Syllabus
UNIT 7: Values part A: Home matters
Language input: easily confused words, idioms related to home and family, cleft sentences part B: Seeing the world
Language input: travelling, past tenses for hypothetical meanings
(M. Vince HW: G8, V2)
UNIT 8: A rich life part A: Mixing business and pleasure
Language input: vocabulary related to business, negative introductory expressions, fronting part B: A means to an end?
Language input: vocabulary related to spending and investing, comparatives and superlatives
(M. Vince HW: G11, G12, V7, V8, V17)
UNIT 9: The world of science part A: Personal challenges
Language input: vocabulary related to space, vocabulary related to seeing, idioms with like, reported speech part B: Brain power
Language input: vocabulary related to the mind, nouns/adjectives/verbs + prepositions, prepositions + ing forms
(M. Vince HW: G13, G17, G18, V16, V18)
UNIT 10: A positive outlook part A: Teamwork
Language input: vocabulary related to health, sport, and fitness, participle and infinitive clauses part B: Feeling good
Language input: modal verbs (revision), modal verbs alternatives
(M. Vince HW: V13)
Annotation
The course consists of three 45-minute lessons per week in total. Sign up for one 90-minute and one 45-minute lesson.
The aim of the course is to develop students' language skills towards C1 level (CEFR) with a focus on practical skills regarding speaking, reading, and listening. The course is based on systematic work with the core textbook.
Homework will be assigned from Advanced Language Practice by Michael Vince.