SMA 1
Module
1. All about you
• Asking and answering questions
• Present simple and continuous
2. Memory
• Past simple and continuous
• Used to
3. Around the world
• Comparatives and superlatives
• Phrases for comparing
4. Life stories
• Present perfect simple
• For, since and ago and present perfect continuous
5. Success
• Future forms
• Future clauses with if, when, etc
6. In The Media
• -ed/-ing adjectives
• The passive
7. Socialising
• Polite requests
• Will for offers and instant decisions
• Making generalizations
8. Things you can’t live without
• Defining relative clauses
• Quantifiers
9. Future society
• Making predictions
• Hypothetical possibilities with if
10. An amazing story
• Past perfect
• Reported speech
11. Rules and freedom
• Obligation and permission in the present
• Obligation and permission in the past
12. Dilemmas
• Could have, should have, would have
• Imaginary situations in the past with if
SMA 2
Module
1. Past and present
• Revision of verb forms
• Uses of auxiliaries
2. Life’s ups and downs
• Forming nouns and gerunds
• Forming adjectives
3. Adventures and mishaps
• Verb forms in the narrative
• Continuous aspect in other tenses
4. The Mind
• The Passive
• Have/get something done
5. Unusual achievements
• Perfect tenses in the past, present and future
• More about the Present perfect simple and continuous
6. Getting it right
• Use and non-use of articles
• Different ways of giving emphasis
7. Big events
• Relative clauses
• Quantifiers
8. Fame and fortune
• Gerund or infinitive ?
• Different infinitive and gerund forms
9. Mysteries, problems, oddities
• Modals and related verbs
• Past Modals
10. Getting together
• Review of future forms
• Future continuous and Future perfect
11. Interfering with nature
• Hypothetical situations in the present
• Hypothetical situations in the past
12. Media mania
• Reporting people’s exact words
• Verbs that summarise what people say
SMA 3
Module
1. Going Global
• What does globalization mean?
• The effects of globalization in one city
• Changing English in a changing world
• Words and phrases relating to globalization
2. Mixed emotions
• How would you feel?
• What makes you laugh?
• An actor’s first public performance
• Feelings (overjoyed, flabbergasted, etc)
3. How You Come Across
• The right way to behave
• Perfect behavior in an imperfect world
• Improving your communication skills
• Describing behavior (disrespectful, over the top, etc)
4. Mind, Body, and Spirit
• Body and spirit
• Complementary therapies
• Self-help book
• Health and well-being (allergic, dizzy spells, etc)
5. Learning For Life
• Education
• Education: fact or myth?
• What life skills should you learn at school?
• Education ( qualifications, vocational, etc)
6. In The Money
• Double your money!
• TV quiz shows
• The case of Stella Liebeck
• Words and phrases relating to money (broke, priceless, etc)
7. Living Together
• Who you live with
• Leaving home
• The Bluffer’s Guide to Men and Women
• Describing characteristics (grumpy, laid-back, etc)
8. A Question of Taste
• A question of taste
• Style icons
• You’re so vain
• Descriptive adjectives (contemporary, cluttered, etc)
9. 21st Century Lifestyles
• Work and play in the 21st century
• What didn’t come to pass
• The changing face of tourism
• Work, lifestyle, and health (teleworking, sedentary, epidemic, etc)
10. Truth and Lies
• Is it ever OK to lie ?
• The Unicorn in the garden
• How do you know when someone is lying?
• Truth and lies (testify, rumor, etc)
