WorldView 2 Scope and Sequence

Unit 1
It's the weekend!
Vocabulary	Weekend activities
Listening and Reading	Listening: An interview about how people around the world spend their weekends
Grammar Focus	Review and expansion: simple present and adverbs of frequency
Pronunciation	Sentence rhythm/stress
Speaking	Talking about how often you do things
Writing	Describe your weekend routines and activities

Unit 2
Excuses, excuses
Vocabulary	Parts of the body Illnesses and injuries
Listening and Reading	Listening: A phone conversation between an employee who can't go to work and his boss
Grammar Focus	Linking words: and, so, but
Pronunciation	Intonation in sentences
Speaking	Apologizing and making excuses
Writing	Write email messages apologizing and giving excuses

Unit 3
A life of achievement
Vocabulary	Life events
Listening and Reading	Reading: A Life of Achievement, a magazine article about Oprah Winfrey
Grammar Focus	Talking about past events
Pronunciation	Simple past: regular and irregular verbs
Speaking	-ed simple past ending
Writing	Describe an important time or event in your life

Unit 4
Travel with English
Vocabulary	Countries and continents Travel
Listening and Reading	Reading: An article about a travel writer's dream vacation
Grammar Focus	Be going to for future
Pronunciation	Stress in names of countries
Speaking	Talking about plans
Writing	Write a letter to a friend about a trip you plan to take

Review 1 (Units 1-4)

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Unit 5
Culture shock
Vocabulary	Social etiquette
Listening and Reading	Listening: A conversation about business etiquette in the United States
Grammar Focus	Modals: should and shouldn't for advice
Pronunciation	Weak and strong forms: should, shouldn't
Speaking	Giving advice
Writing	Write an email giving advice to a friend on what he or she should or shouldn't do while visiting your country

Unit 6
Party time!
Vocabulary	Planning parties
Listening and Reading	Listening: A conversation between a party planner and a client
Grammar Focus	Expressions for making suggestions
Pronunciation	Intonation: focus words
Speaking	Making suggestions
Writing	Write email messages giving suggestions and advice about parties

Unit 7
First impressions
Vocabulary	Words to describe physical appearance
Listening and Reading	Listening: A conversation between friends about two people's physical appearance
Grammar Focus	be and have with descriptions
Pronunciation	Weak forms: and, or
Speaking	Describing people
Writing	Describe the physical appearance of a friend, family member, or famous person

Unit 8
At the movies
Vocabulary	Words related to the movies
Listening and Reading	Reading: An article about three people's opinions of memorable movies
Grammar Focus	say and tell
Pronunciation	Consonant clusters
Speaking	Talking about movies
Writing	Write a movie review

Review 2 (Units 5-8)

Unit 9
What would you like?
Vocabulary	Words related to eating at a restaurant
Listening and Reading	Listening: A conversation between a waiter and two customers ordering food on the menu
Grammar Focus	would like/like, would prefer/prefer
Pronunciation	Weak and strong forms: would, wouldn't
Speaking	Ordering food and drinks in a restaurant
Writing	Write a memo describing the food and drink items for a menu

Unit 10
Big issues
Vocabulary	Global issues
Listening and Reading	Reading: Brave New World, Arthur Clarke's 1967 article on the web of his predictions about the year 2000
Grammar Focus	will for predicting
Pronunciation	Word stress
Speaking	Making predictions
Writing	Create a web page that makes five predictions about the year 2050

Unit 11
Hard work
Vocabulary	Activities related to work
Listening and Reading	Reading: Nine to Five, an article describing one day in the life of a pizza delivery person
Grammar Focus	have to/don't have to
Pronunciation	have to (hafta) and has to (hasta)
Speaking	Describing jobs
Writing	Describe a typical day in your ideal job

Unit 12
Island life
Vocabulary	Practical activities
Listening and Reading	Reading: An application from someone who wants to be on a reality TV show
Grammar Focus	Present perfect for indefinite past: ever, never
Pronunciation	Linking vowel to vowel (have you ever, has she ever)
Speaking	Talking about practical experience
Writing	Write a letter explaining why you should be on a reality TV show

Review 3 (Units 9-12)

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Unit 13
Keepsakes
Vocabulary	Possessions Phrasal verbs related to possessions
Listening and Reading	Listening: A conversation between a father and his young daughter about a trunk of keepsakes
Grammar Focus	Review: possessive 's, possessive adjectives/possessive pronouns belong to
Pronunciation	Stress and linking in phrasal verbs
Speaking	Talking about special possessions
Writing	Describe a keepsake that belongs to you or a family member

Unit 14
Tales of Nasreddin Hodja
Vocabulary	Adjectives describing feelings and behavior
Listening and Reading	Reading: Two Turkish folktales about Nasreddin Hodja
Grammar Focus	Adverbs of manner Comparative adverbs
Pronunciation	Stressed syllables and // in adverbs
Speaking	Describing actions
Writing	Write a short story or folktale that teaches something

Unit 15
Popular sports
Vocabulary	Sports
Listening and Reading	Listening: A TV report about popular sports in Canada
Grammar Focus	Verbs for likes/dislikes + noun/verb + -ing
Pronunciation	Stress to compare and contrast ideas
Speaking	Talking about sports you like doing
Writing	Explain why you like or dislike a sport

Unit 16
Food for thought
Vocabulary	Food
Listening and Reading	Listening: A radio show about some foods that are good or bad for you
Grammar Focus	Quantifiers: some, any, much, many, a lot of
Pronunciation	Vowel sounds: /u/ (food) and // (cookies)
Speaking	Talking about what you eat
Writing	Explain which foods are good and bad to eat, and why

Review 4 (Units 13-16)

Unit 17
A nice place to work
Vocabulary	Office practices
Listening and Reading	Listening: An interview about office practices in the United States
Grammar Focus	Modals: have to/had to for present and past necessity
Pronunciation	Weak and strong forms: to
Speaking	Talking about obligations
Writing	Write to an American friend about business practices in your country

Unit 18
Hollywood mystery
Vocabulary	Words related to police
Listening and Reading	Reading: A police report of the victims' statements about a robbery
Grammar Focus	Simple past and past in the past
Pronunciation	Weak forms: was and were continuous
Speaking	Describing activities in the past
Writing	Describe a memorable event in your life

Unit 19
Bargain hunters
Vocabulary	Stores and purchases
Listening and Reading	Listening: A game show contestant's description of her shopping trip
Grammar Focus	because, for, and infinitives of purpose
Pronunciation	Stress in compound words
Speaking	Giving reasons
Writing	Write an article about your favorite stores or restaurants and explain why you like to go there

Unit 20
A long run
Vocabulary	Words related to the theater
Listening and Reading	Reading: Articles about two successful plays, The Phantom of the Opera and The Mousetrap
Grammar Focus	a/an, the
Pronunciation	a, an, the in connected speech (pronunciation of a/an, pronunciation of the before a consonant sound and before a vowel sound)
Speaking	Talking about the theater
Writing	Summarize the story of the musical West Side Story

Review 5 (Units 17-20)

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Unit 21
Long life
Vocabulary	Time expressions
Listening and Reading	Reading: Life after 70, a newspaper article about three women over 70, who are still doing work they love
Grammar Focus	Present perfect: how long/for/since
Pronunciation	Voiced and voiceless // and //
Speaking	Talking about how long you have done something
Writing	Write an article that gives interesting facts about a person

Unit 22
Job share
Vocabulary	Words related to tasks in an office
Listening and Reading	Listening: A conversation about job sharing at a modeling agency
Grammar Focus	Modals for requests and offers
Pronunciation	Weak forms and blending: can, could, should, would
Speaking	Making and responding to requests and offers
Writing	Write an email asking your job partner do some tasks and offering to do others

Unit 23
Changing customs
Vocabulary	Things you customarily do
Listening and Reading	Reading: Shoes, an article about interesting old customs related to shoes
Grammar Focus	used to/didn't use to
Pronunciation	used to/use to (useta)
Speaking	Talking about past customs
Writing	Compare your life when you were a child with your life now

Unit 24
Take a risk
Vocabulary	Adventure sports
Listening and Reading	Listening: An interview about different sports two people have tried
Grammar Focus	Present perfect vs. simple past
Pronunciation	Word stress
Speaking	Talking about experiences
Writing	Describe your experience with adventure sports to complete an application

Review 6 (Units 21-24)

Unit 25
Real fighters
Vocabulary	Sports
Listening and Reading	Reading: The Greatest, an article about Muhammad Ali
Grammar Focus	could and be good at for past ability
Pronunciation	Weak and strong forms: could and couldn't
Speaking	Talking about abilities in the past
Writing	Describe a sport or other activity that you could do in the past

Unit 26
On the go
Vocabulary	Travel
Listening and Reading	Listening: A conversation about preparations for a trip
Grammar Focus	Present perfect: yet, already
Pronunciation	Contracted forms of have and has
Speaking	Saying what you've done so far
Writing	Describe what you have already done and what you haven't done yet to reach a goal

Unit 27
Behave yourself
Vocabulary	Verbs and their opposites
Listening and Reading	Reading: How do you behave?, a quiz to evaluate your behavior in various situations
Grammar Focus	Present factual conditional (If + simple present + simple present)
Pronunciation	Vowel sounds: // (give) and // (empty)
Speaking	Talking about consequences
Writing	Describe your behavior in a situation and explain why you behave that way

Unit 28
Just the job for you
Vocabulary	Job descriptions
Listening and Reading	Reading: Want ads for four different jobs
Grammar Focus	like + verb + -ing would like + infinitive
Pronunciation	The sound // (work, earn)
Speaking	Talking about job and career preferences
Writing	Write a want ad for a job you would like to have

Review 7 (Units 25-28)

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