B1.2 – Intermediate English Language

In this course, you'll be joining us right on campus at the University of Jordan. We’ll meet face-to-face, engaging directly in our university’s environment. It’s all about hands-on learning and real-time interaction, so you’ll get the full benefit of being right here with us.

Course Description

Consolidate your intermediate skills and reach the upper-intermediate threshold. This course, building on B1.1, is designed to help you follow extended speech and more complex conversations with ease. You will dive into academic and cultural themes, expanding your ability to sequence future activities and express nuanced moods—including wishes and probabilities. By mastering the pluperfect tense and the subjunctive, you will move beyond simple narratives to produce coherent, detailed descriptions of personal experiences and cultural information. This level emphasizes accuracy and the ability to compare ideas fluently.

Learning Objectives & Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Extended Listening: Follow the main points of longer conversations and narratives on familiar and professional topics.

• Complex Reading: Comprehend straightforward factual texts and extract specific information from news bulletins and interviews.

• Coherent Writing: Link a series of connected ideas to produce detailed, structured written texts.

• Advanced Expression: Describe future projects, personal dreams, and cultural insights with greater detail and accuracy.

• Critical Thinking: Compare, contrast, and provide logical reasons for your opinions during spontaneous discussions.

Prerequisites

• Completion of CEFR B1.1 or equivalent intermediate proficiency.

• Learners should be able to navigate most travel situations and produce simple connected text on familiar topics.

Course Format & Delivery

• Advanced Grammar Clinics: Focused study on the pluperfect, subjunctive, and modals of probability.

• Authentic Media Labs: Listening practice using real-world news broadcasts and interviews.

• Project-Based Learning: Group tasks and written projects that simulate academic and professional environments.