Effectiveness
Focus and Suitability
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Our Effectiveness course is suitable for students in the upper years of their secondary education, who have been studying English for four years or more. Students at this level will be able to communicate with confidence and fluency on most non-specialist topics. They will be able to use the language for a range of purposes, including social, academic and professional.
This is a high level course, with the focus on using language in a variety of situations, employing an extensive range of structures and vocabulary. There is an emphasis on exploring style in language, both written and spoken, in terms of formality, genre and mode of communication.
The course will examine the way in which language is used in poetry, criticism, song lyrics, journalism and in formal debate. There is an opportunity to work on more formal English in preparation for the end of course presentation.
This is an ideal course for students who want to hone their English skills through exploring subtleties of style and content, implications and inference, and who would like to develop aspects of textual coherence and cohesion in their spoken and written English.
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'Can do' Outcomes
Core Contents
Different types of communication Art and art movements Film and dialogue writing Speculating and decision‐making Text transformations Courtroom drama Music Ecotourism Alternative fashion Celebrities and celebrity The language of poetry City focus, investments, stocks and shares
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Course Summary
C1
Advanced
Target Age
14-18 years
CEF Level
C1
Length of Course
1 Week
Hours per Week
25
I can describe and discuss different types of communicationI can communicate my preferences in terms of art and describe different genresI can collaborate in the writing of creative dialogues appropriate to a situationI can create a list of abstract and imaginative ideas and order and rank them.I can extract the main points from an article and summarise them succinctly and coherently I can adapt poetic language remaining sensitive to its rhythm, style and ambiguities of meaningI can participate in a courtroom role-play using legal language and vocabularyI can understand colloquialisms within song lyrics I can effectively discuss issues relating to environmentally sustainable tourismI can critically evaluate alternative fashionI can present and defend an argument to an audience as part of a formal debate I can make judgements and support an opinion when discussing stock market tradingI can produce a clear and well-structured project, express points of view at some length and present my work and ideas with assuranceI can collaborate with my group to plan, write and perform part of a show, manipulating the language with fluency and precision
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