English Language · CEFR C1 · 60 lessons
General English C1 — Advanced
An advanced pathway covering inversion, rhetoric, register control, academic English and professional mastery, taught by Sterling's AI avatar teachers with real tutors behind the curriculum.
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Syllabus
Module 1: Welcome to advanced English
- Welcome to C1AI teacherquizFree preview
- B2 in five minutesAI teacherquiz🔒
- Inversion for emphasisAI teacherquiz🔒
- Cleft sentencesAI teacherquiz🔒
- Fronting and focusAI teacherquiz🔒
- Style and impactAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 2: Hypotheticals and the unreal
- Implied conditionalsAI teacherquiz🔒
- Were to and shouldAI teacherquiz🔒
- The subjunctiveAI teacherquiz🔒
- Suppose, what if, imagineAI teacherquiz🔒
- Distancing and softeningAI teacherquiz🔒
- Persuading with hypotheticalsAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 3: Hedging and precision
- Academic hedgingAI teacherquiz🔒
- Modality with nuanceAI teacherquiz🔒
- It is said, there is thoughtAI teacherquiz🔒
- Degrees of certaintyAI teacherquiz🔒
- Diplomatic EnglishAI teacherquiz🔒
- The precise wordAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 4: Idiom, metaphor and humour
- Idioms natives actually useAI teacherquiz🔒
- Metaphor in everyday EnglishAI teacherquiz🔒
- Understatement and ironyAI teacherquiz🔒
- Humour in EnglishAI teacherquiz🔒
- Cultural referencesAI teacherquiz🔒
- Using idiom naturallyAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 5: Register and audience
- The register spectrumAI teacherquiz🔒
- Switching mid-flightAI teacherquiz🔒
- Professional writingAI teacherquiz🔒
- Talking to anyoneAI teacherquiz🔒
- Tone controlAI teacherquiz🔒
- The right wordAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 6: Argument and rhetoric
- Architecture of an argumentAI teacherquiz🔒
- Rhetorical devicesAI teacherquiz🔒
- Dismantling counterargumentsAI teacherquiz🔒
- Debating at C1AI teacherquiz🔒
- Critical responseAI teacherquiz🔒
- The persuasive talkAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 7: Professional mastery
- Chairing with authorityAI teacherquiz🔒
- Negotiation, advancedAI teacherquiz🔒
- Feedback that landsAI teacherquiz🔒
- Networking without cringingAI teacherquiz🔒
- Presentations that landAI teacherquiz🔒
- Difficult conversationsAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 8: Academic English
- Essay architectureAI teacherquiz🔒
- Citing and reportingAI teacherquiz🔒
- Describing dataAI teacherquiz🔒
- The abstract and the summaryAI teacherquiz🔒
- Seminar EnglishAI teacherquiz🔒
- The academic word listAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 9: Fine grammar
- Advanced noun phrasesAI teacherquiz🔒
- Ellipsis and substitutionAI teacherquiz🔒
- Discourse markersAI teacherquiz🔒
- Punctuation with purposeAI teacherquiz🔒
- Nominalisation and styleAI teacherquiz🔒
- Grammar as voiceAI teacherquiz🔒
Module 10: Mastery
- Listening between the linesAI teacherquiz🔒
- Reading criticallyAI teacherquiz🔒
- Writing with voiceAI teacherquiz🔒
- The C1 speaking examAI teacherquiz🔒
- Lifelong fluencyAI teacherquiz🔒
- Your C1 journey — well done!AI teacherquiz🔒