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.
Grammar
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.
Vocabulary
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
- Vocabulary: Business and commerce
- Grammar: Mixed conditionals
- Reading: A business proposal
- Listening: A meeting about a new project
- Wordbuilding: Business-related nouns and adjectives
- Vocabulary: Business jargon
- Grammar: Modals for speculation and deduction
- Writing: A business report
- Spelling: Common business-related words
- Revision: Material from module 1
Module 2
- Vocabulary: Culture and society
- Grammar: Reported speech
- Reading: A cultural review
- Listening: A discussion about social trends
- Phrasal verbs: Phrasal verbs related to society
- Vocabulary: Social issues
- Grammar: Passive voice (all forms)
- Speaking: Discussing cultural differences
- Spelling: Common words related to culture
- Revision: Material from module 2
Module 3
- Vocabulary: Travel and tourism
- Grammar: Advanced relative clauses
- Reading: A travel blog
- Listening: A podcast on travel experiences
- Wordbuilding: Nouns and verbs related to travel
- Vocabulary: Describing travel experiences
- Grammar: Future continuous and future perfect
- Writing: A travel itinerary
- Spelling: Common travel-related words
- Revision: Material from module 3
Module 4
- Vocabulary: Technology and innovation
- Grammar: Modals of deduction and speculation
- Reading: A technology article
- Listening: A radio show on innovation
- Phrasal verbs: Technology-related phrasal verbs
- Vocabulary: Describing technological advances
- Grammar: Inversion in conditional sentences
- Speaking: Discussing the future of technology
- Spelling: Common technology-related words
- Revision: Material from module 4
Module 5
- Vocabulary: Health and fitness
- Grammar: Reported speech in various tenses
- Reading: An article on fitness trends
- Listening: A health coach interview
- Wordbuilding: Health-related nouns and adjectives
- Vocabulary: Describing fitness routines
- Grammar: Past perfect continuous
- Writing: 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.