Who the course is for
This course is open to everyone aged 18 and over.
Entry requirements
Students must have completed a B2 language course within the last 6 months or have the Cambridge B2 First (or equivalent). Alternatively, prospective students can take a level test and have a brief interview with the teacher.
If you want to take a level test contact us at cambridge@udg.edu
Aims
This course aims to bridge the gap between the Cambridge B2 First and the Cambridge C1 Advanced exams. Students will practise all the grammar, vocabulary, language skills, topics and exam skills needed to improve their level.
Syllabus
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Cambridge English Advanced (C1) Exam Preparation course
Syllabus and Materials:
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Topics
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Grammar
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Vocabulary
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People
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Past tenses
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Collocations with give and make
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Languages
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Expressing purpose, reason and result
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Collocations with make, get and do
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The mind
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No, none, not
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Nouns: countable and uncountable; formal/informal
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Work and jobs
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Passive forms
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Dependent prepositions; adjective-noun collocations
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Dramatic events
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Verbs + infinitive/gerund
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Idiomatic language
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Pictures
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Avoiding repetition
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Adjective-noun collocations
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Leisure and entertainment
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Relative and participle clauses; apposition
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Complex prepositions; money
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The media
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Reported speech; transitive verbs
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‘Talking’ verbs
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Transport and progress
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Time clauses and prepositions
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Action, activity, event and programme
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Learning
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Expressing ability, possibility and obligation
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Chance, occasion, opportunity and possibility
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Travel
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Conditionals
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Phrasal verbs; prepositions of location
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The living world
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Nouns and articles
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Prepositions following verbs; word formation
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Health and lifestyle
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Comparing and contrasting
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Prepositions following adjectives
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Moving abroad
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Adverbs; cleft sentences
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Learn, find out and know; provide, offer and give
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Qualification
Certificate of attendance for the preparation course
Teaching staff
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Abigail Marie Jones
From the Lake District, in the United Kingdom, she studied at the University of Liverpool where she obtained a double degree in Hispanic Studies and English. She also has two Masters degrees: one in Shakespeare, from the same university; and the other, from the University of Middlesex, in Novel Writing.
During the last decade, she has taught English classes to students of all ages and with different objectives, whether it be conversation for travel, lessons designed specifically for a particular job or focused on the Cambridge exams. She worked for six years in an academy in Cassà de la Selva and then four more years at The Hub, Girona, where she had the opportunity to design and teach her own English literature courses in civic centers.
*Management reserves the right to modify the teaching staff, if necessary, to ensure the levels of quality and professional category.
Teaching and Assessment
The course includes 38 classroom hours and 38 self-study hours.
The course will focus on:
- Task achievement: what this means and how to achieve it.
- Understanding the reasoning behind a task.
- Timing and planning.
- Accuracy and appropriacy.
- Skills: speaking, writing, listening, reading.
- The use and control of grammatical structures.
- Improving and expanding lexical range.
Assessment will be based on class based and homework activities.
Book: Cambridge English Complete Advanced (second edition) student’s book with answers. ISBN: 978-1-107-67090-7
Homework: Cambridge English Complete Advanced (second edition) workbook with answers. ISBN: 978-1-107-67517-9
Evaluation system
To qualify for an attendance certificate, students must attend a minimum of 50% of the classes.
