Upper-intermediate B2

Um novo curso de nível B2 do QECR para adultos baseado em pesquisas acadêmicas sobre como os adultos aprendem melhor as línguas e extensas pesquisas em sala de aula.

Pré-requisitos

Ter aprovado o nível anterior (B1+) ou o teste de apuramento de nível indicar que está no nível B2 do QECR.

Público-alvo

Todos aqueles que pretendem aprender a língua inglesa a partir do nível B2 do QECR.

Opção de estudo

Curso apenas a tempo inteiro.

No fim do curso, os estudantes admitidos realizam 4 exames: de reading, writing, listening e speaking.

Os alunos aprovados podem requerer para atribuíção de certificados de conclusão de curso.

Duração

O curso tem a duração de 3 meses, com 120 horas lectivas.

Objectivos específicos

1. Talk about conversation in different cultures
2. Use different question types
3. Talk about written communication
4. Use present perfect tenses
5. Guess the meaning of new words
6. Verbs + prepositions
7. Deal with problems on the phone
8. Write an informal email
9. Talk about travel and adventure
10. Talk about past events
11. Use past perfect forms
12. Talk about feelings
13. Understand North American and British accents
14. Understand North American English
15. Tell and react to a story
16. Write an email of complaint
17. Talk about the future (1)
18. Talk about learning, thinking and knowledge
19. Use collocations with time and money
20. Talk about the future (2)
21. Skim a text using topic sentences
22. Use noun suffixes
23. Say how likely something is to happen
24. Write a balanced opinion essay
25. Use the passive
26. Talk about how things work
27. Describe your impressions of something
28. Use causative have and get
29. Understand speech when consonant sounds are omitted
30. Recognize easily confused words
31. Write a summary
32. Give opinions and try to change someone’s opinion

33. Talk about childhood memories
34. Use verbs with -ing and infinitive
35. Talk about emotions and behaviour
36. Other uses of -ing and infinitive with to
37. Understand linkers
38. Understand phrasal verbs with out and up
39. Language to give solutions
40. Write an article giving advice
41. Talk about cultures and communities
42. Understand and use articles
43. Talk about housing and living
44. Use determiners and quantifiers
45. Understand fluent speech
46. Use high-frequency verb collocations
47. Start a conversation with a stranger
48. Write a description of data
49. Talk about crime and justice
50. Use present modal verbs
51. Use verbs and prepositions
52. Use past modals of deduction
53. Understand ellipsis
54. Understand the meaning of prefixes
55. Agree and disagree
56. Write a persuasive letter/email
57. Talk about smart technology
58. Use relative clauses
59. Describe people
60. Use participle clauses
61. Listen for stressed words
62. Understand adjectives + dependent prepositions
63. Give your impressions of an event
64. Write a review

65. Talk about different climates and lifestyles
66. Use adjectives and adverbs
67. Talk about past and present habits
68. Talk sleep patterns
69. Understand reference
70. Use synonyms and antonyms
71. Interrupt appropriately
72. Write a report
73. Talk about looking and seeing
74. Use adjectives in the correct order
75. Use if + other conjunction clauses
76. Rate performances
77. Understand assimilation
78. Recognize easily confused sense verbs
79. Check and clarify
80. Write a detailed description of a scene
81. Talk about television viewing habits
82. Use reported speech
83. Talk about news
84. Use reporting verbs
85. Understand complex sentences
86. Understand and use adjective suffixes
87. Retell a (news) story
88. Write an opinion essay in a formal style
89. Talk about family and relationships
90. Talk about unreal situations
91. Talk about life events and choices
92. Use wish and if only
93. Listening: recognize vague language
94. Understand and use compound language
95. Reflect on life events and choices
96. Write a biography

Plano temático

1 Communication
1.1 The rules of conversation
1.2 The letter is dead, long live the letter!
1.3 Vocabulary and skills development
1.4 Speaking and writing
1.5 Video Minority languages in the British Isles
2 Escape
2.1 Out of your comfort zone
2.2 An extraordinary escape
2.3 Vocabulary and skills development
2.4 Speaking and writing
2.5 Video Learning holidays
3 Invest
3.1 Invest in your future
3.2 Best ways to invest your time
3.3 Vocabulary and skills development
3.4 Speaking and writing
3.5 Video The future of work
4 Creativity
4.1 Inventive ideas
4.2 Creative environments
4.3 Vocabulary and skills development
4.4 Speaking and writing
4.5 Video La Belle Époque

5 Mind
5.1 As if it were yesterday …
5.2 Bored!
5.3 Vocabulary and skills development
5.4 Speaking and writing
5.5 Video Boredom
6 Community
6.1 Crossing cultures
6.2 Alone or together?
6.3 Vocabulary and skills development
6.4 Speaking and writing
6.5 Video Communal living
7 Rules
7.1 Finders keepers?
7.2 Rules at work
7.3 Vocabulary and skills development
7.4 Speaking and writing
7.5 Video Against the law?
8 Old and new and new
8.1 The Internet of Things
8.2 Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z
8.3 Vocabulary and skills development
8.4 Speaking and writing
8.5 Video Traditional skills

9 Nightlife
9.1 Dark days and white nights
9.2 Sleep
9.3 Vocabulary and skills development
9.4 Speaking and writing
9.5 Video A town in the shadows
10 Senses
10.1 Can you believe your eyes?
10.2 Sense of humour
10.3 Vocabulary and skills development
10.4 Speaking and writing
10.5 Video Why we see colour
11 Media
11.1 Extreme streaming
11.2 Positive news
11.3 Vocabulary and skills development
11.4 Speaking and writing
11.5 Video Going viral
12 Life stages
12.1 Nearest and dearest
12.2 If I could turn back time, …
12.3 Vocabulary and skills development
12.4 Speaking and writing
12.5 Video Dynasty – the Churchills

Local(is) de formação

Rua da Entrada do Novo Cemitério de Michafutene

Bairro Agostinho Neto