Unit 2: Live to learn

1. Discuss how good you are at remembering the different things in the box.2. Read about two methods of memorising a shopping list. Choose the best heading for each method. There are three extra" headings.

1. Match the words to make collocations. 2. Match the fields of study on the signpost with the pictures. Then discuss: What are the three most / least appealing subjects? 3. Find the synonyms for the verbs in red. Then look up the highlighted phrases in the dictionary.

1. How much do you know about your brain? Do the quiz on page 21 and discuss your ideas with a partner. 2. Read the text on page 21 and answer the questions.

1. Listen to a podcast about being left-handed. What jobs seem to be more suited to 'lefties'? 2. Listen to the podcast again. Are statements 1- 4 true (T) or false (F)?3. Read GRAMMAR FOCUS I and complete it using the verb forms in blue in Exercise 2.

1. Match the type of learning difficulties with the definition. Then match with the photos. 2. Listen and read a text about Tuấn, a child with autism. What were his difficulties? How did he overcome his challenges?

1. Read Texts 1 and 2 and answer the questions.2. Complete the LANGUAGE FOCUS with the examples in blue in Texts 1 and 2. 3. There are eleven underlined phrases in Texts 1 and 2. Find their formal / informal equivalents.

1. Look at the adjectives in the box. Tell your partner about the last time you experienced these feelings while you were learning something. 2. Take turns to describe and speculate about photo A.3. Read the SPEAKING FOCUS. Complete the description of photo A with one word in each gap. Then listen and check.

1. Match the verbs in box A with the prepositions in box B to make phrasal verbs, then complete the sentences with the phrasal verbs. 2. Choose the correct option.3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Complete the headings in Thu's CV with the phrases in the box. 2. Complete the examples in LANGUAGE FOCUS I with information from Thu's CV.3. Read LANGUAGE FOCUS II and complete the examples with the underlined verbs in Thu's email. Then match the verbs with their meanings.