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Ascend (Cambridge English: B2 FCE)

Secondary 3 – Secondary 4

10 (Suggested)

1 hr 30 mins (Suggested)

Native English teachers with a university degree ; related teaching experience, and/or teacher training such as TEFL, TESOL, CELTA, PGDE/PCEd, etc.

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Course Name: Ascend (Cambridge English: B2 FCE)

Level: Secondary 3 – Secondary 4

No. of Lessons: 10 (Suggested)

Lesson Duration: 1 hr 30 mins (Suggested)

Instructors: Native English teachers with a university degree ; related teaching experience, and/or teacher training such as TEFL, TESOL, CELTA, PGDE/PCEd, etc.

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*Contact us via email at [email protected] or WhatsApp at 9846 7453 to obtain the password for the leaflet. Include your name, organization, and contact number in the message.

Objectives

This programme has been designed to help build on and strengthen students’ English language abilities in all the four key skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing, using a wide range of interactive activities and practices, all of which will help them become confident and independent English communicators in all aspects of their lives. It covers topics that are suitable and appealing for teenagers and school-aged learners. This programme is also compatible for those who wish to take the B2 First (FCE) for Schools examination.

The course can also be easily integrated into a school’s curriculum, as topics align with those that students would be familiar with, as well as grammar structures appropriate for their level. Students can get use to an exam format in a fun and relaxed way, whereby the skills can be transferable in their future endeavours. This programme and the exam itself correspond to the B2 Level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Features

  • Topic-based curriculum covering all essential areas of the B2 First for Schools syllabus and beyond, which includes listening, speaking, reading, writing and grammar
  • Clearly defined learning objectives and meaningful tasks included in each unit
  • Structured lesson plans for classroom delivery by native-speaking English teachers
  • Exam-format exercises
  • Final mock tests to evaluate learning

Outline

Unit 1: People Around Me


    • Vocabulary: Relationships and describing people
    • Listening: Who I know
    • Reading: The Myers-Briggs test
    • Speaking: A person I admire
    • Writing: A Good Role Model
    • Grammar: Adjectives

Unit 2: No Place Like Home


    • Vocabulary: House and home
    • Listening: Household problems
    • Reading: Cage homes in Hong Kong
    • Speaking: My dream neighborhood
    • Writing: Email to the landlord
    • Grammar: Adjectives and Adverbs

Unit 3: Places Around Me


    • Vocabulary: Places in towns and cities
    • Listening: My life as an urban planner
    • Reading: Whitby: A gothic town in England
    • Speaking: New residents wanted
    • Writing: Traffic congestion
    • Grammar: Prepositions of place

Unit 4: Make and Do


    • Vocabulary: Hobbies and games
    • Listening: Genealogy: A fascinating hobby
    • Reading: People and their hobbies
    • Speaking: Playing Sports
    • Writing: The Importance of Hobbies
    • Grammar: Prepositions of time

Unit 5: Finding a Job


    • Vocabulary: Jobs and professions
    • Listening: The professional world
    • Reading: Equality in workplaces
    • Speaking: My dream job
    • Writing: The keys to career success
    • Grammar: Defining and non-defining relative clauses, relative pronouns

Unit 6: Changing Lifestyles


    • Vocabulary: A healthy diet
    • Listening: Health problems
    • Reading: Exercise and mental health
    • Speaking: A healthy lunch box
    • Writing: Reasons to quit smoking
    • Grammar: Conditionals

Unit 7: Media Circus


    • Vocabulary: Newspapers and magazines
    • Listening: An interview with a radio producer
    • Reading: A letter to the editor
    • Speaking: Where to advertise
    • Writing: Fake news on social media
    • Grammar: Reported speech: direct and indirect speech

Unit 8: Entertaining Ourselves


    • Vocabulary: Cinema and theatre
    • Listening: Hanging out with family and friends
    • Reading: The phantom of the opera
    • Speaking: Cultural activities
    • Writing: Review a book
    • Grammar: Modals

Unit 9: Naturally Speaking


    • Vocabulary: The environment, expressing purposes and reasons
    • Listening: The weather report
    • Reading: The climate and us
    • Speaking: How’s the weather?
    • Writing: Water pollution
    • Grammar: Linking words

Unit 10: Eureka!


    • Vocabulary: Science and technology
    • Listening: Animation and virtual reality
    • Reading: Graphene – A wondrous material
    • Speaking: Technology and education
    • Writing: Emails vs. Letters
    • Grammar: Passive voice