Englisch. No problem! 3

The course is aimed at German-speaking users with intermediate knowledge of English who would like to master their language skills. After learning the content of the course, the user is able to easily understand written and spoken English, as well as formulate fluent and spontaneous opinions on any subject.

The scope of the vocabulary and grammar subjects in the course corresponds to the B2 and C1 levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Preparing for the telc C1 exam requires taking a 3-month traditional language course. The online course Englisch. No problem! makes it possible to shorten this time significantly and use it very effectively. By using the online course for about 30 minutes a day the user can master the material as fast as in 6 months (1 lesson in every 2 weeks). The course is recommended for those who have already been learning English for at least four years.

The course Englisch. No problem! contains 12 extensive and thoroughly designed lessons that comprise almost 3,000 grammar and vocabulary exercises to learn 1,000 words and expressions. Each lesson is based on working with texts, reading and listening comprehension, and repeating the vocabulary used in the texts. The SuperMemo method organises the repetition process so that the information is reviewed with optimal timing. The course also includes commentaries and grammar sections. The author's explanations are clear and accessible, and are further supplemented with a series of drills and consolidation tasks for quick and intuitive learning of grammar. Each lesson contains the following chapters:

• Listen and read – dialogues and texts that present words and expressions in context and teach the correct use of collocations, over 10 hours of recordings by British English native speakers,
• New words and expressions – lists of new vocabulary to learn,
• Grammar – grammar explanations,
• Commentaries – language and cultural commentaries,
• Exercises – vocabulary and grammar exercises.

The vocabulary subjects include among others:

• computers and IT,
• cinema, theatre, literature, music, sport,
• the police, the judiciary and politics,
• television, advertising, TV programmes,
• job interview, running one’s own business, job benefits,
• organising a party and a trip,
• interpersonal relationships, describing behaviour,
• expressing emotions, suppositions, expectations, bans,
• natural environment and ecology,
• UK geography, history and culture.

The grammar subjects include among others:

• modal verbs and expressions: would rather, had better, used to, needn’t, ought to, to be to, I wish, musn’t, may not, cannot, make + infinitive, have something done, see someone do something,
• complement clauses and indirect speech,
• sequence of tenses,
• tenses: Present Perfect, Past Perfect,
• passive voice,
• irregular verbs
• conditional sentences and time clauses,
• gerund and infinitive,
• possessive pronouns,
• relative pronouns,
• conjunctions in complex sentences,
• Saxon genitive.