complete 48

Introduction

Complete English Level 48: Politics and Current Affairs is an online course, consisting of 15 units of English, and providing approximately 15 hours of study for students.

Course aims

  • As part of a series of short courses, this course, along with levels 07 – 30, aims to take students from CEFR Level B1 Intermediate to CEFR Level B2 Upper Intermediate.
  • The course blends grammatical structures necessary for this level, with vocabulary, spelling, reading, listening, writing, and speaking.

Grammar

  • By the end of the course, students will be confident in using the present perfect, and may, might, and could to talk about possibility.

Vocabulary

  • By the end of the course, students will have learned approximately 50 lexical items in the form of simple lexical sets.

Unit Summary

Unit 1

  • Grammar: Present Perfect

 

Unit 2

  • Vocabulary: At the airport

 

Unit 3

  • Reading: An interview with a government minister

 

Unit 4

  • Listening: Radio news: main story

 

Unit 5

  • Speaking: Let’s talk about it

 

Unit 6

  • Grammar: Talking about possibility

 

Unit 7

  • Vocabulary: Shapes and dimensions

 

Unit 8

  • Reading: The European Commission Audit

 

Unit 9

  • Listening: Politics: left-wing and right-wing explained

 

Unit 10

  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs

 

Unit 11

  • Writing: Voting age: when is the right time?

 

Unit 12

  • Spelling: Spelling test

 

Unit 13

  • Pronunciation: Far and Four + connected speech

 

Unit 14

  • Revision: Revision of course content

 

Follow-up

Students completing the Complete English Level 48 course should move on to Complete English Level 49.

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