English Online

World Jewish Relief Course

Overview 2023
English for employability, work &
socialising.
Background
The World Jewish Relief project aims to support people from Ukraine who are now based in the United
Kingdom. The goal is to improve their English to help them gain employment in the United Kingdom and
settle into society. The focus is on English for employment and work, however lower-level students and
those who will work in sectors such as retail will also benefit from our social English themes.

Main Content: English Online

Level Lessons English Online Professional Skills

100 15 themes x 6 lessons, 1 theme x

A1 1 theme = 6 lessons
4 = 94 lessons

100 2 themes x 6 + 1
A2 to C1 14 themes x 6 = 84 lessons theme x 4 = 16
lessons

Theme Categories
Colour Category
Speaking themes
Writing themes
Professional Skills themes

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Elementary – A1 Level (NB: later A1 themes have been taken from A2)
Theme title Theme description Lesson title
1. Nice to meet you
2. Do you speak English?
This theme focuses on you in everyday 3. What do you usually do?
All about me
situations. 4. Things I can do
5. My family
6. The things I like
7. TV time!
8. Favourite food
This theme focuses on coping with 9. Feeling sick
Food and Health
sickness, promoting health and food. 10. Making an appointment
11. Visiting the doctor
12. Staying healthy
13. What time do you ...?
14. Important dates
This theme focuses on important 15. How much?
Numbers and dates numbers in your life such as dates and
16. Contact details
contact details.
17. Were you a good student?
18. Important events in my life
19. My things
20. My home
This theme focuses on describing the 21. My friends
Things around us
people and things around you. 22. How do you get to ...?
23. Where's the bank?
24. What are you wearing?
25. Checking in to a hotel
26. Ordering food
This theme focuses on things you do 27. Sightseeing
Travel and culture when travelling abroad such as
28. Passport control
checking into a hotel and sightseeing.
29. English around the world
30. The UK today
31. What I do
32. I'm going out
This theme focuses on what you do at 33. Sport and games
Work, rest and play
work and also in your free time. 34. Places for entertainment
35. When did you last ...?
36. Did you have a good weekend?
37. Where is the best place to live?
This theme focuses on where you live: 38. My place/ kind of town
Living spaces
your home, area or city.
39. Home

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 40. My favourite room
41. We need to move!
42. I love my city, but….
43. An important event
44. A day out
This theme focuses on describing your 45. What I did at the weekend
Experiences past experiences and planning future
46. Business travel
events.
47. Let's see the world
48. First times
49. The seasons
50. Holidays
This theme focuses on seasons in 51. What I like to do when I'm not
Holidays and working
different places and holidays in different
seasons 52. It's never too late
cultures.
53. You should visit
54. What to do?
Workplace skills Communicating in English at work can 55. Interacting with people
be difficult. In this theme, learn how to 56. Talking about work
discuss topics and interact with
57. Making arrangements
colleagues. You'll improve a range of
workplace skills such as discussing 58. Understanding problems on the
projects and making arrangements on phone
the phone. 59. Changing jobs
60. Discussing a project
Effective Meetings Meetings are a time when many people 61. Making Decisions
feel under pressure and your language 62. Organising an event
ability is put under the spotlight. It is this
63. What is your suggestion?
moment where you have to rise to the
occasion and master the art of 64. Making a request
engagement. 65. A good plan
66. Looking at the facts
Wealth and Careers Finding a job, budgeting and lifestyle 67. Terms and conditions
choices are all practical topics that are 68. Getting a bargain
discussed in this theme. Look at how
69. Lifestyle changes
different jobs have different terms and
conditions, and how the cost of living 70. Budget
and the economy might affect you. 71. How to find a job
72. Choosing a job
Business Finding your voice in a professional 73. Market research
Communication setting can be daunting. In this theme 74. Cost cutting
you will practise presenting, developing
75. Investigating a problem
ideas and problem solving, which will
help you feel more confident when 76. Asking and answering basic
using these skills in your workplace. questions
77. Action Planning
78. A good company
Career Development 79. Qualifications required

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 In this theme, study at a range of useful 80. Dealing with questions
topics to help you make the most of 81. Supplier analysis
your career. Clarifying, reacting
82. Raising an issue
appropriately and interrupting are just
some of the skills fundamental to 83. Making a complaint
developing your career. This theme will 84. Let's agree
put you into various job scenarios to
practise these skills and help you feel
more confident in the world of work.
Better presentations Do you feel nervous before a 85. Give your audience what it
presentation? Do people sometimes needs
forget or misunderstand your 86. A perfect presentation structure
messages? Do they listen to you? 87. Off to a great start
In this theme, you will begin learning
88. Seeing is believing
how to plan, structure and deliver
presentations. You will get useful tools, 89. More than words
techniques and feedback, and this will 90. Thank you for the question
help you make more interesting and
effective presentations.
Writing in official What would we do without writing in the 91. Applying for a job
situations workplace? It gives us an opportunity to 92. Joining instructions
share information and work together,
93. Writing a complaint
resolve issues and organise events. In
this theme, you will learn how emails 94. Responding to a complaint
and letters in official situations are
constructed, and practise writing them.
Building the future In this theme you'll discuss what the 95. Planning the future
future might bring. Learn how to plan a 96. Online or offline?
project, discuss future technology and
97. Describing future technology
make career plans. Make sure your
future is bright by improving your 98. Your dream retirement
English in this theme. 99. Planning a project
100. A good career

Pre-intermediate – A2 level
Theme title Theme description Lesson title
Effective Meetings Meetings are a time when many people 1. Making Decisions
feel under pressure and your language 2. Organising an event
ability is put under the spotlight. It is this
3. What is your suggestion?
moment where you have to rise to the
occasion and master the art of 4. Making a request
engagement. 5. A good plan
6. Looking at the facts
Restaurants and We often need English to communicate 7. Buying
Shopping in restaurants and shops. It's important 8. Discussing restaurants
to understand what is being said and
9. Choosing a restaurant

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 have the right phrases and questions to 10. Designing a new restaurant
use to make sure you manage the 11. Restaurant bookings
communication successfully.
12. Describing objects
Arts and Culture Culture, films, music and fashion - they 13. Cultural celebrations and
all make our lives more interesting and festivals
colourful. Improve your ability to talk 14. My celebrations: birthdays,
about these areas and express your anniversaries, etc.
ideas and opinions. 15. Comparing cultures
16. Talking about fashion in your
country
17. Musicians
18. The silver screen
Wealth and Careers Finding a job, budgeting and lifestyle 19. Terms and conditions
choices are all practical topics that are 20. Getting a bargain
discussed in this theme. Look at how
21. Lifestyle changes
different jobs have different terms and
conditions, and how the cost of living 22. Budget
and the economy might affect you. 23. How to find a job
24. Choosing a job
Business Finding your voice in a professional 25. Market research
Communication setting can be daunting. In this theme 26. Cost cutting
you will practise presenting, developing
27. Investigating a problem
ideas and problem solving, which will
help you feel more confident when 28. Asking and answering basic
using these skills in your workplace. questions
29. Action Planning
30. A good company
Career Development In this theme, study at a range of useful 31. Qualifications required
topics to help you make the most of 32. Dealing with questions
your career. Clarifying, reacting
33. Supplier analysis
appropriately and interrupting are just
some of the skills fundamental to 34. Raising an issue
developing your career. This theme will 35. Making a complaint
put you into various job scenarios to 36. Let's agree
practise these skills and help you feel
more confident in the world of work.
Storytelling Sometimes we need to add life to a 37. First time experiences
situation to capture attention and 38. Effective and communicative
engage an audience. This theme will narrative
help you develop vocabulary and skills 39. My past
to achieve just that.
40. Places I have visited
41. Surprising tales
42. Mistakes and misadventures!
Technology Technology is all around us. In this 43. Giving feedback
theme, understand its merits and 44. Presenting balanced opinions
drawbacks from a number of different
45. Office equipment
perspectives. You'll design and present
46. Describing a chart

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 new products, learn more about Apps 47. Social networking
and gaming, and learn how to present 48. Online learning
technical information such as graphs
and statistics.
Workplace skills Communicating in English at work can 49. Interacting with people
be difficult. In this theme, learn how to 50. Talking about work
discuss topics and interact with
51. Making arrangements
colleagues. You'll improve a range of
workplace skills such as discussing 52. Understanding problems on
projects and making arrangements on the phone
the phone. 53. Changing jobs
54. Discussing a project
Memorable events Memories shape who we are. In this 55. Memorable meals
theme you will learn how to talk about 56. Dress for success
all different kinds of memories, be they
57. Creating a story
from your holidays, a memorable meal
or your schooldays. You'll also learn to 58. Describing experiences
collaborate and present your thoughts 59. Being nostalgic
to others. 60. Gathering and presenting
information
Getting around Travelling around, whether it's in our 61. Getting around town
own country or abroad, brings us new 62. Talking about travel plans
experiences and stories to tell. In this
63. Getting the right information
theme you'll learn English for travel to
make sure that you have no holiday 64. A good holiday
disasters! 65. It was a disaster…
66. Plan your holidays
Building the future In this theme you'll discuss what the 67. Planning the future
future might bring. Learn how to plan a 68. Online or offline?
project, discuss future technology and
69. Describing future technology
make career plans. Make sure your
future is bright by improving your 70. Your dream retirement
English in this theme. 71. Planning a project
72. A good career
Writing for special Being able to write appropriate and 73. Getting in touch
occasions effective emails or letters is an essential 74. A special occasion
skill for the 21st century. Whether you
75. A holiday blog
write for work or for other purposes,
being able to use language effectively 76. Different ways of travelling
will help you achieve your life goals 77. Cause and effect
whoever you are communicating with. 78. Making history
Writing in official What would we do without writing in the 79. Applying for a job
situations workplace? It gives us an opportunity to 80. Joining instructions
share information and work together,
81. Writing a complaint
resolve issues and organise events. In
this theme, you will learn how emails 82. Responding to a complaint
and letters in official situations are 83. Describing data
constructed, and practise writing them. 84. Writing about a process

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 Better presentations Do you feel nervous before a 85. Give your audience what it
presentation? Do people sometimes needs
forget or misunderstand your 86. A perfect presentation
messages? Do they listen to you? structure
In this theme, you will begin learning 87. Off to a great start
how to plan, structure and deliver 88. Seeing is believing
presentations. You will get useful tools,
89. More than words
techniques and feedback, and this will
help you make more interesting and 90. Thank you for the question
effective presentations.
Language in Do you need a lot of time to write 91. What's your progress?
business emails and common business 92. Looking into future
documents because you are not sure
93. Successful requests
about your grammar? Do your grammar
mistakes sometimes lead to 94. Let's look into these numbers
miscommunication? Do you find it 95. We would like to
difficult to use different grammar for recommend…
different readers? 96. Effective reports
This theme will help you use English
grammar accurately in typical writing
situations. You will be able to analyse
the language and practise using it in
your workplace contexts. This will make
you a more confident, productive and
professional writer.
Time and stress Does your workload cause you stress? 97. Planning and prioritising work
management Is it difficult to balance everyday tasks, 98. Working smarter to increase
projects and urgent requests? Can you productivity
strategically plan and prioritise essential 99. Managing your time with
tasks to achieve your short and long- others
term goals? This invaluable theme will 100. Managing stress to
enable you to be more efficient, calm increase productivity
and productive. You will learn how your
current approach is preventing you from
optimising your time and how to adapt it
to effectively manage daily tasks and
critical projects. As a result, you will
perform better under pressure.

Intermediate – B1 level
Theme title Theme description Lesson title
1. Long-term goals
Argue a case, do a presentation, do a
job interview. These are just some of 2. Job appraisal interview
Business the many communication tasks that are 3. Getting in touch with people on
Communication common in the business world. Become the phone
an adept communicator in all of these 4. Job Interviews
situations, and achieve your goals! 5. What would you do?

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We often need English to communicate
in restaurants and shops. It's important
to understand what is being said and
Conversation
have the right phrases and questions to
use to make sure you manage the
communication successfully.
Holidays are the best time of the year!
But they can also cause a huge amount
Home, Holidays and of stress if your English is not up to the
Tourism right standard. Learn how to talk about
holidays and deal with planning and
other practical matters.
Taking care of ourselves well is
important. In the face of problems are
you a fan of conventional or alternative
medicine? How can you achieve work-
Mind, Body and
life balance? And what health issues do
Health
young people need to be made aware
of? Consider these issues and try to
persuade others to take up a new
fitness activity.
Culture, films, music and fashion - they
all make our lives more interesting and
Arts, Culture and
colourful. Improve your ability to talk
Media
about these areas and express your
ideas and opinions.
Networking is an essential skill in
today's world. Learn to exchange
information and ideas and use that
Business Travel and single point of common ground to
Socialising create lasting and fruitful relationships.
Learn how to make clear arrangements
and cope with unexpected situations on
business trips.
Clarifying, reacting appropriately and
interrupting are just some of the skills
fundamental to developing your
Career Development leadership skills. This theme will put
you into various job scenarios to
practise these skills and help you feel
more confident in the world of work.
Talking about yourself, making yourself
All About Me understood and making the right first
impression are important in a variety of
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6. Corporate social responsibility
7. The art of conversation
8. Avoiding awkward silences
9. Telling a personal anecdote
10. Effective listening
11. Emotions and feelings
12. My childhood experiences
13. Describing accommodation
14. Planning a tour
15. A memorable holiday
16. Making travel arrangements
17. Helping visitors
18. Getting directions by phone
19. Suggesting and
recommending food
20. Alternative medicine
21. Keeping fit
22. Work-life balance
23. Diet
24. A change is as good as a rest
25. Showtime!
26. Discussing art
27. Technology: friend or foe?
28. Comparing situations
29. The problem with emails
30. Online bullying
31. Dealing with changes to plans
32. Casual conversation
33. The art of networking
34. Making arrangements on the
phone
35. Dealing with invitations
36. Travelling for work
37. Job review
38. Finding the right career
39. What have you done?
40. Teamwork
41. Company structure
42. Describing your ideal job
43. Life stories
44. Talking about events
45. Narration made easy
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 situations. In this theme, learn how to
convey what you really feel and how to
portray yourself in the best light.
Communicating in English when you're
at work can be tricky. In this theme
you'll carry out a number of tasks to
Employment matters make yourself better understood in the
workplace. Learn how to make a
fantastic impression at work and get the
job done to the best of your ability.
In this theme you'll learn how to present
to large and small audiences. You'll
also learn how to express your opinions
Presentations and
in meetings and similar workplace
processes
situations. Show off your excellent
presentation skills in English after
completing this theme.
Bring your best business ideas to life
after completing this theme. You'll learn
how to discuss, debate and present
Business Ideas
your ideas in English, giving you the
tools you need to succeed in the
workplace.
This is a practical theme, that gives you
the skills you need to excel in the
workplace. You'll plan events and
product launches and discover ways to
Plans and projects
report of project progress. Attend this
theme to give you some concrete
competencies for your professional
needs.
Looking back on the past or looking into
the future - all this requires an
expressive writing style. In this theme,
Writing expressively you will practise different genres of
writing, but all of them will help you
send expressive messages to your
readers.
Every language has correct and
incorrect ways of organising writing.
Organising your writing in English will
Writing in a mean you will be able to communicate
structured way effectively with a wide range of people
in various contexts throughout your life.
Knowing how to form logical and clearly
written arguments in English will give
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46. Presenting opinion
47. The decision process
48. Effective anecdotes
49. Rewarding people
50. The marketing mix
51. Something is wrong
52. The business trip was…
53. Asking someone how they got
their job
54. Showing your best side
55. Giving a presentation
56. Presenting information formally
57. Analysis and presentation
58. So, how does it work?
59. Opinions in meetings
60. Meeting topics and discussion
61. Finding the best supplier
62. What are we doing wrong?
63. I wouldn't choose there
64. Improving the business
65. The green workplace
66. Building a case
67. Planning a product launch
68. Presenting an action plan
69. Project progress meeting
70. Presenting a review of a
project
71. Business meetings
72. Team-building events
73. Arranging a get–together
74. Writing a restaurant review
75. The TV show
76. Cause and effect
77. Writing about the past
78. A short story
79. Emailing for information
80. Applying for a job
81. Writing an evaluation
82. Report writing
83. Describing data
84. Comparing data
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personal life.
Does your spoken communication 85. Clear and to the point
achieve the impression you intend? Do 86. A flexible communication style
you find it hard to concentrate on
87. Build a powerful presence
others’ messages in person or online?
Can conversations lead to 88. Rapport in the workplace
misunderstanding for you and your 89. What makes a great listener
stakeholders? 90. Did I get you right?
This theme will help you develop the
Interacting with skills you need to overcome common
people at work spoken workplace communication
challenges. You will discover easy-to-
use
tools and tips to communicate with
confidence. This will help you to build
understanding, connect with others to
increase engagement, improve
productivity and achieve your
professional goals.
How well do you know the conventions 91. Plan before you write
of modern business writing? We all 92. Logical messaging
write a range of business documents
93. How to prevent
regularly, but many of us have never
miscommunication
received training in how to write
94. Writing for your readers
effectively. This can lead to
miscommunication, delays and 95. Shorter is often better
Modern business
frustration. 96. Business layout and language
documents
In this theme, you will develop
foundation business writing skills.
Through feedback, interactive activities
and discussions, your teachers will
support you to write accurate, clear and
reader-friendly documents more
confidently.
Effective meeting Do you have the confidence to actively 97. Taking effective notes in face-
skills participate in meetings, sharing your to-face or virtual meetings
ideas in an engaging way? Can you 98. Actively participating in face-
communicate clearly and concisely to to-face or virtual meetings
achieve your goals? Is it challenging to 99. Planning and structuring your
take complete and well-structured contributions for face-to-face
meeting notes? This practical theme or virtual meetings
will develop your skills in confidently 100. Presenting ideas with
presenting ideas in an appealing and impact in face-to-face or virtual
impactful way during meetings. You will meetings
also develop the ability to take highly
relevant meeting notes, capturing key
information clearly and concisely. As a
result, you will earn a reputation for
being well-prepared and contributing
positively to any meeting you attend.

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Upper-intermediate – B2 level
Theme title Theme description Lesson title
1. Presenting ideas
Meetings are a time when many people 2. Diplomacy
feel under pressure and your language 3. Talking about talents and skills
ability is put under the spotlight. Here
Effective Meetings 4. Dealing with awkward
you'll learn useful language to do with
meetings and practise taking part situations
effectively in different kind of meetings. 5. Behaviour at school
6. Kamana Island
Work takes up a lot of our time. Here 7. Dealing with problems
we look at how to perform well in a job 8. Complaints and apologies
interview and also the best jobs for 9. Presenting a product
Work and Jobs different people. We also explore the
10. Best job in the world
importance of the workplace
environment and consider cultural 11. The perfect place to work
misunderstandings. 12. A job interview
13. Is TV bad for us?
Science and technology are fast
evolving areas. We look at some 14. Science today
Science, Technology controversial issues in scientific 15. Great achievements
and Media advances, medicine and technology 16. The Impact of technology
and consider what role the media plays 17. Discussing a news item
in our lives today
18. In the news
A good time to laugh is any time you 19. You are what you eat
can. Here we explore humour and 20. British life and culture
happiness. We prepare some funny
21. Telling a funny story
Culture, Humour and stories to make each other laugh, we
Language explore the topic of happiness and we 22. British humour
see how a strong command of 23. Happiness
language can add to your cultural 24. Define that word
mindset.
25. Project review
Argue a case, do a presentation, do a
job interview. These are just some of 26. Assessing the project
Business the many communication tasks that are 27. Top tips for group work
Communication common in the business world. Become 28. Marketing strategies
an adept communicator in all of these 29. Online business
situations, and achieve your goals!
30. That's good advice
Dive deep into a topic, discuss it from 31. Expressing yourself at
all sides and learn how to improve your meetings
Discussion and critical thinking skills. In this theme you 32. How's the learning going?
Debate will learn a wide range of pertinent and 33. It's magic!
specific language while discussing the 34. Celebrity: What's your
root causes of a variety of phenomena. opinion?

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 35. Fair justice?
36. Nightmare neighbours
37. Clear and effective
Master the art of presenting. Become a presentations
better public speaker and learn how to 38. Making a case
capture the audience. In this theme you 39. Today's presentation
Presentations
will practise various presentation 40. The Healthy Mind clinic
techniques in a variety of formal and
informal situations. 41. Be an urban planner
42. The tourism fair
43. Sporting events
Sometimes we need to add life to a 44. The year in review
situation to capture attention and 45. When things don't go as
Storytelling engage an audience. This theme will planned
help you develop vocabulary and skills 46. Do you regret?
to achieve just that. 47. My life story
48. Mishaps happen!
49. Celebrity balloon debate
Need help communicating at work?
Study this theme and you'll improve 50. Clearing the air
your ability to make good decisions and 51. An appraisal meeting
Workplace skills
investments - all in English. You'll also 52. A good investment
look at the fascinating topics of ethics in 53. Making a decision
the workplace and conflict resolution.
54. Ethics in the workplace
55. Clarity is key
Both formally and informally, we
negotiate with colleagues at work every 56. Justifying your opinion
day. In this theme you will learn the 57. Dealing with disaster
Negotiations essential leadership skill of assertive 58. Getting the pay rise you
communication. You will also learn how deserve
to chair a meeting and use language to 59. Food for thought
accurately express your feelings. 60. Chairing the meeting
61. Making your opinion heard
Avoid miscommunication by learning
how to express yourself clearly in this 62. Explaining emotions
Thoughts and theme. You will learn how to ask for 63. The symphony of sympathy
feelings and give information clearly, and a 64. Truth and lies
range of skills that are useful for all 65. I find that annoying
social interaction.
66. Misunderstandings
67. An unforgettable occasion
In this eventful theme, you'll learn about
different cultural events and how 68. Organising a dinner
Events and special different cultures celebrate special 69. Comic relief
occasions occasions. Learn about charity, music 70. Music festivals
and cultural events as well as smaller 71. Carnival time!
events such as organising a dinner.
72. Leisure and activities
When we want to express our opinions 73. A bad restaurant experience
Writing to persuade
about culture, food or travelling, writing 74. Food and health

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 can help us reach a wider audience and 75. The role of the media
really make our voice heard. The 76. A better time abroad?
lessons in this theme will show you how
77. A live performance
to write reviews, magazine articles and
essays and give you a stronger writing 78. The cultural centre
voice.
When it comes to writing, it is important 79. Writing a proposal
to produce work which is free from 80. Applying for a job
errors! The people who read your
81. Problems at work
writing, whether colleagues, bosses,
customers, or friends and family, will 82. Structuring a report
Writing accurately form judgements about based on how 83. Making deductions and
effectively and accurately it is recommendations
contracted. Knowing how to use 84. Describing business trends
grammar and vocabulary effectively in
English will mark you out as someone
who should be listened to.
How good are you at speaking publicly? 85. Ideas for your next speech
This theme will help to build your 86. A captivating structure
confidence and skills in giving
87. Language to make your
speeches. You will explore techniques
speech memorable
for planning and delivering talks, as well
Giving a great 88. How to manage nerves
as ways to engage your audience in a
speech 89. Voice and body language
range of public speaking situations.
You will develop and deliver speeches 90. Cope with the unexpected
on a topic of your choice and receive
feedback on your performance from
other learners and your teacher.
Is your inbox overflowing? Are you still 91. Email time-savers
waiting for important information or for 92. Effective email planning
your readers to take action?
93. Formal email writing
In this theme, you will develop strong
foundations in planning, structuring and 94. Informal email writing
Confident emails 95. Best follow-up emails
writing formal and informal emails. You
will learn tools and techniques to better 96. Best email replies
manage your inbox, build relationships
with a variety of readers and achieve
your goals.
Can you express yourself confidently in 97. Preparing for new intercultural
unfamiliar intercultural contexts? Or is it situations
difficult to connect with people in 98. Analysing behaviour and
different cultural situations? Are you preferences in new
able to adapt your communication to intercultural situations
Intercultural diverse stakeholders? In this theme, 99. Clarifying expectations in
communication you will deepen your understanding of intercultural situations
skills cultural influences that affect your own 100. Adapting
and others’ behaviour and preferences communication to cultural
at work. You will be able to adapt your preferences
communication to different intercultural
contexts and handle uncomfortable
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 and strengthen relationships with
diverse stakeholders.

Advanced – C1 level
Theme title Theme description Lesson title
In today's world it is increasingly 1. Presentations for international
commonplace to work alongside people audiences
from a range of language and cultural 2. Troubleshooting
Business backgrounds. We need to develop 3. Current tendencies
Communication intercultural understanding and 4. Staff morale
effective communication skills often
through using English as a lingua 5. Follow the rules
franca. 6. Internships
Education is a topic that concerns us 7. The education system
all. You'll compare your education 8. Life Skills
system to that in the UK and identify
9. School Days
areas you'd like to change. You'll look
Education and at different types of education to suit 10. English as a medium of
Training different needs and consider what skills instruction
young people should leave school with. 11. Learning styles and language
You'll also explore EMI: English as a learning
Medium of Instruction. A growing trend 12. Blended learning
all over the world.
Crime never pays but it's something we 13. Single issue manifesto
have to live with. Learn how to give a 14. Difference of opinion
detailed description of an incident, and
15. Elections
debate the seriousness of different acts
of dishonesty. Consider what 16. Political scandals
Government, 17. An account of a crime
compensation plaintiffs should get and
Politics, Crime and
how to prevent cybercrime. Find out 18. Honesty
Justice
also about the UK electoral system,
present a manifesto on an issue
important to you and debate a
controversial contemporary topic in
politics.
19. Nerves
Health and wellbeing are hot topics in
contemporary society. Among other 20. High-performers
Health and Well- topics, in this theme we explore medical 21. The alternative way
being research, the connection between mind 22. Health education
and body, workaholism and 23. Mind over body
complementary medicine.
24. Politics of health
Money makes the world go round. 25. Make the world a better place?
Money, Ethics and 26. Charity
Personal finances, value for money and
Social
what to do when things don't go as they 27. Current issues
Responsibility
should, are issues that concern us all. 28. Personal finances

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 In the business world decisions of how 29. Consumer issues
and where to invest have to be made. 30. Economic issues
How would you make the world a better
place? We explore your ideas and look
at different ethical issues concerning
money.
31. Something of a passion
What makes people different? Here we 32. A passion for danger
explore people's passions and what 33. First impressions
People and Past
makes them iconic. We also explore
times 34. Icons
reading habits, iconic books and
adventurous past times. 35. Books that changed the world
36. Reading habits
The importance of science and 37. Solutions
technology today is undeniable. Explore 38. Theories
some advances in technology and their
39. The way things are going
applications, past events that have not
been explained, changing trends and 40. Gadgets
controversial issues in technological 41. Moon landing
Science, Space and
advance. Space exploration is 42. Asteroids and meteorites
Technology
developing rapidly. We also explore
some interesting aspects of this
fascinating topic including future life on
Mars, asteroid prevention strategies,
the Apollo moon landing and the
possibility of alien life.
Travelling abroad brings us new 43. Holiday stories
experiences and stories to tell. It can 44. Tourism
also present challenges to those living
45. Looking ahead
and working in a new culture.
Environmental issues are hot topics. 46. Changing places
Travel, Holidays and 47. Endangered species
Find out about solutions for global
the Environment
warming and choose the most 48. Climate change
newsworthy stories. Support an
endangered species and reflect on how
you can contribute to a greener way of
life.
49. The 9 team roles
In this theme you'll study a range of
topics to help you get ahead at work. 50. Creative decision making
You'll learn about teamworking and 51. Staff induction
Employment matters
creativity in the workplace, as well as 52. Community centre
negotiation techniques and workplaces 53. Win-win negotiations
of the future.
54. Future shock
In this theme we put the spotlight on 55. The Lottery
famous and infamous people and 56. Theatre and film
events. You'll take part in a range of 57. Cybercrime
Fame and Notoriety
speaking tasks from making a speech,
giving a talk and taking part in a 58. A passion for food
thought-provoking discussion. 59. Books or films?

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 60. A writer's life
61. Public private partnerships
These theme looks at a range of
different topics in some detail. You'll 62. Festival-going
Expand Your refine your critical thinking skills as well 63. Culture shock
Horizons as your English. Understand different 64. You be the judge
points of view and learn the best way to 65. Talk about IT
express yours.
66. Broadening horizons
67. Green News
Brighten your future by attending this
theme. You'll learn about green tech, 68. Being green
The World of aliens and space. This is a great 69. Working together
Tomorrow opportunity to get out of your comfort 70. Green tech
zone and really improve the dexterity of 71. Aliens
your English.
72. Life on mars
If you don't know where you're going, 73. Personal statement
you won't be able to get there. This is 74. Someone I admire
especially true for high-stakes writing
75. Writing for the web
Writing with a like personal statements or
purpose recommendations, or for texts which 76. Crime rates
are meant for publication. Learning how 77. Many hands make light work?
to focus your writing can help you 78. Volunteering
achieve your desired outcome sooner.
From emails to proposals, reports to 79. Recommendation letter
mission statements, writing has 80. Team morale
permeated our work life and is here to
81. Team leader
stay. However, will your message stay
Writing for impact 82. Team building
in the readers' memory? The lessons in
this theme will show you how to 83. Urban redesign
achieve the most emotional impact with 84. Mission statement
your writing work.
In this action-packed theme, you will 85. Plan powerful presentations
develop skills in analysing audience 86. Become a master of
types, selecting and storyboarding key storytelling
messages and using story telling 87. Humour and other ways to
techniques to engage your audience. engage
Winning You will learn how to build real 88. Memorable language for your
presentations connection with your audience and use presentation
impactful vocabulary to make your 89. Adapt your presentation on the
presentation more memorable. You will go
also practise techniques for handling a 90. If you have a difficult
range of challenging situations and audience…
adapting your presentations on-the-go.
Do you already have a good grasp of 91. Adapt your written style
the fundamentals of business writing? 92. Build relationships through
Masterful workplace Are you ready to simplify complex ideas writing
writing without complicating them? Are you 93. Narrative writing to influence
ready to take your skills to the next others
level? This theme develops skills in 94. Make your point diplomatically

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 personalising your writing to your 95. From complex to simple and
audience in more complex and clear
challenging areas. Covering a range of 96. Messages for every occasion
document types, you will discover how
to build lasting relationships, get others
to do things and handle difficult
messages. Your teachers will guide you
through a variety of fun and informative
learning activities to help you apply the
key concepts and techniques in your
workplace.
Can you approach challenging 97. Managing your reactions to
situations calmly, openly and conflict
objectively? Do you take a proactive, 98. Conflict handling approaches
assertive approach to conflict handling? 99. Generating solutions in conflict
One that builds relationships and leads situations
to mutually beneficial outcomes? This 100. Defusing emotionally
theme develops deep understanding of charged conflict situations
Conflict handling the reasons for conflict and the
skills emotions behind it. You will gain skills
in handling challenging situations with
increased confidence, approaching
them in a proactive, constructive and
sensitive way. Your enhanced conflict
resolution skills will help you and your
team reach mutually beneficial
solutions.

Assessment and learner training

English Score will be used as the course assessment. Initially students will sit the English
Score test as a pre-course placement test, followed by a mid- and post-course progress test.
There are supplementary activities to use with shorter classes every week, as well as the first
day PPT and learner training activities. The supplementary materials can be found in the
dedicated channel on Teams.

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