SELT & Global

mapping:
Speak Out
Advanced Plus
(C1)
Speak Out Advanced Plus English (C1) Student Book
by Pearson Education and Skills for English C1 tests
The mapping activity below shows how easily the Speak Out Advanced Plus (C1) Students’ Book (2018), published by Pearson
Education Limited, can be used by teachers and learners to prepare for the Skills for English tests at CEFR C1 level. The table
below refers to key activities in Speak Out Advanced Plus (C1) Students’ Book and identifies topics, skills and activities which can
be most helpful for candidates preparing to take the Skills for English C1 tests. Note that these are INDICATIVE of possible test
content only and NOT an indication of what may appear on any Skills for English tests.

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Unit 1: GAME-CHANGER
Topics and Grammar and Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Skills
vocabulary Functions Skills for English Skills for English Skills for English for English Writing
Speaking test Listening test Reading test test
1.1 Trailblazer Transformation; Verb patterns Suggest solutions to Listen to people Read about a Use the correct form of a
prepositional a problem, discussing trailblazer, match verb, write a problem
phrases after hypothesise about problems, listen to information to and solution essay (e.g.
nouns lifestyle and jobs if companies or paragraphs pollution, youth
money were no individuals pitching unemployment)
object solutions
1.2 A life at a Adjectives; Continuous and Decide on priorities, Listen to a radio Read about scams, Write an article, use
time needing and perfect aspect talk about a time programme, listen read about ways to varied collocations in
giving you offered or to people talking help people, read your writing
needed help, talk about helping about dreams
about scams others or needing coming true
help
1.3 Sharing Collocations; Presenting survey Talk about putting a Listen to someone Read about the Report results, statistics
economy? sharing economy results survey together, talk being asked survey sharing economy, or experts’ opinions, use
about survey questions, listen to read about survey phrases for generalising,
results, discuss a presentation of results exemplifying and
sharing and the survey results hedging
sharing economy
1.4 Co-living Write a proposal Talk about co-living, Listen to people Read a proposal, Write a proposal, give
Generation talk about the living talking about living read about co-living advice to a friend about
rent habits of people in arrangements, (e.g. co-living spaces living arrangements,
your country (e.g. complete gapped for the elderly or write an essay about the
renting or buying, sentences single parents) pros and cons of
house shares) different living
arrangements

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Unit 2: LEARNING
Topics and Grammar Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Skills Relevance to C1 Skills
vocabulary and Skills for English Skills for English for English Reading for English Writing test
Functions Speaking test Listening test test
2.1 The Learning; idioms: ‘If’ and Discuss your Listen to a talk about Read about what we Write about your
best feelings related attitude to alternative ways of can learn from making feelings towards
mistakes expressions mistakes, talk learning, listen to a mistakes, answer True, something (e.g. an issue,
about memory, lecture about False, Not given a situation), give your
hypothesise about memory questions friend some advice
how other people about a mistake they
may feel have made
2.2 Collocations: Nominal Speak about your Listen to a discussion Read about different Write a summary, use
Another education relative own education, about education or approaches to collocations related to
way clauses talk about creativity, listen to education, read a blog education, write about
educational values, people talking in an about life at a school, the education system in
give study tips educational setting college or university, your own country, write
(e.g. students talking read study tips about what you think
about a project) the perfect education
system would be
2.3 Think Creativity Leading a Talk about your Listen to people Read about traditional Write about how
again discussion; own creativity, talk discussing creative education and school creative subjects can be
managing about the arts and hobbies, recognise curriculums, read taught, comment on the
interaction music different speakers’ about creativity and education system in
opinions imagination your own country
2.4 Learning Describe a Discuss what Listen to people Read a forum entry, Write about learning
Teachers experiences great makes a great talking about their read about experiences, tell your
and teacher teacher, talk about educational experiences of friend why you think
learners a teacher you experiences or studying and learning they should become a
remember teachers teacher

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Unit 3: PROSPECTS
Topics and Grammar and Relevance to C1 Skills Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Skills Relevance to
vocabulary Functions for English Speaking Skills for English for English Reading C1 Skills for
test Listening test test English Writing
test
3.1 Ready Job hunting Expressing Talk about your Listen to a job Read job descriptions, Write a cover
or not modality suitability for a job, interview, listen to a read accounts of email, improve
talk about looking for question-and- people’s working lives, use of formal
or applying for a job answer information read a cover letter language
session
3.2 Fired! Honesty; Passives Talk about social Listen to people Read about people Use the passive
metaphors media use, discuss discussing who were fired for voice and
what people should dismissals or unfair social media mistakes, metaphorical
and shouldn’t post on dismissals, listen to read about honesty language, write
social media, talk people discussing about
about honesty social media usage appropriate
behaviour in the
workplace
3.3 What Collocations: Evading a question Talk about politics, talk Listen to a political Read advice for public Write a
I’m saying politics about the media and interview, listen to a figures, read about complaint letter
is … how journalists conversation in political policies or to a politician to
present politicians which a speaker is proposals oppose a policy
trying to evade a or proposal
question
3.4 Future How our lives will Predictions for the Recommend a career, Listen to a talk Read about AI in the Write about AI
job change in the future talk about which jobs about AI in the workplace, read a fact at work, write
future you think can be workplace, listen to file, read about about the
replaced by robots people making changes a company vulnerability of
predictions about has made in the certain careers
their working life workplace due to
technology

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Unit 4: INFLUENCE
Topics and Grammar Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Skills for
vocabulary and Skills for English Skills for English Skills for English English Writing test
Functions Speaking test Listening test Reading test
4.1 Role Influence; three- Participle Discuss role models Listen to people Read a story of a role Write about role models
model part multi-word clauses and other discussing role model or an inspiring and the media (e.g. whether
verbs influences in your models, listen to person, answer True, celebrities are good role
life, hypothesise people discussing False, Not Given models)
about meeting an the role of books questions
idol or films in
influencing people
4.2 Think Social media Introductory Talk about your Listen to a radio Read about social Write about the effect of
this way ‘It’ and ‘There’ social media use, programme, listen media and its effects social media on
talk about control to people talking on relationships, read relationships and
of social media (e.g. about social media about social media communication, write about
by schools or (e.g. privacy, concerns and the disadvantages of social
governments) algorithms) problems media
4.3 Have a Persuasion Persuasive Give a persuasive Listen to people Read a pitch or a Write a persuasive essay
go! techniques in presentation, discussing an persuasive piece of
presentations persuade a friend exciting activity, writing
to do something or listen to people
go somewhere with pitching an idea
you
4.4 Influences when Write an Sell a product, talk Listen to people Read an advert, read Write an opinion essay,
Persuasion buying things opinion piece about advertising, discussing a text about write about the advertising
talk about truth and shopping habits or techniques used in industry (e.g. celebrity
honesty influences when the advertising endorsement, reliability,
buying things industry (e.g colours, honesty)
senses)

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Unit 5: BODY
Topics and Grammar Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Skills for
vocabulary and Skills for English Skills for English Skills for English English Writing test
Functions Speaking test Listening test Reading test
5.1 Good Collocations; Noun Talk about fads in Listen to people Read about the Use collocations related to
fit compounds phrases fitness and other talking about secrets of long-term health, fitness and well-being,
fields, talk about physical exercise fitness, read adverts give advice to a friend about
your sports and and fitness, listen to for sports classes, sports and exercise, write an
fitness habits a talk about the read advice about essay about kids and healthy
human body and its health and well-being habits (e.g. whose responsibility
capabilities it is to teach them about
nutrition)
5.2 Fashion and looks Fronting, Discuss the Listen to a talk Read how looks can Write a description, write about
Three headers and pressure to look about the modelling be deceiving, read peer pressure on young people
apples a tails and dress a industry, listen to about peer pressure, (e.g. from celebrities, the
day certain way, talk people discussing read about the fashion industry, peers,
about fashion and what it must be like fashion industry advertising)
trends to be a model
5.3 Well-being Informal Suggest ways to Listen to people Read about relaxing Write about the pressures of
Magic turn-taking make a workplace discussing their hobbies, read about modern life or how to maintain
bullet healthier, talk ideas of how to stay the importance of a good work-life balance. Give
about ways to healthy taking time to relax advice about how to make a
relax and destress workplace healthier
5.4 Feelings evoked Describe a Describe a food Listen to a talk Read a restaurant Write about a food memory,
Culinary by food food memory memory, talk about the feelings review, read a blog write about nutrition or diet
journey about the food food evokes, listen post about food (e.g. benefits of a
from your country to people ordering vegan/vegetarian diet)
or preparing food

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Unit 6: CULTURES
Topics and Grammar and Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Skills
vocabulary Functions Skills for English Skills for English Skills for English for English Writing test
Speaking test Listening test Reading test
6.1 New in Cities; Concession Talk about a Listen to a talk Read about people Write about the culture
town binominals clauses city/country you about being an adapting to new shock people experience
would like to move interpreter, listen cities or countries, when moving to another
to, describe city to people talking read a description city/country, give advice
life, talk about the about moving of a city or country, to a friend who is moving
advantages and city/country, listen read some tourist overseas
disadvantages of to a talk about information (e.g.
living in a city being adaptable travel brochure)
6.2 In other Summarising Indirect speech Talk about Listen to people Read about Write an article, write a
words verbs translation issues, talking about translation errors reply to a forum post,
discuss your learning an (e.g. anecdotal or in write about the difficulties
experience of additional language advertising), read a of learning a language
learning an forum post
additional
language
6.3 Faux pas Conventions Talking about Compare different Listen to people Read about Write about the pros and
customs cultures, talk about talking about differences cons of living and/or
the benefits and making mistakes or between cultures working in a multicultural
challenges of living committing faux (e.g. body situation, explain how a
in a multicultural pas in other language, guest should behave in
society countries politeness) your own country
6.4 Cultural Discuss culture Discuss different Listen to an Read about habits, Write a description of a
Differences differences cultures, talk about interview about beliefs or traditions specific country or culture
how to fit in different cultures

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Unit 7: CLASSICS
Topics and Grammar and Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Skills for
vocabulary Functions Skills for English Skills for English Skills for English English Writing test
Speaking test Listening test Reading test
7.1 Happy Film Subjunctive Talk about your Listen to an editor Read about the film Write a review, edit your
ending? favourite film or advising a writer, industry, read a film writing, write about how
novel, talk about listen to someone review, read about the film industry
what makes a good reviewing a film how or why films were influences real life (or vice
film/book made versa)
7.2 More Relationships; Adverbials Talk about a poem Listen to people Read about poetry Use adverb-adjective
than words adverb- or some song lyrics, talking about and the arts, read a collocations, give
adjective talk about poems or song review of a poem or relationship advice to a
collocations relationships (e.g. lyrics they like, novel friend (e.g. compromise,
with a friend or listen to people forgiveness)
family member) discussing
relationships
7.3 Classic Travel Telling Tell a travel Listen to someone Read about classic Write about travel and
journeys anecdotes anecdote, talk about describing a journeys, read a travel tourism (e.g. travelling in
a trip you would like journey, fill in itinerary, read about an environmentally
to make and why gapped sentences eco-tourism friendly way)
7.4 Great Strange events Telling a story Talk about a strange Listen to a review Read a review of a Write to a friend about a
Expectations event, talk about a of a classic novel, classic novel, read strange event, write about
book you have read, listen to people about people’s the plot of a novel, write
retell the plot of a discussing a book reading/viewing an essay about reading
story they have read habits (e.g. books vs (e.g. print books vs
films) electronic devices)

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Unit 8: CHOICE
Topics and Grammar Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Relevance to C1 Skills
vocabulary and Skills for English Skills for English Skills for English for English Writing test
Functions Speaking test Listening test Reading test
8.1 It’s the Idioms for Understanding Talk about making Listen to people Read about choices Write about our most
little things choices; complex choices that can discussing good or and decisions, important life choices,
connotation sentences change your life, talk bad choices they have summarise a text write about the factors
about decision- made, listen to a or choose a title for that influence decision-
making lecture about a text making, include complex
decision-making sentences
8.2 Out of Ways of reading Prepositional Discuss the impact Listen to a Read about the Write a for and against
print? phrases of digital technology programme about benefits of reading, essay, improve your
on our reading how we read different read the results of introduction and
habits, talk about texts a questionnaire conclusion
studying habits
8.3 Them Wildlife Giving Discuss wildlife Listen to people Read about a Write about animals and
or us? opinions dilemmas, give your discussing wildlife particular species pets (e.g. the benefits of
opinion on zoos and and animals, listen to or dangers facing it, having a pet,
wildlife parks, talk a talk about an read about animal considerations before
about ways to solve endangered species, behaviour, read getting a pet), write about
environmental listen to a talk about adverts or environmental problems
problems environmental information about and possible solutions
problems and zoos, wildlife parks
possible solutions or safaris
8.4 Choices Discussing Talk about your Listen to people Read an analysis of Write about personality
Decisions opinions personality – or talking about choices quiz results or a (e.g. what makes a good
other people’s and change, listen to quiz key, read friend, the personalities
personalities, talk a topical interview about making who succeed)
about making changes
changes

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Eales, F. and Oakes, S., (2018). Speak Out Advanced Plus Students’ Book (C1). Essex: Pearson Education
ISBN: 978-1-2922-4150-0
Website: https://www.pearsonelt.com/

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