Intermediate (B1) General English Online Course

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Last updated: 10/2020

Created by Andrew Ambrosius

  • Language: English
  • Course duration: 8 - 10 weeks (includes lifetime access to all updates)
  • Effort: 4 - 5  hours a week (self-paced online learning)

$99,99

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This course includes:

  • 12 Months access
  • Video lessons and explanations
  • Reading exercises
  • Grammar exercise
  • Listening & Pronunciation
  • Vocabulary and Pronunciation Practice
  • TED talk lessons to improve listening & oral comprehension
  • Certificate on completion

What you will learn

  • Learn how to express yourself on familiar topics such as family, hobbies,jobs, experiences, environment etc
  • Learn a wide range of vocabulary to communicate in everyday familiar situations
  • Learn how to initiate and maintain a simple face-to-face conversation on the topics that interest you.
  • Learn to understand texts which contain everyday or job-related language and write simple texts on familiar topics
  • Learn how understand the main points of simple "standard" speech on familiar matters
  • Gain sufficient knowledge of the language to describe common situations, and be able to present the main points of an idea and describe events
  • If you want to be able to understand general texts which express ideas in a straightforward way and write personal letters which describe events, desires and feelings

Introduction

This language course will focus on 5 skills: Pronunciation, Writing, Listening, Reading and Grammar.

Characteristics:

  • 12 Video based lessons
  • Ted talks
  • Vocabulary for real life situations on different topics
  • Writing emails, reports, reviews, CVs, descriptions etc
  • Different grammatical concepts for B1 using interesting real-life situations

Our online course will help you on your journey to create a solid English foundation. Our course will allow you to improve and learn English in a meaningful way; Help you feel more confident and communicate smoothly with every passing day.

After finishing this course you will be able to:

  • be able to express yourself on familiar topics such as family, hobbies, jobs, experiences, the environment etc
  • have enough vocabulary to communicate in everyday familiar situations
  • be able to initiate and maintain a simple face-to-face conversation on the topics that interest you
  • understand texts which contain everyday or job-related language and write simple texts on familiar topics
  • understand the main points of simple "standard" speech on familiar matters
  • have sufficient knowledge of the language to describe common situations, and be able to present the main points of an idea and describe events
  • be able to understand general texts which express ideas in a straightforward way and write personal letters which describe events, desires and feelings

What our student say

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Paula Perez

I have contact with foreign companies and it is very common I have to attend meetings with foreign people. So I have tried to improve my English by online courses. AOBE has helped me improve in my job.

Course Content

Module 1: Grammar revision

In this module we extensively review grammar from the A1 level course. The topics covered include, Simple Past, Comparatives & Superlatives, The Infinitive of Purpose, Past Continuous vs. Simple Past, so, too & enough, The Present Perfect and Future Tenses.

There are a total of 7 lessons in this module, each one has a video explanation of the grammar, as well as grammar, reading, listening and pronunciation exercises.

Module 2: Conditional Tenses

In module two we cover conditional tenses, from the zero conditional, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd conditional, as well as mixed conditionals.

This module also includes a TED talk with related exercises, grammar activities, listening practice and both reading and vocabulary activities.

Module 3: Modal Verbs

In module three we focus on Modal verbs, such as may and might. There are also a wide range of grammar practice exercises, reading practice, listening quizzes, vocabulary training and pronunciation activities.

This module also has an interesting TED talk and related exercises which help you to put into practice the module grammar.

Module 4: Quantifiers

In this module we go into detail about how you can correctly express quantities. You will learn expressions such as "how much/many", "some" and "any". This grammar is fundamental in helping you speak fluently on a wide range of both general and business English topics.

This module is also supported by an engaging TED talk, grammar, reading listening, vocabulary and pronunciation exercises.

Module 5: Verb patterns with ING

Module five covers more advanced grammar structures. Verb patterns with -ing are essential for fluency. These fixed -ing verb forms follow patterns that must be learnt by heart. We prepare students to ensure maximum fluency and recognition of these patterns.

This module is also supported by an engaging TED talk, grammar, reading listening, vocabulary and pronunciation exercises. All exercises are designed to use and activate verb patterns with -ing-

Module 6: The Passive Voice

Module six focuses on improving your understanding of the Passive Voice and its use in English. The module includes an interesting TED talk on how we can eat our landscape.

There are a wide range of reading, listening, grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary exercises.

Module 7: Comparatives

Module seven introduces students to more advanced usage of comparatives. We cover a wide range of exercises across all of the skills areas, from listening with a TED talk, to reading and grammar exercises.

Module 8: Past Perfect

In the last module on the course we introduce learners to the Past Perfect tense. As with all aspects and modules on this course we encourage listening comprehension skills through an engaging TED talk. We improve areas of grammar, reading, listening and pronunciation.

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Paula Perez

I have contact with foreign companies and it is very common I have to attend meetings with foreign people. So I have tried to improve my English by online courses. AOBE has helped me improve in my job.

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