Communicative English - Upper Intermediate Level
This course is meticulously crafted to enhance language skills through interactive and engaging activities. Throughout this course, you'll participate in interactive and engaging activities designed to enhance your language skills. With a focus on improving grammar, listening, reading, speaking, and writing abilities, you'll gain the confidence to communicate effectively in real-life situations. By course completion, you'll be proficient in expressing your thoughts and opinions, as well as understanding and responding to complex texts and conversations.
Course Objectives:
Develop a deeper understanding of complex grammar structures, including advanced tenses, conditionals, reported speech, and passive voice.
Enhance listening skills through exposure to various authentic materials, such as lectures, interviews, podcasts, and songs, improving comprehension in different contexts.
Improve reading comprehension by analyzing and interpreting longer texts, articles, literary works, and poetry, engaging in discussions on themes and literary devices.
Strengthen speaking skills by participating in debates, role plays, presentations, and discussions on a wide range of topics, expressing opinions, and employing effective communication strategies.
Enhance writing proficiency through practice in different genres, such as descriptive writing, narrative writing, argumentative essays, creative writing, and reflective journal writing, focusing on clarity, coherence, and creativity.
Grammar:
Review of tenses, sentence structure, and common grammatical errors.
Passive voice, relative clauses, and phrasal verbs.
Modal verbs, conditionals, and reported speech.
Gerunds, infinitives, and hypothetical situations.
Reported speech, complex sentences, and direct and indirect questions.
Phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions.
Listening:
Comprehension exercises.
Dialogues, interviews, and podcasts.
Extracting information from various sources.
Summarizing news articles.
Analyzing talks and main ideas.
Note-taking during listening exercises.
Identifying the main idea from audio and songs.
Reading:
Discussing main ideas from passages and stories.
Analyzing characters, themes, and literary devices.
Expressing opinions on current events and opinion pieces.
Reading excerpts from novels.
Engaging with longer texts and cultural texts.
Speaking:
Paired discussions and role-playing.
Presentations and peer feedback.
Debates and group discussions.
Simulated job interviews and feedback sessions.
Cultural topic discussions and presentations.
Writing:
Short paragraphs on personal experiences.
Descriptive writing and storytelling.
Formal emails and letters.
Argumentative essays and persuasive writing.
Critical analysis and research papers.
Narrative and creative writing.
Reflective journal writing.