General English Courses Upper-intermediate

Upper-Intermediate English Course

This English Course will help you understand and communicate in English at a high level – both in writing and in conversation. After the course you will become a confident English speaker, able to understand and express yourself in most situations. You will be able to understand the main ideas of complex written and spoken language. The upper-intermediate level is recognised as a professional English level in general English skills. Apart from practical English skills our upper-intermediate English classes include Cambridge First English exam preparation.
Our upper-intermediate English FCE classes refer to B2 level of the Common European Framework.

General English FCE Courses at Upper-intermediate Level are for:

• people who want to use a high standard of English
• those who want to study English to master reading, writing, speaking and listening skills
• those who want to pass the FCE exam successfully
• professionals who speak English at work
• people who need English for socialising, leisure etc.
• those who want a fun a friendly environment in which to learn and study English

If you fit one or more of the descriptions above then our General English Upper-intermediate Classes will help you improve your English to a high level.

Times of English courses for upper-intermediate level:

• Monday – Friday 9.30 – 12.30 – daytime intensive English courses
• Tuesday, Thursday 7 – 9 p.m.
• Monday, Wednesday, Friday 7 – 9 p.m.
• Saturday, Sunday

EVENING ENGLISH COURSES FROM £28 PER WEEK* 

WEEKEND ENGLISH COURSES FROM £40 PER WEEK* 

*On selected courses when full course fee paid minimum 30 days before the course start date

AFTERNOON, EVENING AND WEEKEND ENGLISH CLASSES – UPPER-INTERMEDIATE 2020

FCE PREPARATION EVENING AND WEEKEND FCE COURSES

Pay the full course fee minimum 30 days before the course starts to get 15% discount
Pay the full course fee minimum 14 days before the course starts to get 10% discount

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH COURSE LENGTH
Usually 120 – 150 hours of group classes.

DAYTIME INTENSIVE UPPER-INTERMEDIATE B2 ENGLISH CLASSES

Results You Can Expect from our General English Upper-intermediate FCE Classes Include:

You will:

• understand others and express yourself efficiently in English in most situations
• be able to use a high standard of spoken and written English
• become familiar with the FCE exam formula and exam strategies
• be prepared to take the FCE exam
• use more correct English
• become a fluent English speaker

After completing this level you can join our Advanced English Course.

If you’d like to get these benefits and others for yourself, then click the ‘Register Now’ button below.

General English Upper-intermediate FCE Course Content

Example topics and English study may include the following:

Practical English and Speaking Practice

• what does the future hold?
• colloquial English
• formal English
• illness and treatment
• informal letters
• clothes and fashion
• national stereotypes
• air travel
• confusing words
• crime and punishment
• burglary
• weather talk
• taking a risk
• talking about feelings
• the body
• music
• a formal letter
• talking about great cities and the world
• ‘for and against’
• honesty
• correct English pronunciation and intonation
• and more useful topics

Upper-intermediate English Grammar

• revision of previous levels
• question formation
• auxiliary verbs
• comparatives
• present perfect (simple and continuous)
• using adjectives and nouns
• adjective order
• adverbs and adverbial phrases
• narrative tenses
• passive
• future perfect and future continuous
• conditionals and future time clauses
• unreal conditionals
• past modals
• would rather, had better
• gerunds and infinitives
• used to, be used to, get used to
• reporting verbs
• as
• articles
• uncountable and plural nouns
• have something done
• quantifiers
• structures after wish
• clauses of contrast and purpose
• relative clauses

Upper-intermediate English Vocabulary

• personality
• illness and treatment
• fashion
• travel
• crime
• phrasal verbs
• weather
• feelings
• the body
• sleep
• music
• the media
• collocations
• towns and cities
• science
• prefixes
• business
• advertising
• making adjectives and verbs
• compound nouns
• phrasal verbs
• English idioms
• and more useful vocabulary and expressions

Study materials used for FCE courses: New English File Upper-intermediate and FCE exam papers (30% or more)

The General English FCE study at upper-intermediate level will usually cover the above, but teachers will adjust the content to the group each time.

Link School’s Upper-intermediate English FCE Courses are effective, interesting and useful. The main focus is on mastering all English skills at the same time and improving language fluency and correctness.