English is spoken by approximately 400 million native speakers and an additional 500 million people who use it as a second language. Today, learning this language is basic and essential in any professional field. Through this course, students will gain the theoretical and practical basis needed to use the language effectively, whilst also strengthening career prospects by communicating fluently in English.
Cross-cutting
Languages
70 hours
Intensive English Course (C2). Official CEFR Level
Languages
70 hours
Introduction
Objectives
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Write clear and fluent texts in a suitable style.
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Provide descriptions or arguments clearly and fluently, in a style appropriate to the context and a logical, effective structure.
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Take part with ease in any conversation or debate, demonstrating a strong command of idioms, set phrases, and colloquial expressions.
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Read with ease virtually all forms of written language, including abstract, structurally or linguistically complex texts such as manuals, specialist articles and literary works.
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Understand any type of spoken language, whether in live conversations or recorded speeches.
Table of Contents
UNIT 1. ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS
Video lesson: Everyday dilemmas
Definite, indefinite and zero articles
Reading: Morals in society
Nouns and noun suffixes
Collocations: say, speak, talk and tell
Vocabulary: lifestyles
Speaking
Phrasal verbs
Idioms: emotions
Writing an essay
UNIT 2. SCIENCE AND PROGRESS
Listening: Building development
Pronouns and determiners
Reading: New IT's
Position of adjectives and adverbs
Collocations: intensifying and softening adverbs
Vocabulary: development and technology
Speaking
Phrasal verbs
Idioms: similes
Writing an article
UNIT 3. ADVERTISING
Listening: English as a foreign language
Verbs and objects
Reading: Innovation in advertising
Advanced verb tenses
Collocations: make
Vocabulary: media and marketing
Speaking
Phrasal verbs
Idioms: Headlines
Writing a review
UNIT 4. OCCUPATIONS
Video lesson: Happiness at work
Use of modal verbs
Reading: The annoying routine
Conditional and subjunctive tenses
Collocations: work
Vocabulary: Careers and work
Speaking
Phrasal verbs
Idioms: jokes
Writing a report
UNIT 5. ECONOMY AND MARKETS
Listening: Shopaholics
Contrast and concession connectors
Reading: Family resources
Relative clauses
Collocations: finance
Vocabulary: business and finance
Speaking
Phrasal verbs
Idioms: binomial pairs
Writing an article
UNIT 6. ETHICS AND REGULATIONS
Video lesson: Sources of law
Indirect speech
Reading: The best adviser in town
Passive voice
Collocations: authority
Vocabulary: crime and punishment
Speaking
Phrasal verbs
Idioms: proverbs
Writing a letter
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