General English - Upper-Intermediate

(i) Course Book Details
Soars, J and Soars, L, A New Headway English course Upper-intermediate Student’s book, 3rd Edition, OUP. ISBN: 0-19-439299-6

(ii) Expected Learner Outcomes
Expected learner outcomes are based on descriptors from the Common European Framework and European Language Portfolio level B2.

Speaking
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
•Speak fluently without searching for language.
•Communicate effectively in social and professional situations.
•Give ideas and opinions and relate to other speakers.
•Talk about complex subjects and develop arguments.

Listening
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
•Understand long complex speech.
•Understand most television programs and films.

Reading
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
•Understand long and complex factual literary texts, with different styles.
•Understand specialised articles and long technical instructions.

Writing
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
•Write long, well-structured texts to express your point of view.
•Write about complex subjects in a letter, an essay or report.
•Write in an appropriate style.

(iii) Syllabus
Grammar
Habit in the present and the past
Present perfect and present perfect continuous
Past simple, past continuous and past perfect
Question tags
Will, going to, present simple, present continuous for the future
Future perfect
Phrasal verbs
First, second and third conditional
Wish and if only
Passive
Compounds of Some, any, no, every
Reported speech
Relative clauses
Conjunctions: Although, despite, in spite of, otherwise, unless
Modals: present and perfect
Always for frequency / and present continuous

Functional
Giving opinions
Summarising
Expressing regret
Drawing conclusion
Making offers
Describing cause and effect
Stating purpose
Emphasising
Stating contrast
Adding information
Congratulating
Commiserating
Clarifying
Guessing
Order arguments

Vocabulary / Topical
Affixes
Collocations
Work, working conditions
Approximations with –ish
Transport and exploration
Phrasal verbs
Crime and punishment
Relationships
Festivals and celebrations
Connotations
Homonyms
Idiomatic expressions
Sport and leisure
Euphemisms
Adverbs of manner and modifiers
Geography and climate
Participle adjectives
Banks / money
Colloquial expressions and slang

(iv) Further Information
This syllabus will be supplemented using additional resources according to the needs of the learners.