Advanced English Classes
Do you need to learn advanced English Vocabulary, Grammar and Conversation? Are you preparing for an English test or exam that requires you to be at an advanced level?
At Languagelab we have the perfect classes for you taught by qualified English teachers from the USA and UK.
See our class calendar for classes and activates for those that are advanced in English
Are you an Advanced Level Student?
To get an advanced level in exams like IELTS, TOFEL, BULATS you would need to be able to do the following things:
Speaking
- Socially
- Be able to socialise and travel without any problems. This means you can check in a the airport, go to the bank, find a hotel make friends in English. Try Dart’s advanced classes for help with this.
- Have long casual conversations, and discuss abstract or cultural topics fluently and with a good range of expression. Go to Gerties classes to practice this.
- Can entertain socially or be entertained as a guest. To learn and practice these skills go to Millie’s Advanced classes.
- Are able to participate in foreign culture. To improve these skills visit Pebbles classes.
- At Work
- Can argue a point persuasively.
- Can ask questions which go outside their own immediate area of responsibility or expertise.
- Contribute effectively to meetings and seminars.
- Give a presentation or demonstration.
- At School
- Give a clear presentation on a familiar topic.
- Justify their opinions.
Bette’s classes will help you develop the English level you need for school.
Writing
- Socially
- Can write personal letters.
- Can write formal letters.
To improve your writing skills go to English City events . See student writing on the student blog.
- For work
- Can deal with routine requests for goods and service.
- They can take dictation and make notes.
- Write letters of many familiar types, such as enquiry, complaint, request and application.
Go to Alistair’s classes to practice your business writing skills.
- For Study
- Can take notes in a lecture or seminar.
- Can make notes from written sources and write an essay.
- Write an account of an experiment.
Reading
- Socially
- Can understand magazine and newspaper articles. Go to Millie’s class to practice this.
- For Work
- Can understand instructions, articles and reports. Practice this at Bettes Classes.
- For Study
- Can read and understand text related to their subject. Practice this at Jazz’s classes.
Listening
- Socially
- Can cope with everyday life e.g. can understand details of tenancy agreements etc. To do this go to Bette’s Classes.
- Can cope with being entertained or entertaining socially. Go to Griffins classes to practice this.
- Can take part in a variety of casual conversations. Go to Gerties classes to practice this.
- Can understand TV and radio and in plays and films. Go to Pebbles classes to practice this.
- For Work
- Can understand most of what takes place in meetings and seminars. To practice this go to Jazz’s Classes.
- Can Follow Arguments. To practice this go to Gerties Class.
- For Study
- Can follow much of what is said in a lecture.
- Can understand demonstrations, presentations, seminars and tutorials.
Attend our Chat with and expert presentation events to practice listening for study.
If you can do these things you are probably an advanced student. To test your level for free, click here.
Grammar Functions and Descriptions for Advanced English Clases
C1 – Advanced Level (Advanced Classes this week)
- Describing Nationalities
- Avoiding repetition
- Reduced infinitives
- Synonyms in context
- Tense Review
- Active and Passive review
- Phrasal verbs – Literal and metaphorical
- Adverb collocations
- Adverbs with two forms
- Using 'just'
- Describing trends
- Comparing statistics
- Discourse markers
- Synonyms and antonyms
- Adding emphasis
- Proverbs and Poetry
- Passive constructions
- seem and appear
- Nouns formed from phrasal verbs
- Modal verbs review
- British, American and Australian English
- Types of English from around the world
- Word linking
- Tag Question review
- Responding to news
- Metaphors and Idioms
- Verb patterns
- Homonyms, Homophones and Homographs
- Past tenses to express unreality
- Intensifying verbs
- Relatives and participles
- Weather words (compound nouns)
- Linking devices
- Telling jokes
- Art appreciation
- Cliches
- Every day expressions
- Euphemisms
C2 - Proficient User (Proficient Classes this week)
Students who are at proficiency level are expected to attend advanced level classes. They should be able to:
- Understand with ease virtually everything they hear and read
- Make accurate and complete notes during a presentation
- Understand colloquial asides
- Talk about complex and sensitive issues without awkwardness
- Express themselves precisely and fluently.
Exams and Qualifications
Languagelab.com Advanced Online English Classes are suitable for students studying for the following qualifications:
- ALTE level, Level 4
- Cambridge ESOL BEC, Higher
- Cambridge ESOL IELTS, 6.5 - 7.0
- Cambridge ESOL YLE, n/a
- Cambridge ESOLBULATS, 75-89
- Cambridge ESOLGeneral, CAE
- Cambridge exam, CAE
- CEFR level, C1
- CIEP / Alliance françaisediplomas, TCF C1 / DALFC1 / DSLCF
- DCL, Certification III
- DELE,
- Goethe Institute, Goethe-Zertifikat C1
- IELTS, IELTS 6.5-7.0
- London Tests of English, Level 4
- NQF (UK Only), Level 2
- NQFLevel, Level 2
- PTE Academic, 76
- PTE General(formerly LTE), Level 4
- TCL ESOL ISE, III
- TCL ESOLGESE, Grade 10,11
- TOEFL CBT, 220+
- TOEFL PBT , 560+
- TOEIC, 800 - 900 points
- TOEIC , 880+
- TSE, 55
- TWE, 5.5
- UBELTexam, 3.0-3.5
- UNIcert(different languages), UNIcert III
- Versant, 69-78
- YKI, 5.taso
To study for higher levels try our C2 Classes
