Independent Learner

Module 1

• Past simple — telling storiesDescribe events in the past.
• Travel — at the airportHandle check-in, security and boarding.
• Comparatives & superlativesCompare people, places and things.
• Future plans — going to / willTalk about plans and predictions.

Module 2

• Shopping — sizes & pricesAsk about sizes, colours and refunds.
• Writing an email to a friendWrite a short informal email.
• Past continuous — setting the sceneDescribe what was happening when something else happened.
• Countable & uncountable — much, many, a lot ofTalk about quantity accurately.

Module 3

• Present perfect — experiencesSay what you have and haven't done in your life.
• must, have to, shouldTalk about rules, obligation and advice.
• Invitations & arrangementsInvite, accept, refuse politely and fix a time.
• Describing a place you visitedTell someone about a trip with detail and feeling.

Module 4

• Everyday services & simple complaintsHandle the bank, the post office and a problem in a hotel.
• Adverbs of manner & frequencySay how and how often you do things.
• Simple relative clauses — who, which, that, whereJoin two short sentences into one clear sentence.
• Money, prices & big numbersHandle prices, percentages and large figures.

Module 5

• Messages, texts & short notesWrite clear short messages in the right tone.
• Food, recipes & healthy eatingDescribe meals and explain a simple recipe.
• Technology in everyday lifeTalk about phones, apps and simple problems.
• used to — how life was differentCompare the past and the present.

Module 6

• A2 review & exam preparationConsolidate the level before the A2 final exam.

Module 1

• Present perfect vs past simpleUse each tense correctly.
• Giving opinions politelyAgree, disagree and soften.
• First & second conditionalTalk about real and imagined futures.
• Reported speechReport what someone said.

Module 2

• On the phone at workTake and leave messages.
• Past perfect — the story before the storyMake the order of past events clear.
• Future forms — will, going to, present continuousChoose the right future for plans, predictions and arrangements.
• Modals of deduction — must, might, can'tSpeculate about the present with confidence levels.

Module 3

• Third & mixed conditionalsTalk about regrets and unreal pasts.
• Job applications & interviewsWrite a CV summary and answer common interview questions.
• Telling a longer storyCombine tenses to tell an engaging anecdote.
• Gerunds & infinitivesKnow which verbs take -ing and which take to.

Module 4

• Solving problems at work or schoolDescribe a problem, suggest options and agree a plan.
• Linking ideas — although, however, so thatWrite and speak in longer, connected sentences.
• Following the news & summarisingUnderstand a news story and retell it in your own words.
• Writing a formal emailWrite a clear, polite request or complaint.

Module 5

• Word stress, sentence stress & connected speechSound clearer and understand fast speech.
• B1 review & exam preparationPull the level together before the B1 final exam.

Module 1

• Passive voiceShift focus from doer to action.
• High-frequency phrasal verbsUse natural, idiomatic English.
• Writing an opinion essayStructure a 4-paragraph opinion piece.
• Presenting — signpostingGuide your audience clearly.

Module 2

• Advanced connectorsShow contrast, cause and result.
• Conditionals beyond the basicsUse inversion, mixed forms and alternatives to 'if'.
• Reporting verbs & summarising what was saidReport accurately without repeating word for word.
• Discourse markers in speechManage a conversation like a fluent speaker.

Module 3

• Discussing abstract topicsHandle ideas like ethics, technology and society.
• Articles & determiners at B2 levelFix the last article errors that mark you as non-native.
• Report & proposal writingWrite a structured report with findings and recommendations.
• Negotiating & reaching agreementBargain, concede and close a deal in English.

Module 4

• Collocation & word choiceChoose the word a native speaker would use.
• Listening to fast, natural EnglishCope with accents, speed and incomplete information.
• B2 review & exam preparationConsolidate the level before the B2 final exam.

Module 1

• Register — formal vs informalChoose the right register.
• Hedging in academic EnglishSoften claims appropriately.
• Idioms & natural expressionsSound like a proficient speaker.
• Persuasion techniquesBuild a convincing argument.

Module 2

• Cleft sentences & emphasisPut the spotlight exactly where you want it.
• Academic writing & argumentationBuild a rigorous, well-referenced written argument.
• Advanced modality & speculation about the pastExpress fine degrees of certainty, criticism and regret.
• Register shifting & audience awarenessSay the same thing four ways for four audiences.

Module 3

• Presenting complex informationExplain data, models and technical ideas clearly.
• Inference, tone & implicit meaningUnderstand what is meant but not said.
• Chairing meetings & managing disagreementLead a discussion and keep it productive.
• Vocabulary depth — synonyms, shades & word familiesChoose exactly the right word, not a near-enough one.

Module 4

• C1 review & exam preparationConsolidate the level before the C1 final exam.