This course will help you get results and improve those English skills you need to succeed.

	This course contains: 15 lessons based on real newspaper articles. Reading, writing, listening, grammar and vocabulary.
	This course includes: 100% interactive exercises. Over 120 activities and exercises - approximately 30 hours of online study. Model essays, articles, letters and reports. Colourful graphics and audio. Immediate feedback on your work. Progress Reports to show you how you are going, what you have completed and what you need to finish.
	You have 3 months to complete the course and can do each exercise in each lesson twice. We have divided the course up by theme. Each lesson has its own theme and covers a number of skills and skill subsets you will need to pass your exam. Before completing this course, we recommend you do the Upper-Intermediate 01 course.

Age and Society - Grammar - choosing the correct verb forms, Reading comprehension - matching key sentence halves, completing a summary, Writing - completing a cloze, filling each gap in an essay giving your opinion with a suitable "grammar" word, Listening - multiple choice, ordering an article.

Population and Society - Reading comprehension - True, False and Not Given questions, matching paragraphs to summary, short answers, Vocabulary - guessing meaning from context, multiple choice, Writing - structuring an opinion essay, matching headings and purpose, using discourse markers.

War - Reading comprehension - matching paragraphs and headings, multiple choice, short answers, answering True, False, Not Given questions, Vocabulary - guessing meaning from context, Listening - completing a summary, completing a transcript, Writing - writing a Task 1 report describing a graph.

Health and the Law - Reading comprehension - True, False and Not Given questions, matching paragraphs and topics, completing a table describing a graph, completing a summary, Vocabulary - matching items with definitions, Writing - ordering an argumentative Task 2 essay.

Geography - Reading comprehension - matching headings and paragraphs, True, False, Not Given questions, inserting missing topic sentences, short answers, Vocabulary - matching words and definitions, completing a cloze, synonyms, Writing - structuring an essay giving your opinion, using linking words.

International Relations - Vocabulary - matching items with definitions, Reading comprehension - inserting missing sentences or phrases, Listening - answering multiple choice questions about a debate, short answers, Grammar - word forms, ordering an essay giving your opinion, completing multiple choice sentences.

Blood Sports - Reading comprehension - match headings to paragraphs, short answers, multiple choice, Answering True, False or Not Given questions, completing a summary, Vocabulary - matching items with definitions, understanding vocabulary in context, Writing - categorising main ideas for a Task 2 essay giving your opinion, inserting missing phrases.

Animals - Vocabulary - guessing meaning from context, multiple choice, Reading comprehension - multiple choice, Listening - multiple choice, Grammar - completing sentences, spotting errors, Writing - completing a formal letter, identifying structure in a formal letter.

Tourism - Vocabulary - matching items with definitions, Reading comprehension - short answers, matching sentences halves, Listening - ordering a summary, Writing - completing a summary, ordering an argumentative Task two essay, Grammar - showing reason and result.

Diet - Reading comprehension - matching sections and headings, short answers, classifying items, completing a table, True, False, Not Given questions, Vocabulary - word forms, matching items with definitions, using items in context, Writing - completing a report.

The Internet - Reading comprehension - matching paragraphs and headings, True, False or Not Given questions, scanning for information, completing a summary, Vocabulary - understanding words in context, Listening - multiple choice, completing a table.

The Environment - Reading comprehension - multiple choice, identifying main points, True, False, Not Given questions, Vocabulary - guessing meaning from context, Listening - completing a cloze, Grammar - conditional sentences.

Coral Reefs in Danger - Answering True, False or Not Given questions, language in context - multi-choice, identifying errors, summary completion, organising ideas for an argumentative essay, listening to a reading text.

Amazon Vines and Photosynthesis - Completing a cloze, listening, completing a flow chart, completing a summary, classifying causes and effects.

If you have an IELTS score of approximately 5, a TOEFL score of 500-600 or are trying for Cambridge Advanced English, this online course will be very helpful.