General English Course at Upper Intermediate Level B2 Language skills and systems covered

At Upper Intermediate level students will be able to structure sentences with more elaborate vocabulary, expressions and verb tenses and therefore topics covered at this level will have more complicated subjects for reading, listening, speaking and writing which will further widen the knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. Use of collocations and idiomatic expressions to express one’s opinion and make an argument are common at this level and students will learn how to better express themselves in writing and speaking.

1 Communication		GRAMMAR	VOCABULARY	PRONUNCIATION	LISTENING/READING	SPEAKING/WRITING
Talk about conversation in different culture Use different question types Talk about written communication Use present perfect tenses Guess the meaning of new words Verbs + prepositions Deal with problems on the phone Write an informal email	1.1 The rules of conversation	Using different questions types	Conversation		Video Vox pops
	1.2 The letter is dead, long live the letter!	Present perfect simple and continuous	Written communication	Auxiliary verbs: have and been
	1.3 Vocabulary and skills development		Verbs + prepositions		Reading guessing the meaning of new words
	1.4 Speaking and writing		Dealing with problems on the phone			Writing an informal email giving news
	1.5 Video Minority languages in the British Isles

2 Escape		GRAMMAR	VOCABULARY	PRONUNCIATION	LISTENING/READING	SPEAKING/WRITING
Talk about travel and adventure Talk about past events Use past perfect forms Talk about feelings Understand North American and British accent Understand North American English Tell and react to a story Write an email of complaint	2.1 Out of your comfort zone	Talking about past events	Talking about travel and adventure		Video Vox pops
	2.2 An extraordinary escape	Past perfect forms	Adjectives of feeling	Word stress – adjectives
	2.3 Vocabulary and skills development		North American English		Listening understanding North American and British accent
	2.4 Speaking and writing			Intonation – making exclamations		Speaking telling and reacting t a story Writing an email of complaint
	2.5 Video The future of work

3 Invest		GRAMMAR	VOCABULARY	PRONUNCIATION	LISTENING/READING	SPEAKING/WRITING
Talk about the future Talk about learning, thinking and knowledge Use collocations with time and money Talk about the future Skim a text using topic sentences Use non suffixes Say how likely something is to happen Write a balanced opinion essay	3.1 Invest in your future	Talking about the future	Talking about learning, thinking and knowledge	Pronouncing the letter ‘I’	Video Vox pops
	3.2 Best ways to invest your time	Talking about the future	Collocations with time and money
	3.3 Vocabulary and skills development		Noun suffixes	Word stress – noun	Reading skimming a text using topic sentences
	3.4 Speaking and writing			Intonation – expressing certainty		Speaking saying hello how likely something is to happen Writing a balanced opinion essay
	3.5 Video The future of work

4 Creativity		GRAMMAR	VOCABULARY	PRONUNCIATION	LISTENING/READING	SPEAKING/WRITING
Use the passive Talk about how things work Describe your impressions of something Use causative have and get Understand speech when consonant sounds are omitted Recognize easily confused words Write a summary Give opinions and try to change someone’s opinion	4.1 Inventive ideas	Using the passive	How things work	Weak forms	Video Vox pops
	4.2 Creative environment	Using causative have and get	Describing your impressions	Easily confused words
	4.3 Vocabulary and skills development		Easily confused words	Intonation – softening language	Listening omitting consonant sounds
	4.4 Speaking and writing					Writing a summary Speaking giving opinions and trying to change someone’s opinion
	4.5 Video La Belle Epoque

5 Mind		GRAMMAR	VOCABULARY	PRONUNCIATION	LISTENING/READING	SPEAKING/WRITING
Talk about childhood memories Use verbs with -ing and infinitive Talk about emotions and behaviour Other uses of -ing and infinitive with to Understand linkers Understand phrasal verbs with out and up Language to give solutions Write an article giving advice	5.1 As if it were yesterday	Using verbs with – ing and infinitive	Talking about childhood memories
	5.2 Bored!	Other use of -ing and infinitive with to	Emotional and behaviour
	5.3 Vocabulary and skills development		Phrasal verbs with out and up		Reading understanding linkers Videos Vox pops
	5.4 Speaking and writing			Phrase stress		Speaking language to give solutions Writing an article giving advice
	5.5 Video Boredom

6 Community		GRAMMAR	VOCABULARY	PRONUNCIATION	LISTENING/READING	SPEAKING/WRITING
Talk about cultures and communities Understand and use articles Talk about housing and living Use determiners and quantifiers Understand fluent speech Use high-frequency verb collocations Start a conversation with a stranger Write a description of data	6.1 Crossing cultures	Articles	Cultures and communities		Video Vox pops
	6.2 Alone or together?	Using determiners and quantifiers	Housing and living	Weak sounds
	6.3 Vocabulary and skills development		High-frequency verb collocations		Listening understanding fluent speech
	6.4 Speaking and writing					Speaking starting a conversation with a stranger Writing describing data
	6.5 Video Communal living

7 Rules		GRAMMAR	VOCABULARY	PRONUNCIATION	LISTENING/READING	SPEAKING/WRITING
Talk about crime and justice Use present modal verbs Use verbs and prepositions Use past modals and deduction Understand ellipsis Understand the meaning of prefixes Agree and disagree Write a persuasive letter/email	7.1 Finders keepers?	Present modal verbs	Crime and justice
	7.2 Rules at work	Past modals and deduction	Use verbs and prepositions	Have in past modals
	7.3 Vocabulary and skills development		Meaning of prefixes		Reading understanding ellipsis Video Vox pops
	7.4 Speaking and writing			Agreeing or disagreeing strongly		Speaking agreeing and disagreeing Writing a persuasive letter/mail
	7.5 Video Against the law?

8 Old and new		GRAMMAR	VOCABULARY	PRONUNCIATION	LISTENING/READING	SPEAKING/WRITING
Talk about smart technology Use relative clauses Describe people Use participle clauses Listen for stressed words Understand adjectives + dependent prepositions Give your impressions of an event Write a review	8.1 The internet of Things	Relatives clauses	Smart technology	Pauses in relative clauses	Video Vox pops
	8.2 Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z	Participle clauses	Describing people
	8.3 Vocabulary and skills development		Adjectives + dependant prepositions		Listening for stresses words
	8.4 Speaking and writing					Speaking giving your impressions of an event Writing a review
	8.5 Video Traditional skills

9 Nightlife		GRAMMAR	VOCABULARY	PRONUNCIATION	LISTENING/READING	SPEAKING/WRITING
Talk about different climates and lifestyle Use adjectives and adverb Talk about past and present habits Talk sleep patterns Understand reference Use synonyms and antonyms Interrupt appropriately Write a report	9.1 Dark days and white nights	Adjectives and adverbs	Different climates and lifestyles	Dropped syllables
	9.2 Sleep	About past and present habits	Sleep patterns		Video Vox pops
	9.3 Vocabulary and skills development		Synonyms and antonyms		Reading understanding assimilation
	9.4 Speaking and writing			Polite intonation – interrupting		Speaking interrupting appropriately Writing a report
	9.5 Video A town in the shadows

10 Senses		GRAMMAR	VOCABULARY	PRONUNCIATION	LISTENING/READING	SPEAKING/WRITING
Talk about looking and seeing Use adjectives in the correct order Use if + other conjunction clauses Rate performances Understand assimilation Recognize easily confused sense verbs Check and clarify Write a detailed description of a scene	10.1 Can you believe your eyes?	Order of adjectives	Words for looking and seeing
	10.2 Sense of humour	If + other conjunction clauses	Rating performances	Word stress – adjectives	Video Vox pops
	10.3 Vocabulary and skills development		Easily confused sense verbs		Listening understanding assimilation
	10.4 Speaking and writing					Speaking checking and clarifying Writing describing a scene in detail
	10.5 Video Why we see colour

11 Media		GRAMMAR	VOCABULARY	PRONUNCIATION	LISTENING/READING	SPEAKING/WRITING
Talk about television viewing habits Use reported speech Talk about news Use reporting verbs Understand complex sentences Understand and use adjective suffixes Retell a news story Write an opinion essay in a formal style	11.1 Extreme streaming	reported speech	Television viewing habits		Video Vox pops
	11.2 Positive news	reporting verbs	Talk about news	Weak syllables /i/ and /e/ in reporting verbs
	11.3 Vocabulary and skills development		Adjective suffixes		Reading understanding complex sentences
	11.4 Speaking and writing					Speaking retelling a news story Writing an opinion essay in a formal style
	11.5 Video Going viral

12 Life stages		GRAMMAR	VOCABULARY	PRONUNCIATION	LISTENING/READING	SPEAKING/WRITING
Talk about family and relationships Talk about unreal situations Talk about life events and choices Use wish and if only Listening: Recognize vague language Understand and use compound language Reflect on life events and choices Write a biography	12.1 Nearest and dearest	Unreal situations	Family and relationships	Sentences stress in conditional sentences	Video Vox pops
	12.2 If I could turn back time…	Using wish and if only	Life events and choices
	12.3 Vocabulary and skills development		Compound adjectives		Listening Recognizing vague language
	12.4 Speaking and writing					Speaking reflecting on life events and choices Writing a biography
	12.5 Video Dynasty – the Churchill

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