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IMPERIAL ENGLISH UK ADVANCED COURSE (CEFR B2-C1 / IELTS 5.5-6.5)

Advanced General English Course Framework

Topic Aims Reading Skills Writing Skills Speaking Skills Listening Skills Grammar Focus Vocabulary Pronunciation

1 • Practising the use of modal verbs for Reading for gist (T3) Creating rules (T7) Sharing opinions (T1) Listening for specific Modal verbs (T2/3) Discussion language Modal verbs (T2/3)
permission / ability / obligation information (T4) (T5)
Class Discussing rules (T6)
Expectations • Using opinion language to make
group decisions
(2 hr) • Writing a set of rules for your
teacher

2 • Practising using present and past Reading to understand Writing about university Using vocabulary in Note-taking (T4) Past simple and Verb + noun Verb + noun
simple and continuous to discuss the (T1) experiences (T8) practice (T3) continuous (T6) collocations (T2) collocations (T2)
University university experience
Experience Comparing 2 texts (T5) Discussing differences
• Developing verb-noun collocations between 2 texts (T5)
(2 hr) relating to university
• Reading and exchanging information Discussing university
with another person experiences (T7)

3 • Practising asking and answering Scanning for Writing pieces of advice Giving advice to Listening for Question formation Language for advice Advice language
questions in more detail information (T6) (T5) classmates (T6) vocabulary and (T1) (T3) (T3/6)
Learning specific information
Targets & • Listening for and using language of Note-taking (T6) (T2) Gerunds and infinitives
Study Skills advice (T4)
• Using collocations to talk about
(2 hr) study skills

4 • Giving advice about study skills Reading for gist and Creating a chain of Discussing a text and Listening to Linking words (T3) Prepositions (T4) ‘I need to’ + infinitive
detail (T2) events (T2) ways to improve (T2) classmates’ learning (T1)
• Developing language for discussing
Independent plans (T6) Prepositions (T4) Matching descriptions
Learning abilities and preferences Forming extended Discussing different ways to vocabulary (T5)
• Writing your own independent sentences using linkers of learning (T5)
(2 hr) learning plan (T3)

Completing an
Independent Learning
Plan (T6)
5 • Comparing different education Matching information Using comparatives (T2) Sharing opinions on given Listening to Comparatives and Finding synonyms in a Comparatives and
systems to paragraphs in a text statements (T1/3) classmates’ opinions superlatives (T1/2) text (T5) superlatives (T1/2)
Education (T4) Completing a table (T6) (T7)
(2 hr) • Organising and using new Comparing education
vocabulary to talk about education Reading for specific systems (T7)

• Reading and making comparisons to information (T4)
the text

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