English C1

Do you want to develop your competence to communicate confidently in everyday, university and professional settings about a broad scope of topics on an advanced level? Or do you need to ensure that you have the requisite knowledge to prepare for the Cambridge C1 Advanced certificate or the C1 Advanced: Preparation Workshop?

In this course you train using sophisticated grammar and vocabulary accurately in speaking, listening, reading and writing activities on topical issues.

Some of the topics you will cover include:

• The tenses, so that you can craft coherent fictional and non-fictional narratives about emerging trends
• Modal verbs, so that you can speculate and provide evidence about personal and public health
• Nouns and pronouns, so that you can accurately name and analyze entities and behaviors
• Adjectives and adverbs, so that you can evaluate and review artefacts and activities
• Prepositions and prepositional phrases, so that you can establish connections in time and space
• The language of building consensus, so that you can engage in discussions about conflict and collaboration
• Grammar specific to the Cambridge C1 exam.

The course will cover selected items from units 1 to 7 in MyGrammarLab Advanced C1/C2.

Course information

Course level
C1
Date
06.03.2024–29.05.2024
  • Wednesday, 18:15–19:45
24 Lessons
Lecturer
Carol Daubney, MA
Credit points
2 ECTS
Registration deadline
Tuesday 05.03.2024
Course fee
Students and PhD candidates: CHF 263.00
Members of staff: CHF 483.00
Alumni: CHF 483.00
Alumni FHNW: CHF 483.00

There will be no class on 1 May 2024.

Course materials

MyGrammarLab Advanced C1/C2, Student Book with Key and MyLab; Pearson Longman 2012; ISBN: 978-1-4082-9911-1

Further details will be found in the course confirmation. Please do not acquire the course materials before then.

Requirements

To earn credit points, participants are expected to

  • not be absent more than twice,
  • participate actively in class,
  • pass five assignments,
  • submit a portfolio consisting of the assignments, along with the improved versions thereof.

Workload for ECTS:
In addition to class time, participants must plan to spend 3 hours per week on preparing and reviewing for class and on autonomous learning.

You can earn 2 credit points.
The course is graded with either pass or fail.

Certificate of attendance

Active participation is assumed. In order to receive a certificate of attendance (available on request) for this course, you are not allowed to be absent more than twice.

Placement test

This course requires either an obligatory placement test or completion of a preceding course. If you have not attended a preceding course, a computer placement test has to be taken prior to registration.

Replacement date

The supplementary replacement date for lessons that might not take place is: 25.05.2024 from 10:00 - 16:00.

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