Step Forward 2
2nd Edition, New Readers Press
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Themes:
The alphabet, numbers, and the calendar
Personal information
Grammar Focus:
The verb be
Key Objectives:
Respond to personal information questions
Identify days and months
Themes:
Learning styles and tools
Workplace introductions
Grammar Focus:
Simple present with want, like, and need
Information questions with simple present
Yes/No questions with simple present
Statements with this, that, these, those
Key Objectives:
Identify personal learning styles
Identify effective study strategies
Use the simple present to describe study habits
Introduce self and others
Request clarification
Identify education and training options
Themes:
Feelings and weather
Interrupting politely
Grammar Focus:
Prepositions of time
The future with will
Information questions with will
Yes/no questions with will
Prepositions of location
Time expressions
Key Objectives:
Interpret information about feelings and weather
Identify and describe seasonal events
Use the future with will and won't to describe future plans
Ask for, give, and clarify directions
Interpret information about small talk
Interpret an invitation
Themes:
Household problems and repairs
Asking about regulations
Grammar Focus:
The comparative
Questions and answers with which
Adverbs of degree with comparatives
Yes/no questions with be + allowed
Key Objectives:
Identify household problems and repair-people
Recognize household maintenance
Identify housing features
Interpret classified ads
Compare different types of housing
Respond to housing ads
Evaluate ways to find housing
Interpret rental agreements
Themes:
Jobs and job applications
Talking about job skills
Grammar Focus:
The simple past of regular verbs
Information questions with regular verbs in the simple past
Adverbs of manner
Key Objectives:
Identify common jobs
Identify job application vocabulary
Evaluate job interview performance
Interpret job ads
Use the simple past to describe past events related to work and study
Respond to interview questions
Identify job training opportunities
Themes:
Pay stubs and the workplace
Requesting a schedule change
Grammar Focus:
Might and might not
Should and should not
Making requests with can and could
Key Objectives:
Identify parts of a pay stub
Identify workplace equipment
Identify appropriate workplace and school behavior
Use might to describe possibilities at work and in everyday life
Clarify directions on the job
Request a schedule change
Identify factors affecting job retention and advancement
Themes:
Phone bills and using phones
Apologizing and making excuses
Grammar Focus:
The present continuous
Contrasting the present continuous and the simple present
Information questions with the simple present and present continuous
Yes/no questions with the simple present and present continuous
Verbs with direct and indirect objects
Key Objectives:
Identify a phone bill
Identify different uses for phones
Identify reasons for being absent from work or school
Write an absence note
Use the present continuous and simple present
Take, interpret, and leave phone messages
Identify community services
Interpret data about volunteering
Themes:
Food containers and measurements
Offering and asking for help
Grammar Focus:
Count and non-count nouns
Questions with how many and how much
Quantity words with non-count nouns
Review there is/are
Key Objectives:
Identify product containers
Interpret weights and measurements
Identify and compare product price information
Use count and non-count nouns to describe quantities of food
Ask for and give the location of merchandise
Interpret nutritional information
Interpret food labels
Themes:
Illnesses and symptoms
Clarifying instructions
Grammar Focus:
The simple past of irregular verbs
Yes/no questions with the simple past of irregular verbs
Wh- questions with the simple past of irregular verbs
Review have to and has to
Key Objectives:
Identify and recommend medications
Describe symptoms of illnesses
Identify dental health services
Make medical appointments
Use the simple past of irregular verbs to describe accidents and injuries
Interpret prescription labels
Clarify instructions
Interpret simple first-aid procedures
Interpret a chart about accidents and injuries
Themes:
Banking and ATMs
Responding to requests
Grammar Focus:
Purpose and reasons with to and because
Adjectives with too and not... enough
Would like with nouns and verbs
Key Objectives:
Interpret personal finances
ATM instructions
Estimate personal budgets
Identify ways to save money
Use because and infinitives of purpose to give reasons and purpose
Use referents
Make returns or exchanges when shopping
Identify credit card safety procedures
Interpret a pie chart
Themes:
Citizenship and government
Making polite commands
Grammar Focus:
Must and must not
Must with adverbs of frequency
Comparing must and should
Key Objectives:
Identify citizenship requirements
Identify government leaders
Identify community problems and solutions
Use must for obligation to describe community and transportation rules
Respond to police and security personnel requests and commands
Interpret information about the US government
Themes:
Emergencies and disasters
Making an emergency call
Grammar Focus:
The past continuous
Compare the past continuous and the simple past
Information questions in the past
Yes/no questions in the past
There was/were
Key Objectives:
Identify crimes, emergencies, and natural disasters
Identify emergency services
Describe and report emergencies
Use the past continuous to describe emergencies
Identify and describe emergencies
Make emergency calls
Identify safety procedures for emergencies
Themes:
Recreation and entertainment
Asking for opinions
Grammar Focus:
The superlative
Using the comparative and the superlative
Agreeing and disagreeing
Key Objectives:
Identify recreational facilities, activities, and entertainment genres
Describe weekend plans
Use the superlative to describe popular entertainment
Ask for and give opinions
Agree and disagree with others' opinions
Identify US point sof interest
Use maps for travel needs
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