English C2

Program 

Grammar Points

• Participle sentences using verbs ending in -”ing”.
• Use of verbs that speak of sensations (feel, hear, etc.).
• Use of modal verbs to indicate necessity, obligation, probability.
• Sentences of intention using to / in order to.
• Intention with the noun/ adjective +to+ infinitive.
• Use of conditionals (first, second). The particles if, when. Most frequent particles in Conditionals: unless, even, if, etc.
• Use of the Third Conditional to express desires and regrets.
• The use of the Passive Voice in infinitive and gerund.
• The use of Relative and Participle sentences.
• Types of “Phrasal Verbs” found in English.
• Countable and uncountable nouns. Different ways of talking about quantities.
• The uses of the Future Continuous and the Future Perfect. The use of the future speaking about something that was going to happen in the past.
• Constructions in the Passive Voice using “believe”.
• Making speculations about the past with past modal verbs.
• Most frequent changes in the formation of the Indirect Style. The verbs used in the formation of Indirect Speech.

Speaking Skills

• Actively participate in professional conversations between native speakers, at a fast pace, with sudden changes of topic and style, and make use of appropriate turns of speech.
• Comment on work and social topics.
• Participate in conversations of all kinds with native speakers, using different levels of formality appropriately.
• Participate in professional negotiations.
• Talk about past memories, routines and habits using “used to” and “would”

Listening Skills

• Understand colloquial conversations between two or more native speakers, at a fast pace, with sudden changes of topic and style and with the use of expressions and idioms.
• Understand speeches or lectures with specialized stylistic devices (irony, metaphor, puns, direct to indirect speech, etc.).
• Follow radio or television programs, documentaries, podcasts, etc. without major difficulties.
• Follow the content of debates or discussions related to their professional field.

Reading Comprehension Skills

• Read independently and quickly different types of texts needed in their professional context: (catalogs, advertising texts, advertisements and information brochures from commercial and government agencies, etc.).
• Understand without major difficulty a wide variety of complex narrative, descriptive or opinion texts (newspaper articles, editorials and headlines, specialized and popular magazines, etc.).
• Deal with texts that combine primary and secondary sources.

Writing skills

• Write an instructive or informative text (instructions for use, general announcements, tourist information brochures, official forms, reports, etc.).
• Use language appropriate to the context, situation and topic of the text, as well as its function and objective.
• Produce coherent and well-organized written texts.
• Express themselves clearly, although perhaps with some mistakes (usually related to complex grammatical structures) that do not affect the understanding of the written text by a native speaker.