Level 3 (Intermedio / Intermediate), Council of Europe: towards B2.

Description B2: Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation. Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

Syllabus

Nouns & Determiners: Singular and plural nouns. Countable and uncountable nouns. Quantifiers: some, any, all (of), most (of), some (of), no, none of, each (of), every, each/every one (of), both (of), either (of), neither (of).

Pronouns & Possessives: Possessive’s, possessive of. Reflexive pronouns. (of / on) my own, by myself. Somebody / someone, anybody / anyone, nobody / no one, everybody / everyone, something, anything, nothing, everything, somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, everywhere. One, ones, another, other.

Articles: Definite and indefinite article. Use of articles with general meaning. Special uses of articles.

Adjectives & Adverbs: Position and order of adjectives. Adjective or Adverb? Position and order of adverbs. Comparison of adjectives and adverbs. Modifying comparisons. Adverbs of degree: very, extre-mely, quite, fairly, really, etc.

Comparative structures: Making comparisons with nouns. As…as, the same as, similar to, different from. Too, enough, very. So…that, such (a/an)… that. Other comparative structures.

Tenses

Present Tenses: Present simple or present continuous? State verbs.

Past Tenses: Past simple. Past simple and past continuous. Used to, would, be/get used to.

Perfect tenses: Present perfect for recent events. Present Perfect general experiences. Present perfect with stated time reference. Present perfect continuous. Present perfect, past simple or present simple? Present perfect (simple and continuous). Past perfect. Past perfect and Past simple. Past tenses in narratives.

Future Forms: will and be going to. Present simple and continuous for future. Future continuous. Future perfect. Future in the past.

Modal Verbs: Ability and possibility. Degrees of certainty (present and future). Speculating about the past. Permission. Obligation and necessity. Need (to). Advice and recommendations. Requests, offers and suggestions.

Sentence and Text structure

Statements and questions: Basic sentence types and word order. Direct and indirect objects. Making questions. Question words as subject or object. Negative questions. Question tags. Reply questions.

Avoiding repetition: so, too, neither, etc.

-ing forms and infinitives: Verbs followed by -ing or to-infinitive. Verbs followed by object+(to-)infinitive. Infinitive of purpose, in order to, for+-ing form. Expressions with –ing forms. Adjectives followed by to-infinitive.

The passive: The passive. The causative: have / get something done.

Reported speech: Reported statements: tense changes. Reported statements: other changes. Reported statements with no tense change. Reporting verbs. Reported questions. Reported commands and requests. I think that ..., Do you know if ..., I wonder why ... . Question words + to-infinitive.

Relative clauses: Defining relative clauses. Non-defining relative clauses. Other ways of identifying people and things.

Conditionals: The zero and first conditionals. Unless, provided that, as long as, in case. The second conditional. The third conditional. I wish.

Linking words and structures: Adding and listing. Contrast. Reason, cause, purpose and result. Manner: as if, as though, like. Common linking expressions in speech. Future time clauses. Sequence in narratives.

Vocabulary

Prepositions: Prepositions of place and movement, of time. As, like. Prepositional phrases.

Words that go together: Adjective/Noun+preposition. Verb+preposition. Phrasal verbs. Phrasal/prepo-sitional verbs.

Word formation: Compound adjectives. Prefixes. Forming adjectives. Forming nouns.

READING

There is a graded reading level for Intermediate Students with CDs to improve English morphology and syntax according to the Syllabus, boost Phonetics and increase the vocabulary in a easy way.

Hay una lectura adaptada en inglés para cada  estudiante del Nivel Intermedio con CDs para compren-der mejor la morfología y la sintaxis inglesa según el programa de estudio, aumentar de un modo más rápido el vocabulario  y mejorar la pronunciación.