What does the course cover? The programme of study

On the Wolsey Hall Year 7 English as a Second Language course you will work your way through nine modules which follow the Cambridge Lower Secondary Curriculum, using the Cambridge Global English textbook as your core course book. You will develop your spelling, punctuation and grammar skills throughout the course.

The Wolsey Hall Year 7 English as Second Language course follows the Cambridge Lower Secondary English as a Second Language curriculum.

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Before Module One, there is an introductory Welcome call with your tutor.

Module One: Making connections	Coursebook Pages
Topic One (1.1): Meeting and greeting Use words and phrases for meeting and greeting. Talk and write about meeting and greeting in your culture.	Pages 20-21
Topic Two (1.2): It’s better to give than to receive Read and understand a text about famous gifts in history. Use the past simple, regular and irregular.	Pages 22-23
Topic Three (1.3): What should I give? Listen to and understand information and opinions in a radio interview. Ask for and give ideas and opinions.	Pages 24-25
Topic Four (1.4): You and your family Listen to a description of a family and write about your own family. Use apostrophes ‘s and s’ (my father’s brother, my grandparents’ early lives).	Pages 26-27
Topic Five (1.5): Family history Read about people tracing their ancestors. Use which/that, who and whose in defining relative clauses.	Pages 28-29
Topic Six (1.6): You and your school Listen to students talking about what they’ve done at school. Ask and answer questions about what you’ve done at school this term.	Pages 30-31
Topic Seven (1.7): Improve your writing Write an account of your first weeks at Wolsey Hall Oxford for the company website.	Pages 32-33
Topic Eight (1.8): Fiction	Pages 36-37
ASSIGNMENT 1A and ASSIGNMENT 1B

Module Two: Time to celebrate	Coursebook Pages
Topic One (2.1): Happy New Year! Learn about New Year celebrations. Use time phrases (on New Year’s Eve, at midnight, …).	Pages 42-43
Topic Two (2.2): Three festivals Compare three festivals.	Pages 44-45
Topic Three (2.3): Welcoming the spring Learn about two spring festivals. Use compound adjectives in descriptions (fur-lined, snow-covered, …).	Pages 46-47
Topic Four (2.4): Special occasions Describe special occasions. Learn words and phrases to describe people’s ages.	Pages 48-49
Topic Five (2.5): Starting out in life Learn about early years traditions in Japan and parts of Africa. Use who, which and whose in non-defining relative clauses.	Pages 50-51
Topic Six (2.6): April Fools’ Day Describe April Fools’ Day traditions. Use participle adjectives (amazed, amazing) and idiomatic language (by the way).	Pages 52-53
Topic Seven (2.7): Improve your writing Write a description of an event for a partner school.	Pages 54-55
Topic Eight (2.8): Poetry	Pages 58-59
ASSIGNMENT 2

Module Three: What we wear, what we waste	Coursebook Pages
Topic One (3.1): My style Use vocabulary for clothes and parts of clothes, and use verbs to do with clothes. Use multi-word verbs (put on, do up, try on) to talk about what you wear.	Pages 64-65
Topic Two (3.2): How stylish were the Ancient Egyptians Learn about clothes, accessories and materials from the past.	Pages 66 -77
Topic Three (3.3): Clothes and you Talk about clothes and their significance. Use idiomatic expressions to talk about clothes.	Pages 68-69
Topic Four (3.4): Think globally, act locally Learn vocabulary for environmental issues. Discuss ways of protecting the environment using modal verbs and have (got) to, ought to, need to.	Pages 70-71
Topic Five (3.5): Don’t waste it! Find out how waste materials can be reused. Use the present passive with modals (shoes can be made from plastic bottles).	Pages 72-73
Topic Six (3.6): Reduce, reuse, recycle Give a short speech about an environmental problem.	Pages 74-75
Topic Seven (3.7): Improve your writing Write a letter about an important local issue.	Pages 76-77
Topic Eight (3.8): Poetry	Pages 80-81
NO ASSIGNMENT – A LONGER QUIZ INSTEAD

Module Four: From A to B	Coursebook Pages
Topic One (4.1): Getting around Read about and discuss transport systems around the world. Learn vocabulary to talk about transport (passenger, fare,…).	Pages 86-87
Topic Two (4.2): By water, rail and road Learn about the history of public transport. Use the past simple passive to talk about transport.	Pages 88-89
Topic Three (4.3): Going places Listen to and summarise an interview with a boy who lives in Morocco. Talk about how you and people you know travel around.	Pages 90-91
Topic Four (4.4): Two cities Use a variety of adjectives to describe a city (attractive, crowded …). Compare cities using not as + adjective as, much (more) + adjective … than.	Pages 92-93
Topic Five (4.5): Cities for life Read and talk about improving the quality of life in cities. Use the comparative form of regular adverbs with (much) more… than, not as … as and far less … than.	Pages 94-95
Topic Six (4.6): Venice: A beautiful city in danger Learn about how Venice was built and why it is in danger. Talk about Venice by reconstructing what you’ve heard.	Pages 96-97
Topic Seven (4.7): Improve your writing Write a guide to your home town or city.	Pages 98-99
Topic Eight (4.8): Song lyrics	Pages 102-103
ASSIGNMENT 3A and ASSIGNMENT 3B

Module Five: The great outdoors	Coursebook Pages
Topic One (5.1): A school trip Use words and phrases for outdoor equipment and activities. Talk about going on a school trip using -ing forms (putting up a tent is easy, …).	Pages 108-109
Topic Two (5.2): The power of nature Read about the connection between nature and well-being. Discuss and evaluate a theory about the benefits of spending time in the outdoors.	Pages 110-111
Topic Three (5.3): Finding your way Discuss the skills and equipment you might need for hiking. Role-play a conversation in which you have to work out what to do in a difficult situation.	Pages 112-113
Topic Four (5.4): The land of adventure Find out and talk about outdoor activities in New Zealand. Ask and answer questions about doing particular outdoor activities.	Pages 114 -115
Topic Five (5.5): The land of the long white cloud Read and talk about New Zealand. Write a fact file about Australia.	Pages 116 -117
Topic Six (5.6): Alana goes to New Zealand Put the stages of a journey into the correct order. Talk about future plans.	Pages 118 -119
Topic Seven (5.7): Improve your writing Write an advert for outdoor activities in your country.	Pages 120 -121
Topic Eight (5.8): Fiction	Pages 124 -125
NO ASSIGNMENT – A LONGER QUIZ INSTEAD

Module Six: Sports and games	Coursebook Pages
Topic One (6.1): The language of sport Talk about sport, sportspeople and the equipment they use.	Pages 130-131
Topic Two (6.2): Getting to the top Learn about the qualities needed to succeed in sport (strength, determination).	Pages 132-133
Topic Three (6.3): Sport for all Talk about the value of the Paralympic Games using pronouns such as everyone, everything, no one.	Pages 134-135
Topic Four (6.4): The final score Learn the vocabulary needed to describe a game of football. Role-play a quiz about a football match.	Pages 136-137
Topic Five (6.5): The ancient Olympics Learn about the ancient Olympics. Find information about the modern Olympic Games and compare them with the ancient Olympics.	Pages 138-139
Topic Six (6.6): Racing to win Listen to opinions about animals in sports. Talk about whether it is fair to use animals in sports.	Pages 140-141
Topic Seven (6.7): Improve your writing Write a profile of a sportsperson.	Pages 142-143
Topic Eight (6.8): Fiction	Pages 146-147
ASSIGNMENT 4

Module Seven: Success	Coursebook Pages
Topic One (7.1): At work Learn and use vocabulary for jobs. Describe what people do in their jobs.	Pages 152-153
Topic Two (7.2): Making science work Read and talk about how science can improve people’s lives. Use adjectives followed by prepositions (good at, proud of).	Pages 154-155
Topic Three (7.3): A young entrepreneur Listen to people with disabilities talking about problems in everyday life. Use adjectives followed by the infinitive (happy to try something new).	Pages 156-157
Topic Four (7.4): What are you like? Use adjectives to describe personality. Use verbs followed by -ing.	Pages 158-159
Topic Five (7.5): Making history Read about and discuss the success of a young rider. Use verbs followed by the infinitive	Pages 160-161
Topic Six (7.6): Personality quiz Listen to people answering a personality quiz Ask and answer questions in a personality quiz	Pages 162-163
Topic Seven (7.7): Improve your writing Write a profile of yourself	Pages 164-165
Topic Eight (7.8): Autobiography	Pages 168-169
NO ASSIGNMENT – A LONGER QUIZ INSTEAD

Module Eight: In the news	Coursebook Pages
Topic One (8.1): A school magazine Listen to and talk about what’s in a school magazine. Use the present perfect for events in the recent past.	Pages 174-175
Topic Two (8.2): What’s in the news? Learn about the early history of news. Discuss how news reporting has changed.	Pages 176-177
Topic Three (8.3): Can it be true? Read news stories and decide whether they are true or false.	Pages 178-179
Topic Four (8.4): A human interest story Learn and use expressions connected with social media. Use quantifiers to compare people (both, each other, either, neither).	Pages 180-181
Topic Five (8.5): What are the facts? Understand information in a newspaper article. Use complex noun phrases.	Pages 182-183
Topic Six (8.6): A dramatic event Identify implied meaning in a newspaper article. Use the past continuous to describe a dramatic event (Ben was snowboarding…).	Pages 184-185
Topic Seven (8.7): Improve your writing Write a newspaper report.	Pages 186-187
Topic Eight (8.8): Autobiography	Pages 190-191
ASSIGNMENT 5A and ASSIGNMENT 5B

Module Nine: The digital world	Coursebook Pages
Topic One (9.1): Keeping in touch Use reported speech: statements and questions. Learn words and expressions for digital communication.	Pages 196-197
Topic Two (9.2): A restaurant with a difference Read an article about an unusual restaurant. Use words and expressions to do with technology.	Pages 198-199
Topic Three (9.3): Time well spent? Ask and answers questions in a survey. Use pronouns such as nobody, a few.	Pages 200-201
Topic Four (9.4): Zoom in! Give exact, detailed instructions in a logical order. Use multi-word verbs switch on, hold on, type in.	Pages 202-203
Topic Five (9.5): Farming for the future Find out about technology in farming. Use clauses with if and unless.	Pages 204-205
Topic Six (9.6): Doing without digital Listen to someone talking about a challenge. Learn words and phrases that are useful in conversation.	Pages 206-207
Topic Seven (9.7): Improve your writing Give a presentation about the advantages of using digital devices.	Pages 208-209
Topic Eight (9.8): Non-fiction	Pages 212-213
ASSIGNMENT 6