PRE – INTERMEDIATE LEVEL COURSE PLAN
Unit 1 : CAREERS
Lesson 1 : Each lesson
(excluding case studies) is about
45-60 minutes. This does not
include administration and time
spent going through homework
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lession 4 : Each case studies
is about 1- ½ hours
Classwork – Course book Further work
Starting up: Practice file : Vocabulary (page
Ss telk about their level of 4)
ambition and say what makes
for a sucessful carrers
Vocabulary : Carrers moves
Ss look typical word
combinations and verbs used
with career
Reading: Ten ways to improve
your career.
Ss read an article giving tips on
how to get ahead.
Listening: Improving your Text bank (page 114 and
career Text bank Ss listen to two 115)
people talking about the best
ways to improve (pages 114 and Practice file : Language
115) your career. Language
Review (page 5)
review: Modals 1: ability,
requests and offers
Business Grammar and Usage
Ss look at modals used for
ability, requests and offers
(can, could and would) and
do exercises based around a
job interview
Skills: Telellhoning: making Resource bank (146)
contact
Ss listen to some calls and
learn how to get through to
who they want to speak to,
leave messages, etc.
Case study : Fast Track Inc. Practice file
Ss choose the right candidate Writing (page 6)
for an internal promotion
within an international
training company.
Unit 2 : Selling online
Lesson 1 : Each lesson
(excluding case studies) is about
45-60 minutes. This does not
include administration and time
spent going through homework
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lession 4 : Each case studies
is about 1- ½ hours
Classwork – Course book Further work
Starting up : Vocab (6)
Ss talk about traditional
shopping versus buying
online and goods typically
bought online
Vocabulary : Shopping
online
Ss work on words related to
buying and selling
Listening : Multi-channel
retails
Ss listen to the Head of E-
commerce of Argos talk
about how to succeed in
online selling
Reading : Worry for retailers Text bank (116 & 117
Ss read an article about the Langage review (9)
impact that online shopping
has had on traditional
retailing.
Language review : Modals 2
: must, need to, have to,
should
Ss apply modals for
obligation, necessity and
prohibition(must, need to,
have to and should) in the
context of rules for an online
book club and in an interview
Skills : Negotiating : Recourse bank (147)
reaching agreement
Ss discuss tips for sucessful
negotiating, listen to a
negotiation and then role play
one themselves.
Case study : Lifetime Writing (10)
Holidays
A traditional package holiday
company wants to team up
with an online business. Ss
role play negotiation between

Unit 3 : Companies
Lesson 1 : Each lesson
(excluding case studies) is about
45-60 minutes. This does not
include administration and time
spent going through homework
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lession 4 : Each case studies
is about 1- ½ hours
the two companies.
Classwork – Course book Further work
Starting up : Vocal (12)
Ss talk about the type of
company they would most
like to work for and the
business sector they work in
now
Vocabulary : Describing
companies
Ss look at vocabulary used to
desribe companies and that
used in company reports to
decribe performance.
Listening : A successful
company
Ss listen to IKEA’s UK
Deputy Country Manager talk
about the factors that make
his company successful
Reading : The world’s most Text bank(118 &119)
respected companies Language review(13)
Ss look at tables showing the
worlds’s top 10 companies in
an FT survey
Language review : Present
simple and present
continuous
the two tenses are compared
and contrasted. Ss then
complete a job advertisement
with the correct tenses.
Skills : Presenting your Resource bank (148)
company
Ss look at some advice for
making presentations, listen
to a presentation about a
fashion company and then
make a presentation about a
company they invent.
Case study : Valentino Practice file
Chocolates Writing( page 14)
A maker of fine chocolates is
in difficulty. Ss propose a
strategy for revivcal and
growth