B2 First

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Prepare for B2 First for Schools Use of English, reading, writing, listening and paired speaking.

  • Turn isolated grammar and vocabulary into contextual Use of English judgement
  • Track main ideas, tone, reference and information across longer texts
  • Control purpose and register across essays, emails, articles, reports and reviews
  • Improve comparison, collaboration, argument and natural response in speaking
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Build a language system that works in context B2 errors often come from collocation, word formation and discourse choices rather than missing a basic rule.
Collocation and chunks
Control verbs, prepositions, fixed combinations and register.
Word formation and transformation
Manage word class, affixes, grammar and meaning preservation.
Validate in text
Apply rules inside paragraphs and complete texts.
 Develop extended, purposeful output Writing and speaking need clear organisation, relevant detail and register for the audience.
Control genre
Choose content and tone for purpose, reader and format.
Build an argument
Use reasons, examples, comparison and qualification.
Respond to a partner
Compare options, invite views, negotiate and summarise.
 Stay reliable across four papers Paper-by-paper diagnosis and mixed practice prevent one weak area from dragging down the overall result.
Analyse Reading and Use of English
Separate comprehension, contextual vocabulary, formation and transformation issues.
Use a writing cycle
Plan, draft, review, rewrite and transfer to a new task.
Review listening and speaking
Analyse attention, attitude, pronunciation, fluency and interaction.
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Reading and Use of English
1 hour 15 minutes across text comprehension, vocabulary and grammar in context.
  • 7 parts
  • 52 questions
  • Cloze, word formation, key word transformation and reading tasks
Writing
1 hour 20 minutes for a compulsory essay and one selected genre.
  • 2 parts
  • Essay
  • Email or letter, article, report or review
Listening
About 40 minutes on main ideas, detail, attitude and opinion across recordings.
  • 4 parts
  • 30 questions
  • Monologues and conversations
Speaking
Usually paired, with interview, individual long turn, collaboration and discussion.
  • 4 parts
  • About 14 minutes per pair
  • Collaborative task and discussion

Course fees

4 lessons per month 90 minutes per lesson

Fees by level

B2 First
HK$1,560/ 4 lessons
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