Covered Subject Area:

1. Grammar

• Verb Tenses: Review and extension of present perfect, past perfect, future perfect, and all conditional forms (including third conditional).
• Modal Verbs: Expressing deduction, speculation, obligation, necessity, and advice (must, should, ought to, have to, could, might, may).
• Passive Voice: Advanced forms of the passive voice and its uses.
• Reported Speech: Reporting statements, questions, and commands using a range of reporting verbs.
• Relative Clauses: Advanced relative clauses (defining and non-defining).
• Gerunds and Infinitives: Using gerunds and infinitives with different verb patterns.

2. Vocabulary

• Everyday Life: Idioms, phrasal verbs, and expressions in everyday language.
• Work and Employment: Professional and workplace vocabulary, job roles, and industry-specific terms.
• Media and Communication: Vocabulary related to media, social media, and digital communication.
• Culture and Society: Vocabulary related to cultural events, customs, and traditions.
• Environment: Vocabulary related to environmental issues, sustainability, and conservation.
• Technology: Advanced technological terms and vocabulary related to innovation and digital advancements.

3. Listening Skills

• Understanding Conversations: Listening to and understanding extended conversations and discussions on abstract and complex topics.
• Following Lectures and Talks: Understanding detailed information in lectures, talks, and presentations.
• Identifying Attitudes and Opinions: Identifying speakers’ attitudes, opinions, and perspectives in extended conversations and debates.

4. Speaking Skills

• Debating and Discussing: Participating in discussions and debates, expressing and defending opinions on a range of topics.
• Giving Presentations: Delivering structured presentations and talks on familiar and unfamiliar topics, organizing ideas logically.
• Negotiating: Engaging in negotiations and discussions, expressing preferences, suggesting alternatives, and reaching agreements.
• Expressing Hypothetical Situations: Using conditional forms to discuss hypothetical situations, consequences, and possibilities.

5. Reading Skills

• Reading for Detail and Inference: Reading and understanding complex texts such as articles, reports, and literary works.
• Understanding Context: Understanding implied meaning, tone, and authorial intent in more sophisticated texts.
• Critical Reading: Analyzing and evaluating arguments, identifying bias, and assessing the credibility of sources.

6. Writing Skills

• Formal and Informal Writing: Writing formal letters, reports, essays, and informal emails, adapting style and tone appropriately.
• Expressing Opinions and Arguments: Writing essays, reports, and reviews expressing opinions, supporting arguments with evidence, and evaluating different perspectives.
• Creative Writing: Writing narratives, stories, or descriptive pieces using a range of narrative techniques and descriptive language.
• Academic Writing: Writing structured academic texts, including summaries, critiques, and academic reports.

7. Pronunciation

• Intonation and Stress Patterns: Using intonation and stress patterns effectively to convey meaning and emphasize key points in extended speech.
• Connected Speech: Recognizing and using connected speech features, such as reductions, assimilations, and linking sounds, to improve fluency and naturalness.
• Accent Reduction: Addressing specific pronunciation challenges to enhance clarity and intelligibility in communication.

8. Cultural Awareness

• Cultural Diversity: Understanding cultural diversity, multiculturalism, and global issues from different cultural perspectives.
• Globalization: Discussing the impact of globalization on culture, society, and international relations.
• Ethical Issues: Exploring ethical dilemmas, social responsibility, and ethical decision-making in global contexts.

By the end of the B2 course, you should be able to:

• Listening: Can understand extended speech and lectures and follow complex lines of argument.
• Reading: Can read articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems in which the writers adopt particular attitudes or viewpoints.
• Speaking: Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible.
• Writing: Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue.

Functional Outcome: Overall, passing the B2 level means you can communicate effectively and fluently in English, handle complex interactions, and produce clear and detailed texts on various topics.