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"Four-skills American English course with a communicative methodology, engaging texts, and a strong pronunciation syllabus - designed to get students speaking.


It gives you full skills coverage with a clear focus on pronunciation, plus wide-ranging support and resources too.

With texts and topics that make learners want to speak, American English File is the course that gets students talking.

It gives you full skills coverage with a clear focus on pronunciation, plus wide-ranging support and resources too." (Publisher's website)

CONTENTS

Unit 1

A. Hello! Grammar: verb be : I and you
Vocabulary: numbers 0-10
Pronunciation: word stress; /h/, /oʊ/, and /a/

B. Where are you from?
Grammar: verb be: he, she , it
Vocabulary: countries
Pronunciation: sentence stress; /ɪ/ and /aɪ/

C. We are from the US. We're American. Grammar: verb be: we, you, they; negatives (all persons)
Vocabulary: nationalities; numbers 11-20
Pronunciation: word stress; /ɛ/, /i/, and /ʃ/

Practical English The alphabet
People on the street: What's your name? How do you spell it? Where are you from?

Review & Check What do you remember? What can you do?

Unit 2

A. What's in your bag? Grammar: singular and plural nouns; a / an, the
Vocabulary: small things
Pronunciation: /z/ and /s/, plural endings

B. Family and Friends Grammar: possessive adjectives; possessive s Vocabulary: people and family
Pronunciation: /ð/, /ʌ/, and /ə/

C. A man's car or a woman's car? Grammar: adjectives
Vocabulary: colors and common adjectives
Pronunciation: /æ/, /eɪ/, /ɔ/, ar/ and /ɔr/

Practical English Personal information
People on the street: Do you have brothers and sisters? How old are they?

Review and Check What do you remember? What can you do?

Unit 3

A. A bad hair day Grammar: simple present: I and you
Vocabulary: common verbs 1
/u/, /w/, and /v/; linking

B. What do you have for breakfast? Grammar: simple present: we, you, they
Vocabulary: food and drink
Pronunciation: word stress; /tʃ/, dʒ/ and /g/

C. He speaks English at work Grammar: simple present : her, she, it
Vocabulary: jobs and places of work
Pronunciation: 3rd person s; word and sentence stress

Practical English What time is it?
People on the street: What can you do? Do you like it? What time do you start and finish?

Review and Check What do you remember? What can you do?

Unit 4

A. Do you like mornings? Grammar: adverbs of frequency, simple present
Vocabulary: a typical day

Pronunciation: sentence stress

B. Life at the top of the world Grammar: word order in questions; question words
Vocabulary: common verbs 2
Pronunciation: /ɛr/, /a/, /aʊ/, and /y/

C. You can't park here Grammar: can/can't: permission and possibility
Vocabulary: common verbs 2
Pronunciation: sentence rhythm

Practical English How much is it?
People on the street: Where do you usually have lunch?
What do you have? How much is it?

Review and Check What do you remember? What can you do?

Unit 5

A. Before they were famous...

B. A perfect day?

C. It changed my life?

Practical English What's the date today?
When's your birthday? What did you do your last birthday?

Review & Check What do you remember? What can you do?

Unit 6

A. On an islands in Alaska

B. Dream town?

C. Strangers on a train

Practical English What do you think of it?
People on the street: What's the last movie you saw? What did you think of it?

Unit 7

A. What are they doing?

B. Trip of a lifetime

C. What's going to happen?

Practical English Is there a bank near here?
People on the street: Is there a/an...near here?

Review and Check What do you remember? What can you do?

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System requirements for accompanying disc: (Mac) Power PC or Intel Processor; 64 MB RAM; Mac OS X 10.3.