ABSTRACT

This is the syllabus for the English for Business

Communication Course, specially designed for
Petro Vietnam
Moon
Mission English

ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS

COMMUNICATION
(Elementary)
Contents
About the course ........................................................................................................................................................................2
General Information ...................................................................................................................................................................2
Course’s objectives .................................................................................................................................................................2
Teaching methods ...................................................................................................................................................................2
Course Materials ........................................................................................................................................................................2
Required Materials ..................................................................................................................................................................2
Optional Materials...................................................................................................................................................................3
Course Schedule ........................................................................................................................................................................3
Exam/ Assessment Schedule ......................................................................................................................................................9
Additional Information and Resources ......................................................................................................................................9

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Face2face
Elementary

About the course

Name Level Time Duration

English For Business Communication A2 36 lessons 90 minutes/lesson

General Information

Course’s objectives
At the end of the course, the students are expected to:
• Use English at work with common communication topics in the business context.
• Correct and enhance the pronunciation skills for better reading comprehension skills and speaking fluency.
• Expand the vocabulary in use with practical daily and business conversational languages.
• Build up and improve the discussion and problems solving skills in general.
• Improve the public speaking skills, presentation, listening and reading comprehension at work

Teaching methods
3C method: the combination of Communicative Approach – Cooperative approach – Cognitive linguistic approach

Course Materials

Required Materials
 Face2face Elementary Teacher’s book (for teachers only)
 Face2face Elementary Student’s book
 Face2face Elementary Workbook
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  Face2face Elementary Class Audio CD Set

Optional Materials
• Business Vocabulary in Use (Elementary)

Course Schedule

Lesson Topic Content Language Skills Business Communication Skills

Lesson Unit 1: 1A: Where are you from?
1,2 Meeting 1B: In the coffee break
people!
1C: Personal details
1D: Lost property
Review and Progress Portfolio
Lesson Unit 2: 2A: What’s important to you? Vocabulary: adjectives, personal possessives,
3, 4 People and 2B: Meet the Robinsons
possessives
2C: Time and money
2D: Where’s the baby?
Review and Progress Portfolio
Vocabulary: Countries and nationalities, Introducing people
number 0-20, phone numbers, jobs, age, Phone numbers
personal possessions
Collect customer’s
Grammar: information
 “A” or “an”, singular and plurals Role-play:
 Subject pronouns and possessive adjectives
 Conversation at the car renting
 Wh- questions office
 This, that, these, those
Listening:
 Number with –teen and -ty
 Word stress
 Sentence stress
Talking about your family
family, time and prices, things in the house, Talking about the time
prepositions of place
Asking about the prices
Grammar:
Role-play:
 Possessive structures: Has got/have got ..
 Buying a ticket
 Possessives nouns and questions form

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Lesson Topic Content Language Skills Business Communication Skills
Listening:
 The schwa /ə/ in words and sentences
Lesson Progress Progress review Unit 1,2 Collect your customer’s information
5 review Mini-test 1 Make a report about your customer

Lesson Progress test 1 Role-play: Conversation to collect the customer’s information for the
6 conference

Lesson Unit 3: Daily 3A: A glamorous life
7, 8 life! 3B: Evenings and weekends
3C: Special days
3D: Early bird or night owl
Review and Progress Portfolio
Lesson Unit 4: Time 4A: Away from home
9, 10 off 4B: First date!
4C: Eating out
4D: Breakfast times!
Review and Progress Portfolio
Listening:
Vocabulary: daily routines, free time activities, Talking about the suggestions
time, time phrases, months and dates, Talking about your daily
frequency adverbs routines
Grammar: Role-play:
 Present simple  Planning for a day/ special day
 Positive and negative
 Wh- questions
 Subject and object pronouns
Listening:
 Dates
Vocabulary: free time activities, food and Talking about your partner’s routines
drink, countable and uncountable nouns Requests and offers
Grammar: Role-play:
 Present Simple Tense  Conversation in a restaurant
 Questions and short answers  Conversation at a cafe
 Linking sounds

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Lesson Topic Content Language Skills Business Communication Skills

Lesson Progress Progress review Unit 3,4 Conversation at a restaurant

11 review Mini-test 2

Lesson Progress test 2 Presentation: Plan for a company event

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Lesson Unit 5: 5A: My kind of place Vocabulary: places in town/ the country, rooms Talking about your favorite places
13, 14 Homes and 5B: Renting a flat and things in a house, shops, things to buy, Talking about your shopping list
shops clothes
5C: At the shops Role-play:
Grammar:
5D: In fashion  Conversation in house renting
 There is/ There are… office
Review and Progress Portfolio
 How many/ How much…  Conversation in a clothes shop
 Singular and plurals
Listening:
 Sentence stress
 In a shop languages
Lesson Unit 6: 6A: Three generations Vocabulary: adjectives, years, life events, Talking about your weekend
15, 16 Good 6B: People who changes the weekend activities Talking the important events in life
times, bad world Grammar: Showing your interest
times
6C: Four weekends  Past Simple Tense (regular and irregular Making a visit plan
verbs)
6D: The good and the bad Presentation:
 Positive and negative
Review and Progress Portfolio  Your life events
Listening:
 Was or were
 Intonations
Lesson Mid-term test review
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Lesson Topic Content Language Skills Business Communication Skills

Lesson Mid-term test

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Lesson Unit 7: 7A: Licence to kill
19, 20 Film, 7B: My music
music,
7C: What’s in the news?
news
7D: Do you know any jokes?
Review and Progress Portfolio
Lesson Unit 8: 8A: Holiday USA
21, 22 Let’s go 8B: A trip to Thailand!
away
8C: Planning a day out
8D: Come to the wedding
Review and Progress Portfolio
Lesson Progress Progress review Unit 7,8
23 review Mini-test 3
Vocabulary: types of film, types of music, Talking about the news
articles Understand the news stories
Grammar:
Role-play:
 Past Simple Tense  Conversation about the news
 Questions forms
Listening:
 Past simple questions
 Stressed words
Vocabulary: holiday activities, adjectives to Talking about the day out plan
describe a places, verb collocations Make the invitation
Grammar:
Role-play:
 Possibility  Planning a day out
 Comparatives
Listening:
 Can or Can’t
Holiday advices

Lesson Progress test 3 Presentation: Plan for company trip (Group work)
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Lesson Unit 9: All 9A: The meeting Vocabulary: work, transport, indoor and Phone message
25, 26 in a day’s 9B: Strike! outdoor activities, adverbs and adjectives Talking on a phone
work Grammar:
9C: On the phone Role-play:

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Lesson Topic Content
9D: The Adventure Centre
Review and Progress Portfolio  Present Simple or Present Continuous
Lesson Unit 10: 10A: A healthy heart
27, 28 Mind and 10B: What’s he like?
body
10C: I feel terrible!
10D: Are you Sad in winter?
Review and Progress Portfolio
Lesson Progress Progress review Unit 9,10
29 review Mini-test 4
Language Skills Business Communication Skills
 Present Continuous  At the reception: a phone call
Listening:
 Linking sounds
 Phone messages
Vocabulary: health, frequency expressions, Talking about your health
people’s appearance and characters, health Giving advice
problems and treatment, seasons, weather, word
Talking about a person
building
Talking about the weather records
Grammar:
Describing a health problem
 Imperatives
 Questions forms Role-play:
Listening:  Giving advices to your friends
 Sentence stress
Make an appointment at the hospital/health care
center (phone call)

Lesson Progress test 4 Voiceover: At the hospital (Group work)

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Lesson Unit 11: 11A: New Year’s resolutions Vocabulary: verb collocations, studying, Talking about the directions
31, 32 Future 11B: No more exams! preposition of place and movement, verb patterns Talking about your plans
plans Grammar:
11C: Finding your way Role-play:
11D: The grass is always greener  Will/ be going to..  Asking and giving directions
Review and Progress Portfolio  Positives and negative
Listening:

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Lesson Topic Content Language Skills Business Communication Skills

Lesson Unit 12: 12A: World records
33, 34 Life 12B: Have you ever…?
experiences
12C: Have a good trip!
Review and Progress Portfolio
Lesson 35 End of the course review
Vocabulary: big and small numbers, things and Talking about your traveling plan
places at an airport Buying a plane ticket
Grammar:
Talking about your flight plan
 Superlatives Role-play:
 Present Perfect  Conversation at the airport
 Past participles
Listening:
 Questions on the phone

Lesson 36 End-of-term test Speaking: on 1-1 basis Make a conversation by topics

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Exam/ Assessment Schedule

Exam/ Assessment Time stamp Content

Progress Test 1 End of Unit 3 Speaking: Role-play (Group work)

Mid-term Test End of Unit 5 Speaking: on 1-1 basis

Progress Test 2 End of Unit 8 Speaking: Voiceover (Group work)

End-of-term Test End of course Speaking: on 1-1 basis

Additional Information and Resources

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