ADVANCED
ADVANCED
Course Description
The Advanced course aims at developing proficiency in English. At this stage, you are fully equipped to handle conversations in various tenses, comprehend and respond to complex and detailed text as well as clearly express ideas and opinions in written as well as spoken forms.
Course Details
The objective of this course is to enable you to create clear, well -written and authentic text about familiar topics, or topics of personal interest, describe accurately and in detail experiences, events, wishes and hopes. You will be able to speak about hypothetical situations and use the associated grammar while talking about opinions, wishes, desires, regrets and hope.
The grammatical concepts covered are:
- Review of simple and continuous verbs
- Verb complements (verb + -ing or to be+verb)
- The simple present passive
- Position of not
- be supposed to; was/were going to
- Inseparable phrasal verbs
- The passive of modal verbs
- The past perfect
- Responses with so and neither
- Causative get and have
- need+passive+infinitive
- Past modals
- Reported speech
- Uses of if clauses
- Tag questions
- Passive of present continuous and present perfect
- Linking ideas
- The future continuous and future perfect
The vocabulary taught is:
- Colours, patterns, materials and styles of clothing
- Cultural items, icons, events
- Manners, customs, culturally appropriate behaviour
- Expressions with get
- Rules and regulations
- Crimes and punishments
- Superstitions and strange events from around the world
- Errands and household chores
- Emotional and personal qualities
- Expressions describing behaviour
- Expressions to describe ownership and possession
- Money
- Environment and environmental problems
- Areas of work, professions and jobs
Course Highlights
-Assignments at the end of every session are aimed at eliciting student opinions and interest in English as a way of life.
-Qualified, passionate and skilled tutors guide learners through the course, assignments and examinations.
-Students are exposed to various forms of language delivery – literature, songs, cinema and poetry and better grasp the nuances of the language
