Type of course: English for Communication – Adults/Young Adults

Level: C1.3 (CEFR), Higher Advanced

Number of teaching hours: 75

Teaching hours per session: 5

Presence: Missing classes or coming unprepared for them is not recommended, even though I will try to do regular revision of the material. Still, if you happed to miss a session, you can check your email in order to know what we have done and what the homework is, so that you are prepared for the next one.

Coursebook: Straightforward Advanced (the second part of the book – units 7-12)

Material and course objectives: The course being a very high level and aiming at developing your communication skills, gives us the freedom to select and focus on language topics, skills and subskills that you would like to perfect and need. Also, topics that interest you will be preferred. This is why, whatever ideas or preferences you have, share them with me at the beginning of the course, so that I can take them into consideration while planning it.

Material taken per session: approximately one lesson and a half (two-three pages) from the student’s book. However, some lessons may be skipped or substituted or their order may be changed. I am also going to supplement the course with extra materials – authentic, films, songs, interviews, etc.

Tests:

There is one progress test during the course, which aim to check how you are dealing with the material studied and whether you need further practice on something.

Final Test – in session 14

It consists of four papers – reading, listening, speaking and language systems (grammar and vocabulary from the coursebook). You need to do the final test in order to receive a certificate for the level and to continue in the next one.

Homework: the respective page from the workbook after each covered lesson from the coursebook (usually one-two pages per week); sometimes written tasks or preparation for projects or reinforcement pages from the student’s book.

Extra homework:

-         exercises on the CD-ROM (in the coursebook) – after each covered lesson. You can do this for practice or revision before tests;

-         there is a review section at the back of your student’s book. It contains one page of extra exercises that you can do after each covered module;

-         you will be occasionally sent reading texts both from the workbook and authentic ones, which I have selected for you.

Extra exercises and practice: If you feel that you need to read further explanations and examples of the grammatical or lexical topics taught in class, feel free to contact and let me know. You could also request extra grammatical or lexical exercises, as well as reading and listening ones. If you enjoy or need more writing, you can ask me for extra samples, tips and, of course, writing tasks, which you can either email me or handwrite and give to me.

Readers, grammar books and dictionaries: It will be very helpful for you if you supplement the course with at least one book to read and use a good English-English dictionary. For this I will email you a bibliography list with some good titles as well as some books. Please, choose at least one of the books to read by the end of the course. If you would like to read more, just let me know.

Contact with the teacher: I am going to send you emails with information about the material done in class and the homework as well as extra materials. These include a vocabulary list, extra homework, the audio files for the listening tasks done in class and some other materials from the lesson. In this way you will know how to prepare if you have missed a lesson and left earlier.
To contact me, you can write to me or call me on my mobiles (which you have already been emailed).
I am happy to discuss and open for ideas, opinions, criticism and to help with whatever I can.