Program

Grammar content

• The use of “-ing” or “-ed” with adjectives.
• Review of question formation.
• Review of sentence structures.
• Review of different uses of present tenses.
• Making comparisons.
• The different uses of “like”.
• Narrative tenses.
• The use of “reported” or “direct” speech.
• Giving opinions: agreeing or disagreeing.
• The use of gerunds and infinitives.
  
• The use of “used to” and “would”.
• The use of “can”, “could”, “may”, “might”.
• The contrast between countable and uncountable.
• Formation of future tenses.
• Pronouns.
• The use of phrasal verbs.

Speaking skills

• Use complex structures, as well as the corresponding verbal constructions.
• Use of a broad social and professional vocabulary.
• Engage in complex conversations with the ability to compare and contrast different ideas.
• Fluently participate in a wide range of professional and social situations.
• Talk about values, qualities and skills.
  
• Give advice.
• Describe an accident, an illness, etc. 
• Make a complaint.
• Talk seriously about financial situations: at the bank, etc.
• Give a fairly complex description of a person.

Listening comprehension skills

• Understand a speech or presentation to take notes.
• Understand explanations of different situations.
• Understand the reason for a decision made.
• Recognize word stress.
• Understand complaints or professional disputes.
• Recognize emphasis in a sentence.

Writing Skills

• Write an informal letter.
• Write a transactional letter, using sequencers.
• Write an essay or report with an outline and draft revisions.
• Write a report.
• Write a formal complaint.
• Write a job application.

Reading comprehension skills

• Understand general press articles.
• Understand a description of an activity.
• Read short stories.
• Read articles of moderate difficulty.
• Understand a formal letter of complaint.
• Understand a fairly complex description of a person or activity.
• Read a report.
• Read an application.