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.
Грамматика
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.
Словарный запас
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
- Словарный запас: Advanced business terminology
- Грамматика: Advanced conditionals (third and mixed)
- Чтение: A business case study
- Прослушивание: A corporate strategy discussion
- Wordbuilding: Business-related adjectives and verbs
- Словарный запас: Describing business trends
- Грамматика: Passive voice in business contexts
- Написание: A corporate report
- Spelling: Common business-related words
- Revision: Material from module 1
Module 2
- Словарный запас: Law and legal systems
- Грамматика: Causative structures in legal contexts
- Чтение: A legal analysis of a case
- Прослушивание: A legal discussion on reforms
- Phrasal verbs: Legal terminology-related phrasal verbs
- Словарный запас: Describing legal procedures
- Грамматика: Modals for speculation in legal settings
- Выступление: Discussing legal cases
- Spelling: Common law-related words
- Revision: Material from module 2
Module 3
- Словарный запас: Scientific research and innovation
- Грамматика: Advanced passive structures
- Чтение: A scientific research paper
- Прослушивание: A podcast on scientific discoveries
- Wordbuilding: Science-related nouns and adjectives
- Словарный запас: Describing scientific research
- Грамматика: Modals for past speculation and regret
- Написание: A research report
- Spelling: Common science-related words
- Revision: Material from module 3
Module 4
- Словарный запас: International relations and diplomacy
- Грамматика: Cleft and pseudo-cleft sentences
- Чтение: A report on international negotiations
- Прослушивание: A diplomatic conference
- Phrasal verbs: Diplomacy-related phrasal verbs
- Словарный запас: Describing diplomatic strategies
- Грамматика: Inversion in complex sentences
- Выступление: Discussing international relations
- Spelling: Common words related to diplomacy
- Revision: Material from module 4
Module 5
- Словарный запас: Environmental policies and sustainability
- Грамматика: Mixed conditionals
- Чтение: An environmental policy analysis
- Прослушивание: A debate on environmental protection
- Wordbuilding: Environment-related adjectives and verbs
- Словарный запас: Describing environmental initiatives
- Грамматика: Perfect modals for past criticism and regret
- Написание: 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.