Course Description

The B2 First course begins with a placement test and orientation, during which students are introduced to the B2 First exam and to their student peers.

The Cambridge Assessment English: B2 First course includes the following lessons:

• Vocabulary lessons such as ‘Entertainment Vocabulary’ and ‘Adjectives of Feeling

• Listening lessons such as ‘Sentence Completion’ and ‘Interview Strategies’

• Speaking lessons such as ‘Comparing’ and ‘Language for Agreeing and Disagreeing’

• Grammar lessons such as ‘Time Expressions’

• Writing lessons such as ‘Informal Emails’ and ‘Editing for Register’

• Skill integration lessons such as a ‘Speaking Skills’ that combines vocabulary from the reading, grammar and vocabulary lessons

Progress is measured throughout the B2 First course and there is a review of unit material at the end of each week. You can find a B2 First complete sample timetable here.

Course Objectives

The Cambridge Assessment English: B2 First course aims to help students understand intermediate and upper intermediate levels of English, demonstrate independent study skills and take internationally recognised exams.

• The St Giles Cambridge Assessment English: B2 First course is available to take separately or as a module as part of one of our International Semester Course (ISC) programmes

• It is for Intermediate to Upper Intermediate English speakers.

• The B2 First is one of several Cambridge examination preparation courses at St Giles.