Academic English Syllabus

A1
Week & Day Material (English File Beginner 3rd Ed.)
Week 1 Unit 1-3
Week 2 Unit 4-6
Week 3 Unit 7-9
Week 4 Unit 10-12
Total Time: 1 month (100 hours)

A2
Week & Day Material (Oxford EAP A2) Academic Focus
Week 5 Unit 1-3 Unit 1: Presenting information
Unit 2: Describing features
Unit 3: Comparing and contrasting
Week 6 Unit 4-6 Unit 4: Describing numbers and charts
Unit 5: Defining and explaining
Unit 6: Describing changes and trends
Week 7 Unit 7-8 Unit 7: Understanding fact and opinion
Unit 8: Understanding cause and effect
Week 8 Unit 9-10 Unit 9: Recognizing perspective
Unit 10: Questioning
Total Time: 1 month (100 hours)

B1
Week & Material (Oxford EAP B1 & Test Prep) Academic Focus
Day
Week 9 Unit 1-2 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 10 Unit 3-4 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Week 11 Unit 5 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 12 Unit 6 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Week 13 Unit 7 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 14 Unit 8 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Week 15 Unit 9 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 16 Unit 10 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Total Time: 2 months (200 hours)

B1+
Week & Material (Oxford EAP B1+, Cambridge Academic Academic Focus
Day English B1+ & PET)
Week 17 Oxford Unit 1-2 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 18 Oxford Unit 3-4 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Week 19 Oxford Unit 5-6 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 20 Oxford Unit 7-8 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Week 21 Oxford Unit 9 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 22 Oxford Unit 10 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Week 23 Cambridge Unit 1-2 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 24 Cambridge Unit 3-4 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Week 25 Cambridge Unit 5-6 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 26 Cambridge Unit 7-8 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Week 27 Cambridge Unit 9 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 28 Cambridge Unit 10 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Total Time: 3 months (300 hours)

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 Academic English Syllabus
Note: if the two textbook offer similar content, alternate the textbooks e.g. Oxford unit 1-2 for the
first week, Cambridge unit 1-2 for the second week, then back to Oxford and so on.

B2
Week & Material (Oxford EAP B2, Cambridge Academic English Academic Focus
Day B2, FCE & IELTS)
Week 29 Oxford Unit 1-2 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 30 Oxford Unit 3-4 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Week 31 Oxford Unit 5-6 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 32 Oxford Unit 7-8 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Week 33 Oxford Unit 9 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 34 Oxford Unit 10 (Mon-Thurs); IELTS Test (Fri)
Week 35 Cambridge Unit 1-2 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 36 Cambridge Unit 3-4 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Week 37 Cambridge Unit 5-6 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 38 Cambridge Unit 7-8 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Week 39 Cambridge Unit 9 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 40 Cambridge Unit 10 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Total Time: 3 months (300 hours)

C1
Week & Material (Oxford EAP C1 & Cambridge Academic English Academic Focus
Day C1)
Week 41 Oxford Unit 1-3 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 42 Oxford Unit 4-5 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Week 43 Oxford Unit 6-8 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri)
Week 44 Oxford Unit 9-10 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri)
Week 45 Cambridge Unit 1-3 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri) Unit 1: Advertising and critical thinking
Unit 2: Innovation and invention
Unit 3: Facing challenges
Week 46 Cambridge Unit 4-5 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri) Unit 4: IT in education and business
Unit 5: Culture, science and society
Week 47 Cambridge Unit 6-8 (Mon-Thurs); Test Preparation (Fri) Unit 6: Ways of studying in higher education
Unit 7: Marketing and consumers
Unit 8: Criminology
Week 48 Cambridge Unit 9-10 (Mon-Thurs); Test (Fri) Unit 9: Families and relationships
Unit 10: Communicating science
Total Time: 2 months (200 hours)