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English Advanced C1

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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Flexible schedule
2 weeks at 10 hours a week
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.5

51 reviews

Advanced level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
2 weeks at 10 hours a week
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • A broad range of sophisticated language structures to express ideas, opinions and emotions and participate confidently socially and at work  

  • Sophisticated and broad lexis, including colloquial language, to discuss broad-ranging abstract topics around art, music, diet and finance.  

  • Strategies for understanding meaning from context and gaining detailed understanding of longer authentic written and spoken texts

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Assessments

49 assignments

Taught in English
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There are 6 modules in this course

The course is designed to enable learners at a pre-advanced level of English to take their language to the next level. The course helps learners adapt their language to a variety of contexts and includes the flexible application of irony, idiomatic language and colloquial language well as the ability to understand, adapt to and participate in a wide range of social contexts.

By the end of this week you will be able to talk about meeting people and the impression you make. You will be able to use a range of language to create positive impressions, and you will also develop strategies for understanding specific meanings in complex academic texts.

What's included

3 videos10 readings10 assignments2 discussion prompts

3 videosTotal 10 minutes
  • Welcome to the course!2 minutes
  • Meeting the Family4 minutes
  • Grammar Focus4 minutes
10 readingsTotal 98 minutes
  • Vocabulary Focus5 minutes
  • Pronunciation Focus8 minutes
  • Creating an Avatar15 minutes
  • Advertising10 minutes
  • Instagram Impression5 minutes
  • It's Only Words10 minutes
  • English-speaking around the World10 minutes
  • Speaking20 minutes
  • Watching10 minutes
  • Dictionary Week 15 minutes
10 assignmentsTotal 98 minutes
  • End of Week 1- Making a Good Impression10 minutes
  • Video Language12 minutes
  • Vocabulary Practice8 minutes
  • Grammar Practice10 minutes
  • Expressive Language10 minutes
  • Extra Language8 minutes
  • E-mail10 minutes
  • Projecting the Right Self-image10 minutes
  • Reading10 minutes
  • Listening10 minutes
2 discussion promptsTotal 45 minutes
  • Critical Reflection on an Advert15 minutes
  • Writing30 minutes

By the end of this week, you will be able to talk about art and its role in our lives using expressive language. You will also learn to use ellipsis and adverbs for emphasis to communicate more effectively and naturally in spoken and written English.

What's included

2 videos11 readings8 assignments1 discussion prompt

2 videosTotal 10 minutes
  • Art is the New Influencer5 minutes
  • Grammar Focus5 minutes
11 readingsTotal 134 minutes
  • Vocabulary Focus5 minutes
  • Expressive Language8 minutes
  • Pronunciation Focus6 minutes
  • Creating a Self-portrait15 minutes
  • Necessary or Luxury Purchase?10 minutes
  • It's Only Words10 minutes
  • English-speaking around the World5 minutes
  • Watching10 minutes
  • Writing50 minutes
  • Speaking10 minutes
  • Dictionary Week 25 minutes
8 assignmentsTotal 81 minutes
  • End of Week 2- Art is the New Influencer10 minutes
  • Video Language12 minutes
  • Vocabulary Practice8 minutes
  • Grammar Practice8 minutes
  • Extra Language Practice8 minutes
  • Art Exhibition Catalogue10 minutes
  • Reading10 minutes
  • Listening15 minutes
1 discussion promptTotal 15 minutes
  • Visiting the Moma (online)15 minutes

By the end of this week, you will be able to talk about clothes, fast fashion, and related environmental issues with greater fluency. You will also be able to use a range of future tenses to discuss plans, predictions, and assumptions, while expanding your vocabulary through expressions related to money and collocations linked to environmental topics.

What's included

2 videos7 readings9 assignments4 discussion prompts

2 videosTotal 7 minutes
  • Making a Difference4 minutes
  • Grammar Focus3 minutes
7 readingsTotal 70 minutes
  • Vocabulary Focus5 minutes
  • Wash Care Labels on Clothes10 minutes
  • It's Only Words10 minutes
  • Englishes around the World10 minutes
  • Practicing Reading Skills15 minutes
  • Watching15 minutes
  • Dictionary Week 35 minutes
9 assignmentsTotal 93 minutes
  • End of Week 3- Making a Difference10 minutes
  • Video Language12 minutes
  • Vocabulary Practice10 minutes
  • Grammar Practice10 minutes
  • Expressive Language10 minutes
  • Pronunciation Focus8 minutes
  • Extra Practice8 minutes
  • Writing an Email10 minutes
  • Listening15 minutes
4 discussion promptsTotal 60 minutes
  • Wardrobe Audit15 minutes
  • Selling a Garment15 minutes
  • Creating a Social Media Post15 minutes
  • Speaking15 minutes

By the end of this week, you will be able to talk about music and its role in our lives using expressive language suited to everyday conversation. You will also learn to use inversions for emphasis and develop strategies for recognizing and understanding onomatopoeia in spoken and written texts.

What's included

2 videos11 readings8 assignments1 discussion prompt

2 videosTotal 8 minutes
  • It's a Small World4 minutes
  • Grammar Focus4 minutes
11 readingsTotal 115 minutes
  • Vocabulary Focus10 minutes
  • Pronunciation Focus10 minutes
  • Organizing a Dinner Party10 minutes
  • Writing a Song10 minutes
  • Music Quiz10 minutes
  • Music Reviews10 minutes
  • It's Only Words10 minutes
  • Englishes around the World10 minutes
  • Speaking15 minutes
  • Watching15 minutes
  • Dictionary Week 45 minutes
8 assignmentsTotal 87 minutes
  • End of Week 4- It's a Small World10 minutes
  • Video Language12 minutes
  • Vocabulary Practice10 minutes
  • Grammar Practice10 minutes
  • Expressive Language10 minutes
  • Practicing Reading Skills10 minutes
  • Text Cohesion15 minutes
  • Listening10 minutes
1 discussion promptTotal 45 minutes
  • Writing45 minutes

By the end of this week, you will be able to talk about the dangers of an unhealthy diet and explore food-related issues such as labeling with greater confidence. You will expand your vocabulary through expressions related to journalism, develop your use of distancing techniques in both spoken and written English, and deepen your understanding of verb patterns within word families.

What's included

2 videos12 readings7 assignments2 discussion prompts

2 videosTotal 9 minutes
  • You are What You Eat4 minutes
  • Grammar Focus4 minutes
12 readingsTotal 106 minutes
  • Vocabulary Focus10 minutes
  • Grammar Practice8 minutes
  • Pronunciation10 minutes
  • AI Calorie Counting5 minutes
  • A Madeleine Moment10 minutes
  • It's Only Words10 minutes
  • Englishes around the World5 minutes
  • Organic Food8 minutes
  • Eating for a Longer Life10 minutes
  • Speaking15 minutes
  • Watching10 minutes
  • Dictionary Week 55 minutes
7 assignmentsTotal 66 minutes
  • End of Week 5- Embracing Change10 minutes
  • Video Language10 minutes
  • Vocabulary Practice8 minutes
  • Expressive Language8 minutes
  • Extra Language 8 minutes
  • A trip to the Supermarket10 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding12 minutes
2 discussion promptsTotal 55 minutes
  • Cultural Recipe Book15 minutes
  • Writing40 minutes

By the end of this week, you will be able to talk about inheritance, investments, and other finance-related topics using appropriate and expressive language. You will also learn to use discourse markers effectively in both spoken and written English and develop your ability to describe people's behavior and tendencies in a more precise and natural way.

What's included

2 videos10 readings7 assignments2 discussion prompts

2 videosTotal 9 minutes
  • A nice conundrum5 minutes
  • Grammar Focus4 minutes
10 readingsTotal 110 minutes
  • Vocabulary Focus10 minutes
  • Expressive Language10 minutes
  • Pronunciation Focus10 minutes
  • Saving money10 minutes
  • It's Only Words10 minutes
  • Englishes around the World10 minutes
  • Reading30 minutes
  • Speaking10 minutes
  • Watching5 minutes
  • Dictionary Week 65 minutes
7 assignmentsTotal 68 minutes
  • End of Week 6- A Nice Conundrum10 minutes
  • Video Language10 minutes
  • Vocabulary Practice10 minutes
  • Grammar Practice10 minutes
  • Extra Language8 minutes
  • Email10 minutes
  • Listening10 minutes
2 discussion promptsTotal 25 minutes
  • Scams and How to Avoid Them10 minutes
  • Writing15 minutes

Instructors

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4.1 (16 ratings)
Università di Napoli Federico II
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Università di Napoli Federico II
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