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.

Vārdnīca

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

  • Vārdnīca: Adjectives of character
  • Gramatika: Articles
  • Lasīšana: Been there, done that
  • Klausīšanās: Bad dreams
  • Vārdnīca: 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
  • Rakstīšana: Formal letters
  • Revision: Material from module 1

Module 2

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

Module 3

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

Module 4

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

Module 5

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

Module 6

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

Module 7

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

Module 8

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

Module 9

  • Vārdnīca: Education and learning
  • Gramatika: Relative clauses
  • Lasīšana: The education system in Finland
  • Klausīšanās: A podcast on learning languages
  • Vārdnīca: 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
  • Rakstīšana: Descriptive essays
  • Revision: Material from module 9

Module 10

  • Vārdnīca: Technology and innovation
  • Gramatika: Subjunctive and imperative forms
  • Lasīšana: Advances in AI
  • Klausīšanās: A TED talk on technological innovation
  • Vārdnīca: Business idioms 2
  • Gramatika: Complex sentence structures
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling difficult words
  • Rakstīšana: 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.