AVC0001/4 - English B1. Preparation for Cambridge English: Preliminary

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Enhancement of language skills and preparation for Cambridge English: Preliminary exam.

Topics:
Sports and Hobbies, Health and Fitness
People, Family life , Work
Travel experiences, Adventures, Transport
Education and history
Towns and buildings
Letters and e-mails
Geography and nationality
Books, Films, Music
Furniture and home
Shopping and clothes
Making plans and predictions
Boys and Girls, Friendship, Communicating
Advertising and persuasion
Celebrities, Entertainment
Food and restaurants

Language structures:
Tenses, prepositions of time and place, countable and uncountable nouns, adjectives, active and passive, modals, comparison of adjectives, Reported speech, relative clauses, conditionals

Practice tasks of B1 level exam:
reading, listening, writing, speaking.

By the end of the course learner:
- can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.;
- can understand the main point of many radio or TV programmes on current affairs or topics of personal or professional interest when the delivery is relatively slow and clear;
- can understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language;
- can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters;
- can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken;
- can enter unprepared into conversation on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events);
- can connect phrases in a simple way in order to describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions;
- can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans;
- can narrate a story or relate the plot of a book or film and describe one’s reactions;
- can write simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest;
- can write personal letters describing experiences and impressions.

Placement test indicating the learner’s language learning level in English as B1

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50 auditorial hours + 54 hours of individual work (preparation for auditorial lessons, preparation for tests, preparation for pretest).

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