Oxford House College, Oxford  

Area

Objectives    

(adapted from descriptors from Common European Framework and European Language Portfolio level B1 / B2)

Grammar Syllabus

Vocabulary

and Topical Syllabus

Functional Syllabus

Speaking interaction and production objectives

You will be able to:

·    Speak regularly with native speakers.

·    Discuss familiar topics in detail.

·    Give your opinions and explain advantages and disadvantages.

·          Used to + infinitive

·          Past Simple and Present Perfect

·          Neither / so do I

·          Modal verbs

·          Reported speech

·          First, second conditional

·          Adverbs of manner and modifiers

·          Relative clauses

·          Adjectives and their connotations

·          Present Perfect Continuous

·          Look  + adjective, look like + noun

·          Passives

·          Past Perfect Simple

·          A /  few and  a / little

·          Although / in spite of / despite

·          Question tags

·          Education

·          Appearances

·          Clothes

·          Character

·          Make and do

·          Housework

·          Holidays and travel brochures

·          Illness

·          Cooking

·          Weather

·          Furniture and appliances

·          Types of books, films, and TV programmes

·          Crime and punishment

·          Political systems

·          Family relationships

·          Pets

·          Hotel facilities

·          Affixes

·          Participles

·          Describing location, people and things

·          Stating preferences and opinions

·          Talking about obligation

·          Reporting requests and orders

·          Advising

·          Making deductions

·          Guessing

·          Talking about possibility / probability and certainty

·          Refusing

·          Describing faulty goods

Listening objectives

You will be able to:

·    Understand long speech and lectures and follow  complex arguments if the topic is reasonably familiar.

·    Understand most TV news and current affairs programmes.

·    Understand the majority of films in common accents.

Reading objectives

You will be able to:

·    Read articles and reports about common topics

·    Understand modern novels.

Writing objectives

You will be able to:

·    Write clearly and in detail about a wide range of subjects.

·    Write an essay or report..

·    Write letters about events and personal experiences.