| LEVEL B2 – INTERMEDIATE | LEVEL C1 – ADVANCED |
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1. The individual
- behavioural patterns
- fashion/clothing/cosmetics
| 1. The individual
- ambition/career building
- the individual and the society
- problems of social integration
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2. Partnership
- making friends (in person, on the net, etc.)
- roles in the family
- contacts at work / at school
| 2. Partnership
- forms of partnership
- nationalities/minorities
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3. Family
- family/bringing up children
- relationship of generations / living together
- marriage/forms of partnership
| 3. Family
- the social status of families / the system of family allowances
- family/career
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4. Place of living
- rental/property/lodgings
- buying a flat/buying on credit /renovation
- way of living in a town and in a village
| 4. Place of living
- housing situation / difficulties of building a house
- homelessness / its causes/ problems
- housing and mobility
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5. Travelling/transport
- driving/highway codes
- walking, riding the bike
- reasons/forms of travelling abroad
| 5. Travelling/transport
- problems of city traffic / public transport versus using cars
- transport and environmental protection
- tourism as a source of income
- development in transport / its aspects
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6. Shopping/shops
- shopping habits / commercials, ads
- chains / shopping by mail
- retail shops versus shopping centres
| 6. Shopping/shops
- consumers’ society
- buying on credit/with credit cards/on the Internet
- shopping tourism
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7. Communication/keeping in contact –
- reasons of the popularity of mobiles
- the role of language knowledge in communication
- the increasing dominance of the English language
| 7. Communication/keeping in contact
- the Internet in business communication
- Fax, e-mail versus traditional letter writing
- less widely used languages versus English
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8. Services
- car rental / travel agencies
- repairs / guarantees
| 8. Services
- quality / guarantee of services
- role, significance of services
- electronic services / online ordering
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9. Culture/entertainment
- books versus Internet
- cinema, theatre versus TV, video, DVD
- he Internet and the social networking sites
| 9. Culture/entertainment
- role of arts in the past and present
- public collections and their maintenance / art / historic relics / monuments
- mentorship / sponsorship / advertising
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10. Time/weather
- role and accurateness of forecasts
- relationship of climate and flora / fauna
| 10. Time/weather
- natural catastrophes and their consequences
- hole in the ozone layer / dangers of global warming
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11. Health/illnesses
- outpatient department / hospital / specialists
- nature cure – medicines
- prevention / screening
- healthy diet
| 11. Health/illnesses
- science / research serving medical care / genetics
- alternative methods of healing
- health tourism
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12. Sport
- doing sports – healthy lifestyle –dangerous/extreme sports
- ball games / team sports / rules
- water sports/winter sports
- Olympic Games
| 12. Sport
- first-class sports – mass sports / doping
- professionalism in sports / amateur sports / extreme sports
- sport and women (chess, boxing, weightlifting, football)
- sport and commercials
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13. Media
- features of newspapers, their columns
- sensation and news
| 13. Media
- objectivity / impartiality of providing information
- stars / celebrities
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14. Hobby
- pursuing amateur arts
- clubs (sport, cultural, professional)
- hobby and work
- modern / peculiar hobbies
| 14. Hobby
- promoting traditions
- exclusive hobbies (golf, horse riding, scuba diving, etc.)
- hobby and/or professionalism?
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15. Studying/work
- language knowledge / skills / career
- equal chances in education / finding a workplace
- unemployment
- exchange programs / scholarships abroad / professional development
- new forms of studying
| 15. Studying/work
- (over)qualification / chances on the work market
- lifelong education
- finding work / mobility
- chances of the underprivileged
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16. European Union
- work in the EU
- language teaching / language knowledge / work opportunities in the EU
| 16. European Union
- the role of the EU in world politics
- common / national currency
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17. Culture and civilisation The home country and the target language country
- population / ethnic minorities
- historic traditions / monuments / cultural values
- artistic / ethnographic characteristics
| 17. Culture and civilisation The home country and the target language country
- fame / recognition in the world / their relationship to each other
- their image
- differences in traditions / customs / ideology
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18. Public life
- public institutions / personal documents
- public safety
- national holidays
| 18. Public life
- the purity of public life / corruption
- political parties / elections / referendum
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19. Environmental protection
- pollution (air, water, soil, et)
- selective waste management
- recycling
- alternative sources of energy
| 19. Environmental protection
- prevention in environmental protection
- environmental catastrophes and their consequences
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20. Current topics/events
- public life / politics / NGOs
- economy
- arts
- sports
| 20. Current topics/events
- public life / politics / NGOs
- economy / arts / sports
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| 21. Globalisation
- uniformity (dressing, eating, culture, consumer products, etc.)
- globalization / maintaining national characteristics
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| 22. Current questions of ethics
- animal experiments
- nuclear experiments
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| 23. Current questions on economy/society–
- smuggling: goods / people
- smoking / dangers of drug addiction
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