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C1 study targets

Language communication

C1 CEFR

• Expressing feelings and attitudes

• Emphasising an issue or a feeling

• Expressing opinions tentatively

• Developing an argument systematically

• Negotiating and conceding

• Describing cause and effect

• Expressing empathy and sympathy

• Expressing reservations

• Speculating about events in past, present, future

• Discussing complex subjects in detail

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Language vocabulary

C1 CEFR

• Life experiences and lifestyles

• Books and literature

• Money and business

• News and current affairs

• Global issues

• Technology

• Scientific developments

• Vague language

• Colloquial expressions

• Idiomatic expressions

 

Language grammar

C1 CEFR

• Futures (revision)

• Passives (all forms)

• Compound adjectives and modifying gradable adjectives

• Adverbs and adverbial phrases: degree

• Modals in the past

• Mixed conditionals

• Ellipsis and substitution

• Adding emphasis – cleft sentences

• Adding emphasis – inversion with negative adverbials

• Multiword verbs

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Language level C1 • CEFR

At the end of language level C1, you can:

• understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning.

• express yourself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.

• use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.

• produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, with controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices. (source)

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C1 Conversational topics

​Here are conversational topics you should be able to talk about at this level (source):

1.  The individual* ambition/career building* the individual and the society* problems of social integration

2.  Partnership* forms of partnership* nationalities/minorities

3.  Family* the social status of families / the system of family allowances* family/career

4.  Place of living* housing situation/difficulties in building a house* homelessness / its causes/ problems* housing and mobility

5.  Traveling/transport* problems of city traffic / public transport versus using cars* transport and environmental protection* tourism as a source of income* development in transport / its aspects

6.  Shopping/shops* consumers’ society* buying on credit/with credit cards/on the Internet* shopping tourism

7.  Communication/keeping in contact* the Internet in business communication* Fax, e-mail versus traditional letter writing* less widely used languages versus English

8.  Services* quality/guarantee of services* role, significance of services* electronic services / online ordering

9.  Culture/entertainment* role of arts in the past and present* public collections and their maintenance / art / historic relics / monuments* mentorship / sponsorship / advertising

10.  Time/weather* natural catastrophes and their consequences* hole in the ozone layer/dangers of global warming

11.  Health/illnesses* science/research serving medical care / genetics* alternative methods of healing* health tourism

12.  Sport* first-class sports – mass sports/doping* professionalism in sports / amateur sports / extreme sports* sport and women (chess, boxing, weightlifting, football)* sport and commercials

13.  Media* objectivity / impartiality of providing information*  stars / celebrities

14.  Hobby* promoting traditions* exclusive hobbies (golf, horse riding, scuba diving, etc.)* hobby and/or professionalism?

15.  Studying/work* (over) qualification/chances on the work market* lifelong education* finding work/mobility* chances of the underprivileged

16.  European Union* the role of the EU in world politics* common / national currency

17.  Culture and civilization The home country and the target language country* fame/recognition in the world / their relationship to each other* their image* differences in traditions / customs / ideology

18.  Public life* the purity of public life / corruption* political parties / elections / referendum

19.  Environmental protection* prevention in environmental protection* environmental catastrophes and their consequences

20.  Current topics/events* public life / politics / NGOs* economy / arts / sports

21.  Globalization* uniformity (dressing, eating, culture, consumer products, etc.)* globalization / maintaining national characteristics

22.  Current questions on ethics* animal experiments* nuclear experiments

23.  Current questions on economy/society–* smuggling: goods/people* smoking/dangers of drug addiction

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C2 Study Targets

Language communication

C2 CEFR

• Express yourself fluently and precisely in any topic

• Includes complex situations and the ability to communicate accurately in formal and informal settings

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Language vocabulary

C2 CEFR

• Excellent range of vocabulary, including idiomatic expressions and colloquial language

• Can use phrases and expressions accurately with natural and sophisticated control

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Language grammar

C2 CEFR

• Can use a full range of grammatical structures accurately and appropriately

• Can naturally use different linguistic forms to convey finer shades of meaning.

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Language level C2 • CEFR

At the end of English level C2, you can:

• understand virtually everything heard or read with ease.

• summarise information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation.

• express yourself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.(source)

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C2 Conversational topics

• At this level, you are absolutely fluent and can talk about almost everything. No wonder! You're approaching the level presented by well-educated-native speakers.

• My only advice for you at this level is to dive into details of any topic you decide to discuss.

• Topics that you should talk such as science, business, media and news, current events, the weather and the environ, actions and verbs, psychology and life lessons etc..

• More topics that you should talk such as:

• Why do humans treat their pets like human beings? 

• What bad habit would you like to break? 

• How are you feeling? 

• What movie do you want to see? 

• What kind of music improves your mood? 

• If you were a car, which would you be? 

• You need to put in lots of effort to activate all those obscure words. Don't talk just about shopping. Discuss "high-impact strategies to increase a wholesale diversification". Or, you know, something of this sort.

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