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activity · 30 min
Getting Technical: C1 Explain-It Activity
A C1 speaking activity: learners explain a complex topic to a non-expert using glossing, steps, analogy and register shift, plus honest caveats with l
assessment resource · 40 min
C1 Unit 6 Getting Technical: Progress Check
A short end-of-unit progress check for C1 Unit 6: grammar (likelihood modality, modal nuance, explaining language), expertise/process vocabulary, a sh
article · 15 min
Getting Technical: C1 Student Study Guide
A self-study guide for C1 learners: express degrees of likelihood, use modal nuance including might as well, and explain complex things clearly, with
worksheet · 30 min
Intensification & Gradation: C1 Worksheet
A classroom-ready C1 worksheet on intensifiers and gradation - by far, considerably, every bit as, nowhere near, all the more - with a full answer key
activity · 30 min
Strength of Feeling: C1 Expressive Account Activity
A C1 speaking activity: learners give an expressive, emphatic account of a strong experience or opinion using intensification, emphatic structures and
assessment resource · 40 min
C1 Unit 7 Emotions and Attitudes: Progress Check
A short end-of-unit progress check for C1 Unit 7: grammar (intensification, emphatic structures, expressive language), emotion/attitude vocabulary, a
article · 15 min
Emotions and Attitudes: C1 Student Study Guide
A self-study guide for C1 learners: grade and intensify precisely, add emphasis with emphatic do and other structures, and express feelings vividly, w
worksheet · 30 min
C1 Review: Emphasis & Conditionals/Modality - Worksheet
A classroom-ready C1 review worksheet on emphasis structures (cleft, fronting, inversion) and the full range of conditionals and modality, with a full
worksheet · 30 min
C1 Review: Cohesion & Discourse - Worksheet
A classroom-ready C1 review worksheet on discourse markers, concession, referencing and nominalisation for cohesive extended discourse, with a full an
activity · 35 min
The C1 Discussion: Extended Nuanced Debate
A C1 exit speaking activity: learners hold an extended, nuanced discussion, developing a sophisticated argument and reaching a considered conclusion,
assessment resource · 60 min
C1 Level Review: End-of-Level Check
A full end-of-level review for C1 (the whole General English C1 course): grammar and vocabulary across all eight units, reading, a discursive writing
article · 20 min
Finishing C1: Student Review Guide
A self-study review guide for the end of C1: consolidate emphasis, conditionals and modality, cohesion and expressive precision, and prepare for the n
worksheet · 30 min
Connotation & Near-Synonyms: C2 Worksheet
A classroom-ready C2 worksheet on connotation vs denotation and distinguishing near-synonyms by slant, degree, shade and register, with a full answer
worksheet · 30 min
Precise Collocation: C2 Worksheet
A classroom-ready C2 worksheet on natural collocation - delexical verbs, intensifier pairings, adjective+noun and set phrases - with a full answer key
activity · 30 min
The Right Word: C2 Text-Upgrade Activity
A C2 activity: learners upgrade a flatly-worded text for connotation, collocation and near-synonym precision, justifying each change, feeding the prec
assessment resource · 40 min
C2 Unit 1 The Right Word: Progress Check
A short end-of-unit progress check for C2 Unit 1: vocabulary precision (connotation, collocation, near-synonyms), a short upgrade-writing task and a t
article · 15 min
The Right Word: C2 Student Study Guide
A self-study guide for C2 learners: choose words for precise connotation, use natural collocations, and distinguish near-synonyms, with a self-check a
worksheet · 30 min
Implication & Understatement: C2 Worksheet
A classroom-ready C2 worksheet on inferring implied meaning and using understatement, litotes and overstatement, with a full answer key. Supports Unit
worksheet · 30 min
Diplomatic Disagreement: C2 Worksheet
A classroom-ready C2 worksheet on disagreeing diplomatically - concede, hedge, soften, invite - and reading tone, with a full answer key. Supports Uni
activity · 30 min
Reading Between the Lines: C2 Interpret & Respond Activity
A C2 speaking activity: learners interpret the subtext of delicate messages and respond diplomatically, using inference, understatement and tactful la
assessment resource · 40 min
C2 Unit 2 Between the Lines: Progress Check
A short end-of-unit progress check for C2 Unit 2: implication/inference, understatement, diplomatic disagreement, a short tactful-writing task and an
article · 15 min
Between the Lines: C2 Student Study Guide
A self-study guide for C2 learners: infer implied meaning, use understatement and overstatement, and disagree diplomatically, with a self-check and an
worksheet · 30 min
Register & Formality: C2 Worksheet
A classroom-ready C2 worksheet on identifying register from its markers and recasting a message up and down the formality scale, with a full answer ke
worksheet · 30 min
Tone & Recasting: C2 Worksheet
A classroom-ready C2 worksheet on controlling tone (warm/cool, authoritative/tentative) and recasting one message across registers and media, with a f