🇬🇧 B2 ENGLISH CHAPTER 6 – LESSON 3
🌟 Functional Vocabulary & Advanced Sentence Connections
🎯 Lesson Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
✅ Use academic vocabulary to organize, write, and present ideas clearly and effectively.
✅ Apply advanced adverbial clauses and sentence connectors for smooth and logical writing.
✅ Improve your academic writing skills in essays, reports, and discussions.
🧭 How to Use This Lesson
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Start with the Vocabulary section 🧩 to understand academic word use in writing.
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Continue with the Grammar section ✍️ to connect and develop complex ideas.
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Strengthen your listening and speaking through Practice activities 🎧.
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Reflect, review, and mark each part Completed ✅ before moving forward.
💡 Tip: Keep a “language log” where you record new academic expressions and connectors for future writing.
🗣️ VOCABULARY: Functional Vocabulary (Units 79–81)
🧠 Unit 79: Academic Writing – Making Sense
Learn how to organize your ideas logically and ensure your writing is coherent and easy to follow.
🪶 Example: “This demonstrates that…” / “It is clear from the data that…”
💡 Tip: Always support your ideas with examples or evidence — it adds credibility.
🧩 Unit 80: Academic Writing – Text Structure
Understand how to structure paragraphs and essays: introduction, body, and conclusion.
🪶 Example: “Firstly, this essay will discuss…” / “In conclusion, it is evident that…”
💡 Tip: Use transition words (moreover, however, therefore) to guide the reader through your argument.
🖋️ Unit 81: Writing – Style and Format
Focus on formal tone, consistency, and formatting conventions for academic texts.
🪶 Example: Avoid contractions (can’t → cannot), use third-person forms, and keep sentences balanced.
💡 Tip: Always review your writing for clarity, conciseness, and correct referencing.
✏️ GRAMMAR: Adverbial Clauses and Conjunctions (Units 85–87)
💭 Unit 85: If I Were You…; Imagine He Were to Win
Learn hypothetical structures used to give advice or imagine unreal situations.
🪶 Example: “If I were you, I’d apply for the scholarship.” / “Imagine he were to become president.”
💡 Tip: Use these to express polite suggestions or explore unlikely outcomes in essays or discussions.
🚫 Unit 86: If… Not and Unless; If and Whether
Understand conditional variations and when to use if or whether.
🪶 Example: “You won’t succeed unless you practice.” / “I don’t know whether she’ll come.”
💡 Tip: Unless = if not. Use whether for choices or uncertainty, not conditions.
🔗 Unit 87: Connecting Ideas in and Between Sentences
Master how to link clauses, sentences, and paragraphs fluently.
🪶 Example: “Furthermore, recent studies suggest…” / “Despite these findings, many disagree.”
💡 Tip: Use connectors strategically — too few make writing unclear, too many sound mechanical.
🎧 B2 ENGLISH CHAPTER 6 – PRACTICE 3
🎯 Practice Focus
Develop academic listening, critical comprehension, and awareness of tone and expression.
🗂️ Topics Covered
🐈 My Two Cats
🎸 Radiohead
🎄 Christmas Scenes 1 & 2 (with Language Focus)
🛍️ Christmas Shopping
🐈 Audio 1: My Two Cats
A humorous and descriptive talk about pet behavior and emotions.
💡 Tip: Focus on comparative language — listen for how the speaker contrasts attitudes or habits.
🎸 Audio 2: Radiohead
A cultural piece about the British band and their influence on modern music.
💡 Tip: Pay attention to chronological markers (first, then, after that) — they guide story flow.
🎄 Video: Christmas Scenes 1 & 2 (Language Focus)
Explore cultural traditions, greetings, and expressions around Christmas.
💡 Tip: Note cultural idioms (e.g., ’tis the season to be jolly) and their tone — they reflect emotion and setting.
🛍️ Video: Christmas Shopping
A look into holiday consumer culture and British shopping habits.
💡 Tip: Identify verbs of opinion and feeling (prefer, enjoy, hate, love) and how they change with tone.
💬 Final Thought
“Write to express, not to impress. Clarity is the highest form of sophistication.” – Afridemia Writing Motto
Keep learning, keep refining your English, and let your words reflect your best self! 🌍✨