AVC0001/8 - English B1. Preparation for Cambridge English: Preliminary
Time
04.02.2025 - 27.05.2025
Registration deadline
11.02.2025
Place
Tallinn, Narva mnt 29, S-327
Volume
104 academic hours (contact study 50 hours, independent study 54 hours)
Target group
Keskkooli õpilased, üliõpilased, täiskasvanud õppijad.
Objective
Enhancement of language skills and preparation for Cambridge English: Preliminary exam.
Content
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.
Learning outcomes
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.
Requirements
Placement test indicating the learner’s language learning level in English as B1
learning environment
ülikoolilinnak
Teacher's competencies
õppejõud
Graduation requirements
50 auditorial hours + 54 hours of individual work (preparation for auditorial lessons, preparation for tests, preparation for pretest).
Document issued upon course completion
TLÜ tunnistus
Teachers
Aita Taiger
Course price
525 EUR (participant, VAT won't be added to the price)
Kursuse tasu sisaldab õpikut ja töövihikut, mille maksumus on 35 eurot. Õppematerjali maksumus tuleb tasuda, kui kursusest loobutakse kursuse toimumise ajal.
Organiser
Training and Conference Centre, Kerli Haas, 6409360, kerli.haas@tlu.ee
Minimum number of participants
5