English Upper Intermediate B2.1
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What you'll learn
Vocabulary and grammar for effective communication in the workplace
Essential skills to operate effectively in an English-speaking work context
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There are 6 modules in this course
This course will help you take your English to the next level, to study abroad, to work in an international organization, or simply to hone your language competencies and intercultural skills in today's global world. The course is based around the lives of a bilingual family and covers interesting, contemporary topics. You will find a variety of input to help you build your knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. There are interactive exercises to help you develop your reading, writing, listening and speaking skills in a variety of contexts, and a wide range of practical and creative tasks to support your learning and encourage communication.
This module looks at introducing yourself and others in a variety of contexts, including written profiles, and includes a revision of the relevant language for getting to know people, and describing them and their social and professional interests.
What's included
3 videos8 readings9 assignments3 discussion prompts
3 videos•Total 13 minutes
- Lovely to meet you•5 minutes
- Grammar focus: Overview of present and past tenses •6 minutes
- Teacher's hints: How to learn vocabulary•3 minutes
8 readings•Total 65 minutes
- Introduction to the course •5 minutes
- Question forms •10 minutes
- What are you like? •5 minutes
- Pronunciation focus: how to pronounce "ed" •10 minutes
- Say a few words about yourself•10 minutes
- On my list: cultural highlights for Federica staff and students •10 minutes
- Speaking: Fictional characters •10 minutes
- Downloadable dictionary•5 minutes
9 assignments•Total 95 minutes
- End of week 1 - First meetings •15 minutes
- Video comprehension •10 minutes
- Let's practice: verbs and expressions for describing what you are like•10 minutes
- Write a profile for a dating app•10 minutes
- Becoming an air bnb host or similar •10 minutes
- Reading: Sunday with....•10 minutes
- Listening: Favorite characters •10 minutes
- Watching: The puzzle of personality •10 minutes
- Exam skills - open cloze•10 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
- Say a few words...•10 minutes
- Personal profiles •10 minutes
- Writing: A person who is important to you •10 minutes
This week you will learn to talk about your experiences and achievements, especially regarding your studies, using a variety of time expressions and tenses. You will also look at how to describe education data and trends.
What's included
4 videos7 readings8 assignments2 discussion prompts
4 videos•Total 15 minutes
- Learning online•5 minutes
- Vocabulary focus: Technology •3 minutes
- Grammar focus: present perfect•4 minutes
- Teacher's hints: How to analyze grammar and vocabulary•2 minutes
7 readings•Total 55 minutes
- Video language •5 minutes
- Pronunciation focus•5 minutes
- Describing trends •10 minutes
- On my list: cultural highlights for Federica staff and students •10 minutes
- Speaking: Your favorite technology •10 minutes
- Exam skills: Describing photos •10 minutes
- Downloadable dictionary•5 minutes
8 assignments•Total 85 minutes
- End of week 2 - Online classrooms•15 minutes
- Present perfect and past simple•10 minutes
- Online education: some facts and figures•10 minutes
- Choosing an online course•10 minutes
- Describing a graph•10 minutes
- Reading: The transition to online •10 minutes
- Listening: The Like button •10 minutes
- Watching: Study tips•10 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
- New Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Writing: For and against essay •10 minutes
By the end of this module you should be able to understand and give advice and opinions about health and well-being, including diet and exercise.
What's included
3 videos8 readings10 assignments2 discussion prompts
3 videos•Total 14 minutes
- Activities in the park•4 minutes
- Grammar focus - Conditional forms •6 minutes
- Teacher's hints•3 minutes
8 readings•Total 75 minutes
- Vocabulary focus - health and fitness collocations•10 minutes
- Pronunciation practice •10 minutes
- The benefits of meditation•10 minutes
- Joining a gym•10 minutes
- Know your anatomy•10 minutes
- On my list: cultural highlights for Federica staff and students •10 minutes
- Speaking: Giving advice about health problems•10 minutes
- Downloadable dictionary •5 minutes
10 assignments•Total 105 minutes
- End of week 3 - Keeping fit •15 minutes
- Video language •10 minutes
- Conditional forms •10 minutes
- Health and fitness collocations •10 minutes
- More practice with vocabulary•10 minutes
- Joining a gym continued •10 minutes
- Healthy eating•10 minutes
- Listening: five-minute habits for healthy living•10 minutes
- Reading: How to stay fit for ever •10 minutes
- Exam skills: describing data •10 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
- What do you think about meditation? •10 minutes
- Writing: Offering advice •10 minutes
This module will enable you to to talk about work and the workplace, using modal verbs to talk about possibilities and to make deductions.
What's included
3 videos9 readings9 assignments2 discussion prompts
3 videos•Total 12 minutes
- You must have been busy recently •4 minutes
- Grammar focus: Modal verbs of possibility and deduction •5 minutes
- Teacher's hints•3 minutes
9 readings•Total 85 minutes
- Modal verbs of deduction continued •10 minutes
- Phrasal verbs •10 minutes
- Pronunciation focus: Disappearing sounds •10 minutes
- Writing a relevant professional profile •10 minutes
- What information to include in a personal profile •10 minutes
- What information to include in the covering email •10 minutes
- On my list: cultural highlights from Federica staff and students •10 minutes
- Speaking: Which company would you like to work for? •10 minutes
- Downloadable dictionary •5 minutes
9 assignments•Total 95 minutes
- End of week 4 - The changing workplace •15 minutes
- Video language •10 minutes
- Modal verbs of possibility and deduction •10 minutes
- Phrasal verbs•10 minutes
- Job adverts•10 minutes
- Writing your personal profile •10 minutes
- Listening: Interview with a CEO •10 minutes
- Reading: More companies move to remote working•10 minutes
- Exam skills: Word formation •10 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
- Write your covering letter •10 minutes
- Writing: The office of the future•10 minutes
In this module, you will practice using narrative tenses to tell stories. You will also learn some useful language to talk about books, films and other types of stories like news items.
What's included
3 videos7 readings8 assignments2 discussion prompts
3 videos•Total 12 minutes
- What are you after?•5 minutes
- Grammar focus: Narrative tenses•3 minutes
- Teacher's hints: phrasal verbs •4 minutes
7 readings•Total 65 minutes
- Vocabulary focus: books and films•10 minutes
- Pronunciation practice: question forms •10 minutes
- Adding detail to a story•10 minutes
- Writing a story•10 minutes
- On my list: cultural highlights from Federica staff and students •10 minutes
- Speaking skills•10 minutes
- Downloadable dictionary •5 minutes
8 assignments•Total 85 minutes
- End of week 5 - Spoiler alert•15 minutes
- Video language•10 minutes
- Narrative tenses•10 minutes
- Vocabulary around books and films•10 minutes
- Reading a story from literature •10 minutes
- Do's and don'ts of storytelling •10 minutes
- Reading a film review•10 minutes
- Listening skills - •10 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
- My version of the story •10 minutes
- Writing skills - writing a review•10 minutes
This week revises some forms of the future tense and introduces new future tenses while presenting useful language to talk about activism, intersectionality, inclusion and climate change.
What's included
3 videos7 readings8 assignments3 discussion prompts
3 videos•Total 16 minutes
- Where will we all be in 50 years' time? •5 minutes
- Talking about the future•8 minutes
- Teacher's hints - Open cloze •3 minutes
7 readings•Total 65 minutes
- Vocabulary focus •10 minutes
- Pronunciation focus •10 minutes
- The do's and don'ts of your carbon footprint•10 minutes
- Intersectionality•10 minutes
- On my list: Cultural highlights from Federica staff and learners •10 minutes
- Speaking skills•10 minutes
- Downloadable dictionary •5 minutes
8 assignments•Total 85 minutes
- End of week 6 - Be the change you want to see•15 minutes
- Video language •10 minutes
- Let's practice vocabulary to talk about climate change and activism •10 minutes
- Future tenses •10 minutes
- More practice with the future •10 minutes
- Reading skills •10 minutes
- Watching skills •10 minutes
- Listening skills •10 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
- Your personal carbon footprint•10 minutes
- Create an activism poster•10 minutes
- Writing skills - your role model•10 minutes
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