GEP 10

MAJOR TOPICS

Grammar

8A: The Passive (pg. 146)
8B: Reporting Verbs (pg. 147)
9A: Words of Contrast and Purpose (pg. 148)
9B: Uncountable and Plural Nouns (pg. 149)
10A: Distributive Determiners (pg. 150)
10B: Articles (pg. 151)

Vocabulary

8A: Crime and Punishment (pg. 160)
8B: The Media (pg. 161)
9A: Advertising (pg. 84) and Business (pg. 162)
9B: Word Building: Prefixes and Suffixes (pg. 163)
10A: Science (pg. 95)
10B: Collocation: Word Pairs (pg. 101)

About the Course

GEP 10 at ACE is a 45 hours course that covers Units 8 -10 in the English File Upper-Intermediate (3rd edition) textbook.

Students in this course should be at the B2 level of the CEFR scale of language proficiency, which is equal to about 5.5 to 6.5 in the IELTS scale.

Pre-Course Requirements

In the class we will try to use as few boring words about grammar and the English language as possible, so that you can learn English by actually using the language.

However, there are words that I require all my students to understand. They are the parts of speech, subject-verb-object, and some other vocabulary about English.

Testing Information - T1 2025

Testing Dates:

Tuesday/Thursday Classes: March 11 & March 18

Monday/Wednesday/Friday Classes: March 17 & March 21

Saturday Classes: March 15 & March 22

GEP 10 is a gateway level: In order to pass to level 11A, students must score at least 50% overall, and pass 3 of the 5 macro-skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking and grammar). Students who do not meet these criteria must retake level 10.

There is no vocabulary exam.

Writing Task: An Opinion Essay

Reading: 25% (pass= 13 or more)

Listening: 25% (pass= 13 or more)

Writing: 20% (pass= 10 or more)

Grammar: 15% (pass= 8 or more)

Speaking: 15% (pass= 8 or more)

Note: There is no speaking exam. The score will be given based upon class attendance, participation, and performance.

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