Introduction
Upper 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
This course is designed for Upper Intermediate, CEFR B2 students to consolidate their English language skills. It focuses on developing advanced grammar structures, expanding vocabulary, and improving the four key skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
Грамматика
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Use mixed conditionals to talk about hypothetical situations in the past, present, and future.
- Use reported speech to communicate what someone else has said in different contexts.
- Form and use relative clauses to give extra information.
- Master the passive voice in all tenses and forms.
- Use advanced modals of speculation and deduction.
Словарный запас
By the end of the course, students will have acquired approximately 500 new lexical items, covering topics such as business, travel, culture, and relationships.
Skills
Students will have practiced reading and listening to various text types, including interviews, articles, and real-world conversations about diverse topics.
Unit summary
Module 1
- Словарный запас: Business and commerce
- Грамматика: Mixed conditionals
- Чтение: A business proposal
- Прослушивание: A meeting about a new project
- Wordbuilding: Business-related nouns and adjectives
- Словарный запас: Business jargon
- Грамматика: Modals for speculation and deduction
- Написание: A business report
- Spelling: Common business-related words
- Revision: Material from module 1
Module 2
- Словарный запас: Culture and society
- Грамматика: Reported speech
- Чтение: A cultural review
- Прослушивание: A discussion about social trends
- Phrasal verbs: Phrasal verbs related to society
- Словарный запас: Social issues
- Грамматика: Passive voice (all forms)
- Выступление: Discussing cultural differences
- Spelling: Common words related to culture
- Revision: Material from module 2
Module 3
- Словарный запас: Travel and tourism
- Грамматика: Advanced relative clauses
- Чтение: A travel blog
- Прослушивание: A podcast on travel experiences
- Wordbuilding: Nouns and verbs related to travel
- Словарный запас: Describing travel experiences
- Грамматика: Future continuous and future perfect
- Написание: A travel itinerary
- Spelling: Common travel-related words
- Revision: Material from module 3
Module 4
- Словарный запас: Technology and innovation
- Грамматика: Modals of deduction and speculation
- Чтение: A technology article
- Прослушивание: A radio show on innovation
- Phrasal verbs: Technology-related phrasal verbs
- Словарный запас: Describing technological advances
- Грамматика: Inversion in conditional sentences
- Выступление: Discussing the future of technology
- Spelling: Common technology-related words
- Revision: Material from module 4
Module 5
- Словарный запас: Health and fitness
- Грамматика: Reported speech in various tenses
- Чтение: An article on fitness trends
- Прослушивание: A health coach interview
- Wordbuilding: Health-related nouns and adjectives
- Словарный запас: Describing fitness routines
- Грамматика: Past perfect continuous
- Написание: A report on fitness habits
- Spelling: Common health-related words
- Revision: Material from module 5
Follow-up
Students completing Upper Intermediate Power 60 Course A should move on to Upper Intermediate Power 60 Course B.