M02 Speakout 3e - Unit 2 Lifestyle Learning Objectives

Oct 1, 2026

M02 Speakout 3e Unit 2 focuses on lifestyle-related English learning objectives across listening, reading, grammar, speaking, and writing. Learners cover vocabulary for food and drink, everyday activities, ordering meals, and discussing likes and dislikes, including countable and uncountable nouns and quantifiers. Pronunciation targets weak /ə/ and linking, while grammar practice includes plural countable nouns without articles, uncountable nouns with quantifiers, frequency adverbs, and like/hate/love + -ing. The unit culminates in writing short descriptive texts and an online comment with basic connectors.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages17

Reading Time43 min

AccessFree to download

Learning objectives

2A Can’t live without it

2B Your lifestyle and you

2C Eating out

2D The Indian Relay

Lesson overview and online teaching

2 lifestyle LEARNING OBJECTIVES | 2A Can’t live without it | | --- | | LISTENING | Understand people talking about food: food and drink
Talk about shopping and eating habits: countable and uncountable nouns; a, an, some, any
Pronunciation: the weak /ə/ sound: a, an, some
Write an online comment; use linking words: and, but, or | | INFORMATION
VOCABULARY
30–42 Can use language related to food and drink.
LISTENING
35 Can understand short, basic descriptions of familiar topics and situations, if delivered slowly and clearly.
GRAMMAR
35 Can use plural countable nouns without an article or quantifier.
32 Can use uncountable (mass) nouns with no quantifier or an appropriate quantifier.
SPEAKING
30 Can talk about familiar topics using a few basic words and phrases.
WRITING
31 Can use very basic connectors like ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’and ‘then’. | | 2B Your lifestyle and you | | --- | | READING | Read and do a lifestyle quiz: everyday activities
Discuss what is important in your life: adverbs and phrases of frequency
Pronunciation: linking | | INFORMATION
VOCABULARY
30–42 Can use language related to everyday activities.
READING
31 Can understand simple questions in questionnaireson familiar topics.
GRAMMAR
33 Can use a range of common adverbs of frequency.
SPEAKING
33 Can say how often they and others do common everyday activities, using basic frequency expressions (e. g. ‘every Monday’, ‘twice a month’) . | 2C Eating out HOW TO…| order a meal in a restaurant: restaurant words Pronunciation: polite intonation INFORMATION READING 30 Can understand short, simple texts about everyday activities. VOCABULARY 30–42 Can use language related to food and drink. HOW TO… 31 Can use simple phrases to order a meal. 30 Can make requests related to immediate needs using basic fixed expressions. SPEAKING 35 Can make simple requests to have or do something in relation to common everyday activities. 2D The Indian Relay BBC PROGRAMME | Understand a documentary about the Indian Relay Race in the USA Talk about a special event: like, hate, love + -ing Describe an event INFORMATION PREVIEW 35 Can read a simple text and extract factual details. VIEW 30 Can identify simple information in a short video, provided that the visual supports this information and the delivery is slow and clear. GRAMMAR 31 Can use ‘like/hate/love’ with the ‘-ing’ form of verbs. SPEAKING 30 Can talk about familiar topics using a few basic words and phrases. WRITING 34 Can write short descriptive texts (4–6 sentences) on familiar personal topics ([e.g. family](e.g. family), possessions), given a model. For full coverage of GSE Learning Objectives go to page 202 . BBC VLOGS This is a short activity that can be used as an introduction to the unit topic and a warm-up to Lesson 2A. It shouldn’t be exploited or taught at length, just played once or twice in class. You could demonstrate the activity first by telling the class some types of food you like and dislike. Put Ss in pairs to discuss the question and make a list. Monitor and help with vocabulary where necessary, writing any new words and phrases on the board. At this point you may also want to preteach olives and celery. When they are ready, play the video for Ss to compare their likes and dislikes with the people in the video. ANSWERS: 2 The foods mentioned in the video are cheese, pasta, chocolate (speaker 1), butter, blue cheese, chillies (speaker 2), strawberries, cheese, watermelon, olives, meat (speaker 3), chocolate, tomatoes, rice, fish, mushrooms (speaker 4), bananas, chocolate, ice cream, eggs, celery (speaker 5), avocados, toast, coffee (speaker 6) . EXTRA IDEA If Ss want to watch the video again outside class, you could ask them to note the different types of food the people mention. NOTE The vlogs have been provided by people from around the world in respo

FAQs

How does the unit suggest using the BBC Vlogs activity and what is the speaking purpose?

The BBC Vlogs are used as a short introduction and warm-up, played once or twice. Learners discuss likes and dislikes in pairs, then compare their ideas with the people in the video and optionally note different types of food outside class.

Oct 1, 2026

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