St Giles International
Sample Timetable: Cambridge English: First (FCE) Preparation Course,
28 Lessons per Week
Level: B1/B2 (Intermediate/Upper-Intermediate)
Week One
Monday
Lesson 1
09.00-09.50
Placement test and
Orientation --------------
Lesson 2
9.55-10.45
Lesson 3
11.05-11.55
Lesson 4
12.00-12.50
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Introduction to the test
and getting to know new
classmates.
Speaking Lesson:
Introduction to Parts 1
and 2 of the test.
Listening Lesson:
Sentence Completion
Grammar Lesson: Time
Expressions
Reading Skills Lesson:
Multiple Matching
Grammar Lesson:
Present Perfect and
Simple Continuous
Vocabulary Lesson: Word
Formation
Lesson 5
14.00-14.50
First Afternoon Class:
Grammar Review
Activities
Lesson 6
15.00- 15.50
Use of English Practice
Test.
Review answers to the
practice test.
Practice vocabulary with
an activity
Listening Practice Test
Review answers to the
practice test.
Practice grammar with an
activity.
Reading Practice Test
Review answers to the
practice test.
Activity to practice
listening comprehension.
L
Tuesday
U
N
C
Wednesday
Thursday
Listening Lesson:
Focusing on Part 1 of the
listening exam.
Vocabulary Lesson:
Entertainment
Vocabulary
Speaking Lesson:
Focusing on Part 1 of the
Speaking Exam
Speaking Skills Lesson:
Integrating skills and
vocabulary from the
Reading, Grammar, and
Vocabulary lessons.
Writing Lesson: Informal
Email
H
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A
Friday
Unit 1 Progress Test and
Review
Writing Workshop
Reading Lesson: Article
Speaking Lesson:
Language for Agreeing
and Disagreeing
K
Free Afternoon
This timetable is intended as a guide only. Lesson times may vary at different centres.
Week Two
Monday
Lesson 1
09.00-09.50
Listening Lesson:
Interview Strategies
Lesson 2
09.55-10.45
Vocabulary Lesson:
Adjectives of Feeling
Lesson 3
11.05-11.55
Reading Lesson: News
Article
Lesson 4
12.00-12.50
Speaking Lesson:
Part 2 Practice
Grammar Lesson:
Making Comparisons
Vocabulary Lesson:
Word Formation with
negative prefixes
Reading Lesson:
Multiple Matching
Speaking Lesson:
Part 2 Practice
Speaking Lesson:
Comparing
Vocabulary Lesson:
Linking Words
Listening Lesson:
Strategies for Part 3 of
the test.
C
Unit 2 Progress Test and
Review
Vocabulary Lesson:
Idioms
B
Vocabulary Lesson:
Phrasal Verbs
Grammar Lesson:
like, as, as if, though
Lesson 5
14.00-14.50
Use of English Practice
Test
Lesson 6
15.00- 15.50
Review answers to the
test.
Practice vocabulary with
an activity.
Listening Practice Test
Review answers to the
test.
Practice grammar with an
activity.
Reading Practice Test
Review answers to the
test.
Practice speaking fluency
with an activity.
Speaking Practice Test
Review common speaking
errors.
Weekly review activity.
L
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Grammar Lesson:
articles
Writing Lesson:
Semi-Formal Email
(Counselling Session
Friday
Writing Workshop:
Editing for Register
N
with teacher)
Reading Lesson:
Gapped Text
U
H
R
E
A
K
Free Afternoon