7 NA C1 2 Topic 4 Health & Welfare

It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it. (Hans Selye)

Grammar	Linking devices
Language Function	Describing symptoms & remedies
Listening	Stress + audio
Reading	Entrepreneurial anxiety
Speaking	Home remedies
Vocabulary	Injuries & health
Writing	Sleep deprivation

6 NA C1 1 Topic 4 Health & Welfare

When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change. (Annette Funicello)

Grammar	Modal auxiliaries
Language Function	Describing emergency treatments
Listening	Sports + audio 1  2  3
Reading	Exercise
Speaking	Longevity
Vocabulary	Physical issues
Writing	Anti-smoking

5 NI B2 2 Topic 4 Hurting & Healing

Investing in health will produce enormous benefits. (Gro Harlem Brundtland). 

Grammar	Participles
Language Function	Expressing likes & dislikes
Listening	Childhood obesity + audio
Reading	Sleep
Speaking	Healthy eating
Vocabulary	First aid
Writing	Medical care

4 NI B2 1 Topic 4 Food & Drink

Lord, give me coffee to change the things I can, and wine to accept the things I can't. (unknown)

Grammar	Cooking and eating
Language Function	Ordering drinks
Listening	That sounds delicious + audio 1 & 2
Reading	Tea
Speaking	Vegetarian food
Vocabulary	In the kitchen
Writing	Eating & drinking

3 NI B1 Topic 4 Health

The body is a sacred garment. (Martha Graham)

Grammar	Grammar antics
Language Function	Describing symptoms
Listening	Joshua Jones + audio
Reading	The benefits of Earl Grey Tea
Speaking	Health & fitness
Vocabulary	Dictionary worksheet
Writing	A healthy lifestyle

2 NB 2 Topic 4 Health

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system. (Walter Cronkite)

Grammar	At the doctor's
Language Function	Describing symptoms
Listening	Age + audio
Reading	A long & healthy life
Speaking	Diet & lifestyle
Vocabulary	Your head
Writing	Lifestyle description

Book 8 2021 A Good Year by Peter Mayle

She had turned her head away, and looked back at him with a sideways, wary glance. He had so far behaved like a civilised man, but one could never tell. The English were not always what they seemed.

Still on track with our reading programme, I now recommend Peter Mayle's A Good Year. Here is the worksheet. 

7 NA C1 2 Topic 3 (Un)Employment

Long-term unemployment can make any worker progressively less employable, even after the economy strengthens. (Janet Yellen)

Grammar	Business affairs
Language Function	Describing & explaining yourself
Listening	A job interview + audio
Reading	Why do we work?
Speaking	Work experience & retirement
Vocabulary	Work
Writing	Youth unemployment

6 NA C1 1 Topic 3 (Un)Employment

Globalisation creates economic policies where the transnationals lord over us, and the result is misery and unemployment. (Evo Morales)

Grammar	Grammar antics
Language Function	Explaining
Listening	Unemployment   + audio
Reading	Children & work
Speaking	Children & women at work
Vocabulary	Work
Writing	Applying for a job

5 NI B2 2 Topic 3 Working & Earning

I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same as 'making a life'. (Maya Angelou).

Grammar	Grammar antics
Language Function	Relating past events
Listening	Job hunting + audio
Reading	Women & work
Speaking	Jobs
Vocabulary	Tools of the trade
Writing	Working abroad

4 NI B2 1 Topic 3 Health & Welfare

The body is a sacred garment. (Martha Graham).

Grammar	At the surgery
Language Function	Describing sleep patterns
Listening	Operations + audio
Reading	Health
Speaking	Health
Vocabulary	The body
Writing	Medical care