Dqeqh

Daqiqa level 5

informed by CEFR C1

Flexible, precise language for professional and academic work.

Who it is for

For people who use English at work every day and want more precision in presenting, writing and persuading.

The level in numbers

Units
12
Sessions
84
Session length
22 min + review up to 10 min
Hours
≈ 200 h
On the Standard plan
≈ 17 months

By the end of this level you will

Parts of the level

Part 1

6 units · 42 sessions

  1. 1 Present to the board with calibrated stance
    Writing:
    formal report
    Speaking challenge:
    Problem-solving with constraints
  2. 2 Handle a hostile media interview
    Writing:
    discursive essay from input notes
    Speaking challenge:
    Discussion/debate with interrupting partner
  3. 3 Answer questions on a conference panel
    Writing:
    evaluative review
    Speaking challenge:
    Discussion/debate with interrupting partner
  4. 4 Defend a research grant proposal
    Writing:
    proposal
    Speaking challenge:
    Problem-solving with constraints
  5. 5 Write a formal objection to the municipality
    Writing:
    formal report
    Speaking challenge:
    Discussion/debate with interrupting partner
  6. 6 Talk about your career on a podcast
    Writing:
    evaluative review
    Speaking challenge:
    Discussion/debate with interrupting partner

Tamra Street — Season: Under Scrutiny — 6 episodes

  • The Board
  • On Air
  • The Panel
  • The Grant
  • Formal Objection
  • The Podcast

Test: Daqiqa level 5 mid test

Part 2

6 units · 42 sessions

  1. 7 Lead a crisis meeting across time zones
    Writing:
    formal report
    Speaking challenge:
    Problem-solving with constraints
  2. 8 Write a literature review paragraph
    Writing:
    discursive essay from input notes
    Speaking challenge:
    Discussion/debate with interrupting partner
  3. 9 Explain a specialist medical report to a relative
    Writing:
    formal report
    Speaking challenge:
    Discussion/debate with interrupting partner
  4. 10 Negotiate a cross-border joint venture term sheet
    Writing:
    proposal
    Speaking challenge:
    Problem-solving with constraints
  5. 11 Mediate a family-business succession meeting
    Writing:
    formal report
    Speaking challenge:
    Discussion/debate with interrupting partner
  6. 12 Correct misinformation about a product
    Writing:
    discursive essay from input notes
    Speaking challenge:
    Discussion/debate with interrupting partner

Tamra Street — Season: Under Scrutiny — 6 episodes

  • Three Time Zones
  • Literature Review
  • Explaining the Report
  • Term Sheet
  • The Succession
  • Setting the Record Straight

Test: Daqiqa level 5 end test

Your level package

PartExtensive reading (minimum)Extensive listening (minimum)SpeakingWritingLibrary titles
Part 130 h27.5 h7.9 h5.9 h30
Part 230 h27.5 h7.9 h5.9 h30

Sample lesson

تقديم عرض لمجلس الإدارة بموقف محسوب

Preview only: the unit opens for trying once its review is complete.

Time plan

  • Light15 min a day≈ 37 monthsThis plan does not include the extensive reading and listening the end-of-level test needs.
  • Standard32 min a day≈ 17 monthsThis plan does not include the extensive reading and listening the end-of-level test needs.
  • ExtendedSuggested50 min a day≈ 11 months
  • Intensive70 min a day≈ 8 months

Hours and durations are estimates, not promises. They depend on your background and how regularly you study, and assume five days a week.

Test and completion record

  • Daqiqa level 5 mid test
  • Daqiqa level 5 end test

Mid-level test: checks the first part in all four skills and opens the second part when you pass.

End-of-level test: all four skills; it opens once you have passed at least 80% of the unit reviews and done 80% of the required reading and listening hours.

“Daqiqa level 5 completion record” for passing the end-of-level test.

A completion record is a DQEQH document; it is not issued by any testing body.

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