General English B2

About this course

Move from getting by to communicating with real fluency. Aligned with CEFR level B2, this course develops all four skills to the level needed for confident work and study in English, over around 42 to 48 hours of classroom practice.

You will discuss a wide range of topics spontaneously, follow extended talks, read articles that argue a point of view and write clear essays, reports and formal letters. Advanced tense work, conditionals and idiomatic language sharpen your accuracy, and you finish with an Alalamia certificate.

What you'll learn

• Interact with fluency and spontaneity on a wide range of general and work topics
• Understand extended speech, talks and arguments on reasonably familiar topics
• Read articles and reports in which writers adopt particular viewpoints
• Write clear, detailed essays, reports and formal letters that develop an argument
• Explain a viewpoint on a topical issue, giving the advantages and disadvantages of different options
• Use narrative tenses, third and mixed conditionals, modals of deduction and reported speech accurately
• Recognise and use a wider range of idiomatic language, collocations and discourse markers

Curriculum

Who it's for

Learners at B1 level who want to use English fluently and accurately for professional and academic purposes.

Before you start

• Completion of General English B1 or an equivalent level of English.

Part of these Alalamia diplomas

• Alalamia General English Programme (A1 to C2)