B2UPP101 – “Illogical English” & Modal verbs
B2UPP102 – Social Responses
B2UPP103 – Writing reports and summaries
Objectives – Can I understand and express different levels of formality and politeness in conversation? Can I respond correctly to requests, offers and comments? Can I use the appropriate tone and register? Can I write reports and documents which are clearly expressed and correctly organised? Can I identify and prioritise the most important information? Can I deal with grammatical and conversational structures in English which don’t translate in a logical or literal way into Spanish and or Catalan?
Contents – I (don’t) think so, I’m afraid not etc; Whoever, whatever; I don’t imagine, I don’t suppose; Causative ‘have’ and passive voice. Vocabulary and intonation in expressions to show agreement, understanding and enthusiasm; Functional responses to different social situations; Indirect questions and evasive answers; Making polite requests; Question tags. Expressing (un)certainty; Contrasting points of view; Explaining, giving examples, making suggestions and advice; Explaining necessity and/or obligation; Offering assistance; Expressing purpose; Stating conclusions and conditions; Sequences and lists.
- Lesson 1 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Indirect questions to statements
- Lesson 2 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Supposed to or Had to
- Lesson 3 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Small talk 1:2
- Lesson 3 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Question Tags-1 2:2
- Lesson 4 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) It Happened To Me 1:2
- Lesson 4 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Visiting north Wales 2:2
- Lesson 5 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Future Trends 1:2
- Lesson 5 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Passive voice 2:2
- Lesson 6 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Connectors 1:2
- Lesson 6 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) What is its function? 2:2
- Lesson 7 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Must or Had to 1:2
- Lesson 7 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Modals: Obligation & Prohibition 2:2
- Lesson 8 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Question Tags-2 1:2
- Lesson 8 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) So and Neither 2:2
- Lesson 9 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Can & Be able to
- Lesson 10 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) So & Neither 1:2
- Lesson 10 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Could and Able to 2:2
- Lesson 11 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Adjectives-1 1:2
- Lesson 11 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Adjectives-2 2:2
- Lesson 12 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Past and Present
- Lesson 13 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Deductions-1 1:2
- Lesson 13 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Deductions-2 2:2
- Lesson 14 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Short Answers
- Lesson 15 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Might, May, Must, Can & Could
- Lesson 16 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Whatever etc
- Lesson 17 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Causative Have
- Lesson 18 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Passive sentences
- Lesson 19 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Word Formation-1 1:2
- Lesson 19 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Word Formation-2 2:2
- Lesson 20 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Word Patterns
- Lesson 21 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Working and Earning 1:2
- Lesson 21 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Working and Earning 2:2
- Lesson 22 (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2) Offers & Requests
- End of Course test (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2)
- End of level test (Upper-Intermediate 1 - B2)