English for Business
Intermediate 1
Week 1 Introduction
This unit will teach students how
to give information about
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themselves in introductions and
how to speak in group settings
in the workplace.
Week 2 Introduction
This unit will teach students how
to speak one on one in an
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complaints, formally make
complaints, and learn tips on
managing work schedules.
Week 3 Introduction
Speaking will be the main focus
of this unit. They will learn about
giving presentations at work and
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speaking in informal work
settings, such as business
lunches, social settings, and
making requests.
Week 4 Introduction
This unit will focus on effective
management and sales, and
learn more about the structure
of a business and how sales
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grammar focus, reviewing
passive voices, using the
continuous tenses correctly, and
understanding adjectives vs
adverbs.
Phone Conversations
Students will learn vocabulary
related to phone conversations,
conference calls, and will learn
how to properly leave a
message. They will cover
grammar related to modal verbs.
Complaints and Conflicts
Students will learn vocabulary
related to making formal work
complaints, and also how to deal
with unhappy customers
formally. They will cover
grammar related to adverbs of
frequency.
Presentations
Students will practice how to
make a formal work
presentation. They will learn
proper phrases related to
introductions, transitions, and
conclusions, and have practice
giving presentation
introductions. They will review
future tense grammar.
Work Styles
Students will learn about
different work styles, and which
style best fits them. They will
practice and review the
differences between adjectives
and adverbs.
Meetings
Students will learn vocabulary
related to business meetings.
They will understand how to
begin meetings, how to ask
questions in a meeting, and
phrases related to the stages of
a meeting. They will have a
thorough understanding of time
conjunctions.
Job Interviews
Students will practice job
interviews, including talking
about themselves, sharing
strengths and weaknesses, and
learn and practice interview tips.
They will learn and practice 3
types of grammar tenses; simple
past, present continuous,
present perfect.
Instructions and Requests
Students will focus on
vocabulary and speaking skills.
They will learn phrases related
to giving instructions and asking
questions at work, both formally
and informally. They will practice
these skills in role plays and
example scenarios.
Management and
Leadership
Students will learn about
different departments of work,
and the workplace structure
related to organization and
management. They will also
discuss management styles, and
how to resolve conflicts. They
will review and practice
grammar related to the present
continuous tense.
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Negotiations
Students will learn vocabulary
and phrases related to
negotiations and will learn how
to join in with effective and
successful negotiations. They
will also cover the zero
conditional with their grammar.
Scheduling & Time
Management
Students will learn vocabulary
related to scheduling and
management, and discuss their
work schedules. They will learn
prepositions when discussing
their schedules; in/at/on
Social Business
Students will focus on informal
business settings related to
work, such as talking to
coworkers, business lunches,
and making plans with
coworkers. They will practice
'polite' language using 'would
like'.
Sales
Students will focus on effective
sales methods, learning about
the distribution of products, and
how to identify a customer's
needs. They will also practice
how to work with a customer's
objections as an effective
salesperson. They will review
and practice grammar related to
the passive voice.
Review
We will focus on roleplays and
conversational English related to
this week's topics. We will focus
on fluency and reviewing
vocabulary by discussing a
video of a work meeting,
practicing roleplays, and reading
an article.
Review
Students will review the
grammar learned this week by
answering questions and
practicing conversational skills,
focus on roleplay, and discuss
videos related to job interviews.
Review
Students will review grammar
from this week using
discussion-based topics,
analyze and discuss informal
business conversations, and
practice role plays related to
social situations at work.
Review
Students will focus on roleplays
and conversation to review this
weeks' topics and get hands-on
practice. They will discuss
different work, sales, and
management styles, and relate
them to themselves.
English for Business
Intermediate 2
Week 1 Introduction
This unit will introduce different
aspects of a business; one being
an online business and the other
marketing. They will focus on
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fields, and discuss case studies.
Students will also learn the
informal language and how to
politely share an opinion, agree,
and disagree.
Week 2 Introduction
In this unit, students will learn
about different parts of working
with other employees; proper
leadership, working as a team
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and being friends with
coworkers. They will focus on
hands-on practice, and use role
plays to practice different
coworker-related scenarios.
Week 3 Introduction
In this unit, students will learn
formal language related to
products and advertising and
analyze different strategies and
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case studies. They will also learn
informal business phrases and
vocabulary related to
promotions and resignations in
our social business focus.
Week 4 Introduction
In this unit, students will learn all
about globalization and analyze
and discuss case studies. They
Objective will also focus on grammar
related to graphs and charts and
will learn phrases on how to
present a graph in a
presentation.
Online Business
Students will learn vocabulary
related to online business, and
practice using that vocabulary,
and learn how to start an online
business. We also will cover
more modal verbs to add more
meaning to sentences. We will
focus on vocabulary and
dialogues throughout this class.
Leadership
Students will learn vocabulary
related to leadership and will
read and discuss different
leadership scenarios. They will
also use role-play to interview a
leader. Students with review and
understand the difference
between using simple and
continuous tense.
Promotions and Resigning
Students will learn different
phrases and idioms related to
accepting a promotion at work,
and resigning from work. We will
discuss and analyze different
scenarios, and practice using
roleplays.
Global Business part 1
In part one, students will learn
and practice different
globalization vocabulary, and
learn about prefixes and
suffixes. They will focus on using
this new vocabulary in
discussion questions.
Marketing
Students will learn new business
collocations, and learn all about
marketing, marketing
vocabulary, and different
marketing strategies. We will
analyze and discuss different
marketing strategies, while
focusing on vocabulary and
conversational English, and also
discuss a specific case study.
Teamwork
Students will learn all about
teamwork, and discuss different
scenarios. They will also roleplay
creating a team together.
Students will use grammar
related to present perfect and
review how to use this with 'yet,
still, and already'.
Describing a Product
Students will learn different
phrases about describing a
product and will learn the
difference between asking
about a product, and describing
a product. We will discuss sales
techniques, and practice role
plays related to answering
questions about a product. We
will also learn many adjectives.
Global Business part 2
In part two, students will analyze
different case studies, and
discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of global
business.
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Sharing Opinions
Students will learn different
expressions related to sharing opinions
at work and will understand different
phrases related to asking for an opinion
vs sharing an opinion. Informal
business vocabulary and phrases will
be the main focus. Students will also
practice expressing agreements and
disagreements and will learn a range of
vocabulary to express strength.
Working with
Coworkers
Students will learn phrasal verbs
and vocabulary related to
informal business English,
focusing on welcoming a new
coworker, expressing interest,
and asking for help. They will
learn and use informal business
vocabulary in roleplays and
practice different scenarios.
Advertisements
Students will learn about
different advertising techniques,
and analyze different scenarios
and advertisements. Students
will learn the difference between
marketing and advertising and
will analyze an advertising
campaign. We will also review
the passive voice grammar.
Graph Reports
Students will learn vocabulary
and phrases about how to read
and resent graph reports.
Students discuss and analyze
different graphs and answer
questions about graphs and
charts.
Review
Students will use the vocabulary
and phrases learned this week
to discuss further marketing
case studies and will share
opinions on different online
business plans.
Review
Students will analyze different
scenarios between coworkers,
and focus on discussion
questions to use the new
vocabulary and share their
opinions. They will also make
sentences of their own to review
the present perfect grammar
learned this week.
Review
Students will analyze and
discuss different methods of
advertising, and discuss the
advantages and disadvantages
of different techniques. Students
will also roleplay different
scenarios together, using the
language and grammar we
learned, about resigning from a
job, and accepting a promotion.
Review
Students will take part in a
competitive advantage roleplay
and discuss global business.
Students will also review
language related to graph
reports and will discuss different
graphs together.
English for Business
Advanced 1
Week 1 Workplace Communication
This unit will teach students how
to communicate in the
workplace professionally and
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will learn about and engage in
different types of business
communication using different
mediums and techniques.
Week 2 Social Media Networks
This unit will teach students how
to use social media
professionally and appropriately.
Objective They will explore the various
social media used for online
networking and will learn how to
make an effective LinkedIn
page.
Week 3 Resume and Cover Letters
This unit will teach students how
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resumes and how to write an
effective cover letter.
Week 4 Job Interviews
This unit will teach students how
to prepare for a job interview.
They will review appropriate
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behaviours, how to prepare, and
learn tips on how to present
themselves for an interview
professionally.
Professional Introductions
and Networking
Students will learn how to
Introduce themselves in a
professional setting such as
when starting a new job or
attending a professional
conference. Students will
interact and practice using
professional ice-breaking
techniques to network.
Social Media Networks
Students will learn about
different social media networks
within and outside the
workplace. They will learn how
to use them appropriately and
will explore the possible dangers
of using social media.
Resume Writing Workshop
Part 1
Students will utilize various ways
of organizing information on a
resume depending on the job
being applied to.
First Impressions and Body
Language
Students will learn about making
the first impression when going
for an interview by learning
about the importance of body
language and other behaviours
expected in a professional
setting.
Email Writing Formal and
Informal
Students will learn about email
etiquette when writing both
formal and informal emails.
Students will be able to convey
business messages to make
inquiries and requests
LinkedIn Part 1
Students will learn about
LinkedIn-its history, purpose,
etc. Students will also learn how
LinkedIn works as an online
resume.
Resume Writing Workshop
Part 2
Students will practice creating
their resume using common
structures.
Interview Types,
Techniques, Elevator Pitch
Students will learn about the
different interview types they
may face in the job market.
Students will also learn and
practice using different interview
techniques discussed in class
such as an elevator pitch.
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Workplace Culture
Students will learn about the
importance of understanding
different workplace cultures and
diversity in the workplace.
Linked Part 2 (Online
Resume Building)
SStudents will begin creating
their LinkedIn pages using
specific advice and tips
reviewed in class.
Cover Letter
Students will review the
structure of a cover letter and
learn how to write their cover
letters specific to their job
interests.
Interview Dos and Don'ts,
Question Preparation
Students will review interview
dos and don'ts and how to
effectively prepare for any job
interview.
Formal and Informal Email
Writing
Students will write a formal and
informal email. The formal email
will be to request a business
meeting from a potential client
and the informal email will be a
self-introduction.
Create your own LinkedIn
Students will fill out a template
as a draft of how they will or
would construct their LinkedIn
page so that it is professional
and job-search ready.
Resume Writing
Students will use the information
from the resume workshops
studied in class to create a
resume for their dream job.
Mock Interview
Students will create a
presentation teaching someone
how to effectively prepare for a
job interview using the various
topics and techniques discussed
in class throughout the week.