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.