"Find everything your students need to succeed in the New Language Leader Coursebook: 12 units that cover grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking, study skills and writing.

The Coursebook offers a variety of material on contemporary issues that will help students negotiate academic life successfully.

Scenarios give students the opportunity to apply language in real-life situations and develop valuable communication skills.

Study Skills sections, with videos, provide useful tips and training for a successful academic life.

“Meet the Expert” videos develop listening skills and provide inspiring topics for discussion.

Exam practice is embedded in each unit to prepare students for high-stakes tests such as IELTS and PTE Academic. This makes the New Language Leader Coursebook the ideal material to ensure students’ success." (Publisher's Website)

CONTENTS

Unit 1 - CITIES

GRAMMAR: To be - There is / there are (+ any)

VOCABULARY: Cities - Adjectives - Places in a city - More Places in a city - Adjectives - Linkers: and

READING: 10 facts about my city - Understanding main points - Famous cities - City focus: Cambridge - City fact file: Toronto

LISTENING: Understanding context - Conversation between a teacher and a student - TV programme: I love my city - Describing the centre of Cambridge

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Describe cities - Find out about different cities - Contractions - Schwa

SCENARIO:
Key language: saying where places are
Task: using a map
Scenario: describing where places are in a town

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write about your city or town
Study skills: using your dictionary
Writing skills: a city description

VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Adam Gadsby, an international publisher, about interesting cities

Unit 2 - WORK AND STUDY

GRAMMAR: Present simple - Present simple questions

VOCABULARY: Jobs and places of work - At university - At work

READING: People at work - Identifying speakers - University website - Identifying audience - Job advert - CV

LISTENING: Interview with a student about her life and habits - Information about a job

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talk about yourself and your studies/job - Interview other students about their lives - Word stress

SCENARIO:
Key language: asking for information
Task: describing jobs
Scenario: finding out about different jobs

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write about students in a survey - Capital letters Study skills: using your dictionary
Writing skills: a CV

VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Chris Holt, a pilot, about his working and home lives

Unit 3 - NATURE

GRAMMAR: Question words - Adverbs of frequency - Pronouns: it and they

VOCABULARY: Verbs connected with water - Adjectives - Classroom objects - Linkers

READING: What do you know about water? - Job advert and two job profiles - Information on three charities

LISTENING: Predicting TV interview about deserts - Discussion about organising a weekend of fund-raising events

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Find out facts about water - Ask about routines and habits - Showing interest - Classroom instructions - Asking about words

SCENARIO:
Key language: making suggestions
Task: making and responding to suggestions
Scenario: organising fund-raising events

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write about someone's routines and habits
Study skills: classroom language
Writing skills: a description of a process

VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Dave Stevenson, a wildlife photographer, photographing animals

Unit 4 - LEISURE TIME

GRAMMAR: Articles - Can, can't

VOCABULARY: Using visual clues: Types of film - Leisure activities, sports - Holiday resorts - Large numbers - Fractions and percentages - Approximation

READING: World Cinema website - Scanning for information: Health club leaflet - Using topic knowledge: Charts showing statistics of participation in sports

LISTENING: Interviews with two members of a health club - Asking a travel agent for more information on a resort

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing preferences - Interview about ability - Weak or strong vowel - Linked sounds

SCENARIO:
Key language: asking for information (2), saying 'no' politely
Task: describing places and facilities
Scenario: at a travel agent's

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING:
Study skills: working with numbers
Writing skills: a description of a table or bar chart

VIDEO: Meet the expert: interview with Lynda Myles, a film producer and lecturer, about Martin Scorsese

Unit 5 - TRANSPORT

GRAMMAR: Comparative adjectives - Superlative adjectives

VOCABULARY: Transport - Travel - Linkers: but

READING: Speed of transport - Big, bigger, best: urban transport around the world

LISTENING: Three people talking about how they get around their cities - Phone conversation booking a plane ticket

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talking about getting around a town/city - Collaboration - Vowel sounds - Stress in compound nouns

SCENARIO:
Key language: buying a ticket
Task: booking a flight
Scenario: at a ticket agency

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write a paragraph about transport and travelling around your town/city - Self-evaluation
Study skills: planning your written work
Writing skills: description (a transport system)

VIDEO: Meet the expert: interview with Chloe Couchman, an expert on London tourism, about getting around a famous city

Unit 6 - FOOD

GRAMMAR: Countable and uncountable nouns - Some and any - Much, many, a lot of

VOCABULARY: Food and drink

READING: Super food: do you eat it? - Understanding reference - My great food adventure

LISTENING: Interview about South African food culture - Phone order for conference catering

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talking about food and drink - Long turn talking: talking about food culture - Intonation

SCENARIO:
Key language: requests and offers
Task: making an order
Scenario: conference catering

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write about your country's food culture - Making mistakes - Spelling - Judging interest - Commas in lists Study skills: correcting your writing
Writing skills: a restaurant review

VIDEO: Meet the expert: interview with Nikita Gulham, an Indian food expert, about Indian food traditions

Unit 7 - SHOPPING

GRAMMAR: Present continuous (1): affirmatives and negatives - Present continuous (2): questions

VOCABULARY: Shops and shopping (1): verbs - Shops and shopping (2): nouns - Linkers: because and so

READING: What kind of shopper are you? - Assigning headings - The changing face of stores - Using visual clues

LISTENING: Five short conversations in shopping situations - Discussion about online shopping

SPEAKING/PRONUNCATION: Discussion about shopping - Interview someone about shopping - Considering trends - Stressed words - Choosing images - Avoiding mistakes - Making notes - Linked sounds

SCENARIO:
Key language: giving advantages and disadvantages
Task: describing locations
Scenario: opening a shop

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Informal language
Study skills: giving short, informal talk
Writing skills: informal writing (a customer review)

VIDEO: Study skills video - a student presentation about Harrods

Unit 8 - HISTORY AND CULTURE

GRAMMAR: Past simple of to be - Could, couldn't - It, this, these

VOCABULARY: Buildings - Verbs + prepositions - Past time phrases - Managing new vocabulary - Grouping words by meaning - Using word webs - Using pictures - Word building - Using Reading - Çatal Hüyük - All change! - Making deductions

LISTENING: Presentation about technology and cultural changes - Six short conversations with museum visitors

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Vowel sounds - Finding out about ancient civilisations - Comparing current ways of life with previous generations - Linked sounds

SCENARIO:
Key language: making polite requests
Task: finding out important information
Scenario: at a museum

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write about an ancient civilisation
Study skills: remembering new words
Writing skills: describing objects

VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Mark Weeden, a lecturer in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, about an ancient civilisation

Unit 9 - INVENTIONS

GRAMMAR: Past simple: regular and irregular verbs - Past simple: negative and question forms

VOCABULARY: Medical science - Linkers: at the same time and next

READING: Leonardo da Vinci: a man of art, a man of ideas, a man of inventions - Evaluating - Medical inventions

LISTENING: Radio interview about the MRI scanner - Researching the topic - Radio programme about favourite inventions

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Verb endings - Talking about last weekend - Talking about first experiences - Stressed words

SCENARIO:
Key language: giving reasons
Task: giving a short presentation
Scenario: everyday inventions

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write a short text about a historical figure - Making notes
Study skills: making notes while reading
Writing skills: a short biography

VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Odette Aguirre, an acupuncturist, about the benefits of acupuncture

Unit 10 - MONEY

GRAMMAR: Should, shouldn't - Have to, don't have to - Problem-solving

VOCABULARY: Money (nouns) - Money (verb phrases) - Introducing extra information - Linkers: that

READING: Poster advertising a talk about money safety for students - FAQs on loan company website - Profile of entrepreneur who took out a loan

LISTENING: Talk about money safety for students - Bank survey about money

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Giving advice - Evaluating: different business ideas - Stressed words

SCENARIO:
Key language: asking for and giving opinions
Task: doing an opinion survey
Scenario: survey about money

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write a reply to a student's problem
Study skills: making notes during a talk
Writing skills: formal writing (an online form)

VIDEO: Study skills video: a talk about bank accounts

Unit 11 - HOMES

GRAMMAR: Will, won't - Be going to

VOCABULARY: Compound nouns - Rooms and furniture - Directions - Linkers: at the same time and next

READING: Separate lives - Exploring the topic - A modern home, your dream home

LISTENING: Discussion about features of a smarthome - Phone call about renting a flat

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Contractions - Speculating: Talking about your lives in the future - Describing your home - Contractions - Explaining decisions: Designing your dream home - Stressed words

SCENARIO:
Key language: checking understanding
Task: asking for information about accommodation
Scenario: finding a flat

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING:
Study skills: examination skills
Writing skills: an informal email

VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Godson Egbo, an architect, about homes of the future

Unit 12 - TRAVEL

GRAMMAR: Present perfect - Present perfect and past simple

VOCABULARY: Using verbs as nouns (gerunds) - Adjectives

READING: Understanding reasons: Children of the wind - Discovering the world

LISTENING: Interview with a student about living abroad - Talk about a memorable building

SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Asking about experiences - Talking about holidays abroad

SCENARIO:
Key language: taking long turns
Task: recounting experiences
Scenario: around the world

STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Ways of practising English - Using technology to learn
Study skills: learning outside the classroom
Writing skills: a travel blog

VIDEO: Study skills video - a talk about using technology to learn English

Language reference

Meet the Expert

Communication Activities

Audioscripts

Irregular Verb List

Phonetic Charts

Level: Beginner / Pre-Intermediate (A1-A2+)