Introduction
Advanced Plus Power 60, Course B is an online course, consisting of 50 units of English, and providing approximately 60 hours of study for students.
Course aims
This course builds on Advanced Plus Power 60, Course A, offering deeper mastery of advanced grammar and vocabulary while refining students’ reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills at the CEFR C2 level.
Gramatika
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Use complex conditionals, including third and mixed, to express hypothetical situations.
- Master advanced passive voice forms, particularly in formal and academic writing.
- Employ inversion and cleft sentences for focus and emphasis.
- Handle advanced modal verbs to express probability, necessity, and regret in various tenses.
- Use sophisticated grammatical structures to improve written and spoken fluency.
Vārdnīca
By the end of the course, students will have learned approximately 700 additional lexical items related to business, law, science, and culture.
Skills
Students will have practiced reading and listening to formal and academic texts, including legal reports, scientific research papers, and professional interviews.
Unit summary
Module 1
- Vārdnīca: Advanced business terminology
- Gramatika: Advanced conditionals (third and mixed)
- Lasīšana: A business case study
- Klausīšanās: A corporate strategy discussion
- Wordbuilding: Business-related adjectives and verbs
- Vārdnīca: Describing business trends
- Gramatika: Passive voice in business contexts
- Rakstīšana: A corporate report
- Spelling: Common business-related words
- Revision: Material from module 1
Module 2
- Vārdnīca: Law and legal systems
- Gramatika: Causative structures in legal contexts
- Lasīšana: A legal analysis of a case
- Klausīšanās: A legal discussion on reforms
- Phrasal verbs: Legal terminology-related phrasal verbs
- Vārdnīca: Describing legal procedures
- Gramatika: Modals for speculation in legal settings
- Runājot: Discussing legal cases
- Spelling: Common law-related words
- Revision: Material from module 2
Module 3
- Vārdnīca: Scientific research and innovation
- Gramatika: Advanced passive structures
- Lasīšana: A scientific research paper
- Klausīšanās: A podcast on scientific discoveries
- Wordbuilding: Science-related nouns and adjectives
- Vārdnīca: Describing scientific research
- Gramatika: Modals for past speculation and regret
- Rakstīšana: A research report
- Spelling: Common science-related words
- Revision: Material from module 3
Module 4
- Vārdnīca: International relations and diplomacy
- Gramatika: Cleft and pseudo-cleft sentences
- Lasīšana: A report on international negotiations
- Klausīšanās: A diplomatic conference
- Phrasal verbs: Diplomacy-related phrasal verbs
- Vārdnīca: Describing diplomatic strategies
- Gramatika: Inversion in complex sentences
- Runājot: Discussing international relations
- Spelling: Common words related to diplomacy
- Revision: Material from module 4
Module 5
- Vārdnīca: Environmental policies and sustainability
- Gramatika: Mixed conditionals
- Lasīšana: An environmental policy analysis
- Klausīšanās: A debate on environmental protection
- Wordbuilding: Environment-related adjectives and verbs
- Vārdnīca: Describing environmental initiatives
- Gramatika: Perfect modals for past criticism and regret
- Rakstīšana: A proposal for environmental reforms
- Spelling: Common words related to the environment
- Revision: Material from module 5
Follow-up
Students completing Advanced Plus Power 60 Course B will have reached mastery of advanced English at the CEFR C2 level and can focus on specialized academic or professional language studies.