Includes Language Reference and Extra Practice section, Communication Activities and Audioscripts.

"Language Leader is a general adult course that provides a thought-provoking and purposeful approach to learning English. With its engaging content and systematic skills work, it is the ideal course for students who want to express their ideas and develop their communicative abilities. It includes:
Motivating and informative texts which improve reading and listening skills
Scenario lessons that focus on key language and work towards a final communicative task
Systematic grammar and vocabulary practice with extensive recycling and frequent review units
A strong focus on study skills encouraging independent learning
A stimulating and comprehensive writing syllabus." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS

Unit 1 PERSONALITY
Grammar: Question forms, subject and object questions -- Present simple and present continuous
Vocabulary: Personality adjectives -- Prefixes
Reading: Encyclopedia entry about Carl Jung -- Internet article about Hideo Nakata -- Magazine article about charisma
Listening: Conversation about appearance and personality -- Radio interview with a psychologist
Speaking/Pronunciation: Discussing personalities -- Information gap -- Discussing charisma and personality -- Pronunciation: word stress
Scenario: Personality clash -- Key Language: giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing -- Task: choosing a new team member
Study & Writing skills: Taking notes while reading -- Symbols and abbreviations -- A comparative essay -- Linkers

Unit 2 TRAVEL
Grammar: Past Simple, regular and irregular verbs -- Present perfect simple and past simple; yet, already, before, never
Vocabulary: Travel expressions -- Phrasal verbs (1)
Reading: Magazine article about travel and tourism -- Articles about famous explorers -- Magazine article about Wilfred Thesiger -- Excerpt from Arabian Sands
Listening: Talk about travelling abroad -- Interview -- Lecture
Speaking/Pronunciation: Discussing travel -- Discussing past life events -- Discussing jobs -- Pronunciation: -ed endings -- Pronunciation: weak forms

Scenario: A study trip -- Key Language: discussing advantages and disadvantages, making suggestions -- Task: organising a study trip
Study & Writing skills: Taking notes while listening -- A biographical profile -- Time linkers

Unit 3 WORK
Grammar: Present perfect continuous -- Present perfect simple and continuous
Vocabulary: Work adjectives -- Expressions connected with time and work
Reading: Job advertisements -- Magazine article about homeworking -- Advice leaflet about job interviews
Listening: Monologues describing jobs -- Monologues about homeworking -- Conversation with a careers advisor -- Monologues about writing CVs
Speaking/Pronunciation: Discussing jobs -- Discussing what is important in a job -- Discussing homeworking -- Asking killer questions -- Pronunciation: correcting politely -- Pronunciation: contractions and weak forms
Scenario: Situation vacant -- Key Language: asking questions, giving answers -- Task: taking part in a job interview
Study & Writing skills: Organising ideas -- Paragraphs -- Organising a paragraph -- Covering letter and a curriculum vitae (CV)

REVIEW UNITS 1-3

Unit 4 LANGUAGE
Grammar: Future forms: will, going to, present continuous -- First conditional, time clauses
Vocabulary: Language learning, phrasal verbs (2) -- allow, permit, let
Reading: Advert for a language course -- News website about texting -- Excerpt about dying languages
Listening: Conversation about two students -- Radio interview about Gaelic
Speaking/Pronunciation: Discussing language -- Discussing texting and language in the future -- Debate - minority languages
Scenario: Language training -- Key Language: accepting and rejecting ideas, considering consequences -- Task: selecting an English language programme
Study & Writing skills: Describing tables and charts -- A report

Unit 5 ADVERTISING
Grammar: Second conditional -- Comparison: as...as, emphasizing difference and similarity
Vocabulary: Adjectives, advertising -- Advertising methods -- Word combinations
Reading: Opinions about advertising -- Magazine article about advertising -- Newspaper article about advertising to children
Listening: Monologues about advertisements -- Conversation about advertising techniques -- TV debate about advertising
Speaking/Pronunciation: Talking about adverts -- Describing and discussing photos -- Discussing using different media to advertise products -- Roleplay
Scenario: B-Kool soft drinks -- Key Language: the language of presentations -- Task: giving a formal presentation
Study & Writing skills: Using your dictionary -- A formal letter -- Dependent prepositions

Unit 6 BUSINESS
Grammar: Past continuous -- Past perfect
Vocabulary: Business terms and roles -- Business word combinations
Reading: Leaflet about business plans -- Business dilemmas -- Obituaries of business icons
Listening: Radio interview about setting up a business -- Conversation about a business idea
Speaking/Pronunciation: Pairwork - planning a business idea -- Discussing business dilemmas -- Talking about famous people's achievements -- Pronunciation: weak forms
Scenario: Sunglasses after dark -- Key Language: making offers, stating a position, bargaining -- Task: negotiating a deal
Study & Writing skills: Recognizing formal and informal language -- Beginning and ending letters and emails -- Writing emails

REVIEW UNITS 4-6

Unit 7 DESIGN
Grammar: Modals -- Modals: present deduction
Vocabulary: Word building, adjectives -- Abstract nouns
Reading; Extracts from a design book -- Encyclopedia entry about Raymond Loewy
Listening: Discussion about a product -- Conversations at a design museum -- Conversation with a teacher about written work
Speaking/Pronunciation: Discussing objects in the home -- Discussing designs -- Designing a new product -- Pronunciation: word stress
Scenario: Martelli design competition -- Key Language: describing qualities -- Task: evaluating design
Study & Writing skills: Editing and proofreading -- A report -- Linkers

Unit 8 EDUCATION
Grammar: Defining relative clauses -- Non-defining relative clauses
Vocabulary: Education and studying
Reading: News debate website about single-sex schools --- Encyclopedia entry about Maria Montessori -- Newspaper editorial about university fees
Listening: Monologue about a teacher -- 'Call my bluff' -- Monologue about worth of university -- Conversation about a course
Speaking/Pronunciation: Discussing education -- Describing a teacher -- Talking about educational systems
Scenario: Trouble at Lakeside -- Key Language: discussing possibilities and options -- Task: problem-solving
Study & Writing skills: Reading strategies -- Skimming - Scanning -- A formal letter -- Letter conventions

Unit 9 ENGINEERING
Grammar: The passive - Articles
Vocabulary: Word combinations
Reading: Publicity leaflet about females in engineering -- Article about asteroids hitting the Earth -- Articles about three superstructures
Listening: Radio interview with a woman engineer -- A talk
Speaking/Pronunciation: Discussing engineering achievements -- Passives quiz -- Discussing structures -- Designing a superstructure
Scenario: The Sky-High project -- Key Language: discussing options, making decisions -- Task: assessing a project
Study & Writing skills: Preparing for a talk -- Linkers -- Describing a process -- Using the passive

REVIEW UNITS 7-9

Unit 10 TRENDS
Grammar: Expressions of quantity -- Infinitives and -ing forms
Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs (3) -- Adjective order
Reading: Book review; Tipping point -- Magazine article about films and fashion -- Magazine article about life expectancy
Listening: Conversations between manager and shop assistant -- Advice on learning vocabulary
Speaking/Pronunciation: Talking about trends -- Discussing fashion and clothes -- Discussing work, health and society -- Pronunciation: stress -- Pronunciation: numbers
Scenario: Belleview -- Key Language: the language of meetings -- Task: participating in a meeting
Study & Writing skills: Recording and learning vocabulary -- Describing a trend -- Avoiding repetition

Unit 11 ARTS AND MEDIA
Grammar: Reported speech: statements and commands -- Reported speech: questions
Vocabulary: Words connected with the arts
Reading: Reviews -- Magazine article about media recluses -- Interview with Rageh Omar
Listening: Reviews -- Conversation about a job interview -- Beginnings of talks
Speaking/Pronunciation: Debate - how to spend an arts grant -- Discussing celebrities and the arts -- Describing a news event
Scenario: The silver screen -- Key Language: comparing and contrasting -- Task: choosing a film to produce
Study & Writing skills: Delivering a talk -- A report -- Making generalisations

Unit 12 CRIME
Grammar: Third conditional -- Past deduction; should have, shouldn't have
Vocabulary: Crime, technology, money -- Word combinations -- People in crime
Reading: Newspaper report about cyber crime -- Article about the psychology of crime -- Newspaper reports about bank robberies
Listening: Monologues by criminals -- Monologues about a robbery -- Lecture on home security -- Lecture on car security
Speaking/Pronunciation: Discussing crimes -- Discussing crimes and criminals -- Speculating about a crime
Scenario: You, the jury -- Key Language: presenting a case and discussing a verdict -- Task: discussing court cases
Study & Writing skills: Summarising -- A narrative using cause and effect -- Linkers

REVIEW UNITS 10-12

Language Reference and Extra Practice

Communication Activities

Audioscripts