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Description
One of the best ways to learn a new language is to practice it orally with other people who are also learning it. In this way, key aspects such as pronunciation and accent are reinforced, generating greater confidence in the student. TECH has assembled a group of competent native teachers to develop all the contents of this university program, making sure to meet the most demanding criteria of the CEFR for Level B1 English.
This university program will allow you to master English Level B1, being able to pass the CEFR oral accreditation test thanks to it"
More than half of the content on the Internet is in English. Learning this language is not only a big step towards better employability and job opportunities, but also a decisive step towards accessing much more information from all over the world. Being such a widespread language, in many international contexts English is used as the preferred vehicular language, which also favors greater internationalization towards
opportunities abroad.
TECH's group classes will allow you to interact with other students and native teachers, ensuring the most effective learning process possible.
This university program will prepare you to pass the CEFR English Level B1 oral test through more than
100 activities.
It is proven that learning languages increases your Intelligence. Learning a foreign language strengthens the brain's neural networks”
José Antonio Marina.
Philosopher, writer, and teacher..
A unique and stimulating experience
Flexible and Tailored |
Take the best Russian conversation program, at your own pace based on your personal availability and schedule.
Acquire Skills and Abilities |
With our method you will practice and consolidate the oral communication skills required at this level.
Networking |
Join a large community and exchange knowledge and experiences with students from all over the world.
Objectives
The main goal of this university program is for the student to obtain oral competencies in English corresponding to Level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. To achieve this goal, TECH provides you with the best teaching materials, a high-level native teacher and a small conversation group with which you can put into practice everything you have learned, improving your expression and fluency in English. In this way, you will be able to pass the level test leading to the CEFR English B1 certificate.
Practice the speaking skills and abilities required by the B1 CEFR: more than 100 different practice exercises"
General Objectives
- Use the language being learned as a means of communication and personal expression, both in the classroom and in a wide range of face-to-face and virtual situations and on both concrete and abstract topics, including cultural ones
- Understand, interact and express themselves in these situations, orally in an appropriate, reasonably flexible, precise and correct manner, accurate and correct
- Describe the sociocultural aspects related to usual situations, as well as those related to one's own environment and use the appropriate social formulas, gestures, register and treatment in these situations
- Internalize the appropriate and necessary linguistic resources for the planned communicative activities, through functional and formal practice
- Encourage and diversify the use of strategies that streamline communication and facilitate learning
- Manage tools to evaluate and improve one's own learning and use of the language
Specific Objectives
Oral Comprehension |
- Understand concrete everyday or work-related information , and identify , both the general message and specific details as , long as the speech is clearly articulated and with a normal accent
- Understand the main ideas of clear, standard speech on everyday topics related to work, school or leisure time, including short narratives.
- Generally follow the main ideas of a long discussion going on around them, provided that the discourse is clearly articulated at a standard language level
- Understand, in general terms, simple and short speeches on everyday topics , provided they are delivered with standard and clear pronunciation
- Understand a lecture or talk that deals with their area of expertise, provided that the subject matter is familiar and the presentation is simple and clearly structured
- Understand simple technical information, such as operating instructions for frequently used appliances, as well as follow detailed instructions
- Understand the main ideas of radio news and other simpler recorded material dealing with everyday topics delivered relatively slowly and clearly.
- Understand the information content of most recorded or broadcast material related to topics of personal interest with clear standard pronunciation
Oral Expression |
- Carry out, with a reasonable degree of fluency, a simple description of a variety of topics that are of interest to them, presenting them as a linear sequence of elements
- Give simple descriptions on a variety of common topics within your specialty
- Give simple narratives or descriptions with a reasonable degree of fluency following a linear sequence of elements
- Make detailed accounts of experiences describing feelings and reactions.
- Report the details of unpredictable events, such as, for example, an accident
- Relate book or movie plots and describe your reactions to them
- Describe dreams, hopes and ambitions
- Describe real or imagined events. Tell stories
- Provide brief rationales and explanations for opinions, plans and actions.
- Develop arguments well enough so that they can be understood without difficulty most of the time.
- Make short rehearsed statements on a relevant topic within their specialty, which are clearly intelligible despite being accompanied by an unmistakably foreign accent and intonation
- Deliver a brief, prepared presentation on a topic within their specialty, with sufficient clarity to be followed without difficulty most of the time and whose main ideas are explained with reasonable accuracy. Can also answer supplemental questions, but may have to ask for repetition if spoken quickly
Sociocultural and Sociolinguistic Competence
- Know how to carry out a wide variety of linguistic functions, using the most common exponents of these functions in a neutral register
- Be aware of the most important rules of courtesy and act appropriately
- Be aware of the most significant differences that exist between the customs, usages, attitudes, values and beliefs prevailing in the community in question and their own, and know how to identify such differences
- Know how to carry out basic language functions such as exchanging and requesting information and expressing opinions and attitudes in a simple way.
- Adapt their expression to deal with less common and even difficult situations. Use a wide range of simple linguistic elements with the flexibility to express much of what is wanted
- Intervene in debates on everyday topics using an appropriate phrase to take the floor. Initiate, maintain and end simple face-to-face conversations on everyday topics or of personal interest
- Perform, with reasonable fluency, simple narratives or descriptions, through a linear sequence of elements
- Link a series of short, specific and simple elements to enable a linear sequence of related ideas
Linguistic Competence
- Have sufficient linguistic elements to describe unpredictable situations, to explain the main points of an idea or problem with reasonable accuracy, and to express thoughts on abstract or cultural topics, such as music and movies
- Have enough linguistic elements to get by and enough vocabulary to express themselves with some hesitation and circumlocution on topics such as family, hobbies and interests, work, travel and current events, but lexical limitations cause repetition and sometimes even difficulties in formulation
- Have sufficient vocabulary to express themselves with some circumlocution on most topics relevant to their daily lives, such as family, hobbies and interests, work, travel, and current events
- Demonstrate a good command of elementary vocabulary, even if significant errors are made when expressing more complex thoughts, or when dealing with unusual topics and situations
- Communicate with reasonable accuracy in everyday situations; generally have good grammatical control, although with an obvious influence of the native language
- Use with reasonable accuracy a repertoire of commonly used “formulas ” and structures associated with predictable situations
- Have a clearly intelligible pronunciation, even if their foreign accent is sometimes evident and sporadic mispronunciations are made
In order to consolidate all these skills you will study more than 40 sessions designed by expert teachers and based 100% on the CEFR"
Did you know?
Communicative competence is not merely limited to the knowledge and ability to use the linguistic code, but has other broader dimensions, which place it in direct relation with other competences such as information processing and digital competence, learning to learn, social and civic competence, or cultural and artistic competence.
This implies a cultural immersion that is only possible to recreate in the online format through simulated scenarios, storytelling, videos and real situations.
Enroll and observe how TECH helps you to improve your level of English in a quick and fluid way.
B1 English Online Conversation Classes
Having a certification in the English language today is as essential as having completed primary education, especially a certificate that allows evidence of intermediate mastery of the language, as this is usually the minimum grade requested by many companies to apply for highly paid positions. At TECH, a leading university in online education worldwide, we know how challenging the English-speaking field can be, especially when it comes to communicating fluently or understanding the meaning of sentences. For this reason, we have developed an optimal program, based on conversations with an expert and practical communication exercises in a simulated environment: the B1 English Online Conversation Classes. For four months, you will have access to an education of the highest quality, aligned with the CEFR postulates, totally distance learning (which is an incentive to make your class time more flexible) and focused on developing solid oral skills, along with strategies that will help you to pass an official B1 English certification.
The best online group classes for intermediate English
How many hours of leisure and procrastination don't you spend weekly using social networks? You can invest this same time to chat with an English-speaking teacher and socialize in an online group to improve your English language skills. How? By studying in the online classes offered by TECH. Thanks to an innovative methodology that, unlike other courses, deepens your oral comprehension and verbal fluency through practical exercises that will enrich your English speaking. You will be able to understand concrete information related to everyday topics and identify both the general message and specific details, as long as the speech is articulated clearly and with a normal accent. You will also have enough vocabulary to express yourself with some circumlocution on most topics relevant to your daily life (family, hobbies and interests, work, travel and current events). If you are passionate about English, enroll with us now and become a better speaker.