Introduction
Upper Intermediate Power 60, Course A is an online course, consisting of 50 units of English, and providing approximately 60 hours of study for students.
Course aims
This course is designed for Upper Intermediate, CEFR B2 students to consolidate their English language skills. It focuses on developing advanced grammar structures, expanding vocabulary, and improving the four key skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
Граматика
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Use mixed conditionals to talk about hypothetical situations in the past, present, and future.
- Use reported speech to communicate what someone else has said in different contexts.
- Form and use relative clauses to give extra information.
- Master the passive voice in all tenses and forms.
- Use advanced modals of speculation and deduction.
Речник
By the end of the course, students will have acquired approximately 500 new lexical items, covering topics such as business, travel, culture, and relationships.
Skills
Students will have practiced reading and listening to various text types, including interviews, articles, and real-world conversations about diverse topics.
Unit summary
Module 1
- Речник: Business and commerce
- Граматика: Mixed conditionals
- Четене: A business proposal
- Слушане: A meeting about a new project
- Wordbuilding: Business-related nouns and adjectives
- Речник: Business jargon
- Граматика: Modals for speculation and deduction
- Писане: A business report
- Spelling: Common business-related words
- Revision: Material from module 1
Module 2
- Речник: Culture and society
- Граматика: Reported speech
- Четене: A cultural review
- Слушане: A discussion about social trends
- Phrasal verbs: Phrasal verbs related to society
- Речник: Social issues
- Граматика: Passive voice (all forms)
- Говорене: Discussing cultural differences
- Spelling: Common words related to culture
- Revision: Material from module 2
Module 3
- Речник: Travel and tourism
- Граматика: Advanced relative clauses
- Четене: A travel blog
- Слушане: A podcast on travel experiences
- Wordbuilding: Nouns and verbs related to travel
- Речник: Describing travel experiences
- Граматика: Future continuous and future perfect
- Писане: A travel itinerary
- Spelling: Common travel-related words
- Revision: Material from module 3
Module 4
- Речник: Technology and innovation
- Граматика: Modals of deduction and speculation
- Четене: A technology article
- Слушане: A radio show on innovation
- Phrasal verbs: Technology-related phrasal verbs
- Речник: Describing technological advances
- Граматика: Inversion in conditional sentences
- Говорене: Discussing the future of technology
- Spelling: Common technology-related words
- Revision: Material from module 4
Module 5
- Речник: Health and fitness
- Граматика: Reported speech in various tenses
- Четене: An article on fitness trends
- Слушане: A health coach interview
- Wordbuilding: Health-related nouns and adjectives
- Речник: Describing fitness routines
- Граматика: Past perfect continuous
- Писане: A report on fitness habits
- Spelling: Common health-related words
- Revision: Material from module 5
Follow-up
Students completing Upper Intermediate Power 60 Course A should move on to Upper Intermediate Power 60 Course B.