THEMES

MODULES

EXPRESSION

GRAMMAR

THEME 1

Meeting people

1.A “Friendly” Introduction

1 session

Introducing oneself

Describing emotional states

Simple present

Present BE + -ING

2. Yesterday was a Busy Day

1 session

Commenting on a travel agent’s and a nanny’s day at work

Past 

Used to- WOULD

THEME 2

American Culture and Traditions

3.Horsing Around

1 session

Talking about the Far West : past and present everyday life

 Adjectives

 ( comparison)

4. Native Culture

1 session

First Nations’

Traditions and Arts

Passive voice

THEME 3

Looking for a job on the US West Coast

5.Seattle Job Search

1 session

Applying for a job

Modals (1)

6.Jobs of Sunny California

1 session

Expression of :

requirements

and advice

Modals (2)

THEME 4

Threats on the Environment

7.Saving Our Environment : What must we do

to reduce air pollution ?

1 session

Discussing Environmental issues :

Global warming : causes and effects

Solutions,

Substitutes

8. Protecting the Animal Kingdom

 1 session

Commenting on : Endangered species

Greenpeace

 and the WWF(World Wildlife Fund)action.

 Present perfect

THEME 5

In New York City

9.and 10

The Big Apple’s skyline :

2  sessions

Talking about the Big Apple :

Immigration in the XVIIIth century

Architecture

 Quantities

pluperfect

11 and 12.

The Green Heart of NYC : Central Park

2  sessions

Finding one’s way : asking for directions, locating places Deciphering a map legend, ....

Prepositions

determination

THEME 6

Glimpses of North-American pop culture

13 and 14.

Are grafitti artistic ?

2  sessions

Expressing one’s views on :

-Culture,(street) Art

-one’s likes and dislikes

- one’s own artistic abilities

Tags

Exclamation

15 and 16.

Let’s Dance !

 2  sessions

Talking about America’s dance culture

Grassroot dances

Jazz and rock’n roll

Motown

From tap-dance to hip-hop

Causative phrases

Revision : past tenses

THEME 7

Parliaments

17 and 18

. A Royal Government ?

 2  sessions

A Parliamentary Monarchy

House of Lords /Commons

Members of Parliament

Debate, social issues

Bills and laws

Adverbs and adverbial particles

Infinitive clauses

19 and 20

. In the Canadian Parliament : debating social issues

 2  sessions

Provinces and Territories

The Governor General

Education

Social issues

Lead to ...

Be caused by…

Conjunctions

V to V, V-ing,

THEME 8

The US Presidency

21 and 22

. An  American Dream ?

 2  sessions

Government

Campaign

Primary elections

The Cabinet

Primary Election

Ballot

Republican/Democrat

Electorate

 A Representative /Senator

Congress, Capitol

Supreme Court

Inauguration Day

Relative clauses

Future events

23 and 24

. Life in the White House

 2  sessions 

Washington DC,

 a president’s staff secretaries, aides , bodyguards security agents. counsellors ,

trustworthy ,

the Attorney general,

 the State secretary,

Independence Day is on the 4^th of July,

Lobbies , bills

-ING forms

That

THEME 9

Defending Human and Civil Rights

25 and 26

.A King’s Dream : ending Racism in America

2  sessions

The slave trade

Jim Crow Laws

Segregation policy

Union/Confederate

Civil war

Civil Rights

Civil Disobedience

Protest March

Public speech

IF clauses

Reported speech

27 and 28

.Mandela’s Opposition to Apartheid :

A success story ?

2  sessions

Apartheid

Resort to violent action

Imprisonment

International support

Freedom

Comparing statistics

The Nobel Price

Cause and Consequence

How to translate the French “imparfait”

THEME 10

British Literature : A legendary Shakespearian couple

29 and 30

.Fighting for love

 2  sessions

Elisabethan theater

The plot, characters, parts, cues, ... in

“Romeo and Juliet”.

Citing quotations

Expressing similarities & differences

Youth and Romance

A feud

.

Wishes and regrets