Top Notch Second Edition Level 2
Unit-by-Unit CEF Correlations
Full Course Correlation with International Standards and Exams
ALTE
UCLES
IELTS
-
-
-
-
1
A1 - A2
26 – 38
1
1
KET
2
A2 – B1
38 - 52
1
1
KET - PET
3
Summit 1
B1
52 - 70
3
2
PET - FCE
B2
70 - 90
4
3
FCE
C1
90 - 100
5
4
CAE
Summit 2
CEF = Common European Framework of Reference
ALTE = Association of Language Testers in Europe
UCLES = University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
IELTS = International English Language Testing Service
TOEIC= Test of English for International Communication
TOEFL = Test of English as a Foreign Language
PTE = Pearson Tests of English
110 –
250
250 –
380
380 –
520
520 –
700
700 –
800
800+
TOEFL iBT
PTE
A1
TOEFL (paper)
CEF
Fundamentals
TOEIC©
LEVEL
-
-
380 – 425
26 - 38
425 - 475
38 - 52
475 - 525
52 - 70
525 - 575
70 - 90
575 - 600
90 - 100
Top Notch 2 is the third book in the Top Notch series for adult English language learners. Top Notch Fundamentals
is the entry level for true beginners. Top Notch 1 is the entry level for learners with some basic capacity in English.
Top Notch 2 covers elementary structures and functions and, in the 10 units, introduces language required for simple
communication.
The communication skills reflect the needs of adult learners with a major focus on speaking and listening. Face-toface conversation is the essential context for oral communication.
Conversation Models are carefully scripted to illustrate communicative functions whilst also reflecting natural language
rhythms and use. These are used for comprehension, vocabulary development and also as models for role play
personalization.
• Listening materials include recordings by single speakers, conversations and also recordings from public
media.
• The reading materials reflect adult reading habits with a concentration on websites, brochures, magazines,
information leaflets, newspapers, and advertisements.
• Learners develop comprehension skills including gist understanding, focussing on details, deducing meaning
from context and inferring non-stated content.
• Learners are trained in basic skills of accurate paragraph writing.
• Grammar is presented in clear tables and activated through different written tasks.
• Lessons are carefully structured to be engaging and interesting with a variety of different forms of input and
interaction with other learners in pairs, small groups, teams and the whole class.
The situations selected for the units allow for careful training in the procedures for talking about yourself, your work,
your family and your home as well as normal social interaction.
Throughout the series, language is regularly reviewed and recycled ensuring accurate language use and developing
the learners’ communicative competence and confidence. Top Notch Pop is a collection of memorable songs which
help students to review and recall new language from each unit.
Top Notch 2 covers all the competences of A2 Level described in the Common European Framework of Reference,
and introduces competences from the B1 level..
Language
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Writing
Review
Oral Review
Culture
Present perfect simple vs. past simple; present
perfect time markers yet, already, ever, never,
before
I can read about customs for greetings, business
cards and small talk.
I can read a dialogue between 2 people.
I can read a text about gestures.
I can read tips about behaviour.
I can introduce people and ask if we’ve met
before.
I can talk about tourist activities.
I can greet a visitor and ask about tourist
activities.
I can explain about traditional food.
I can describe my partner’s experience.
I can understand an introduction.
I can understand conversations about tourist
activities.
I can understand 3 interviews.
2
3
8
9
5
6
7
7
11
4
7
10
CEF
Greetings and Small Talk 2-13
Page
CEF
Unit 1
A2
Learning and Exam skills
Discuss differences
Functions | WH- Qs
T/F give evidence
A2
Use model | Extend
have / haven’t done
Use model | Extend
Public speaking
A2
Contractions.
Ask Qs | Short answers
Match notes / speakers | WHQs
Pair work
Complete
Use for pair practice
Use suggested topics
Use prompts | Discuss
Qs | Full answers
A2
I can write cultural advice for visitors.
3
I can complete an Email to a friend giving news. 5
I can list tourist activities in my country.
7
I can write notes about my customs.
9
I can write notes about experiences.
11
I can understand an interview about
12 A2
experiences.
12
I can write describing an experience giving
details
I can create a conversation welcoming a friend to my city.
I can create a conversation between 2 people who meet again.
I can ask and answer Qs while abroad.
Customs in different cultures for meeting | Non-verbal communication
Language
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Writing
Review
Oral Review
Culture
Present perfect ; for, since;
would rather (for preferences)
I can read 4 short texts about Di Caprio movies.
I can read a conversation about movies.
14
15
CEF
Movies and Entertainment 14-25
Page
CEF
Unit 2
Learning and Exam skills
A2
I can understand different genres of movies.
18
I can read 4 comments on favourite movies.
21
I can read an opinion article about violence in
22
movies.
A2
I can discuss where I watch movies.
14
I can discuss movies in and the ones I want to
15
see.
16
I can discuss movies I want to see and have
16
seen.
17
I can explain why I am late.
19
I can apologize for being late and explain.
20
I can discuss my movie preferences.
20
I can use adjectives to describe movies.
21
I can understand review extracts.
23
I can describe movies and say why I like them.
I can rate levels of violence and effects on
children.
A2
I can understand apologies for being late.
17
I can understand discussions about movies.
18
I can understand an interview with a movie
20
reviewer.
A2
I can write a list of movies.
15
I can complete a text about a pop star fan.
16
A2
I can understand conversations about movies.
24
I can write 2 paragraphs about violence in
24
movies.
I can develop conversations between people in a movie theatre.
Movie genres | Attitudes to lateness
Language | Inference |
Evidence
Take notes in chart
Confirm content | Evaluate
Make list.
Pair work
Use model | Extend |
Adapt
Use mode. | Extend |
Adapt
Suggest movies to match
adjectives
Complete ads
Use notes
Make notes | Discuss
Complete sentences.
Topic | Match titles.
Topic | Infer opinion.
M/C Qs |
Express balanced opinion
Staying in Hotels 26-37
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Had better for warnings, should for advice,
will Future
I can read a hotel brochure.
I can read a webpage describing hotels.
I can read a Manhattan street map.
I can discuss hotel stays and hotel features.
I can discuss the importance of hotel services.
I can leave and take telephone messages.
I can request housekeeping services.
I can discuss hotel choices.
I can follow the procedure for check out at a
hotel.
I can follow the procedure for check in at a hotel.
I can understand recorded phone messages.
I can understand phone messages to reception.
26
34
A2
26
27
30
31
33
27
29
31
32
A2
Writing
Oral review
Strategies
Culture
CEF
Cars and Driving 38-49
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Writing
Review
Oral Review
Culture
A2
A2
A2
Leave a message
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Language | T/F explain
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Notes in message form
Main ideas | Details
Complete sentences
Give advantages and
disadvantages
I can create conversations in hotels.
Confirm understanding when leaving messages
Hotels: types and services
Unit 4
Language
36
36
Page
Review
I can understand 4 phone calls in hotels.
I can write about my hotel choice and explain.
Learning and Exam skills
Choose hotels for different
people
Past continuous, direct object with phrasal
verbs,
past continuous / past simple
I can read a brochure for car rentals.
38
I can read a text about good driving.
46
I can name different types of car.
38
I can discuss reasons [not] to rent a car.
38
I can say why different parts of a car are useful.
40
I can describe a car accident.
41
I can describe actions with a car.
42
I can discuss car types and journeys.
44
I can role play a call to a car rental.
45
I can discuss how I feel about other drivers.
47
I can understand a procedure for booking a rent
39
car.
41
I can understand a model for describing a car
accident.
43
I can use the procedure for dropping off a rent
44
car.
I can understand 4 phone calls to a car rental.
I can complete a text describing a car accident.
41
I can make notes about a planned road trip.
45
I can make notes about good / bad driving
47
habits.
I can understand a conversation about a road
48
incident.
I can create dialogues for various situations with cars.
Using cars
CEF
Language
CEF
CEF
Page
Unit 3
Learning and Exam skills
A2
Complete statements
A2
A2
Give reasons
Match to definitions
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Report problems
Making choices
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Use survey text
Explain lines
Use model | Extend. | Adapt
Report results of call
A2
A2
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Writing
Review
Oral Review
Culture
Some / any with indefinite quantities and
amounts, indefinite pronouns: someone,
anyone, no one
I can read a brochure for a hotel salon.
I can name personal care products.
I can read a brochure for salon services.
I can read a Q&A column about cosmetic
surgery.
I can compare results of different treatments.
I can ask for personal care products.
I can request salon services.
I can make appointments for salon services.
I can ask Qs about improving appearance.
I can discuss ways to improve appearance.
I can express my own ideas about beauty.
I can understand procedure for booking services
in a salon.
I can understand ads for personal care products.
I can understand a conversation in a salon.
I can understand an interview about physical
beauty.
I can do a survey and take notes.
I can understand conversations about products.
I can write a response to an advice letter.
I can create conversations in a beauty salon.
Attitudes to personal care and beauty
CEF
Unit 6
Eating Well 62-73
Language
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Writing
Review
Oral Review
Culture
Used to for past habits, negative yes/no
questions,
offers, suggestions, Why don’t we ...?
I can understand the Healthy Food Pyramid.
I can read descriptions of 4 diets.
I can read a magazine article about obesity.
Comment on the pyramid. Compare with diet.
I can talk about foods I like / dislike.
I can make an excuse and decline offers.
I can say which foods I avoid.
I can ask why someone doesn’t eat a food.
I can describe my national lifestyle.
I can discuss lifestyle changes.
I can describe 3 local foods.
I can understand a dialogue about diets.
I can understand talks about likes / dislikes.
I can understand a dialogue about food habits.
I can understand 5 interviews about diets.
I can understand descriptions of foods.
I can write about healthy food and give
examples.
I can understand a conversation about food.
I can write about healthy food and give
examples.
I can read an international menu and make
dialogues.
Eating habits
CEF
50
52
53
54
A2
51
53
54
55
57
57
59
51
52
54
58
A2
57
60
60
A2
A2
Learning and Exam skills
Complete notes in chart
A2
CEF
Language
Page
Personal Care and Appearance 50-61
Page
CEF
Unit 5
62
63
68
A2
62
64
66
66
67
69
69
71
63
64
65
66
70
73
A2
72
72
A2
73
A2
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Use prepared notes.
Discuss.
WH- Qs.
Match to pictures
Complete sentences
Who says...? | Take notes |
Report
Identify product type
Learning and Exam skills
Discuss
Define meanings |
Summarize
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Give reasons
Draw conclusions
A2
Complete statements
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Match to speakers
Match to pictures
Delete items not mentioned.
Compare past with present.
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Writing
Review
Oral Review
Culture
Gerunds / infinitives as direct objects
I can read a quiz about colour use.
I can read an article about nature and nurture.
I can read a quiz about introverts/extroverts.
I can choose colours for rooms in a house.
I can ask someone what is wrong and suggest
an activity.
I can say what I’m tired of doing.
I can discuss the origins of my personality.
I can compare my birth order and personality.
I can understand a discussion about paint
choice.
I can understand a conversation about likes /
dislikes.
I can understand a talk about birth order.
I can complete a text about managing feelings.
I can listen and identify mood.
I can write about the personality of a friend.
I can create conversations in 3 settings.
Attitudes to nature and nurture
CEF
Unit 8
The Arts 86-97
Language
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Writing
Review
Oral Review
Culture
Passive voice: statements, negatives, questions
I can read an Art Exhibition announcement.
I can read an article about inspiration.
I can name different artistic media.
I can discuss my artistic preferences.
I can ask about and describe objects.
I can discuss the origins of artistic talent.
I can describe the work of an artist.
I can understand a dialogue discussing art.
I can understand a recommendation for a
museum.
I can understand interviews about artistic
influences.
I can complete an interview with an artist.
I can paraphrase a paragraph about a theory.
I can complete a questionnaire about artistic
talent.
I can listen and identify art works.
I describe an art work in a paragraph.
Read about museums in Europe.
Discuss art works.
Artistic media and styles
CEF
74
80
84
75
76
79
81
83
A2
75
77
82
A2
76
84
84
A2
A2
A2
Learning and Exam skills
Discuss preferences
Meaning from context
Complete quiz
Give reasons.
Use mode. | Extend | Adapt
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Group discussion
CEF
Language
Page
About Personality 74-85
Page
CEF
Unit 7
86
92
86
87
90
93
95
87
89
94
A2
91
93
94
A2
96
96
A2
Paraphrase | Explain
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Main ideas | Details | Use
information in chart
Learning and Exam skills
Discuss media preferences
Main idea | T/F statements
A2
A2
Explain
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Use prepared notes
Complete questionnaire
Idioms |
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Topic | Note making
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Note making for discussion
Match pictures
Speaking
Listening
Writing
Review
Oral Review
Culture
CEF
Unit 10
Ethics and Values 110-121
Language
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Writing
Review
Oral Review
Culture
1st, 2nd, real / unreal conditional,
possessive pronouns, Whose?
I can identify moral dilemmas.
110
I can understand 3 newspaper articles about
moral decisions.
118
I can ask my friends about the dilemma.
111
I can discuss a picture with friends.
117
I can debate personal values.
117
I can say what I would do in given situations.
119
I can understand a conversation about a
111
dilemma.
113
I can follow a discussion of a dilemma.
114
I can understand a dialogue about returning
116
property.
I can understand opinions about fashions.
I can make notes about personal values.
117
I can make notes about acts of kindness or
118
honesty.
I can understand conversations about decisions. 120
I can write 3 paragraphs about a moral decision. 120
I can create conversations concerning ethical choices.
Cultural and personal values
CEF
Reading
Learning and Exam skills
Infinitive of purpose, Comparisons as ... as, just,
almost, quite, nearly
A2
Discuss
I can read a website about computer problems.
98
I can read a ”To Do” list.
101
Use model | Extend | Adapt
I can understand a recommendation for a better
103
Meaning from context
deal.
106
I can read 3 texts about computer use.
Use model | Extend | Adapt
I can troubleshoot a computer problem.
100 A2
Do a survey | Report
I can ask people about their attitudes to
105
Express opinions | Give
computers.
107
examples
I can discuss computer influence on lifestyle.
A2
Idioms | Y/N/?s
I can follow a conversation about computer
99
Check boxes
problems.
100
Check boxes
I can understand computer instructions.
104
I can understand descriptions of computer use.
I can make notes about computer use.
Use questionnaire
105 A2
I can prepare notes about influence of
Advantages |
computers on lifestyle.
Disadvantages
107
I can understand people comparing products.
108 A2
I can write 2 paragraphs about the benefits of
Use notes
108
computers.
I can create conversations: requesting help, recommending, asking about activity.
Attitudes to computers
Page
Language
CEF
Living with Computers 98-109
Page
CEF
Unit 9
A2
A2
A2
A2
A2
Learning and Exam skills
Discuss
Summarize | Interpret |
Comment
Survey
Express opinions
Use prepared notes
Use notes
Idioms | Answer + explain
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Use model | Extend | Adapt
Meaning from context