This course will help you take your English to the next level, to study abroad, to work in an international organization, or simply to hone your language competencies and intercultural skills in today's global world. The course is based around the lives of a bilingual family and covers interesting, contemporary topics. You will find a variety of input to help you build your knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. There are interactive exercises to help you develop your reading, writing, listening and speaking skills in a variety of contexts, and a wide range of practical and creative tasks to support your learning and encourage communication.
This module looks at introducing yourself and others in a variety of contexts, including written profiles, and includes a revision of the relevant language for getting to know people, and describing them and their social and professional interests.
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3 vidéos8 lectures9 devoirs3 sujets de discussion
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3 vidéos•Total 13 minutes
Lovely to meet you•5 minutes
Grammar focus: Overview of present and past tenses •6 minutes
Teacher's hints: How to learn vocabulary•3 minutes
8 lectures•Total 65 minutes
Introduction to the course •5 minutes
Question forms •10 minutes
What are you like? •5 minutes
Pronunciation focus: how to pronounce "ed" •10 minutes
Say a few words about yourself•10 minutes
On my list: cultural highlights for Federica staff and students •10 minutes
Speaking: Fictional characters •10 minutes
Downloadable dictionary•5 minutes
9 devoirs•Total 95 minutes
Video comprehension •10 minutes
Let's practice: verbs and expressions for describing what you are like•10 minutes
Write a profile for a dating app•10 minutes
Becoming an air bnb host or similar •10 minutes
Reading: Sunday with....•10 minutes
Listening: Favorite characters •10 minutes
Watching: The puzzle of personality •10 minutes
Exam skills - open cloze•10 minutes
End of week 1 - First meetings •15 minutes
3 sujets de discussion•Total 30 minutes
Say a few words...•10 minutes
Personal profiles •10 minutes
Writing: A person who is important to you •10 minutes
Traditional and online education
Module 2•3 heures à terminer
Détails du module
This week you will learn to talk about your experiences and achievements, especially regarding your studies, using a variety of time expressions and tenses. You will also look at how to describe education data and trends.
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4 vidéos7 lectures8 devoirs2 sujets de discussion
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4 vidéos•Total 15 minutes
Learning online•5 minutes
Vocabulary focus: Technology •3 minutes
Grammar focus: present perfect•4 minutes
Teacher's hints: How to analyze grammar and vocabulary•2 minutes
7 lectures•Total 55 minutes
Video language •5 minutes
Pronunciation focus•5 minutes
Describing trends •10 minutes
On my list: cultural highlights for Federica staff and students •10 minutes
Speaking: Your favorite technology •10 minutes
Exam skills: Describing photos •10 minutes
Downloadable dictionary•5 minutes
8 devoirs•Total 85 minutes
Present perfect and past simple•10 minutes
Online education: some facts and figures•10 minutes
Choosing an online course•10 minutes
Describing a graph•10 minutes
Reading: The transition to online •10 minutes
Listening: The Like button •10 minutes
Watching: Study tips•10 minutes
End of week 2 - Online classrooms•15 minutes
2 sujets de discussion•Total 20 minutes
New Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
Writing: For and against essay •10 minutes
Keeping fit
Module 3•4 heures à terminer
Détails du module
By the end of this module you should be able to understand and give advice and opinions about health and well-being, including diet and exercise.
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3 vidéos8 lectures10 devoirs2 sujets de discussion
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3 vidéos•Total 14 minutes
Activities in the park•4 minutes
Grammar focus - Conditional forms •6 minutes
Teacher's hints•3 minutes
8 lectures•Total 75 minutes
Vocabulary focus - health and fitness collocations•10 minutes
Pronunciation practice •10 minutes
The benefits of meditation•10 minutes
Joining a gym•10 minutes
Know your anatomy•10 minutes
On my list: cultural highlights for Federica staff and students •10 minutes
Speaking: Giving advice about health problems•10 minutes
Downloadable dictionary •5 minutes
10 devoirs•Total 105 minutes
Video language •10 minutes
Conditional forms •10 minutes
Health and fitness collocations •10 minutes
More practice with vocabulary•10 minutes
Joining a gym continued •10 minutes
Healthy eating•10 minutes
Listening: five-minute habits for healthy living•10 minutes
Reading: How to stay fit for ever •10 minutes
Exam skills: describing data •10 minutes
End of week 3 - Keeping fit •15 minutes
2 sujets de discussion•Total 20 minutes
What do you think about meditation? •10 minutes
Writing: Offering advice •10 minutes
The changing workplace
Module 4•4 heures à terminer
Détails du module
This module will enable you to to talk about work and the workplace, using modal verbs to talk about possibilities and to make deductions.
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3 vidéos9 lectures9 devoirs2 sujets de discussion
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3 vidéos•Total 12 minutes
You must have been busy recently •4 minutes
Grammar focus: Modal verbs of possibility and deduction •5 minutes
Writing a relevant professional profile •10 minutes
What information to include in a personal profile •10 minutes
What information to include in the covering email •10 minutes
On my list: cultural highlights from Federica staff and students •10 minutes
Speaking: Which company would you like to work for? •10 minutes
Downloadable dictionary •5 minutes
9 devoirs•Total 95 minutes
Video language •10 minutes
Modal verbs of possibility and deduction •10 minutes
Phrasal verbs•10 minutes
Job adverts•10 minutes
Writing your personal profile •10 minutes
Listening: Interview with a CEO •10 minutes
Reading: More companies move to remote working•10 minutes
Exam skills: Word formation •10 minutes
End of week 4 - The changing workplace •15 minutes
2 sujets de discussion•Total 20 minutes
Write your covering letter •10 minutes
Writing: The office of the future•10 minutes
Spoiler alert
Module 5•3 heures à terminer
Détails du module
In this module, you will practice using narrative tenses to tell stories. You will also learn some useful language to talk about books, films and other types of stories like news items.
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3 vidéos7 lectures8 devoirs2 sujets de discussion
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3 vidéos•Total 12 minutes
What are you after?•5 minutes
Grammar focus: Narrative tenses•3 minutes
Teacher's hints: phrasal verbs •4 minutes
7 lectures•Total 65 minutes
Vocabulary focus: books and films•10 minutes
Pronunciation practice: question forms •10 minutes
Adding detail to a story•10 minutes
Writing a story•10 minutes
On my list: cultural highlights from Federica staff and students •10 minutes
Speaking skills•10 minutes
Downloadable dictionary •5 minutes
8 devoirs•Total 85 minutes
Video language•10 minutes
Narrative tenses•10 minutes
Vocabulary around books and films•10 minutes
Reading a story from literature •10 minutes
Do's and don'ts of storytelling •10 minutes
Reading a film review•10 minutes
Listening skills - •10 minutes
End of week 5 - Spoiler alert•15 minutes
2 sujets de discussion•Total 20 minutes
My version of the story •10 minutes
Writing skills - writing a review•10 minutes
Be the change you want to see in the world
Module 6•3 heures à terminer
Détails du module
This week revises some forms of the future tense and introduces new future tenses while presenting useful language to talk about activism, intersectionality, inclusion and climate change.
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3 vidéos7 lectures8 devoirs3 sujets de discussion
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3 vidéos•Total 16 minutes
Where will we all be in 50 years' time? •5 minutes
Talking about the future•8 minutes
Teacher's hints - Open cloze •3 minutes
7 lectures•Total 65 minutes
Vocabulary focus •10 minutes
Pronunciation focus •10 minutes
The do's and don'ts of your carbon footprint•10 minutes
Intersectionality•10 minutes
On my list: Cultural highlights from Federica staff and learners •10 minutes
Speaking skills•10 minutes
Downloadable dictionary •5 minutes
8 devoirs•Total 85 minutes
Video language •10 minutes
Let's practice vocabulary to talk about climate change and activism •10 minutes
Future tenses •10 minutes
More practice with the future •10 minutes
Reading skills •10 minutes
Watching skills •10 minutes
Listening skills •10 minutes
End of week 6 - Be the change you want to see•15 minutes
3 sujets de discussion•Total 30 minutes
Your personal carbon footprint•10 minutes
Create an activism poster•10 minutes
Writing skills - your role model•10 minutes
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