Map of Topic Talk
UNIT GRAMMAR
FUNCTIONS/TOPICS
1 simple present in questions; Wh- and Yes/No questions
interviewing someone; personal information about the teacher
2 simple present in questions; Wh- and Yes/No questions
personal information about each other; likes/dislikes
3 ordinal numbers
dates; birthdays; Japanese holidays & events
4 Wh- questions
personal information about classmates; phone numbers; addresses
5 Wh- questions; subject-verb agreement; pronouns
personal information about others; dates: year, month, day; jobs
6 Wh- questions
favorites
7 subject-verb agreement; short responses--Me too, Me neither
greeting someone; ending a conversation; likes/dislikes
8 counters; singular/plural; questions with simple past; time expressions
eating & drinking habits; food
9 Wh- questions; adverbs of frequency; how often
movies; music; TV; food & drink
10 can + can't; know how to; Yes/No questions
abilities
11 prepositions of place; definite and indefinite articles: a + the
describing locations
12 using play with sports; adjectives for describing sports; ago; adverbs of frequency; superlatives
giving opinions; sports
13 simple present; subject-verb agreement; adjectives for describing things
describing things; animal names
14 simple present; Wh- and Yes/No questions; pronouns
asking and talking about family; relatives
15 time expressions; usually; simple present
telling time; numbers
16 simple present; Yes/No questions; indefinite article: a; sometimes; usually
asking about work; occupations; work
17 imperatives; possessive pronoun: your
parts of the body
18 comparative form of adjectives; less + adjective; singular/plural
making comparisons
19 large numbers; pronunciation of numbers
numbers; math
20 present progressive
describing present actions
21 pronunciation of country names and nationalities; simple present
countries; nationalities; languages
22 prepositions of location; imperatives; definite and zero articles
describing locations; asking for and giving street directions; expressing thanks
23 consolidation of Unit 22
consolidation of Unit 22
24 imperatives; ordinal numbers
giving subway directions
25 simple past; Wh- and Yes/No questions with simple past; time expressions
talking about experiences; vacations
26 simple past; time expressions
telling a story
27 present perfect; simple past; time expressions
talking and asking about experiences
28 future: be going to; Wh- and Yes/No questions; time expressions
talking about future events; closing a conversation
29 past progressive; subject-verb agreement
talking about a specific point in time in the past
30 adjectives for describing things; Wh- questions
describing and defining things; food; colors; shapes