Syllabus of Compact Business English for Pharmaceutical Industry

By English’s Friends

Unit Lessons Language Focus Grammar Information

1 Office Talk - Self-introduction in a business - Tenses 2 Meetings @ 2 hours
environment All tenses with the
- Introducing your colleagues functions
- Greetings and leave takings in different - Time Expression
country
- Describe an office and talk about routines
- Things at office
- Writing a job-desk
- Talking about company culture
2 Medical Products, - Make a list and Checklist - Quantifiers 2 Meetings @ 2 hours
Supplies, and - Make a questioner - Adjectives,
equipment - Getting feedback comparatives, &
- Describing Product and Services (written) Superlatives
- Writing a report - Yes/No Questions
- WH Questions
3 Practice = - Telephoning - Present Simple vs. 2 Meetings @ 2 hours
Telephoning - Understand telephone phrases Present
- (making a phone call/ receiving a - Continuous
- call) - Present Perfect vs.
- Spelling Practice Past Simple
- Taking a message - Will/be going
- Writing a memo to/present
- continuous for
Future
4 Demand and Supply
5 Presentation
6 Accounting
7 Workplace issue
8 Practice = Emailing
2 Meetings for Mid-term and Final test
- Understand vocabulary for manufacturing, - Polite Request and 2 Meetings @ 2 hours
production, distribution, retail Offers
- Reading an article about successful - Reported Speech
company in the world
- Listening to a successful person’s story
- Know how to order an office supply via
email
- Presenting a product knowledge and a - English Presentation 2 Meetings @ 2 hours
sales figure Skill
- If Conditional
- Subjunctives
- Relative clause
- Understand buying phrases - Money term 2 Meetings @ 2 hours
- Talking about - Giving
- negotiation/bargaining Idea/suggestions
- Class Discussion about Hard Negotiations - Agree/disagree
- Problems with colleagues, clients, office - Gerund and 2 Meetings @ 2 hours
equipment infinitives
- Discussion how to overcome a problem at - Adjectives (people’s
a workplace characters)
- Conjunctions
- Email a report - Email body 2 Meetings @ 2 hours
- Email symbols
- Opening and Closing
Email