Advanced Plus Power 60, Course B

Introduction

Advanced Plus Power 60, Course B is an online course, consisting of 50 units of English, and providing approximately 60 hours of study for students.

Course aims

This course builds on Advanced Plus Power 60, Course A, offering deeper mastery of advanced grammar and vocabulary while refining students’ reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills at the CEFR C2 level.

Gramatika

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

  • Use complex conditionals, including third and mixed, to express hypothetical situations.
  • Master advanced passive voice forms, particularly in formal and academic writing.
  • Employ inversion and cleft sentences for focus and emphasis.
  • Handle advanced modal verbs to express probability, necessity, and regret in various tenses.
  • Use sophisticated grammatical structures to improve written and spoken fluency.

Slovná zásoba

By the end of the course, students will have learned approximately 700 additional lexical items related to business, law, science, and culture.

Skills

Students will have practiced reading and listening to formal and academic texts, including legal reports, scientific research papers, and professional interviews.

Unit summary

Module 1

  • Slovná zásoba: Advanced business terminology
  • Gramatika: Advanced conditionals (third and mixed)
  • Čítanie: A business case study
  • Počúvanie: A corporate strategy discussion
  • Wordbuilding: Business-related adjectives and verbs
  • Slovná zásoba: Describing business trends
  • Gramatika: Passive voice in business contexts
  • Písanie: A corporate report
  • Spelling: Common business-related words
  • Revision: Material from module 1

Module 2

  • Slovná zásoba: Law and legal systems
  • Gramatika: Causative structures in legal contexts
  • Čítanie: A legal analysis of a case
  • Počúvanie: A legal discussion on reforms
  • Phrasal verbs: Legal terminology-related phrasal verbs
  • Slovná zásoba: Describing legal procedures
  • Gramatika: Modals for speculation in legal settings
  • Hovorenie: Discussing legal cases
  • Spelling: Common law-related words
  • Revision: Material from module 2

Module 3

  • Slovná zásoba: Scientific research and innovation
  • Gramatika: Advanced passive structures
  • Čítanie: A scientific research paper
  • Počúvanie: A podcast on scientific discoveries
  • Wordbuilding: Science-related nouns and adjectives
  • Slovná zásoba: Describing scientific research
  • Gramatika: Modals for past speculation and regret
  • Písanie: A research report
  • Spelling: Common science-related words
  • Revision: Material from module 3

Module 4

  • Slovná zásoba: International relations and diplomacy
  • Gramatika: Cleft and pseudo-cleft sentences
  • Čítanie: A report on international negotiations
  • Počúvanie: A diplomatic conference
  • Phrasal verbs: Diplomacy-related phrasal verbs
  • Slovná zásoba: Describing diplomatic strategies
  • Gramatika: Inversion in complex sentences
  • Hovorenie: Discussing international relations
  • Spelling: Common words related to diplomacy
  • Revision: Material from module 4

Module 5

  • Slovná zásoba: Environmental policies and sustainability
  • Gramatika: Mixed conditionals
  • Čítanie: An environmental policy analysis
  • Počúvanie: A debate on environmental protection
  • Wordbuilding: Environment-related adjectives and verbs
  • Slovná zásoba: Describing environmental initiatives
  • Gramatika: Perfect modals for past criticism and regret
  • Písanie: A proposal for environmental reforms
  • Spelling: Common words related to the environment
  • Revision: Material from module 5

Follow-up

Students completing Advanced Plus Power 60 Course B will have reached mastery of advanced English at the CEFR C2 level and can focus on specialized academic or professional language studies.