Core modules

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Upper Advanced Level

A B2 / C1 level English course for academic and professional purposes.

B2 – written and oral production and interaction

C1 – written and oral comprehension

The EFL Unit offers five Upper Advanced courses for different disciplinary clusters. In each disciplinary course, students read, write, interact, and present on issues from their fields of study and related fields, and cultivate the communication skills and modes most needed for the academic and professional work they are likely to engage in.

Upper Advanced courses are offered in the fall and in the spring. For information on our summer session, see here.

Course list

  • Upper Advanced English for the humanities and social sciences (Course 11186)

Location: Mt.Scopus, Jerusalem

  • Upper Advanced English for science (Course 11121)

Location: Safra, Jerusalem

  • Upper Advanced English for computer science, engineering and mathematics (course 11126)

Location: Safra, Jerusalem

  • Upper Advanced English for medical disciplines (Course 11131)

Location: Safra, Jerusalem, and/or Ein Kerem, Jerusalem

  • Upper Advanced English for nursing (Course 11141)

Location: Ein Kerem, Jerusalem

CEFR descriptors for Upper Advanced modules

(adapted from the CEFR 2020 Companion Volume)

Reading comprehension (C1)

Can understand in detail a range of lengthy, complex texts in a variety of genres likely to be encountered in academic or professional life, provided s/he can reread difficult sections, identifying finer points of detail including attitudes and implied as well as stated opinions.

Oral comprehension (C1)

Can follow complex interactions between third parties in group discussion and debate, even on abstract, complex, unfamiliar topics. Can identify the attitude of participants in an animated discussion. Can follow most lectures, discussions and debates with relative ease.

Oral production (B2)

Can give clear, detailed descriptions on complex subjects, integrating sub-themes, developing and emphasizing particular points, points of view, and supporting details, either as part of an exchange of ideas or in the form of a prepared presentation.

Written production (B2)

Can produce an essay or report providing a detailed description of facts, processes, and issues, and developing an argument systematically with appropriate highlighting of significant points and relevant supporting detail, while synthesizing information and arguments from a number of sources.

Oral and written interaction (B2)

Can engage in a participatory fashion in informal and formal discussions, contributing information, accounting for and sustaining an opinion, evaluating proposals, and weighing advantages and disadvantages. Can compose polite formal emails with appropriate register, structure and conventions.

Attendance requirements: Participants are required to attend 100% of the lectures. Hospitalization, holidays, and reserve duty are not recorded as absences.

Module assessment: 70% of the overall course grade consists of tasks, assignments, projects and presentations completed throughout the course (class grade), while the final exam contributes 30% of the overall course grade. In order to pass the module, participants must achieve a minimum grade of 60 for the class grade and a minimum grade of 60 for the final exam, and they must achieve a minimum grade of 70 for the overall course grade.

A course grade of 70 is required in order to progress to the subsequent level; a course grade of 70 in the Upper Advanced level means that the student has reached Exemption level in English.

Lower Advanced Level

A B1 / B2 level English course for academic and professional purposes.

B1 – written and oral production and interaction

B2 – written and oral comprehension

The EFL Unit offers three Lower Advanced courses for different broad disciplinary clusters. In each course, students read, write, interact, and present on issues generally related to their fields of study, and gradually build up the communication skills and modes needed for the academic and professional work they are likely to engage in.

Lower Advanced courses are offered in the fall and in the spring. For information on our summer session, see here.

Course list

  • Lower Advanced English for the humanities and social sciences (Course 11182)

Location: Mt.Scopus, Jerusalem

  • Lower Advanced English for science (Course 11122)

Location: Safra, Jerusalem

  • Lower Advanced English for nursing  (Course 11142)

Location: Ein Kerem, Jerusalem

CEFR descriptors for Lower Advanced modules

(adapted from the CEFR 2020 Companion Volume)

Reading comprehension (B2)

Can understand articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems. Can obtain detailed information from specialised sources, provided they can use a dictionary occasionally and provided they have sufficient time for rereading. (B1+)

Oral comprehension (B2)

Can follow the essentials of discussions, lectures, talks and reports which are propositionally and linguistically complex. Can follow complex lines of argument and detailed information in a clearly articulated lecture, provided the topic is reasonably familiar.

Oral production (B1)

Can provide, with reasonable fluency, straightforward descriptions and prepared presentations on familiar subjects within their field, describing facts, ideas, experiences, events and feelings, and developing an argument well enough to be followed without difficulty most of the time.

Written production (B1)

Can produce short, connected texts on a range of familiar subjects within their field of interest, using simple language to summarize, list advantages and disadvantages, and give and justify their opinion. Can produce very brief reports or posters in a standard conventionalised format.

Oral and written interaction (B1)

Can have relatively long conversations on subjects of common interest. Can follow much of what is said in formal discussions and can put over their point of view clearly but has difficulty engaging in debate. Can offer advice on simple matters within their field of experience. Can post a comprehensible contribution in an online discussion on a familiar topic of interest.

Attendance requirements: Participants are required to attend 100% of the lectures. Hospitalization, holidays, and reserve duty are not recorded as absences.

Module assessment: 70% of the overall course grade consists of tasks, assignments, projects and presentations completed throughout the course (class grade), while the final exam contributes 30% of the overall course grade. In order to pass the module, participants must achieve a minimum grade of 60 for the class grade and a minimum grade of 60 for the final exam, and they must achieve a minimum grade of 70 for the overall course grade.

A course grade of 70 is required in order to progress to the subsequent level; a course grade of 70 in the Upper Advanced level means that the student has reached Exemption level in English.

    Basic Level

A A2 / B1 level English course for general and academic purposes.

A2 – written and oral production and interaction

B1 – written and oral comprehension

The EFL Unit offers a Basic module designed to allow for students in a range of disciplines to acquire the knowledge and skills they need in order to begin building up their language proficiency for academic contexts, and to establish their general English language capabilities. Students read, write, interact, and present on familiar, academically oriented issues and begin cultivating the communication skills and modes needed for the academic work they are likely to engage in.

The Basic course is offered in the fall and in the spring. For information on our summer session, see here.

Course list

English – Basic Level (Course 11183 and Course 11123)

Location: Mt.Scopus and Safra campuses, Jerusalem

CEFR descriptors for Basic module

(adapted from the CEFR 2020 Companion Volume)

Reading comprehension (B1)

Can understand most factual texts on topics of interest or related to their field, provided they have sufficient time for rereading. Can understand short texts on familiar topics or topics of personal interest, in which writers give their points of view. Can identify the main conclusions in clearly signaled argumentative texts. Can scan longer texts in order to assess their purpose and locate and gather information.

Oral comprehension (B1)

Can follow much of everyday conversation and discussion, provided it is clearly articulated. Can follow a straightforward lecture, talk, or presentation on topics of personal interest or on topics within their own field, provided the topic is familiar, clearly articulated, and clearly structured.

Oral production (A2)

Can describe events, activities, feelings, past experience, and plans. Can explain and support personal preferences. Can present and support their opinion in simple terms. Can give a short, rehearsed presentation on a topic pertinent to everyday life, and briefly give reasons and explanations for their positions.

 Written production (A2)

Can give short descriptions of events, past activities, personal experiences, and work experience, in linked sentences, using basic vocabulary and phrases and sentences with simple connectives like “and”, “but” and “because”. Can produce simple texts on familiar subjects of interest while giving their impressions and opinions, using basic everyday vocabulary and expressions.

 Oral and written interaction (A2)

Can converse in simple language about most routine matters with peers and colleagues. Can exchange information and give their opinion on problems related to familiar matters. Can ask and answer questions about activities, plans and intentions. Can make short descriptive online postings about everyday matters and can comment on other people’s online postings.

Attendance requirements: Participants are required to attend 100% of the lectures. Hospitalization, holidays, and reserve duty are not recorded as absences.

Module assessment: 70% of the overall course grade consists of tasks, assignments, projects and presentations completed throughout the course (class grade), while the final exam contributes 30% of the overall course grade. In order to pass the module, participants must achieve a minimum grade of 60 for the class grade and a minimum grade of 60 for the final exam, and they must achieve a minimum grade of 70 for the overall course grade.

A course grade of 70 is required in order to progress to the subsequent level; a course grade of 70 in the Upper Advanced level means that the student has reached Exemption level in English.