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Intensive Course Curriculum

Course Features

– 60 hours of guided instruction
– Unit tests throughout the programme
– Midterm exam and final exam
– Two full mock exams (completed outside the 60 hours)
– Focus on reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar & vocabulary

Topics: Personal information, school life


Grammar:

  • Modals (have to, must, can, should etc.)
  • Present simple & continuous
  • -ing forms

Vocabulary:

  • School subjects
  • Sports facilities
  • School rooms
  • School collocations

Exam Skills:

  • Reading (Part 2, Part 5)
  • Writing Part 1 emails (openings/closings, linking words, punctuation)
  • Listening Part 2
  • Speaking Part 1

Assessment:
Unit Test 1 at the end of the unit

Topics: Sport, hobbies, leisure


Grammar:

  • Past simple
  • Past continuous

Vocabulary:

  • Phrasal verbs with in
  • Character traits
  • Verbs for winning & losing

Exam Skills:

  • Reading (Part 4, Part 5)
  • Writing Part 2 - stories
  • Listening Part 3
  • Speaking Part 3 (agreeing/disagreeing)

Assessment:
Unit Test 2

Topics: Clothes, shopping

Grammar:

  • Order of adjectives
  • Comparative & superlative adjectives

Vocabulary:

  • Clothes
  • Jewellery
  • Materials
  • Places to shop

Exam Skills:

  • Reading (Part 5, Part 1)
  • Writing  Part 2 - articles (pronouns, who/which/where)
  • Listening Part 4
  • Speaking Part 4

Assessment:
Unit Test 3

Topics: Personal feelings, entertainment & media

Grammar:

  • -ed / -ing adjectives
  • Present perfect

Vocabulary:

  • Emotions
  • Entertainment

Exam Skills:

  • Reading (Part 4, Part 6)
  • Writing (phrasal verbs with take, just/yet/already)
  • Listening Part 1
  • Speaking Part 2 (describing people)

Assessment:
Midterm Test (covers units 1-4)

Topics: Food & drink, health

Grammar:

  • Future forms
  • Modals

Vocabulary:

  • Food & drink
  • Phrasal verbs with put

Exam Skills:

  • Reading (Part 1, Part 6)
  • Writing Part 1 (invitations, requests, suggestions)
  • Listening Part 3
  • Speaking Part 1

Assessment:
Unit Test 5

Topics: House & home, places & buildings

Grammar:

  • Used to
  • Verbs + infinitive/–ing
  • do/make/have/go

Vocabulary:

  • Home
  • Places

Exam Skills:

  • Reading (Part 3, Part 5)
  • Writing Part 2 stories (linking words)
  • Listening Part 1
  • Speaking Part 3 (opinions, suggestions)

Assessment:
Unit Test 6

Topics: Nature & environment

Grammar:

  • Past perfect
  • Reported speech & commands
  • Passive

Vocabulary:

  • Animals
  • Weather
  • Natural world

Exam Skills:

  • Reading (Part 6, Part 2)
  • Writing Part 2 - an article about a season
  • Listening Part 4
  • Speaking Part 2 (describing animals, weather)

Assessment:
Unit Test 7

Topics: Travel, transport & holidays

Grammar:

  • First & second conditional
  • Travel vocabulary

Vocabulary:

  • Holiday activities
  • Travel-related words

Exam Skills:

  • Reading (Part 3, Part 4)
  • Writing Part 2 - photo-based article
  • Listening Part 2
  • Speaking Part 4 (holiday preferences)

Assessment:
Final Test (covers all units 1-8)

A full Cambridge B1 Preliminary practice exam

Duration: 2.5 hours
(Not included in the 60 hours)

A second full practice exam under timed conditions.

Duration: 2.5 hours
(Not included in the 60 hours)

Course Features

– 60 hours of guided instruction
– Unit tests throughout the programme
– Midterm exam and final exam
– Two full mock exams (completed outside the 60 hours)
– Focus on reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar & vocabulary

Topics

Daily life; people

 
Grammar
  • Present tenses; present simple in time clauses
  • Adjectives ending in -ed / -ing
  • Adjective prefixes & suffixes (-able, -al, dis-, -ful, -ic, im-, -ish, -itive, -ive, -ous, un-, -y)
Vocabulary
  • Character adjectives
  • Adjective formation
Reading
  • Part 7: multiple matching
Use of English
  • Part 3: word formation
Writing
  • Part 2: informal email — getting ideas, informal language
Listening
  • Part 1: multiple-choice questions + short texts
Speaking
  • Part 1: talking about yourself
Assessment

Unit Test 1 (end of unit)

Topics

Food & drink; restaurants; relationships

 
Grammar
  • Past tenses
  • Fixed phrases
Vocabulary
  • Food & restaurant vocabulary
  • Relationship language
Reading
  • Part 6: gapped text
Use of English
  • Part 2: open cloze
Writing
  • Part 2 article: narrative linking expressions
Listening
  • Part 2: sentence completion
Speaking
  • Giving opinions; comparing
Assessment

Unit Test 2 (end of unit)

Topics

Travel & tourism; transport; festivals & customs

 
Grammar
  • Modal verbs
  • Adverbs of degree
  • Dependent prepositions

Vocabulary

  • Travel & tourism vocabulary
  • Festivals & customs
Reading
  • Part 5: multiple-choice questions + long text
Use of English
  • Part 1: multiple-choice cloze
Writing
  • Part 1 essay: linking expressions; for and against
Listening
  • Part 3: multiple matching
Speaking
  • Turn-taking; suggesting; speculating
Assessment

Unit Test 3 (end of unit)

Topics

Entertainment (film, music, arts), leisure

 
Grammar
  • Verbs followed by to-infinitive or -ing
  • Too & enough
  • Present perfect

Vocabulary

  • Phrasal verbs with on
  • Entertainment/leisure vocabulary
Reading
  • Part 6: gapped text
Use of English
  • Part 4: key word transformation
Writing
  • Part 2 review: descriptive adjectives; recommendations
Listening
  • Part 4: multiple-choice questions + long text
Speaking
  • Asking for and justifying opinions
Assessment

Unit Test 4 (end of unit)

Topics

Education, study & learning; careers & jobs

 
Grammar
  • Future forms
  • Countable & uncountable nouns

Vocabulary

  • Phrasal verbs with take
  • Noun suffixes (-ant, -er, -ian, -ist, -or)
Reading
  • Part 7: multiple matching
Use of English
  • Part 3: word formation
Writing
  • Part 2 formal letter of application: formal expressions; achieving aims
Listening
  • Part 2: sentence completion
Speaking
  • Part 1: talking about future plans
Assessment

Midterm Test (end of Unit 5; included in Unit 5 time)

Topics

Health & fitness; sport

 
Grammar
  • Relative clauses (defining & non-defining)
  • Purpose links

Vocabulary

  • Medical vocabulary
  • Phrasal verbs with up
  • Sports vocabulary
Reading
  • Part 5: multiple-choice questions + long text
Use of English
  • Part 2: open cloze
Writing
  • Part 2 letter: informal language; purpose links
Listening
  • Part 1: multiple-choice questions + short texts
Speaking
  • Agreeing and politely disagreeing
Assessment

Unit Test 6 (end of unit)

Topics

The environment; the weather

 
Grammar
  • Conditionals 1–3
  • Mixed conditionals
  • Comparative forms
  • Contrast links

Vocabulary

  • Phrases with in
  • Environment & weather vocabulary
Reading
  • Part 6: gapped text
Use of English
  • Part 4: key word transformation
Writing
  • Part 1 essay: contrast links; for and against
Listening
  • Part 3: multiple matching
Speaking
  • Comparing: -er, more, (not) as ... as, etc.
Assessment

Unit Test 7 (end of unit)

Topics

Science & technology

 
Grammar
  • Passive forms
  • Articles
Vocabulary
  • Communications, science & technology vocabulary
  • Collocations
Reading
  • Part 5: multiple-choice questions + long text
Use of English
  • Part 1: multiple-choice cloze
Writing
  • Part 2 article: reason & result links; involving the reader
Listening
  • Part 2: sentence completion
Speaking
  • Adding more points
Assessment

Unit Test 8

Topics

The media; celebrities

 
Grammar
  • Reported speech
  • Noun suffixes
Vocabulary
  • Media & celebrity vocabulary
  • Noun formation
Reading
  • Part 7: multiple matching
Use of English
  • Part 3: word formation
Writing
  • Part 2 report: recommending & suggesting
Listening
  • Part 4: multiple-choice questions + long text
Speaking
  • Keeping going (maintaining interaction)
Assessment

Unit Test 9

Topics

Shopping & consumer goods; fashion

 
Grammar
  • Adverbs of manner & opinion
  • Wish & if only
  • Causative have & get
Vocabulary
  • Clothing & shopping vocabulary
  • Phrasal verbs with out
  • Extreme adjectives
Reading
  • Part 6: gapped text
Use of English
  • Part 4: key word transformation
Writing
  • Part 1 essay: extreme adjectives; for and against
Listening
  • Part 3: multiple matching
Speaking
  • Parts 3 & 4: decision-making
Assessment
  • Final Test (end of Unit 10; included in Unit 10 time)

A full Cambridge B2 First practice exam

Duration: 3.5 hours
(Not included in the 60 hours)

A second full practice exam under timed conditions.

Duration: 3.5 hours
(Not included in the 60 hours)

Course Features

– 60 hours of guided instruction
– Unit tests throughout the programme
– Midterm exam and final exam
– Two full mock exams (completed outside the 60 hours)
– Focus on reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar & vocabulary

Topics

Events, issues, media

 
Grammar
  • Review of past, present & future tenses
Vocabulary
  • Collocations
  • Frequently confused words
Reading & Use of English
  • Part 1: multiple-choice cloze
  • Part 7: gapped text
Writing
  • Part 1: essay — getting ideas, contrast links, checking
Listening
  • Part 4: multiple matching
Speaking
  • Part 1: talking about past, present & future
Assessment

Unit Test 1

Topics

Travel, customs, traditions

 
Grammar
  • Participle clauses
Vocabulary
  • Prefixes
  • Academic expressions
Reading & Use of English
  • Part 3: word formation
  • Part 6: cross-text multiple matching
Writing
  • Part 2: report — planning, recommending
Listening
  • Part 2: sentence completion
Speaking
  • Part 2: making comparisons
Assessment

Unit Test 2

Topics

Human behaviour, relationships

 
Grammar
  • Review of reported speech
Vocabulary
  • Collocations
  • Idioms with keep
Reading & Use of English
  • Part 4: key word transformations
  • Part 5: multiple-choice questions
Writing
  • Part 2: letter — formal / informal / neutral style; layout
Listening
  • Part 1: short texts, multiple-choice questions
Speaking
  • Part 3: suggesting, disagreeing/agreeing, asking for opinions
Assessment

Unit Test 3

Topics

Money, business, finance

 
Grammar
  • Review of passive forms
  • Causatives
Vocabulary
  • Fixed phrases
  • Phrasal verbs with out
  • Money vocabulary
Reading & Use of English
  • Part 2: open cloze
  • Part 7: gapped text
Writing
  • Part 1: essay — addition links, achieving balance
Listening
  • Part 3: long text, multiple-choice questions
Speaking
  • Part 4: expressing & justifying opinions
Assessment

Unit Test 4

Topics

Health, fitness, sport

 
Grammar
  • Conditionals — all forms including mixed & forms without *if*
Vocabulary
  • Word building
  • Suffixes
  • Compound adjectives
Reading & Use of English
  • Part 3: word formation
  • Part 8: multiple matching
Writing
  • Part 2: proposal — purpose links; text organisation
Listening
  • Part 2: sentence completion
Speaking
  • Part 2: commenting on partner’s pictures
Assessment
  • Midterm Test
Topics

Arts, culture, entertainment

 
Grammar
  • Review of verbs + -ing / infinitive
Vocabulary
  • Collocations
  • Frequently confused words
Reading & Use of English
  • Part 1: multiple-choice cloze
  • Part 5: multiple-choice questions
Writing
  • Part 2: review — praising & criticising
Listening
  • Part 4: multiple matching
Speaking
  • Part 1: expressing preferences, likes & dislikes
Assessment

Unit Test 6

Topics

Nature, environment, climate

 
Grammar
  • Inversion after negative adverbials
Vocabulary
  • Collocations
  • Phrasal verbs with on
  • Idioms (nature)
Reading & Use of English
  • Part 4: key word transformations
  • Part 7: gapped text
Writing
  • Part 1: essay — sentence adverbs; paraphrasing notes
Listening
  • Part 1: short texts, multiple-choice questions
Speaking
  • Part 3: giving examples; helping your partner
Assessment

Unit Test 7

Topics

Education, learning, work

 
Grammar
  • Relative clauses
  • Introductory *it* / *what*
Vocabulary
  • Affixes
  • Spelling changes
Reading & Use of English
  • Part 3: word formation
  • Part 8: multiple matching
Writing
  • Part 2: letter — formal language; text organisation
Listening
  • Part 2: sentence completion
Speaking
  • Part 4: adding emphasis; hedging
Assessment

Unit Test 8

Topics

Science, technology

 
Grammar
  • Modals (including continuous & passive forms)
Vocabulary
  • Dependent prepositions
  • Science lexis
Reading & Use of English
  • Part 2: open cloze
  • Part 5: multiple-choice questions
Writing
  • Part 2: report — result links; text organisation
Listening
  • Part 3: long text, multiple-choice questions
Speaking
  • Part 2: speculating about present & past
Assessment

Unit Test 9

Topics

Psychology, personality

 
Grammar
  • Wishes & regrets
Vocabulary
  • Three-part phrasal verbs
  • Adjectives of personality
Reading & Use of English
  • Part 4: key word transformations
  • Part 6: cross-text multiple matching
Writing
  • Part 1: essay — concession; opening paragraphs
Listening
  • Part 4: multiple matching
Speaking
  • Parts 3 & 4: negotiating; reaching a decision
Assessment
  • Final Test

A full Cambridge C1 Advanced practice exam

Duration: 4 hours
(Not included in the 60 hours)

A second full practice exam under timed conditions.

Duration: 4 hours
(Not included in the 60 hours)

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