Course description
Our C2 General English course is for people with a high Advanced level of English (mastery) who wish to make progress in the language. Typical learners at C2 level are able to use the language to a similar degree as an educated native speaker, and are able to use the language in a range of culturally appropriate ways.
The main focus of a C2 level course is therefore on lexical and pragmatic features, rather than grammatical features of the language.
Course outcomes
By the end of this course you will be able to:
– When reading, writing, listening or speaking: analyse rhetorical situations so as to understand that different purposes and contexts call for different strategies, different conventions and different techniques
– Recognise and discuss propositions that can not be merely demonstrated: to analyse, evaluate, and argue matters of opinion and interpretation as well as to describe matters of fact
– Develop effective processes for writing in different contexts and to use a variety of strategies for discovering, developing and analysing data and ideas, for making sense, revising and editing
Sample syllabus
Listening:
Specialised lectures and presentations which use a high degree of colloquialism, regional usage or unfamiliar terminology
Reading:
All forms of written language including abstract, structurally complex or highly colloquial literary and nonliterary writings
Speaking:
Idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms
Idioms and phrasal verbs
Word formation: suffix endings
Prepositional phrases
Phrases: nouns with related verbs
Homophones
Abstract nouns
Pronunciation: contrastive clauses
Aspects of the future
Degrees of likelihood
Writing:
Complex reports, articles that present a case or give critical appreciation of proposals / literary works
