English + Cambridge C1 Advanced exam

Course Overview

During the full-time Cambridge preparation course you will study on the General English 15 hour programme in the morning and join the Cambridge specific exam module in the afternoon. Combining the two courses means you can improve in the areas of reading, writing, listening and grammar with a lot of time for speaking and pronunciation practice in the mornings and continue to study in the afternoons, focusing on specific Cambridge exam content and techniques.

The specific exam preparation will include skills development in the different task types in the four areas of the exam. You will also focus on topics, vocabulary, grammar and real-time exam practice.

What topics will you cover?

• Vocabulary – idioms, collocations, shades of meaning, phrasal verbs, fixed phrases etc.
• Grammar, vocabulary and collocation.
• Reading for detail, opinion, tone, purpose, main idea, implication, attitude.
• Understanding and comparing opinions and attitudes across texts.
• How to understand the structure and development of a text.
• Reading for specific information, detail, opinion and attitude.
• Developing points as fully as possible in order to demonstrate a range of structures, vocabulary and language functions, such as evaluating, expressing opinions, hypothesising, justifying, persuading.
• Writing the different types of text that could be included in the exam.
• Listening for feeling, attitude, speaker purpose, opinion, purpose, function, agreement, course of action, gist, detail, etc.
• Listening for specific information, stated opinion.
• Listening for main points and interpreting context.
• Giving information about yourself and expressing your opinion about various topics.
• Talking on your own about something: comparing, describing, expressing opinions, speculating.
• Exchanging ideas, expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing, suggesting, speculating, evaluating, reaching a decision through negotiation, etc.
• Expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to…

• Feel prepared to sit the Cambridge C1 ADVANCED exam and achieve the score you need
• Understand and use the techniques needed to answer each part of the exam
• Understand your strengths and weaknesses, and where you need to improve

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