English C2

Becoming a proficient and confident communicator requires the ability to navigate complexity and nuance in styles sensitive to diverse situations. This course trains these competences for everyday, university and professional settings. It also establishes a foundation to transition to the Cambridge C2 Proficiency: Preparation Workshop or to prepare independently for the Cambridge C2 Proficiency certificate.

In this course, various audio-visual materials and texts are used to train sophisticated and nuanced grammar and vocabulary in speaking, listening, reading, and writing activities on topical issues.

Some of the themes you will cover include:

  • conditional forms so that you can conjecture about imaginable and improbable outcomes in the future and past;
  • syntax so that you can adjust the word order to craft grammatically accurate sentences that are both elegant and clear;
  • conjunctions and linking expressions so that you can connect sentences and ideas to optimise the coherence and flow in a text;
  • interrogation and negation so that you can formulate precise and probing questions and forcefully yet tactfully repudiate claims;
  • reported speech so that you can appropriately render the utterances of others and position yourself in relation to what they say;
  • features of formal and spoken English so that you can calibrate the register of your speech according to the situation and your interlocutors.

The course will cover selected items from units 8 to 18 in MyGrammarLab Advanced C1/C2. It is assumed that participants are already familiar with the materials in the first seven units of the book, which are covered in the English C1 course.

Course information

Places available
Course level
C2
Date
10.03.2026 - 26.05.2026
Tuesday, 18:15 - 19:45
24 Lessons
Lecturer
Stephan Meyer, MA
Credit points
2 ECTS
Registration deadline
Sunday 22.02.2026
Course fee
Students and PhD candidates: CHF 263.00
Members of staff: CHF 483.00
Alumni: CHF 483.00
Registration

Attendance

Number of absences allowed: 2

Coursework

Participants are expected to:
  • participate actively in class;
  • complete learning assessments;
  • spend 3 hours per course session on preparing and reviewing the lesson and on autonomous learning.

Credit points

To earn the credit points, students must fulfill the attendance requirement, complete the coursework, and pass the required number of assessments. The course is graded on a pass-fail basis.

Important

The courses and services offered by the Language Center are open to the groups of people listed under Eligibility for Admission. Students must also be matriculated:
a) students at the University of Basel should enter their matriculation number on the registration form;
b) students from other Swiss universities or EUCOR universities should upload a valid confirmation of their matriculation when registering.
Registrations without proof of student status will not be considered.

Placement test

To register for this course, you are required to demonstrate that you are on the corresponding language level in one of the following ways:

a) on the registration form, note the title and semester of a successfully completed course at the University of Basel Language Center from the last two semesters; or
b) upload an officially recognized language certificate or a confirmation of a language course, both from the last two years, during registration; or
c) take a placement test and upload a PDF or other copy of the results during registration.

Date for rescheduled sessions

If the course instructor has to cancel one or more sessions, they will be re-scheduled for Saturday, 9 May 2026, between 10:00 and 16:00.

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