* The course has been included in the list of reimbursable courses for CEF purposes (The courses can be taken in conjunction with a Focus on Grammar course at level 6 in order to qualify for funding)

About This Course

Develops your listening and speaking skills in a variety of situations while expanding your vocabulary and improving pronunciation.

Course Objectives

You will work towards the following learning outcomes:

Speaking

• express agreement and disagreement
• conduct a survey and report the results
• talk about materials, possessions and inventions
• give a presentation
• describe childhood memories and appearance
• ask and answer questions about unusual places
• report and describe what people say
• speculate about past events
• describe how to prepare and cook a meal
• tell a funny story
• ask about and give opinions
• make comparisons

Listening

• listen for gist
• show interest when listening to someone speak.
• discriminate between similar sounds
• identify key words and phrases in the stream of speech
• understand the gist of advanced speech
• identify meaning from intonation and pace
• predict what people are going to talk about
• infer meaning of vocabulary from context
• use knowledge of weak forms and stress patterns to infer meaning

Course Content

The course book is Total English Upper Intermediate. Your teacher will select the most relevant material from the book and supplement it to make lessons relevant and stimulating.

Demonstrating Progress

Your teacher will give you a number of assessed tasks based on the core objectives of the course. They will grade you for each task and from this, your homework and course tests, your teacher will be able to advise you about your progress and suggest a suitable course for the next semester. For semester B courses your performance and teacher’s recommendation will determine whether you move to the next level.

You receive an attendance certificate when you have completed your first term, and a report when you have completed both Term A and Term B as well as a course completion certificate if you attend at least 75% of lessons and complete assessments successfully.