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Grammar & Vocabulary Through Talking
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Grammar Focuses
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Vocabulary Items
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Games
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How Each Lesson Works

Every lesson gives you the grammar and vocabulary you need for a Speaking Pathway lesson. You'll practise through conversation, discover patterns, and play a game.

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Warm-Up Chat
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The Pattern
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Word Power
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The Game
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Wrap-Up & Recall

A2 Lessons

Building blocks for explaining, describing, and sharing opinions
A2
CT-19
How Things Work
Grammar: Imperatives, "you need to / have to", sequencing words
Vocab: Cooking verbs, tech verbs, instruction language
Game: The Instruction Game
 A2
CT-20
All About Me
Grammar: Present simple, past simple, opinion structures
Vocab: Life story verbs, experience phrases, opinion connectors
Game: The Interview Challenge

B1 Lessons

Thinking deeper, hedging, predicting, and structuring arguments
B1
CT-21
Big Questions
Grammar: Present perfect for depth, modals for possibility
Vocab: Abstract topics, thinking verbs, complex idea phrases
Game: The Deep Dive
 B1
CT-22
What's Going to Happen?
Grammar: The Certainty Scale, might vs could, "probably" placement
Vocab: Future/change words, prediction topics, hedging phrases
Game: The Prediction Game
 B1
CT-23
Building an Argument
Grammar: Linking words, contrast phrases, example markers
Vocab: Adding points, showing the other side, concluding
Game: The Structured Argument
 B1
CT-24
Checking You Understand
Grammar: Polite requests (could you...?), indirect questions, softening
Vocab: Request verbs, softening words, confusion phrases
Game: The Clarification Challenge
 B1
CT-25
Talking About Progress
Grammar: Present perfect for achievement, used to, comparatives
Vocab: Achievement verbs, self-assessment phrases, change words
Game: The Progress Interview
 B1
CT-26
Defining the Undefinable
Grammar: Relative clauses, gerunds as subjects, defining structures
Vocab: Abstract nouns, defining phrases, thinking verbs
Game: The Definition Game
 B1
CT-27
Seeing Both Sides
Grammar: Concessive clauses (although, while, despite, even though)
Vocab: Acknowledging phrases, perspective words, diplomatic language
Game: The Diplomat
 B1
CT-28
Weighing It Up
Grammar: Comparatives, "the more... the more...", evaluation structures
Vocab: Advantage/disadvantage words, weighing-up language
Game: The Weighing Game
 B1
CT-29
Saying It Differently
Grammar: Synonym swaps, structure changes, active↔passive, positive↔negative
Vocab: Adjective & verb synonyms, reformulation signpost phrases
Game: The Paraphrase Challenge
 B1
CT-30
Putting It All Together
Grammar: Discourse markers, signposting, topic shifting, depth markers
Vocab: Transition phrases, flow connectors, wrapping-up language
Game: The Integration Challenge
 B1
CT-31
The Soft No
Grammar: Modal softeners (would/could/might), question tags, softening adverbs
Vocab: Diplomatic phrases, softening language, polite challenge words
Game: The Soft Disagreement
 B1
CT-32
What's the Story?
Grammar: Modals for speculation (must/might/could/can't be), continuous forms
Vocab: Appearance words, scene/setting language, mood & atmosphere
Game: What's Going On?
 B1
CT-33
Prove It
Grammar: Cause-effect connectors, evidence structures, anecdote grammar
Vocab: Cause/effect words, evidence phrases, anecdote starters
Game: Back It Up

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