English Program for C1 Level Students

Goal:
Develop advanced English skills for professional, academic, and social situations; build precision, nuance, and sophistication in communication.

Unit 1: Advanced Communication Skills

• Expressing opinions, agreements, and disagreements tactfully

• Summarizing and paraphrasing spoken and written texts

• Handling misunderstandings and clarifying meaning

Unit 2: Academic and Professional Writing

• Structuring essays, reports, and proposals

• Developing coherent arguments with examples

• Writing formal emails, letters, and reviews

Unit 3: Media and Global Issues

• Critically analyzing news articles and editorials

• Discussing global issues: climate change, technology, politics

• Expressing nuanced opinions and evaluating sources

Unit 4: Advanced Grammar Usage

• Mastering complex sentences (subordinate clauses, inversions)

• Perfecting passive forms and reported speech in all tenses

• Using advanced modal verbs (deduction, speculation)

Unit 5: Speaking Fluently and Coherently

• Giving formal presentations

• Participating in debates and panel discussions

• Using discourse markers naturally (e.g., “on the other hand”, “to put it another way”)

Unit 6: Culture, Literature, and Art

• Analyzing and discussing literary extracts, poems, and films

• Comparing cultures and societal values

• Expressing aesthetic and emotional reactions

Unit 7: Work, Business, and Innovation

• Discussing entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership

• Writing formal CVs, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles

• Preparing for job interviews and professional meetings

Unit 8: Technology and Society

• Exploring the ethical implications of AI, social media, and technology

• Writing opinion articles and blog posts

• Debating future technological trends

Unit 9: Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking

• Handling complex hypothetical situations (“What if…”)

• Negotiating and reaching agreements

• Justifying choices with logical arguments

Unit 10: Final Review and Project Work

• Delivering a final project (presentation, essay, or research report)

• Practicing advanced listening comprehension (lectures, podcasts)

• Preparing for C1 certification exams (optional)

Grammar Focus Throughout the Program

• Advanced use of conditionals (mixed conditionals)

• Inversion for emphasis: “Rarely had I seen…”

• Cleft sentences for emphasis: “It was John who broke the vase.”

• Modal verbs for deduction: must have, might have, can’t have

• Advanced linking words: nevertheless, albeit, notwithstanding

• Nominalization (making verbs/nouns into more formal nouns)

Skills Development

• Speaking: Formal presentations, academic discussions, critical debates

• Listening: Complex lectures, seminars, documentaries

• Reading: Academic journals, opinion pieces, literary excerpts

• Writing: Research essays, critical reviews, business reports

End-of-Level C1 Objectives

By the end of C1, students should be able to:

• Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts

• Express themselves fluently and spontaneously without much searching for expressions

• Use language flexibly for social, academic, and professional purposes

• Produce well-structured, detailed texts on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns and cohesive devices