B1+ Course

Text Book Description

Cambridge English Empower is a general adult course that combines course content from Cambridge University Press with validated assessment from the experts at Cambridge English Language Assessment.

The Intermediate Student's Book gives learners an immediate sense of purpose and clear learning objectives. It provides core grammar and vocabulary input alongside a mix of skills. Speaking lessons offer a unique combination of functional language, pronunciation and conversation skills, alongside video filmed in the real world. Each unit ends with a consolidation of core language from the unit and focuses on writing within the context of a highly communicative mixed-skills lesson. This version of the Student's Book does not provide access to the video, assessment package and online workbook. A version with full access is available separately.

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Course Description

The course is designed according to the CEFR language descriptors below, and students at this level:
• Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
• Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.
• Can produce simple connected text on topics, which are familiar, or of personal interest.
• Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
• Can understand straightforward factual information about common every day or job related topics, identifying both general messages and specific details, provided speech is clearly articulated in a generally familiar accent.
• Can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure etc., including short narratives.
• Can read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to his/her field and interest with a satisfactory level of comprehension.
• Can communicate with some confidence on familiar routine and non-routine matters related to his/her interests and professional field.
• Can exchange, check and confirm information deal with less routine situations and explain why something is a problem.
• Can express thoughts on more abstract, cultural topics such as films, books, music etc.
• Can exploit a wide range of simple language to deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling.
• Can enter unprepared into conversation of familiar topics, express personal opinions and exchange information on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events).
• Can reasonably fluently sustain a straightforward description of one of a variety of subjects within his/her field of interest, presenting it as a linear sequence of points.
• Can write straightforward connected texts on a range of familiar subjects within his field of interest, by linking a series of shorter discrete elements into a linear sequence.

Class policies

• Attend all classes, be on time, and be ready to begin work.
• Show respect to the instructor and other students.
• Do not cause any disruption in class.
• Turn off your cell phone.
• Speak only English in the classroom.
• Bring your own textbooks. Failure to do so may result in exclusion from the classroom.

Attendance policy

A student may withdraw from the program if he or she is absent for up to 25 percent of the course provided he/she does so within the time permitted for withdrawal which is during the first twelve weeks of the academic semester. If the absence exceeds 25 percent, a student will not be allowed to withdraw from the course and will not be permitted to attend lectures or sit the final examination and will receive a failing grade of 'F' on the course. The student shall be given at least one warning before being placed on the excluded list.

Assessment

Students must receive a minimum of 50% pass overall to go to the next level. The assessment is based on the following criteria:
• Classroom-based and Home-based assessment
• Progress Test
• Speaking Test
• Final

B1+ Course

B1+ Course

By the end of the course students should be able to Course CodeBCourse duration facetoface hoursPrerequisitesPlacement Test Level Text BookCutting Edge rd edition Upper Intermediate Students Book with digital resourcesText Book DescriptionCambridge English Empower is a general adult course that combines course content from Cambridge University Press with validated assessment from the experts at Cambridge English Language AssessmentThe Intermediate Students Book gives learners an immediate sense of purpose and clear learning objectives It provides core grammar and vocabulary input alongside a mix of skills Speaking lessons offer a unique combination of functional language pronunciation and conversation skills alongside video filmed in the real world Each unit ends with a consolidation of core language from the unit and focuses on writing within the context of a highly communicative mixedskills lesson This version of the Students Book does not provide access to the video assessment package and online workbook A version with full access is available separatelyhttpwwwcambridgeorguscambridgeenglishcatalogadultcoursescambridgeenglishempowercambridgeenglishempowerintermediatestudentsbookisbnformatPBCourse DescriptionThe course is designed according to the CEFR language descriptors below and students at this levelCan understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work school leisure etcCan deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spokenCan produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interestCan describe experiences and events dreams hopes ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plansCan understand straightforward factual information about common every day or job related topics identifying both general messages and specific details provided speech is clearly articulated in a generally familiar accentCan understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work school leisure etc including short narrativesCan read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to hisher field and interest with a satisfactory level of comprehensionCan communicate with some confidence on familiar routine and nonroutine matters related to hisher interests and professional fieldCan exchange check and confirm information deal with less routine situations and explain why something is a problemCan express thoughts on more abstract cultural topics such as films books music etcCan exploit a wide range of simple language to deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travellingCan enter unprepared into conversation of familiar topics express personal opinions and exchange information on topics that are familiar of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life eg family hobbies work travel and current eventsCan reasonably fluently sustain a straightforward description of one of a variety of subjects within hisher field of interest presenting it as a linear sequence of pointsCan write straightforward connected texts on a range of familiar subjects within his field of interest by linking a series of shorter discrete elements into a linear sequenceClass policiesAttend all classes be on time and be ready to begin workShow respect to the instructor and other studentsDo not cause any disruption in classTurn off your cell phoneSpeak only English in the classroomBring your own textbooks Failure to do so may result in exclusion from the classroomAttendance policyA student may withdraw from the program if he or she is absent for up to percent of the course provided heshe does so within the time permitted for withdrawal which is during the first twelve weeks of the academic semester If the absence exceeds percent a student will not be allowed to withdraw from the course and will not be permitted to attend lectures or sit the final examination and will receive a failing grade of F on the course The student shall be given at least one warning before being placed on the excluded listAssessmentStudents must receive a minimum of pass overall to go to the next level The assessment is based on the following criteriaClassroombased and Homebased assessmentProgress TestSpeaking TestFinal