Cambridge English B2 First exam preparation course (Monday)

Who the course is for

This course is open to everyone aged 18 and over.

Entry requirements

Level B1 or similar recommended.

Aims

This course aims to prepare students for the Cambridge B2 First exam with practice of the grammar, vocabulary, language skills, topics and exam skills needed for success in all four papers of the exam: Reading and Use of English, Writing, Listening and Speaking. Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to sit the Cambridge B2 First exam.

Syllabus

Cambridge English First (B2) Exam Preparation course

ECTS

Syllabus and Materials:

Topics	Grammar	Vocabulary
Daily life; people	Present tenses	Adjectives
Food and drink; relationships	Past tenses	Fixed phrases
Travel and transport; festivals and customs	Modal verbs	Dependent prepositions
Entertainment; leisure	Verbs + infinitive/gerund; present perfect	Phrasal verbs with on
Education; careers and jobs	Future forms	Phrasal verbs with take; noun suffixes
Health and fitness; sport	Relative clauses	Medical and sports; phrasal verbs with up
The environment; the weather	Conditionals	Phrases with in
Science and technology	Passive forms	Communications and science
The media; celebrities	Reported speech and reporting verbs	Media
Shopping and consumer goods; fashion	Adverbs; causative have and get; wish and if only	Clothing and shopping; phrasal verbs with out; extreme adjectives

Qualification

Certificate of attendance for the preparation course

Management

Ryan Martin O'Shaughnessy

Native from New Zealand, is currently the Cambridge Centre Exams Manager at the Fundació UdG and an official speaking examiner (B2, C1 and C2). He has over 10 years of experience teaching English at all levels as well as organising Cambridge exam preparation courses.

Teaching staff

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 centres.

*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 60 classroom hours and 60 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, combined with model exams to monitor progress and eligibility for the Cambridge exam.

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Who the course is for

Entry requirements

Aims

Syllabus

Qualification

Management

Ryan Martin O'Shaughnessy

Teaching staff

Abigail Marie Jones

Teaching and Assessment

Evaluation system

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