Advanced Power 120

Introduction

Advanced Power 120 is an online course, consisting of 100 units of English, and providing approximately 120 hours of study for students.

Course aims

This course is designed to take students from Intermediate, CEFR C1 up to C2. The course blends grammatical structures necessary for this level, with vocabulary, spelling, reading, listening, writing, and speaking.

Gramatika

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

  • Confidently talk and write about the past, present, and future using a variety of verb forms, including continuous and perfect aspects.
  • Use complex passive forms and understand when to use active and passive voices.
  • Use relative clauses, conditional forms, and question tags effectively.
  • Express nuanced meanings using modal verbs, causative forms, and subjunctive structures.
  • Manipulate sentence structures to enhance communication.

Slovní zásoba

By the end of the course, students will have learned approximately 800 lexical items, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, phrasal verbs, idiomatic language, and lexical sets.

Unit summary

Module 1

  • Slovní zásoba: Adjectives of character
  • Gramatika: Articles
  • Čtení: Been there, done that
  • Poslech: Bad dreams
  • Slovní zásoba: Adjective and noun collocations 2
  • Gramatika: Causative Have and Get
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Wordbuilding: Building vocabulary through related word groups
  • Psaní: Formal letters
  • Revision: Material from module 1

Module 2

  • Slovní zásoba: Adjectives of mood
  • Gramatika: Conjunctions and Connectors
  • Čtení: Being polite in Japanese
  • Poslech: My paranoid friend
  • Slovní zásoba: Business idioms 1
  • Gramatika: Gerunds and Infinitives
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling difficult words
  • Mluvení: Conversations – Feeling ill
  • Revision: Material from module 2

Module 3

  • Slovní zásoba: Animals
  • Gramatika: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Čtení: Jamie Oliver
  • Poslech: Young at heart
  • Slovní zásoba: Collocations with prepositions
  • Gramatika: Indirect questions
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Wordbuilding: Building vocabulary through related word groups
  • Psaní: Informal letters
  • Revision: Material from module 3

Module 4

  • Slovní zásoba: Clothes and clothing
  • Gramatika: Future Perfect
  • Čtení: Massacre at Wounded Knee
  • Poslech: A typical English summer
  • Slovní zásoba: Adjective + Noun collocations
  • Gramatika: Talking about the future
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling difficult words
  • Mluvení: Conversations – Splitting up with your boyfriend
  • Revision: Material from module 4

Module 5

  • Slovní zásoba: Confusing words 1
  • Gramatika: It’s time/would rather
  • Čtení: The hottest cities on earth
  • Poslech: An extract from a novel
  • Slovní zásoba: Verb + Noun collocations
  • Gramatika: Modal Verbs
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Wordbuilding: Building vocabulary through related word groups
  • Psaní: Formal letters – Making a complaint
  • Revision: Material from module 5

Module 6

  • Slovní zásoba: Food and drink
  • Gramatika: Prepositions
  • Čtení: The Great Wall of China
  • Poslech: Lost in translation
  • Slovní zásoba: Collocations with verbs
  • Gramatika: Active and Passive voice
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling difficult words
  • Mluvení: Conversations – Describing accidents
  • Revision: Material from module 6

Module 7

  • Slovní zásoba: Jobs and occupations
  • Gramatika: Reported Speech
  • Čtení: Shakespeare’s life
  • Poslech: BBC World News
  • Slovní zásoba: Confusing Words
  • Gramatika: Past Perfect
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Wordbuilding: Building vocabulary through related word groups
  • Psaní: Academic essays
  • Revision: Material from module 7

Module 8

  • Slovní zásoba: Travel and holidays
  • Gramatika: Inversion
  • Čtení: The rise of tourism in Asia
  • Poslech: A tourist guide’s advice
  • Slovní zásoba: Adjective + Verb collocations
  • Gramatika: Conditionals
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling difficult words
  • Mluvení: Conversations – Talking about travel experiences
  • Revision: Material from module 8

Module 9

  • Slovní zásoba: Education and learning
  • Gramatika: Relative clauses
  • Čtení: The education system in Finland
  • Poslech: A podcast on learning languages
  • Slovní zásoba: Collocations with nouns
  • Gramatika: Future forms (will vs going to)
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Wordbuilding: Building vocabulary through related word groups
  • Psaní: Descriptive essays
  • Revision: Material from module 9

Module 10

  • Slovní zásoba: Technology and innovation
  • Gramatika: Subjunctive and imperative forms
  • Čtení: Advances in AI
  • Poslech: A TED talk on technological innovation
  • Slovní zásoba: Business idioms 2
  • Gramatika: Complex sentence structures
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling difficult words
  • Psaní: Business reports
  • Revision: Material from module 10

Follow-up

Students completing the Advanced Power 120 course should feel confident in their ability to tackle further advanced studies, including preparation for advanced English exams such as the Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English.