WorldView 3 Scope and Sequence


Unit 1
Nice to see you again
Vocabulary
  • Parts of a conversation
Listening and Reading
  • Listening: Three people talking about what is happening in their lives
Grammar Focus
  • Present continuous for extended present
Pronunciation
  • Stress on important words in sentences
Speaking
  • Making small talk
Writing
  • Write a letter describing what is happening in your life

Unit 2
Why women iron
Vocabulary
  • Adjectives to describe a person's character
Listening and Reading
  • Reading: A review of a book about differences between men and women
Grammar Focus
  • Comparative adjectives; as ... as
Pronunciation
  • Weak forms: as, than
Speaking
  • Making comparisons
Writing
  • Compare a man and a woman (or a boy and a girl) you know well

Unit 3
Living in luxury
Vocabulary
  • Numbers
  • Hotel facilities
Listening and Reading
  • Listening: A conversation about making a reservation for a hotel room
Grammar Focus
  • Review: simple present statements and questions
Pronunciation
  • Stress in numbers in -teen and -ty
Speaking
  • Describing places
Writing
  • Write a postcard describing a luxury hotel

Unit 4
Allergic reactions
Vocabulary
  • Medical symptoms
Listening and Reading
  • Reading: A newspaper article about allergies
Grammar Focus
  • Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing
Pronunciation
  • -ed adjective endings
Speaking
  • Describing how you feel
Writing
  • Describe a bad cold or allergy and what you did to feel better

Review 1 (Units 1-4)

World of Music 1

Unit 5
A typical day
Vocabulary
  • Verb and noun combinations
Listening and Reading
  • Listening: An interview with a man who has an unusual job
Grammar Focus
  • Subject and object questions
Pronunciation
  • Locating the focus word in questions and answers
Speaking
  • Asking questions
Writing
  • Write an email telling about your typical day

Unit 6
It's absolutely true!
Vocabulary
  • Adjectives and intensifiers
Listening and Reading
  • Listening: A conversation about Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Grammar Focus
  • Review: simple past vs. past continuous
Pronunciation
  • Number of syllables and stress in words
Speaking
  • Telling stories
Writing
  • Write a true story about something that happened to you

Unit 7
Eating out
Vocabulary
  • Adjectives to describe restaurants and food
Listening and Reading
  • Reading: A restaurant review
Grammar Focus
  • too, enough
Pronunciation
  • Schwa // in weak syllables, as in polite
Speaking
  • Describing and giving opinions about food and restaurants
Writing
  • Write a note explaining what menu items to choose and avoid at a restaurant

Unit 8
It's a deal!
Vocabulary
  • Verb and noun combinations
Listening and Reading
  • Reading: An article about prenuptial agreements
Grammar Focus
  • Modals: have to/donââ¬â¢t have to, must, canââ¬â¢t for obligation and prohibition
Pronunciation
  • have to (hafta) and has to (hasta) in rapid speech
Speaking
  • Expressing obligation, no obligation, and pronunciation
Writing
  • Write an informal agreement about rules and obligations

Review 2 (Units 5-8)

Unit 9
The river
Vocabulary
  • Phrasal verbs related to tourism
Listening and Reading
  • Listening: A conversation between a travel agent and tourist about a river tour
Grammar Focus
  • Simple present and present continuous for future
Pronunciation
  • Linking in phrasal verbs
Speaking
  • Describing plans for a trip
Writing
  • Write an email telling a friend about plans for a tour

Unit 10
On the other hand
Vocabulary
  • Levels of difficulty
Listening and Reading
  • Reading: An article on some differences between left- and right-handed people
  • Listening: Two people talking about being left-handed
Grammar Focus
  • Modal verbs for ability
Pronunciation
  • can/can't and could/couldn't
Speaking
  • Describing abilities and challenges
Writing
  • Describe things you could and couldn't do with your non-dominant hand

Unit 11
Trading spaces
Vocabulary
  • Furniture
Listening and Reading
  • Reading: A summary of a TV program episode
  • Listening: People on a TV program reacting to changes in their living room
Grammar Focus
  • Present perfect for indefinite past
Pronunciation
  • Different pronunciations of letter a
Speaking
  • Talking about changes you can see
Writing
  • Write a letter describing recent changes in your home or life

Unit 12
A soccer fan's website
Vocabulary
  • Time expressions with in, on, at, or no preposition
Listening and Reading
  • Reading: A soccer fan's web page and travel plans
  • Listening: A conversation about travel arrangements
Grammar Focus
  • Modals: may, might, could for possibility
Pronunciation
  • Weak forms: prepositions
Speaking
  • Talking about possible future arrangements
Writing
  • Write an email telling a friend about possible future plans

Review 3 (Units 9-12)

World of Music 2

Unit 13
Green card
Vocabulary
  • Immigration
Listening and Reading
  • Reading: An immigration officer's interview notes
  • Listening: An immigration officer's interview
Grammar Focus
  • Review: present perfect with for and since
Pronunciation
  • Strong and weak forms of have and has; contracted has
Speaking
  • Talking about how long you have done something
Writing
  • Write a report drawing conclusions from two interviews

Unit 14
What's that noise?
Vocabulary
  • Sounds people make
Listening and Reading
  • Listening: A radio phone-in contest
Grammar Focus
  • Modals: must be, might be, can't be for deduction
Pronunciation
  • Reduced /t/ in might be, can't be, and must be
Speaking
  • Making deductions
Writing
  • Describe what someone does at a job without naming the job

Unit 15
Mumbai Soap
Vocabulary
  • Topics for TV soap operas
Listening and Reading
  • Reading: Summaries of three parts of a TV soap opera
Grammar Focus
  • will/won't for future
Pronunciation
  • Contractions with will
Speaking
  • Predicting the future
Writing
  • Predict an episode of a soap opera, a news story, or the result of a sports event

Unit 16
The message behind the ad
Vocabulary
  • Adjectives used in advertisements
Listening and Reading
  • Reading: An article giving people's reactions to TV ads
  • Listening: A interview with an advertising executive about creating different TV ads
Grammar Focus
  • Future real conditional
  • (If + simple present + will)
Pronunciation
  • Intonation in future real conditional sentences
Speaking
  • Talking about future possibilities
Writing
  • Propose ideas for an advertisement to sell a product

Review 4 (Units 13-16)

Unit 17
Willpower
Vocabulary
  • Phrasal verbs
Listening and Reading
  • Reading: A quiz to evaluate willpower
Grammar Focus
  • Verbs + gerund
  • Verbs + infinitive
Pronunciation
  • Weak forms of to in infinitives; blended wanna for want to
Speaking
  • Talking about changing habits
Writing
  • Write a letter describing recent changes in your work or personal life

Unit 18
Wave of the future
Vocabulary
  • Words related to new trends
Listening and Reading
  • Listening: A conversation about a woman's unusual job and how she does it
Grammar Focus
  • used to and would
Pronunciation
  • Blended pronunciation of used to (useta)
Speaking
  • Comparing past and present trends
Writing
  • Compare your lifestyle with that of your parents when they were your age

Unit 19
Made in the U.S.A.
Vocabulary
  • Materials
  • Possessions
Listening and Reading
  • Listening: Tourists talking about items in a shop on Fisherman's Wharf
Grammar Focus
  • Passive (simple present)
Pronunciation
  • Syllabic consonants (cotton, metal) with no vowel sound
Speaking
  • Describing where things come from
Writing
  • Describe a special item you bought on a trip or that someone gave you

Unit 20
At the movies
Vocabulary
  • Types of movies
Listening and Reading
  • Listening: An interview with an author of a book about movie facts
Grammar Focus
  • so, too, neither, (not) either
Pronunciation
  • Number of syllables and word stress patterns
Speaking
  • Talking about favorite movies
Writing
  • Describe what kinds of movies you and a friend or relative like and don't like

Review 5 (Units 17-20)

World of Music 3

Unit 21
How polite are you?
Vocabulary
  • Phrasal verbs with turn, switch, go
Listening and Reading
  • Reading: A quiz to evaluate responses to annoying situations
Grammar Focus
  • Modals: Could you, Would you, Would you mind . . .? for polite requests
Pronunciation
  • Weak forms and linking: could you, would you
Speaking
  • Making or responding to requests
Writing
  • Describe an annoying situation and what you did about it

Unit 22
The art of crime
Vocabulary
  • Words related to crime
Listening and Reading
  • Listening: A story about the theft of a famous painting
Grammar Focus
  • Passive (simple past)
Pronunciation
  • Stress and rhythm in passive sentences
Speaking
  • Describing a crime
Writing
  • Write a newspaper article about a real or imaginary crime

Unit 23
A balanced life
Vocabulary
  • Expressions with take
Listening and Reading
  • Listening: Two people discussing exercise
Grammar Focus
  • Review: verbs for likes/dislikes followed by gerund and/or infinitive
Pronunciation
  • Consonant clusters (stand, play, sports)
Speaking
  • Discussing work and after-work activities
Writing
  • Write an email about your efforts to balance work and play

Unit 24
Digital age
Vocabulary
  • Technical equipment
Listening and Reading
  • Reading: An article about digital TV
Grammar Focus
  • Relative clauses with that, which, who, where
Pronunciation
  • Stress in nouns and noun phrases
Speaking
  • Describing people, places, and things
Writing
  • Describe different kinds of technical equipment you would like to have

Review 6 (Units 21-24)

Unit 25
Arranged marriages
Vocabulary
  • Wedding party; expressions with get
Listening and Reading
  • Listening: Two friends discussing a movie about arranged marriages
Grammar Focus
  • It's + adjective/noun + infinitive to express opinion
Pronunciation
  • Different pronunciations of /t/ linked to a following word
Speaking
  • Talking about relationships
Writing
  • Write an email giving advice about a marriage problem

Unit 26
Money matters
Vocabulary
  • Money and banks
Listening and Reading
  • Reading: A web page for an online banking service
Grammar Focus
  • Verbs with two objects
Pronunciation
  • Weak pronunciation of object pronouns
Speaking
  • Talking about money
Writing
  • Write a letter explaining how you would spend one million dollars

Unit 27
Less is more
Vocabulary
  • Waste, use, spend, save + noun
Listening and Reading
  • Listening: An interview with an author who gives advice on how to find balance in life
Grammar Focus
  • Review: should/shouldn't, could, ought to for advice
Pronunciation
  • Reduced forms of should/could/ought to
Speaking
  • Giving advice
Writing
  • Write a letter giving advice to a friend or relative about a problem

Unit 28
Celebrate
Vocabulary
  • Words related to parties
Listening and Reading
  • Reading: An ad for a contest to celebrate a magazine's 100th edition
Grammar Focus
  • Present unreal conditional
  • (If + simple past + would + verb)
Pronunciation
  • Contracted and weak forms of would in rapid speech
Speaking
  • Talking about imaginary situations
Writing
  • Write an invitation to a party

Review 7 (Units 25-28)

World of Music 4

Information for pair and group work

Grammar reference

Vocabulary