Intermediate Power 60, Course A

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Introduction

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

To take students through many areas of English language that are studied at Intermediate, CEFR B1 level. When combined with Intermediate Power 60, Course B, it will take students up to CEFR B2 level. The course blends grammar, vocabulary, and the four core skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Грамматика

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

  • Use past perfect tense to describe completed actions before another action in the past.
  • Form conditional sentences, including zero, first, and second conditionals.
  • Use relative clauses to give additional information.
  • Use passive voice in different tenses.
  • Understand and use modal verbs for probability and possibility.

Словарный запас

By the end of the course, students will have learned approximately 500 new lexical items, including words related to work, travel, education, and relationships.

Skills

Students will have had practice in reading and listening to texts related to current affairs, travel experiences, and future plans.

Unit summary

Module 1

  • Словарный запас: Work and jobs
  • Грамматика: Past perfect tense
  • Чтение: A job interview
  • Прослушивание: A conversation about careers
  • Wordbuilding: Nouns and their related verbs
  • Словарный запас: Job descriptions
  • Грамматика: Present perfect simple and continuous
  • Написание: A formal email
  • Spelling: Common workplace-related words
  • Revision: Material from module 1

 

Module 2

  • Словарный запас: Travel and tourism
  • Грамматика: Future forms (will, going to, present continuous)
  • Чтение: A travel guide
  • Прослушивание: A discussion on holiday destinations
  • Phrasal verbs: Travel-related phrasal verbs
  • Словарный запас: Booking a trip
  • Грамматика: First conditional
  • Выступление: Planning a trip
  • Spelling: Common travel-related words
  • Revision: Material from module 2

 

Module 3

  • Словарный запас: Education and learning
  • Грамматика: Second conditional
  • Чтение: Learning a new skill
  • Прослушивание: A conversation about online courses
  • Wordbuilding: Adjectives and their related nouns
  • Словарный запас: Describing educational experiences
  • Грамматика: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Написание: A letter of complaint
  • Spelling: Common education-related words
  • Revision: Material from module 3

 

Module 4

  • Словарный запас: Technology and gadgets
  • Грамматика: Relative clauses
  • Чтение: The rise of social media
  • Прослушивание: A podcast on technology trends
  • Phrasal verbs: Technology-related phrasal verbs
  • Словарный запас: Describing gadgets
  • Грамматика: Present perfect continuous
  • Выступление: Technology in daily life
  • Spelling: Common technology-related words
  • Revision: Material from module 4

 

Module 5

  • Словарный запас: Relationships and family
  • Грамматика: Modal verbs of deduction
  • Чтение: Family dynamics
  • Прослушивание: A family reunion
  • Wordbuilding: Nouns and verbs related to relationships
  • Словарный запас: Describing relationships
  • Грамматика: Passive voice (all tenses)
  • Написание: A letter to a friend
  • Spelling: Common family-related words
  • Revision: Material from module 5

 

Follow-up

Students completing Intermediate Power 60 Course A should move on to Intermediate Power 60 Course B.