Overview
| English level: | C1/C1+ |
| Course length: | Advanced Level 1 (Units 1-3) Duration 4 weeks Advanced Level 2 (Units 4-6) Duration 4 weeks Advanced Level 3 (Units 7-9) Duration 4 weeks Advanced Level 4 (Units 10-12) Duration 4 weeks |
| Class size: | 2-10 |
| Minimum age: | 18 |
Who is this course for?
This is a general English course for students at advanced levels who want to improve all areas of their English language skills: writing, reading, listening, speaking and elements (grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, discourse). The main focus will be on helping you become more confident at using language in every day and less familiar settings. Fluency (speaking a lot and quickly) and accuracy (not making mistakes) will be given equal importance.
This course will help you to
- Interact with others confidently and fluently at length on a range of topics using more idiomatic expressions and a wide range of vocabulary.
- Understand a wide range of more demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit and nuanced meaning in them.
- Express yourself fluently and spontaneously without needing to search for the right expression.
- Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Learn to produce clear, well-structured texts on complex subjects, with the correct use of syntax, connectors and cohesive devices.
- Give presentations on a wide range of topics.
How will I learn?
- We offer One-to-One, One-to-Two, Group classes. You will be placed in an online class with people of a similar language level as you.
- Your teacher will use an e-book but adapt it to your learning needs and progress in mind.
- You will have hrs of live online group lessons with your teacher in a virtual classroom.
- You will have 24 hrs of guided self-study work that includes individual and group project work to provide variety. Your teacher will provide you with audio and video support.
- You will have access to RAQ LMS Online, our online learning platform and use a wide range of digital resources for extra practice.
How will I know how well I am doing?
- Your teacher will assist you to create an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) and will support you to achieve your learning goals throughout the course.
- You will receive recorded or live feedback on all four skills and provide you with extra support.
- You can arrange 8 one-to-one tutorials with your teacher to receive targeted support that will help you to achieve your learning goals.
Will I need to do extra work at home?
Your teacher will assign homework and additional self-study tasks throughout the course and you can use the one-to-one tutorials to discuss your work or submit your answers through RAQ LMS Online, our online learning platform to get feedback from your teacher.
What will I need to study?
We will provide you with the coursebook, and other self-study materials through RAQ LMS Online platform.
You will require
- A desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone
- High-speed reliable internet connection
- An integrated microphone in the device you are using or an attached headset to take part in lessons.
What are the costs?
Per Hour £27
What do we offer?
- Expert advice and support from our CELTA and DELTA qualified teachers
- Audio and video support to complete guided self-study tasks
- Access to RAQ LMS Online, our online learning platform and use a wide range of digital resources for extra practice
- Strong focus on conversation and learning through fun activities and games
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Course Features
- Lectures 16
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 1 hour
- Skill level Expert
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
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Advanced Level 1 (Units1-3)
Duration 4 weeks 24 hr of live online sessions 2hrs Guided self-study 2 one-to-one tutorials
- Topics – Change, Feats, Team Copy
- Vocabulary- time and speed, change, using a dictionary, phrases with adverbs, collocations for describing problems and solutions, collocations of perception and sound, behaviour and attitude, success and failure, prepositional phrases. Copy
- Language- comparing, continuous forms, noun phrases, perfect forms, auxiliary verbs, articles. Copy
- Skills development- predicting content of a text, report writing, vague language: approximation, taking notes, writing a summery, an informal talk, how writers avoid repetition, checking and rephrasing, writing a proposal. Copy
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Advanced Level 2 (Units 4-6)
Duration 4 weeks 24 hr of live online sessions 2hrs Guided self-study 2 one-to-one tutorials
- Topics – Responsibility, Power, Play Copy
- Vocabulary – Responsibility, Phrases with care, connotation, common phrases with relative pronouns, phrases with of to describe quantity, compound adjectives and nouns, preferences, leisure, relaxation and stress, words with more than one meaning. Copy
- Language –Degree of obligation, passives, relative clauses, quantifiers, uses of would, verb patterns. Copy
- Skills development- understanding word boundaries, writing a balanced argumentative essay, formal negotiations, understanding complex sentences, managing conversations, emphasis: inversion and cleft sentences, understanding reference, vague language, writing an online review. Copy
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Advanced Level 3 (Units 7-9)
Duration 4 weeks 24 hr of live online sessions 2hrs Guided self-study 2 one-to-one tutorials
- Topics – Emotion and Reason, Plastic, Learning Copy
- Vocabulary – emotions, reacting to events, metaphor, properties of materials, phrasal verbs, formal and informal language, idiomatic phrases with will, higher education, three ways to create new words. Copy
- Language – hypotheses, unreality, probability and speculation, participle clauses, Uses of will, the future. Copy
- Skills development- understanding the links within a text, informal negotiations, comment adverbs, knowing what to concentrate on, speculating, comparing and contrasting, writing a problem solution essay or a report. Copy
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Advanced Level 4 (Units 10-12)
Duration 4 weeks 24 hr of live online sessions 2hrs Guided self-study 2 one-to-one tutorials
- Topics – New, Origins, Memory Copy
- Vocabulary – money, new and old, understanding idioms, adjectives and adverbs beginning with a-, food preparation, fixed and semi fixed expressions, special meaning of off, down and over, describing research and results, noticing, selecting and recording collocations. Copy
- Language – noun phrases, positions of adverbials, adjective of position, whoever, whatever, wherever no matter, causative have and get, reporting verbs. Copy
- Real Life English – complaints, giving opinions and possible solutions, requests and offers, talk about dreams, hopes and ambitions. Copy
