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.

Грамматика

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.

Словарный запас

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

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

Module 2

  • Словарный запас: Adjectives of mood
  • Грамматика: Conjunctions and Connectors
  • Чтение: Being polite in Japanese
  • Прослушивание: My paranoid friend
  • Словарный запас: Business idioms 1
  • Грамматика: Gerunds and Infinitives
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling difficult words
  • Выступление: Conversations – Feeling ill
  • Revision: Material from module 2

Module 3

  • Словарный запас: Animals
  • Грамматика: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Чтение: Jamie Oliver
  • Прослушивание: Young at heart
  • Словарный запас: Collocations with prepositions
  • Грамматика: Indirect questions
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Wordbuilding: Building vocabulary through related word groups
  • Написание: Informal letters
  • Revision: Material from module 3

Module 4

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

Module 5

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

Module 6

  • Словарный запас: Food and drink
  • Грамматика: Prepositions
  • Чтение: The Great Wall of China
  • Прослушивание: Lost in translation
  • Словарный запас: Collocations with verbs
  • Грамматика: Active and Passive voice
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling difficult words
  • Выступление: Conversations – Describing accidents
  • Revision: Material from module 6

Module 7

  • Словарный запас: Jobs and occupations
  • Грамматика: Reported Speech
  • Чтение: Shakespeare’s life
  • Прослушивание: BBC World News
  • Словарный запас: Confusing Words
  • Грамматика: Past Perfect
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Wordbuilding: Building vocabulary through related word groups
  • Написание: Academic essays
  • Revision: Material from module 7

Module 8

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

Module 9

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

Module 10

  • Словарный запас: Technology and innovation
  • Грамматика: Subjunctive and imperative forms
  • Чтение: Advances in AI
  • Прослушивание: A TED talk on technological innovation
  • Словарный запас: Business idioms 2
  • Грамматика: Complex sentence structures
  • Phrasal verbs: More difficult idiomatic verb + preposition combinations
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling difficult words
  • Написание: 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.