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.

Γραμματική

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.

Λεξιλόγιο

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

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

Module 2

  • Λεξιλόγιο: Adjectives of mood
  • Γραμματική: Conjunctions and Connectors
  • Ανάγνωση: Being polite in Japanese
  • Ακρόαση: My paranoid friend
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Business idioms 1
  • Γραμματική: Gerunds and Infinitives
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling difficult words
  • Μιλώντας: Conversations – Feeling ill
  • Revision: Material from module 2

Module 3

  • Λεξιλόγιο: Animals
  • Γραμματική: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Ανάγνωση: Jamie Oliver
  • Ακρόαση: Young at heart
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Collocations with prepositions
  • Γραμματική: Indirect questions
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Wordbuilding: Building vocabulary through related word groups
  • Γράφοντας: Informal letters
  • Revision: Material from module 3

Module 4

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

Module 5

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

Module 6

  • Λεξιλόγιο: Food and drink
  • Γραμματική: Prepositions
  • Ανάγνωση: The Great Wall of China
  • Ακρόαση: Lost in translation
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Collocations with verbs
  • Γραμματική: Active and Passive voice
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling difficult words
  • Μιλώντας: Conversations – Describing accidents
  • Revision: Material from module 6

Module 7

  • Λεξιλόγιο: Jobs and occupations
  • Γραμματική: Reported Speech
  • Ανάγνωση: Shakespeare’s life
  • Ακρόαση: BBC World News
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Confusing Words
  • Γραμματική: Past Perfect
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Wordbuilding: Building vocabulary through related word groups
  • Γράφοντας: Academic essays
  • Revision: Material from module 7

Module 8

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

Module 9

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

Module 10

  • Λεξιλόγιο: Technology and innovation
  • Γραμματική: Subjunctive and imperative forms
  • Ανάγνωση: Advances in AI
  • Ακρόαση: A TED talk on technological innovation
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Business idioms 2
  • Γραμματική: Complex sentence structures
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling difficult words
  • Γράφοντας: 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.