Level B2

B2 British English Course

This course is designed for upper-intermediate learners of the English language in the British English variant. The course is
designed around the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) guidelines for B2 level descriptors.
The course comprises 13 units and provides components of theory, production, and freer practice of the four skills of language
learning: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing.
Each unit focuses on a discrete function, grammar topic, lexical set, or a combination these, and are assessed at the end of each
unit in speaking and writing assignments designed for the learner to produce and personalize the target language as the course
progresses.
The course uses a range of multimedia; including flash animation, video, audio, virtual classes and written texts, to provide an
authentic context for language learning.
* Key language functions include: likes / dislikes, recommendations, suggesting, offering, giving directions, giving advice,
expressing possibility, formal telephone conversations, complaining, buying / returning / exchanging a product, expressing an
opinion, agreeing / disagreeing, talking about crime and punishment, expressing result / purpose, talking about physical
resemblance, and expressing wishes and regrets.
* Key grammar topics include: adverbs of frequency, indirect questions, present simple vs. present continuous, so / such, past
simple vs. past continuous, narrative tenses, used to + infinitive vs. would + infinitive, the + comparative, comparatives of equality,
present perfect simple vs. continuous, just / already / yet, prepositions of place and time, indefinite pronouns, be going to +
infinitive, will shall, present continuous to express future, modal verbs, reflexive pronouns, quantifiers, zero / first / second
conditionals, either / neither, both / none, time expressions / adverbs, question tags, past perfect simple vs. continuous, articles,
gerund vs. infinitive, relative clauses, discourse markers, future time clauses, future continuous vs. future perfect, the passive
voice, third / mixed conditionals, reporting verbs, causative, and prepositions of time and place.
* Key vocabulary topics include: uncountable nouns, sports, phrasal verbs, work, social networks, types of houses, types of holiday,
holiday activities, idioms, verb + noun collocations, buildings, TV programs, film and cinema, science and discovery, relationships,
shopping, footwear, Am.E vs. Br.E lexis, personality adjectives, world issues, the environment, news and media, schools and
education, and illness, symptoms and treatment.
* Exercise formats and activities include: word sorting, sentence sorting, gap fill, listening comprehension, video comprehension,
matching, image identification, and vocabulary practice.

Unit 1
Market Research
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Adverbs of frequency
* Function: Expressing likes / dislikes

You must
In this lesson:
* Function: Must for strong recommendations
* Lexis: Go / Play / Do + Sports

Questions
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Indirect questions
* Grammar: Revision of interrogative forms

A Quick Coffee
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Present simple vs. present continuous
* Lexis: Phrasal verbs (to catch up on / to pass away)
* Grammar: So much / many / so + adjectives

Work, Work, Work

In this lesson:
* Lexis: Work

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 Speaking: Introducing Yourself
In this lesson:
* Learners practice question formation, then record their answers to informal interview-style questions.

Writing: Catching up with a friend

In this lesson:
* Learners read and complete a letter from a friend, then produce a written response.

Unit 2
I'm looking forward to it
In this lesson:
* Lexis: To look forward to
* Grammar: Past simple vs. Past continuous

Catching Up
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Narrative tenses
* Grammar: Used to + infinitive

Before the Internet

In this lesson:
* Grammar: Used to vs. would
* The + comparative

Social networking websites - Master class

In this lesson:
* Lexis: Social networks

There was a hole in the roof

In this lesson:
* Grammar: There was / were
* Grammar: Comparatives of equality
* Lexis: Types of houses

Speaking: When you were a child

In this lesson:
* Learners form questions using the structure 'used to + infinitive', then submit a recording of themselves answering the questions.

Writing: Where I used to live

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short text describing the house where they grew up.

Unit 3
At the clothing store
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Present perfect
* Grammar: Just, already, yet

Where to go
In this lesson
* Lexis: Types of vacation
* Lexis: Activities on vacation

Planning a vacation
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Prepositions of place and time
* Grammar: Indefinite pronouns

Futures
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Be going to + infinitivewillshallpresent continuous

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 Edinburgh
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Uncountable nouns

Culture - Master class

In this lesson:
* Lexis: Common idioms

Speaking: The Itinerary

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a recording roleplaying a tour guide explaining an itinerary to a group of tourists.

Writing: Futures
In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short text answering questions about their future plans and predictions.

Unit 4
Why don't we have a night out?
In this lesson:
* Function: Suggestions and offers (let's, shall, I'll, why don't)
* Lexis: Collocations

Places, Buildings, Directions

In this lesson:
* Function: Directions
* Lexis: Buildings

Housework
In this lesson:
* Lexis: Collocations with Do and Make
* Grammar: Modal verbs revision

A piece of advice
In this lesson:
* Function: Giving advice

What's On
In this lesson:
* Lexis: TV programs
* Grammar: Reflexive pronouns

Movies - Master Class

In this lesson:
* Lexis: Movies and cinema

Speaking: Movie Presentation

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short audio presentation about a movie they have seen recently.

Writing: Advice for tourists

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short written piece including recommendations and suggestions for tourists visiting their area.

Unit 5
Year Off
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Quantifiers (too, enough)
* Lexis: Verb/noun collocations

I might look for work abroad

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 In this lesson:
* Function: Expressing possibility

Weather
In this lesson:
* Lexis: Weather collocations

A Job Advertisement
In this lesson:
* Reading: A job advert
* Writing skills / Register: Applying for a job

Science - Master class

In this lesson:
* Lexis: Science and discovery

Telephone Interview
In this lesson:
* Grammar: First conditional
* Function: Formal telephone conversations

Speaking: Extreme Weather

In this lesson:
* Learners submit an audio recording describing a past experience of being in extreme weather conditions.

Writing: Applying for a job

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a job application in response to a job advert (as featured earlier in this unit).

Unit 6
What would you do if...
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Second conditional
* Grammar: Either/Neither
* Grammar: Both/None

New Job, New Town

In this lesson:
* Grammar: Present perfect simple vs. present perfect continuous
* Grammar: For / since
* Lexis: Describing where you live

Time Expressions
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Time expressions / adverbs

Relationships - Master class

In this lesson:
* Lexis: Relationships

Speaking: How long...

In this lesson:
* Learners form questions using present perfect simple and continuous structures, then submit their answers to the questions as an audio
recording.

Writing: Zoos
In this lesson:
* Learners submit an essay on the topic of zoos.

Unit 7
Buying a Camera

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 In this lesson:
* Grammar: Such (a) vs. so
* Lexis: Shopping
* Grammar: Question tags

Taking the camera back

In this lesson:
* Function: Complaining/returning a product
* Grammar: Past perfect

I was so annoyed!
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Past perfect simple vs. past perfect continuous

At the shoe store

In this lesson:
* Lexis: Footwear
* Function: Buying, exchanging and returning shoes
* Accuracy: General revision

Speaking: Shopping
In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short recording answering questions on the topic of shopping.

Writing: When I got home

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short text using the past perfect simple and continuous to describe a messy room.

Unit 8
Why don't you show me around?
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Articles

What's he like?
In this lesson:
* Lexis: Personality adjectives
* Grammar: Reported speech

The theater - Master class

In this lesson:
* Grammar: Articles

Numbers
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Articles
* Grammar: Narrative structures - revision
* Pronunciation: Homophones

A change of plan
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Verbs + to + infinitive / gerund

Speaking
In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short recording with answers to questions with various verb + gerund / infinitive structures.

Writing: Meeting Someone

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short account of a meeting or conversation with someone, using reported speech.

Unit 9
He's the man who set up his own eco-village

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 In this lesson:
* Grammar: Relative clauses
* Lexis: World issues

The boy who... - Master class

In this lesson:
* Relative clauses

Presentation: Elon Musk

In this lesson:
* Listening and reading comprehension
* Grammar: Discourse markers
* Function: Expressing an opinion / agreeing / disagreeing

By this time next year

In this lesson:
* Grammar: Future time clauses
* Grammar: Future continuous / Future perfect

The environment - Master class

In this lesson:
* Lexis: The environment

Speaking: Someone I admire

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short audio presentation talking about a person he/she admires.

Writing: In 50 years' time

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a text with their predictions for what life will be like in 50 years' time.

Unit 10
Watching the news
In this lesson:
* Grammar: The passive voice

Terrorists must have been responible

In this lesson:
* Past modals of speculation

Mass media - Master class

In this lesson:
* Lexis: News and media

News Bulletin
In this lesson:
* Lexis: Media

Guilty or innocent - Master class

In this lesson:
* Lexis: Phrasal verbs
* Function: Talking about crime and punishment

Speaking: What has happened?

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short recording talking about 4 pictures, saying what they think might have happened in each situation.

Writing: A work of art

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short text with information about one of four well-known paintings, transforming given information into the passive voice.

Unit 11

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 Interview with the principal
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Third conditionals
* Grammar: Mixed conditionals

Education - Master class

In this lesson:
* Lexis: Education

Alternative Schools
In this lesson:
* Use of English exam practice
* Lexis: Schools and education

School Rules
In this lesson:
* Grammar: May
* Grammar: Can

If I had studied - Master class

In this lesson:
* Grammar: Third conditional

Speaking: School Days

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short audio recording answering questions about their school and experience of schooling.

Writing: What would life have been like?

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short text imagining what their lives would have been like if they had been born around the time of their grandparents.

Unit 12
The flu
In this lesson:
* Function: Expressing result/purpose

Health
In this lesson:
* Lexis: Symptoms
* Reading and listening comprehension

Family resemblance - Master class

In this lesson:
* Grammar: Future continuous
* Function: Talking about physical resemblance

First Aid
In this lesson:
* Lexis: Symptoms, illnesses and treatments

What did the doctor say?

In this lesson:
* Grammar: Reporting verbs

Speaking: In Sickness and in Health

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short recording of themselves answering questions about health, first aid, and healthcare.

Writing: Healthy Area

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short text answering questions related to health and diet in their local area.

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 Unit 13
You need a retreat
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Passive vs. causative
* Function: Expressing purpose

Orwell: Passives
In this lesson:
* Grammar: The passive voice

Separate Ways
In this lesson:
* Grammar: Revision
* Grammar: Prepositions

History and culture - Master class

In this lesson:
* Function: History and culture

If Only / Regrets
In this lesson:
* Function: Expressing wishes and regrets

Speaking: Wishes and Regrets

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a short audio recording of themselves answering questions about their wishes and regrets.

Writing: Language Learning

In this lesson:
* Learners submit a report on language learning in their country.

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