LEVEL C1 – Advanced
Detailed topics of the advanced language exam
1. The Individual
- ambition / career building
- the individual and the society
- problems of social integration
2. Partnership
- forms of partnership
- nationalities / minorities
3. Family
- the social status of families / the system of family allowances
- family / career
4. Place of Living
- housing situation / difficulties of building a house
- homelessness / its causes/ problems
- housing and mobility
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
6. Shopping / Shops
- consumers’ society
- buying on credit / with credit cards/on the Internet
- shopping tourism
7. Communication
- the Internet in business communication
- Fax, e-mail versus traditional letter writing
- less widely used languages versus English
8. Services
- quality / guarantee of services
- role, significance of services
- electronic services / online ordering
9. Culture / Entertainment
- role of arts in the past and present
- public collections and their maintenance / art / historic relics / monuments
- mentorship / sponsorship / advertising
10. Time / Weather
- natural catastrophes and their consequences
- hole in the ozone layer / dangers of global warming
11. Health / Illnesses
- science / research serving medical care / genetics
- alternative methods of healing
- health tourism
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
13. Media
- objectivity / impartiality of providing information
- stars / celebrities
14. Hobby
- promoting traditions
- exclusive hobbies (golf, horse riding, scuba diving, etc.)
- hobby and / or professionalism?
15. Studying / Work
- (over)qualification / chances on the work market
- lifelong education
- finding work / mobility
- chances of the underprivileged
16. European Union
- the role of the EU in world politics
- common / national currency
17. Culture and Civilisation
- fame / recognition in the world / their relationship to each other
- their image
- differences in traditions / customs / ideology
18. Public Life
- the purity of public life / corruption
- political parties / elections / referendum
19. Environmental Protection
- prevention in environmental protection
- environmental catastrophes and their consequences
20. Current Topics / Events
- public life / politics / NGOs
- economy / arts / sports
21. Globalisation
- uniformity (dressing, eating, culture, consumer products, etc.)
- globalization / maintaining national characteristics
22. Ethics
- animal experiments
- nuclear experiments
23. Economy / Society
- smuggling: goods / people
- smoking / dangers of drug addiction