - Interview about the Universities Explorers Programme

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Compiling a list of travel tips - -ed endings - Talking about past life events - Contractions: choosing suitable jobs

SCENARIO:
Key language: discussing advantages & disadvantages, making suggestions
Task: organising a study trip
Scenario: discussing issues of past study trips and planning a more successful one

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Writing travel tips
Study skills: Taking notes while listening
Writing skills: A biographical profile

VIDEO: Study Skills Video: making notes while listening to a talk about Thor Heyerdahl

Unit 3 - WORK

GRAMMAR: Present perfect continuous - Present perfect simple and continuous

VOCABULARY: Work adjectives - Dependent prepositions - Expressions connected with time & work

READING: Adverts for jobs - Ranking & justifying choices - Article about homeworking - Evaluating advantages & disadvantages - Blog comments about work placements; inferring opinion

LISTENING: People talking about homeworking - Radio interview with three students about their work placements - Conversation with a career counsellor - People talking about CVs

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing jobs - Discussing what is important in a job - Discussing ideal working hours - Discussing work placements - Correcting politely

SCENARIO:
Key language: asking questions, giving answers
Task: taking part in an interview
Scenario: conducting and participating in an interview

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Writing a job advert
Study skills: Organising ideas and paragraphs
Writing skills: Covering letter & Curriculum Vitae (CV)

VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Caroline Matthews, about her internship in the insurance industry

Unit 4 - LANGUAGE

GRAMMAR: Future forms: will, going to, present continuous - First conditional

VOCABULARY: Language learning - Phrasal verbs 2 - British & American money idioms - Language style - Communication & register - Percentages & fractions - Linkers

READING: Advert for a language course - Evaluating the success of a text - Identifying genres - Three texts about English & Chinese - Identifying main ideas - Article about avoiding mistakes online

LISTENING: Conversation between two students - Interview with an expert on communication

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing language issues - Debate about British and American English - Compiling a list of Dos & Don'ts for online communication

SCENARIO:
Key language: accepting & rejecting ideas, considering consequences
Task: selecting an English language programme
Scenario: discussing proposals and choosing the best one

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING:
Study skills: Describing charts & tables
Writing skills: A report describing a chart

VIDEO: Meet the Expert: interview with Henry Hitchings, author of Language Wars, about English as a global language

Unit 5 - ADVERTISING

GRAMMAR: Second conditional - Comparison, emphasising difference & similarity

VOCABULARY: Advertising adjectives - Words with a similar meaning connected to 'change' - Word combinations - Essay expressions

READING: Article about advertising; inferring opinion - For & Against article about manipulating images - Evaluating arguments Text reference - Newspaper article about advertising to children - Responding to the topic

LISTENING: People talking about adverts - Conversation about designing a website - An extract from a lecture on critical thinking

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talking about adverts - Choosing photos for adverts - Discussing cosmetic surgery - Group discussion comparing the benefits of different quad bikes

SCENARIO:
Key language: the language of presentations
Task: giving a formal presentation
Scenario: brainstorming for an advertising campaign and selecting the most effective one

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING:
Study skills: Critical thinking
Writing skills: An opinion-led essay - Planning your essay

VIDEO: Meet the Expert: interview with Vena Raffle about the work of the UK Advertising Standards Authority

Unit 6 - EDUCATION

GRAMMAR: Defining relative clauses - Non-defining relative clauses

VOCABULARY: Education & studying

READING: Online discussion about single-sex schools - Article about Maria Montessori - Evaluating a summary - Newspaper editorial about free university education - Challenging opinions

LISTENING: People talking about their education - Inferring attitude - Student describing a teacher - People talking about their university experience

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing education - Timed discussion about educational issues - Describing & comparing different educational systems

SCENARIO:
Key language: discussing options
Task: problem-solving
Scenario: looking at problems at a university and finding solutions

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Writing your opinion online - Describing a teacher
Study skills: Reading strategies: predicting, skimming, scanning, inferring
Writing skills: Formal correspondence, correspondence conventions

VIDEO: Meet the Expert: interview with Rob Gueterbock, a Montessori teacher, about the Montessori method of education

Unit 7 - DESIGN

GRAMMAR: Modals (necessity & obligation) - Modals (present deduction)

VOCABULARY: Word building: design adjectives - Materials, shapes & texture; abstract nouns - Words from the reading - Linkers

READING: Introduction from a design book - Reacting to the text - Three articles about design periods - Justifying opinions - Article about Alessi - Jdentifying main ideas

LISTENING: Conversation between two designers - Conversations at a design museum - Conversation with a lecturer about written work

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Word stress - Talking about the design of everyday objects - Designing a new product - Talking about re-designing an object

SCENARIO:
Key language: describing qualities
Task: evaluating designs
Scenario: judging products to choose the winning design

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Describing a favourite object
Study skills: Proof reading
Writing skills: A product report

VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Feyja Sewell, a furniture and product designer, about her designs

Unit 8 - BUSINESS

GRAMMAR: Past continuous - Past perfect simple

VOCABULARY: Business terms & roles - Collocations 2: business

READING: Leaflet for new businesses - Article about business dilemmas - Obituaries of business icons - Identifying similarities & differences

LISTENING: Radio interview with a business advisor - Summarising - Conversation about a business idea

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Planning a new business - Reacting to the topic - Discussing business dilemmas - Weak forms - Talking about successful people

SCENARIO:
Key language: the language of negotiation
Task: negotiating
Scenario: negotiating to get the best deal

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Describing a memorable event
Study skills: Recognising formal & informal language - Beginning & ending correspondence
Writing skills: Formal & informal correspondence

VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Teresa Lee about the Vietnamese food business she set up in London

Unit 9 - ENGINEERING

GRAMMAR: The passive - Articles

VOCABULARY: Words from the reading - Collocations - Hazards and global threats - Expressions for managing a discussion

READING: Leaflet about women & engineering - Identifying genre - Article about asteroids - Identifying facts - Three articles about superstructures - Identifying problems

LISTENING: Radio interview with a woman engineer - Discussion between engineer students

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing engineering achievements - Ranking global threats - Talking about superstructures - Weak forms - Debate about superstructures

SCENARIO:
Key language: discussing options, making decisions
Task: assessing a project
Scenario: deciding on a Mega Project

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Writing about the greatest engineering achievement
Study skills: Participating in a group discussion - Understanding body language
Writing skills: Describing a process using the passive

VIDEO: Study Skills Video: participating in a group discussion

Unit 10 - TRENDS

GRAMMAR: Expressions of quantity - Infinitives & -ing forms

VOCABULARY: Phrasal verbs 3 - Fashion - Describing trends

READING: Article about 'the tipping point' - Reflecting on the topic - Article about cultural influences on fashion - Identifying examples - Article about paying for music - Reacting to the text

LISTENING: Conversation between a manager and a shop assistant - People talking about their music habits - Students talking about vocabulary learning

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talking about trends - Talking about fashion - Discussing paying for downloads - Numbers

SCENARIO:
Key language: raising & responding to issues
Task: participating in a meeting
Scenario: discussing problems and winning solutions

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Describing a recent trend
Study skills: Recording & learning vocabulary
Writing skills: Describing a trend - Avoiding repetition

VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Cate Trotter, a trends consultant, about how understanding trends can help a business

Unit 11 - ARTS AND MEDIA

GRAMMAR: Reported speech - Reported questions

VOCABULARY: Describing books and films - Media genre - Words connected with the arts - Expressions for a presentation

READING: Reviews - Inferring the writer's opinion - Article about media recluses - Interview with Rageh Omar - Identifying topics

LISTENING: Reviews - Conversation about a job interview

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Describing a favourite book or film - Discussing the arts and celebrities - Justifying opinions - Giving a witness report of an imaginary news event

SCENARIO:
Key language: comparing & contrasting
Task: choosing a film to produce
Scenario: Weighing up the options to reach a group decision

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Writing an online review - Reporting an interview
Study skills: Delivering a presentation
Writing skills: A short formal report; making generalisations

VIDEO: Study Skills Video: delivering a presentation

Unit 12 - CRIME

GRAMMAR: Third conditional - Modals (past deduction)

VOCABULARY: Crime - Collocations

READING: Article about stupid criminals - Inferring emotions - Article about the psychology of crime - News report on a robbery in Sweden - Looking at genre

LISTENING: People talking about their crimes - Comparing & contrasting - People talking about a robbery - An extract of a lecture on home security - An extract from a lecture on car security

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing the seriousness of crimes - Discussing controversial statements - Solving a crime

SCENARIO:
Key language: reaching a decision
Task: discussing court cases
Scenario: Looking at court case and agreeing on verdicts

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING:
Study skills: Summarising
Writing skills: A cause & effect essay

VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Stefanie Bierwerth, a publisher, about the appeal of crime fiction

Language reference

Meet the Expert

Communication Activities

Audioscripts

Irregular Verb List

Phonetic Charts

Level: Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate (B1+)