Intermediate is the middle line of knowledge, exactly the middle of the way to English proficiency at the native speaker level. At this stage, a person can already speak almost confidently on topics known to him, knows about 2500 words and understands speech by ear well. With it, you will be able to take university entrance exams or pass a job interview.

To understand your level, it is worth checking each of the key English skills. You can definitely do this using a test, but not the first one you find on the Internet. It's better to let it be a school system that you trust. For example, in Mango English, such a test is taken in the introductory lesson, and then the methodologist helps to decipher the results.

If you want to determine the level yourself, pay attention to the signs of Intermediate: You have already studied English and remembered a lot, but have not practiced for a long time and want to update your knowledge. You understand and use the most common phrases in speech for frequently used situations — check in at a hotel, order food at a restaurant, etc. You want to get rid of the need to think long over the answer and choose the words in your head. You have completed the course for the Pre-Intermediate (A2) level and want to move on.

Don't be in a hurry to get upset if you haven't found yourself here. Each person is unique and so is their knowledge. These signs are not accurate and cannot reflect the individual experience of all people. If accuracy is important to you, it is better to determine the level here www.mangoengl.com/test

That's how you'll know if it's time to switch from A2 to B1 or not yet.

Intermediate is an improvement in the grammatical base, so there will be new topics of level B1 and repetition of past A2 in the classes. In the Intermediate level program, students study the following topics:

Talking:
about facts and regular actions in the present;
actions that are happening right now;
actions that have ended at the moment

Talking:
about plans and decisions in the future;
actions that will last for some time in the future
Modal verbs: must, have to, should, could, can, may

To express commitment, necessity, opportunity, advice, etc
. Strong adjectives: so, such, too, etc.
To enhance the effect of the adjective in speech
Construction to be going to
Tell us about your plans and intentions

Talking:
about actions in the past;
completed actions in the past;
actions that were committed in the past at a certain moment
Offers with used to and would
Talk about past habits, irrelevant facts, dreams and aspirations

To build sentences in which the subject does not perform the action expressed in the predicate itself
Time matching
Telling about the events is coherent and logical
Degrees of comparison of adjectives
Compare the qualities of objects and people

To talk about actions that began in the past and continue to this day
The gerund
Talk about your desires, express opinions, etc.
Subordinate clauses
Build coherent sentences with two or more bases
Conditional sentences of the 0th, 1st, 2nd and 3rd types
Talk about axioms, facts, rules, laws.
To talk about events that are likely in the future.
Describe hypothetical events in the present or future.
To mention events that could have happened in the past, but it didn't happen

Describe the noun in speech in more detail
Indirect speech
To convey the words of another person from a third person and without exact quotations

At the average level of English, a person already knows enough words for everyday conversation. This means that in Intermediate you will be able to move from a general vocabulary to a more complex one. For example, words that will be useful at work. The task of Mango English students at this stage is to increase their vocabulary to 2000-3000 words.

Themes:
Rest and pace of life. Modern hobbies. Holidays. Family. Internet. Food. Sport. The human body and appearance. Shopping and fashion. Advertising and media. Abilities and skills. Career and business. Education. Languages. Medicine. Healthy lifestyle. Problems. Technologies. Cities: housing, transport, infrastructure. Weather. Ecology. Psychology. Good manners. Cross-cultural sensitivity. Art. The entertainment industry. Crimes. Successes and failures.

The threshold level will give you skills that you can already boast of. For example, at this stage, people can already master audio and video for 2-3 minutes. But the pace of speech in them should remain average — fast monologues are still capable of confusing in Intermediate. But if you want to complicate the task, you can do it in another way. For example, in our courses, students train using audio, where speech with different accents is recorded. And we're not just talking about British and American. At the intermediate level, you can already learn to understand people for whom English is not their native language.

understand the meaning of most of the songs;
It is easy to work with adapted recordings;
watch TV series without subtitles, but not all — so far only sitcoms without very complex vocabulary;
delve into the native speaker's speech if he does not speak too quickly and without too complex words: scientific terms, unfamiliar abbreviations, etc.

The intermediate level will open up some works of English literature for you. With Intermediate skills, you will understand most of the sentence, but still not be able to translate every word. If you think you're ready, arm yourself with a dictionary — and go ahead! And for those who want a gentle development, we recommend that you first train on adapted texts.

analyze the plot and characters of the work;
Use foreign sources to develop in your hobbies;
read adapted and some unadapted materials.

At this level, it is customary to deepen not only the beauty of written speech. For example, in Mango English lessons, students learn more about different types of texts and try their hand at them. So by the time you switch to Upper-Intermediate, you will have already learned
how to distinguish the official text style from the unofficial one;
write formal appeals;
leave reviews on the Internet;
write congratulations and tell life stories in a letter.

Also, your level is enough to start a correspondence with a foreigner. Try this as an additional practice, and your writing skills will start to grow much faster.

almost avoid phonetic errors;
communicate freely with a native or non—native foreign speaker while traveling;
compose monologues for 15-20 sentences;
to build and combine sentences correctly without much thought;
spontaneously use the richness of vocabulary in speech.

The duration of the course depends on the knowledge that the student already has and the speed of perception of information. To master level B1 from the previous level, 2 months are enough for some, while others need to immerse themselves in English for 4-5 months. And in this case, it is better not to rush, but to give yourself time to consolidate new material. Our course is designed to be completed within 2.5-3 months. The course is conducted with individual support from teachers from London schools (not bots). Teachers respond to your requests, give comments on the milestone and final tests within 1-2 days. The online conversation club provides an opportunity to practice the acquired knowledge in the process of communicating with our teachers.

The price (3.390 rubles) is given for a full course of study. Your training takes place individually in a distance format, accompanied by our teachers from London. During the first month of training, you will have access to 6 group lessons of the Conversation Club, which takes place in real time on the Zoom platform.

Today, there are many ways to learn English and they are easy to find online: individual and group lessons, online chats and discussion clubs. The main thing is not to be afraid and take steps towards your dream with Mango English!