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SERIES GUIDE
Use this guide as a quick reference to the contents of Study English Series 2

EPISODE / THEME STRATEGIES WRITING GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
Episode One
Eye Testing
HEALTH

pronoun substitution and
agreement subjects, objects
and possessive adjectives
homonyms homographs and
homophones; suffixes: -able, -
ist, -ism

Episode Two
Ginseng
MEDICINE

using say for quoting,
exemplifying, narrowing down
and a filler; collocations

Episode Three
Jarrah Forest
ENVIRONMENT

prepositions spatial relationships
in descriptions
Idioms proverbs
Episode Four
Clouds
SCIENCE

paragraph structure: topic,
supporting, developing
sentences; cohesion; coherence
weather-related vocabulary
Episode Five
Virtual Doctor
MEDICINE

there introductory subject and
adverb of place

fluency in spoken
English; linking: V+ /j/ +
V and V + /w/ + V
Episode Six
Lasers
TECHNOLOGY
writing task 1 (academic)


describing how something
works: structure and language
features
colour vocabulary
Episode Seven
Life on Mars
ASTRONOMY
determiners: some and any astronomy vocabulary
Episode Eight
Air Archive
ENVIRONMENT

verbs: present perfect and simple
past tenses; adverbs of time: just,
already, yet

Episode Nine
Whale Sharks
ECOTOURISM

grammar and spelling of
contractions; quantity words:
amount, number

pronunciation of and
stress in contractions
Episode Ten
Durians
AGRICULTURE

demonstrative and reflexive
pronouns

Episode Eleven
Mangroves
ECOLOGY
speaking section 3: expressions
for speculation, prediction,
talking about the future

future forms: verb tenses, modals,
conditionals, adverbs, adjectives
discourse markers: speculating,
predicting

Episode Twelve
Cane Toads
ECOLOGY

degree or amount
constructions: so (that);
such (that)
attitude markers
Episode Thirteen
Welding
INDUSTRY

word form groups and their
function
words which can be both
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EPISODE / THEME STRATEGIES WRITING GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
Episode Fourteen
Termites
ECOLOGY
writing tasks 1 and 2
(academic): text types and
language structures
using the simple present tense
and plural subjects / noun
phrases in the IELTS essay
expressions describing
complementary processes: the + a
comparative, the + a comparative

Episode Fifteen
Astronomer
ASTRONOMY
speaking section 1: features of a
good response
word relationships: synonyms,
opposites and scales

Episode Sixteen
Glass Artist
FINE ART
speaking section 3: features of a
good response
double negatives negative prefixes: dis, un
Episode Seventeen
Naturopathic Medicine
MEDICINE
reading skills and strategies:
skimming, scanning,
understanding main ideas;
answering T/F/NG type
questions

Episode Eighteen
Outback Tourism
TOURISM
expressing contrast and
concession; hyphens in compound
words

Episode Nineteen
Old Trees
ECOLOGY
functions in a text: stating a fact,
giving an opinion, making a
proposal or suggestion, giving
an example

Episode Twenty
Zoos
ZOOLOGY
infinitive verb constructions conversation management
markers

Episode Twenty One
Health
HEALTH
listening skills and strategies
answering IELTS question
types: multiple choice, short
answers, summary completion,
gap-fill, diagram labelling etc.

Episode Twenty Two
Phonics
EDUCATION
guessing the meaning of a word
from the context; identifying key
words
linking or copular verb + subject
complement

Episode Twenty Three
Eco-Systems
SCIENCE
&TECHNOLOGY
pronunciation changes
when linking
consonants;
pronunciation of words
beginning with /h/
Episode Twenty Four
Employment
EMPLOYMENT
-ly adverbs and their function foreign words and phrases in
English








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EPISODE / THEME STRATEGIES WRITING GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
Episode Twenty Five
WRITING TASK 1
Academic Module
overview of task 1 academic
writing
analysing task 1 questions and
planning an answer

Episode Twenty Six
WRITING TASK 1
GENERAL TRAINING
MODULE
overview of task 1 general
training writing


analysing the letter and planning
an answer