Upper Intermediate Programme
Upper Intermediate is where accuracy under pressure begins to matter. The learner can already communicate; this level is about doing it in settings that judge them — an academic essay, a meeting, a negotiation, a piece of media read critically rather than accepted. Structure and register carry as much weight as vocabulary.
What this level contains.
29 lessons
Each lesson runs a full sequence — warm-up, presentation, guided practice, independent practice, writing and homework — with the timing stated in the plan rather than left to the room.
10 listening sets
A scripted listening set for every module, with speaker cues and comprehension work built against the script rather than added afterwards.
10 laboratories
A pronunciation laboratory per module, targeting the sounds, stress patterns and rhythm the module’s own language actually needs.
The 10 modules, in order.
The sequence is deliberate: each module assumes what the one before it taught, and the final module consolidates rather than introduces.
| # | Module |
|---|---|
| 1 | Module 1: Advanced Present & Past Systems |
| 2 | Module 2: Academic Writing I |
| 3 | Module 3: The World of Work |
| 4 | Module 4: Arguing a Position |
| 5 | Module 5: Science, Technology & Ethics |
| 6 | Module 6: Global Issues |
| 7 | Module 7: Media Literacy & Critical Reading |
| 8 | Module 8: Meetings & Negotiation |
| 9 | Module 9: Academic Writing II |
| 10 | Module 10: Review & Consolidation |
Four skills, taught and assessed separately.
A learner who reads well and speaks poorly is not at the same level in both, and a single overall grade hides that. Each skill is tracked on its own.
Listening
Understands speech at natural pace, including unfamiliar accents and imperfect conditions
Reading
Reads for argument and detail, not only for gist, across registers
Speaking
Speaks with control of grammar, pronunciation and register, in real time
Writing
Writes to a purpose and an audience, and revises
How the level is judged.
Every instrument is written before the teaching it tests, and the criteria are published to the learner in advance.
10 module quizzes
One at the end of each module, testing the language that module taught and nothing else. Marked automatically, with the correct answer and the reason shown.
10 assignments
Speaking and writing tasks marked by an instructor against a published rubric. These are where the productive skills are actually assessed — a quiz cannot judge whether someone can hold a conversation.
Before every assessment
Each lesson carries a self-check with traps aimed at the mistakes learners at this level really make, so a learner discovers a gap before an examiner does.
How it is taught.
Practice before polish
Guided speaking is built into every lesson, not offered as an extra. Learners speak from the first lesson, before their grammar is ready, because waiting for accuracy is how people stay silent for years.
A shared standard, not a personal style
Every instructor teaches to the same mapped curriculum, so a learner who changes class or cohort does not lose their place, and two learners at the same level have covered the same ground.
A teacher who knows what goes wrong
Instructors work from the Teacher's Companion, which sets out for each lesson what commonly goes wrong, a second way to explain it, and what to do for the learner who is behind and the one who is ahead.
Adjusted to the cohort
Quiz and assignment results are visible to the instructor as the level runs, so teaching responds to how this group is actually performing rather than to how the plan assumed they would.
What you are given.
The learning platform
Lessons, quizzes, self-checks and progress tracking, with your marks and feedback in one record you keep.
Recorded practice
The Listening Lab holds the level’s recorded material with the script, and records your own speaking for pronunciation feedback.
Printed and digital
The curriculum is published as a set of volumes by AIPC Press — the Complete Curriculum, the Assessment Handbook, and for Level I a Student Workbook and Teacher’s Companion.
Where this level sits.
Level III — Intermediate Programme
Level IV assumes the language taught in Intermediate Programme (B1). Learners who have not studied with the College take a placement assessment rather than being asked to self-declare.
Level V — Advanced Programme
On completion, learners progress to Advanced Programme (C1), which assumes everything taught here.
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Why this award exists
one who can be sent: to the meeting, the client, the interview, to speak for someone other than themselves. B2 is precisely the representation threshold, and representation is what an employer is buying.
What the holder can do
The learner becomes fluent enough to follow extended discourse, argue a position in depth, and produce genuinely structured academic and professional writing. This level carries the heaviest step-up in register and complexity in the programme.
AIPC holds no accreditation, and the College has not appointed an External Examiner — the independent post required before any award can properly be conferred. This award is defined, its criteria are published, and it has been conferred on nobody. See About · Institutional Status.
What people ask about this level.
How long does Level IV take?
4 months of study by design, covering 120 designed lessons across 10 modules. Learners who need longer are not penalised; the level is a body of work, not a race.
Do I need Level III first?
Not necessarily. You need the language Intermediate Programme teaches, however you acquired it. A placement assessment establishes that.
What happens if I fail an assessment?
Assessments can be resat. The purpose is to establish what you can do, not to record a single bad afternoon — the appeals and resit procedure is published in full.
Is the award recognised?
The award is defined and its criteria published, but AIPC holds no accreditation and has appointed no External Examiner. We state this plainly rather than implying recognition the College has not obtained.