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INTRODUCTION

Intermediate (Level B2) At this level, a student can manage the basic structures of the language, has a substantial vocabulary, and is confident within routine situations that arise socially or while traveling. Users at this level can communicate about a substantial range of subjects, express opinions, and give detailed information.

Intermediate students would be encouraged to follow and actively participate in a skills and task-based course, aimed at enabling them to maximize the time at their disposal to gain communicative self-confidence and a general fluency in English Language. It will also help them to improve their listening, reading and speaking skills in a realistic environment and situations, which go beyond the learning situation within the four classroom walls. Naturally, this will in no way exclude a necessary formal focus on grammatical structure and form leading to an ever increasing level of accuracy and an extension of the lexical base, both active and passive.

By the end of 45 class hours of tuition required to complete each level, students at B2 level would be expected to be able to:

§ Handle communication in most (familiar) situations;

§ Express with an acceptable amount of fluency and accuracy, using appropriate and varied vocabulary, their personal likes/dislikes and interests; talk about past and present experiences; make predictions and talk about the future; talk about obligation, prohibition and permission, express and justify opinions;

§ Speculate, compare contrast and evaluate; describe people, place and feelings in some detail; talk accurately about the past, present, future; report speech, thoughts and ideas; express regret, criticism and advice;

§ Participate successfully and coherently in realistic speaking activities, which demand effective, extended discourse, (e.g. discussion, simulation and role play, and short presentations), without undue prompting;

§ Have an easily understood pronunciation, albeit with an evident accent;

§ Make an efficient use of a monolingual dictionary and keep memorable vocabulary records;

§ Show an ability to read both graded and authentic English texts with understanding, both for pleasure and study purposes;

§ Show an ability to listen to English Language texts with understanding both for pleasure and study purposes;

§ Write simple personal and formal letters, and short compositions; join link sentences and organise, sequence and link events and ideas;

§ Be able to recognise the importance of using appropriate registers in every situation. Demonstrate a mastery of successful strategies which allow them to generally communicate effectively in situations when the language they are being exposed to is beyond their current level of competence.