INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS TEACHER'S GUIDE with 'can do' statements

UPPER INTERMEDIATE
UNIT GRAMMAR VOCABULARY WORK SKILLS FUNCTIONS
1 Social media
My students can … use present, past, and future tenses to talk talk about language proficiency at work use conversational strategies to keep a introduce themselves and other people in
about communication at work form words with prefixes conversation going different situations
Examples Old technologies … still have an important impractical, multitasking, indirect Really? That's interesting. Your name was given to me by a colleague
role in the workplace. What about you, have you …? of mine.
Modern businesses will increasingly need a I don't think you know each other, do you?
social media presence …
Video A profile of LA food trucks, including their
social media marketing strategy
Photocopiable resources Activity to plan a street vendor business Group activity to discuss a new company Activity to rewrite a conversation to make Activity to discuss appropriate social
using present, past, and futures tenses language policy it flow better behaviour in different countries

2 Resources
My students can … use the Present Perfect and Present talk about rules and limits write a report check and clarify
Perfect Continuous to connect the past and
the present
Examples The land has been covered with huge restrict, regulate, protection, ban This report describes … Is that clear?
greenhouses. Firstly …, Secondly …, Thirdly …, Are you saying …?
They have been farming … on the land for What I mean is ...
centuries.
Video A focus on the problem of overfishing in
the EU and the rules and limits imposed to
resolve this
Photocopiable resources Activity matching information about two Card game to practise talking about rules Activity to conduct a survey and write a Group activity discussing a new office
famous people, then role-playing an and limits report about the results design to practise checking and clarifying
interview using Perfect tenses
3 Work-life balance
My students can … use relative clauses to talk about quality of talk about breaks at work give dynamic presentations hedge, contrast, and generalize
life and happiness in different countries form nouns and adjectives using suffixes
make collocations with work and job

Examples The countries which the survey revealed to enjoyment, necessity, productive, social Here you can see a shot I took … It seems that …
be least happy were Togo and Tanzania. workstation, job centre I love how the colours merge ‒ the yellow, Having said that …
Puerto Rico, which has a relatively low white, and grey. On the whole ...
income per head, is near the top of the
happiness index.

Video Real people answering the questions:

What makes you happy? Which countries
do you think are happy countries? What
prevents you from being happy? How
important are friends and family to your
happiness? If you could change one thing
about your life, what would it be?

Photocopiable resources Sentence completion activity to practise Activity to complete a survey about job Activity to give a PechaKucha presentation Hold a meeting to discuss bad hotel
using relative clauses satisfaction reviews to practise hedging, contrasting,
and generalizing
4 Providing a service
My students can … use narrative tenses (Past Simple, Past talk about giving money to charity write an assertive email handle complaints
Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect use gerunds and infinitives
Continuous) to talk about past situations

Examples Wrigglesworth stood up and started Karl decided to sell his farmhouse … I'd like to talk this through … I'm very sorry about that.
collecting money. Ord says he can continue giving away the I appreciate that ... I'm sure we can sort this out.
She had arrived at the station …. same amount …
While the woman was recovering from her
ordeal …
Video A documentary about philanthropy,
including a profile of New Earswick, a
garden village in North Yorkshire
Photocopiable resource A‒B activity to complete a news story to Activity to give a presentation about a Role-play activity to practise being Activity to practise handling customer
practise using narrative tenses charity to practise gerunds and infinitives assertive in different situations complaints

5 Looking into the future

My students can … talk about the future of tourism using will , talk about the Chinese holiday market describe graphs discuss problems and solutions
going to, would, Future Perfect, and using future expressions
Future Continuous
Examples Venice will be nothing more than a be due to, be on the verge of, plan to Unemployment has fallen gradually. The main problem is …
museum. There has been a slight fall in … One solution would be to ...
This problem is going to get worse.
A profile of the Great Barrier Reef with a
focus on the problems caused by mass
tourism and climate change
Photocopiable resources Activity to discuss past predictions to A‒B activity role-playing an interview A‒B activity to practise describing graphs Mingling activity to practise finding
practise using future tenses about a space resort to practise using solutions to problems
future expressions
6 Developing a career
My students can … talk about job recruitment using talk about working abroad use SMART criteria to set objectives discuss career paths
Conditionals
Examples If candidates only applied with a CV …, we earning potential, first-hand experience, Notify trainees two weeks in advance of Working in the USA would be fantastic.
wouldn't get a full picture. tax benefits courses starting. I wish I could speak another language.
We couldn't have done that, if we'd only
had application forms.
Video A documentary about the benefits of
cycling to work, including an interview with
Ry Morgan from PleaseCycle
Photocopiable resource Activity to complete a quiz to practise Card game to practise verb + noun A‒B activity to practise using SMART Role-play to practise giving advice about
using Conditionals collocations, then role-play a conversation criteria to set objectives working abroad
about relocation abroad
7 Art for art's sake
My students can … use reported speech to express other talk about buying works of art using chair an effective meeting give feedback using the 'feedback
people's ideas, comments, and opinions reporting verbs sandwich' method
Examples One of the artist's close friends said that … advise, suggest, explain, remind Could you start us off with the first item? I am very pleased with …
Beltracchi was an extremely talented Do you have any thoughts on this, Will? We need to look at one aspect of …
painter.
Video A documentary about the theft of the
Mona LIsa from the Louvre in Paris
Photocopiable resources Sentence completion activity to practise A‒B activity completing a conversation to Role-play to practise taking part in an Activity to practise giving feedback
using reported speech practise using reporting verbs effective meeting
8 Unique selling points
My students can … talk about unusual restaurants using talk about advertisements use signposting and transitions to signal recommend and respond to
Passive forms the stages of a presentation recommendations
Examples It is staffed by blind or partially-sighted product placement, flyer, billboard First of all, let's look at … A I highly recommend …
people. niche market, market share, brand loyalty As I mentioned in my opening … B That sounds really interesting.
The foundation had the inside of an old
church converted ...
Video An interview with an experimental
psychologist answering questions about
multisensory stimulation and his current
research
Photocopiable resources A‒B activity completing a text about Role-play activity to decide on an Activity to give a presentation on guerilla Card game to practise making
unusual dinners to practise using Passive advertising strategy for a product marketing using signposting phrases recommendations
forms
9 Collaboration
My students can … talk about collaborative consumption to talk about quantity write an email giving clear feedback emphasize and disagree politely
practise using articles
Examples There's a site called Swap.com. a selection of, the rest of, a team of I agree that the layout looks good. A What we really need to do is …
You mean on the internet? I'd like to point out how long this would B I see your point, but ...
take.
Video A history of the Manhattan High Line and
its redevelopment
Photocopiable resources Activity to swap old things for new things A‒B activity choosing a new store space to Activity to rewrite a email to make it Card game to practise emphasizing and
to practise using articles practise quantity vocabulary clearer, and then write a reply disagreeing politely
10 Customer choice
My students can … use modal and related verbs to talk about talk about consumer choice write an email making or responding to a negotiate
ability, permimssion, advice, and to advise, use phrasal verbs request
criticize, or express regret
Examples You mustn't tell anyone the password. take in, weigh up, cut back, put off Would it be possible to …? A How does 10% off the standard price
You should have told me earlier. I'd really like to help, but I'm afraid ... sound?
B Well, $90 is rather more than we were
hoping for.
Video A history of HMV and the reasons for its
decline
Photocopiable resources Game to practise using modal and related Question completion activity to practise Activity putting the lines of an email in the A‒B activity to practise negotiating an
verbs using phrasal verbs right order, and then writing a reply agreement by email

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