English No Limits: Advanced

English for adults. (LEVEL V)

A high level of English which let you to manage yourself without any problem with any people of English spoken language and in situations which require a very formal an totally fluent English. It is advised for those one who have a daily contact with the English language, both at work or travelling, or for those ones who simply want to have the personal satisfaction to speak a language perfectly. [TRANSLATED] Nivel de ingles muy alto que le permitirá desenvolverse sin ningún problema con cualquier persona de habla inglesa y en situaciones que requieran un inglés más formal y totalmente fluido. Recomendado para aquellos que tengan un contacto habitual con el inglés, bien por trabajo bien por viajes, o que simplemente quieran tener la satisfacción personal de hablar un idioma perfectamente.

1. Dictionary use

- Functions: Defining words: how to use a dictionary.

- Grammar: Phrasal verbs catch up (on), drop in (on sb.), fall out, give up, look for, make of, rub out, turn out, etc.

- Vocabulary: Abbreviations

2. Discusion and debate

- Functions: Expressing discussion and debate.

- Grammar: Introductory verbs in reported speech: agree/ promise/+infinitive, deny+gerund

Types of connectors: comparing and contrasting connectors, adding ideas connectors, cause

connectors, reason connectors, purpose connectors and result connectors.

- Vocabulary: Discussion and debate

3. Peace pilgrim

- Functions: Using relatives

- Grammar: Meaning and uses of whoever, whichever, whatever, wherever, whenever, however.

- Vocabulary: Mysticism

4. Women adventures

- Functions: Talking about the past: women adventures.

- Grammar: Different uses and meanings of as and like.

- Vocabulary: Adventures

5. Telephoning

- Functions: Telephoning conversations.

- Grammar: Rules to form the plural: irregular plurals, plurals from latin and greek origin,

nouns that are always plural. Units and containers: a packet, a jar, a carton, a bar, a slice, etc.

Basic telephone conversation: useful expressions: can I speak to...? would you like me to take a message?, etc.

- Vocabulary: Telephoning

6. Formal letters

- Functions: How to write formal letters

- Grammar: Inversion in formal language. Inversion in conditionals.

Formal expressions: I have been obliged to, in addition to, please do not hesitate to..., etc.

- Vocabulary: Formal letters

7. Colds & flu

- Functions: Expressing health problems: symptoms and prescriptions.

- Grammar: Impersonal pronouns: one, one’s, you, they.

Advice+indications: you really should, etc.

- Vocabulary: Health: illnesses (colds and flu), medicines.

Giving advices

8. Depression

- Functions: Describing symptoms of depression

- Grammar: Probability and ability

- Vocabulary: Psychology and depression

9. Job Hunting 1

- Functions: How to look for a job

- Grammar: Punctuation marks: apostrophe, suspension points, hyphen, full stop, etc.

- Vocabulary: Jobs and occupations

Curriculum vitae: education, work experience, hobbies and interest, references

10. Job Hunting 2

- Functions: How to do a job interview

- Grammar: Just Indirect questions Emphasis

- Vocabulary: Letters of application for a job

11. Dolphin therapy

- Functions: Expressing physical or emotional handicaps.

- Grammar: English common expresssions: at speed, be that as it may, even so, in captivity

- Vocabulary: Natural therapy

12. Animal rights

- Functions: Talking about animal rights

- Grammar: Articles: a/an; the

Extreme adjectives: absolutely, utterly, totally, etc.

- Vocabulary: Animals and their background

13. Three men in a boat

- Functions: Narrating a story

- Grammar: Verbs+ prepositions of movement: to sail from....to; to drift past; to glide through,

etc.

- Vocabulary: Novels

14. The Brontë sisters

- Functions: Talking about the English literature of the nineteenth century (The Brönte Sisters)

- Grammar: Adverb+adjective combinations: strinkingly original, bitterly disappointed, deceptively simple, highly intriguing, deeply religious, deeply disturbing, etc.

Inversion for emphasis: hardly ever/ scarcely ever, no sooner....than, etc.

- Vocabulary: Biographies

15. Public speaking

- Functions: Showing how to prepare a public speaking

- Grammar: Revision of modals: able, allowed to, manage to, suceed in, used to, likely, needn’t, I daresay, etc. Formal expressions in speeches: I should like to, it gives me great pleasure, etc.

- Vocabulary: Vocabulary used in public speaking

16. Colloquial english

- Functions: Talking about colloquial English

- Grammar: Elipsis (omission of words): back in a moment, etc.

Tag questions: imperatives, offers and suggestions.

Idioms and colloquial expressions: don’t hang about, step on it, watch out!, how should I know?,

I’ll give you a ring, what a racket!, etc.

- Vocabulary: Colloquial English

17. Feng Shui

- Functions: Talking about oriental phylosopy: feng shui

- Grammar: Prepositions of place: at, in, on, under, below, by, opposite, etc.

Common expressions: in the corner, in the middle,inwards, etc.

Clauses of purpose: in order to, so as to, to+infinitive, etc.

Clauses of reason: as, for , since, because, in case, etc.

- Vocabulary: Parts of the house Furniture Shapes

18. The moon's influence

- Functions: Talking about the moon and its influence on the Earth

- Grammar: Uses of it Prepositions of time: at,in,on+by, from...to/till, since, during,etc.

- Vocabulary: Natural phenomena

19. A guide to the Sheychelles

- Functions: Talking about tourism

- Grammar: Prepositional phrases with nouns: at the distance of, by means of, in addition to, in

charge of, in search of, in the hope of Weights and measures

- Vocabulary: Weights and measures Tourism

20. An international language

- Functions: Talking about the English language as an international language

- Grammar: Adjectives+ prepositions: involved in, afraid of, anxious about, etc.

Differences between speak and talk ( and tell and say)+ ways of speaking: murmur, whisper, mumble, etc.

- Vocabulary: English words coming from Australia and New Zealand.

21. Alternative schools

- Functions: Talking about alternative education

- Grammar: Nouns+prepositions: a reason for, a disadvantage of, damage to, an attitude to/

towards, contact between,etc. Stative verbs: verbs of senses, mental or emotional verbs, reporting verbs and other verbs such as be, have, seem/appear, belong , etc.

- Vocabulary: Education

22. Happy families

- Functions: Talking about the family unit

- Grammar: Prepositions+nouns: by accident, undercontrol,etc.

See/ watch/notice/hear/listen/feel+object+infinitive or gerund.

Verbs of seeing: see, look, observe, spy, gaze, stare, glance, etc.

- Vocabulary: The family

23. The food of the gods

- Functions: Talking about the history of Latin America

- Grammar: Passives

- Vocabulary: Food

24. Instructions

- Functions: Giving instructions

- Grammar: Passives with “get”(more colloquial).

Compound nouns: noun+noun, noun+gerund and gerund+noun. Passive constructions: it is to be done, etc.

- Vocabulary: Meditation Handicrafts Electrical appliances

25. The first Americans

- Functions: Talking about the history of America

- Grammar: Verbs+prepositions/ adverbs: blame for, refer to, warn of, etc.

- Vocabulary: American Indians

26. Diversity... is the spice of life

- Functions: Talking about diversity

- Grammar: Ways of comparing: irregular adjectives (farther, elder, hard, fast, etc); more and more or bigger and bigger; qualifiers (even more, far less, etc. ); by far the most, at least, as.... as. Abstract nouns used as countables: it’s a pity/ shame that; it’s a wonder, an interest in, etc.

- Vocabulary: Races Customs

27. What's on the box?

- Functions: Talking about TV

- Grammar: Synonyms

- Vocabulary: The television: documentaries, soap operas, quiz programmes, comedies.

28. Tarzan of the apes

- Functions: Talking about popular culture: Tarzan of the Apes

- Grammar: Adverbs+adverb phrases/ sentence adverb . Adverbs of manner, place and time.

Position of the adverbs

- Vocabulary: Films Books

29. Travelling in space

- Functions: Talking about life in the future

- Grammar: Expressions with have: have a meal, an operation, etc.

- Vocabulary: The space

30. Natural disasters

- Functions: Talking about natural disasters

- Grammar: Types of conditionals: first conditional Prepositions+gerund : For putting out fire, on seeing an accident, by helping others, in using the lift.

- Vocabulary: Natural disasters

31. Sleep and dreams

- Functions: Talking about dreams

- Grammar: Uses of the relative pronoun: that, who, which, whose, where, when and what.

- Vocabulary: Dreams

32. You're as old as you feel

- Functions: Expressing health problems due to the old age

- Grammar: Expressions: you’re as old as you feel, leaves a lot to be desired, etc.

Replacing relative clauses with gerund and infinitive. Masculine+femenine words

- Vocabulary: Parts of the human body Illnesses

33. Advertising 1

- Functions: Expressing different ways of advertising I

- Grammar: Adjectives+infinitives: it was nice/rude of you to do that

Foreign words in common use:French, Spanish, German , Italian, Chinese and Indian words into the English language.

- Vocabulary: Advertising I

34. Advertising 2

- Functions: Expressing different ways of advertising II

- Grammar: Units and containers: packet, box, cartons, bottle, jar, jug, etc.

- Vocabulary: Advertising II Organic food The Royal Navy Magazine subscription

35. Learning to write

- Functions: The history of writing

- Grammar: Subordinate clauses

- Vocabulary: Archeological discoveries

36. Stories form over the world

- Functions: Talking about the American literature

- Grammar: Common expressions: and they lived happily ever after, once upon a time, etc.

Narrative tense: past simple, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, used to+would, was/were about to/ going to.

- Vocabulary: Tales

37. Great minds

- Functions: Talking about famous people and their discoveries

- Grammar: Reported speech: unchanged verbs and time expressions in reported speech.

- Vocabulary: Inventions

38. Twentieth century breakthrougs

- Functions: Talking about the beginning of the twentieth century

- Grammar: English common expressions: comes first, there’s a lot to be said for..., etc.

Uses of some/any/no/none.

- Vocabulary: The television Housework Electrical appliances: the vacuum cleaner

39. Choosing your pet

- Functions: Talking about animals

- Grammar: Complaints and irritation

Verbs followed by an infinitive with to. Try, mean, hope, etc.

Euphemisms and understatement: she’s poorly, under the weather, etc.

- Vocabulary: Animals

40. Magical and mythical beast

- Functions: Talking about legends

- Grammar: Useful English expressions: as you wish/ please yourself, long in the tooth, etc.

- Vocabulary: Legends Mythical Beasts

41. Here is the news...

- Functions: Expressing how to write news

- Grammar: Noun+full infinitive: the ability to discover, one’s decision to discover, etc.

Verb+that+should ( formal language): they advised that we should visit, etc.

- Vocabulary: Newspapers

42. Social trends

- Functions: Talking about society

- Grammar: Uses of let and may. Infinitive expressions: to be about to, to make up one’s mind to, to set out to, etc.

- Vocabulary: Social background

43. In the beginning...

- Functions: Talking about the beginning of the earth

- Grammar: Verbs followed by gerund or infinitive

- Vocabulary: Biology The space

44. The end of the World

- Functions: Talking about the end of the world

- Grammar: English common expressions: all things considered, in vain, not to mention, on the

verge of, under threat and we can be safe in assuming. Noun+clause+that It is a shame/ miracle, etc. Verb+possessive+gerund I dread/ don’t mind his paying, etc.

- Vocabulary: Religion

45. Travel broadens the mind

- Functions: Talking about travelling abroad

- Grammar: Changes from a noun into a verb

- Vocabulary: Travels Health School leavers Novels National parks

46. Quiz

- Functions: Talking about TV programmes

- Grammar: Review lesson

- Vocabulary: Quiz shows