IN COMPANY Intermediate syllabus

UNIT

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Task & activities
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Additional

Material

UNIT 1
TALKING
POINTS
1-3 lesson
+ 1 revision /

English in global communication

Completing a need analysis
English dominate the world
Expressions for talking about language needs & learning preferences
Talking about attitudes to learning English / Teacher’s Book Resource Material - Lifelines 1, - pg.128

Recommendation

LCCI - Speaking – Topic: Work & workplaces
Additional Material
Business Builder 1,2,3
UNIT 2
NETWORKING
5-7 lesson
+ 1 revision / Making business contacts & socialising
Describing people
Business travel programme extract from a conference venue
People gossiping at a conference
Networking -socialising at a conference / Present Simple & Present Continuous
Verb & prepositions
Collocations relating to conferences
Grammar & Lexis – Practice - pg. 88 & 89 / Teacher’s Book Resource Material - 2a. Networking - pg.128 - 2b. Fugitives - pg.128

Recommendation

LCCI – Speaking – Topic: Work & workplaces \ International Business
Additional Material
Business Builder 1,2,3: Worksheet 1.1 - 1.19
UNIT 3
DESK WORK
9-11 lesson
+ 1 revision / Strategies to make telephoning in English
Making telephone phrases
Planning a telephone call
Voice mail message
Exchanging information on the telephone / Use of Past Simple
Time adverbs - For, In, During, Ago, Over, Before
Telephone expressions
Grammar & Lexis – Practice - pg. 92 & 93 / Teacher’s Book
Resource Material
- 3a. The right connections - pg.128

Recommendation

LCCI – Speaking – Topic: Communication
Listening - Spelling & numbers
Additional Material
Business Builder 1,2,3: Worksheet 2.1 - 2.14
UNIT 4

MEETINGS

13-15 lesson
+ 1 revision / Meeting techniques in EnglishChecking & clarifying facts & figures
Extracts from 2 meetings
Article about BUDWEISER Company
A brief meeting / Comparative & Superlative
Phrasal verbs - ON, OUT, OFF, UP, DOWN
Grammar & Lexis - Practice 2 - pg. 92 & 93 / Teacher’s Book Resource Material 4. – Yank’s or Chez Antoine - pg.129

Recommendation

LCCI – Speaking – Topic: Work & workplaces
Additional Material
Business Builder 4,5,6: Worksheet 4.1 - 4.22
UNIT 5
TALKING POINTS
17-19 lesson
+ 1 revision /

Time management & relaxation

Discussing the time - management strategies
Statistics about the working week
How speed affects your working life
Extract from Getting Things Done by R. Black
People talking about how speed affects their work / Teacher’s Book Resource Material 5 - The story of the stones - pg.129

Recommendation

LCCI - Speaking – Topic: International Business

Additional Material
REVISION
21-22 lesson / PROGRESS TEST 1 (UNIT 1-5) / In Company Test CD
UNIT 6
NETWORKING
23-25 lesson
+ 1 revision / Attitudes to travel on business
Expressing likes \ dislikes about travelling on business
Business travel conversation
Make polite request & enquiries
Newsweek article about The NY-LON life
Identify signs as British \ American English
Exchange in British & American English
Greeting visitors-conversation / Polite Question forms
Indirect Question
Collocation relating to travel
Grammar & Lexis – Practice pg. 94 & 95 / Teacher’s Book
- 6a, Destination Desktop – pg.129
- 6b, Valerie’s trip
- language of travel
pg. 129.

Recommendation

LCCI – Speaking – Topic: Tourism
Additional Material
Business Builder 1,2,3: Worksheet 1.14 - 1.18

UNIT 7

DESK WORK
27-29 lesson
+ 1 revision / Strategies how to make & receive telephone calls in English
Discussion how to use the telephone
Text about telephone - statistics
Use if & could you - for polite telephone request
Dealing with incoming calls / Use of WILL for future predictions, decisions, offers, request, promises and refusals
If + Will
Collocation related to work
Grammar & Lexis – Practice - pg.96 & 97 / Teacher’s Book Resource Material 7 Calculated guess pg.130

Recommendation

LCCI – Speaking – Topic: Communication
Listening - Spelling
Additional Material
Business Buider1,2,3: Worksheet 2.1 -2.14
Unit 8 MEETINGS
31-33 lesson
+ 1 revision /

Business decision

Quiz on making decisions
Expressions for making decisions
Conducting decision-making meeting
Article about James Bond films / Use of UNLESS\PROVIDED\PROVIDING THAT\AS\SO LONG
SUPPOSE\SUPPOSING
Market place - collocations
Grammar & Lexis - Practice pg. 98 & 99 / Teacher’s Book Resource Material 8a. - Devil’s advocate - pg.130
-8b - Making decisions - pg.130
Additional Material
Business Builder 4,5,6: Worksheet 4.1 - 4.22
Unit 9
TALKING POINTS
35-37 lesson
+ 1 revision / Advantages & disadvantages of large companies
People talk about the size of their companies
Expressing preferences
Read & talk about the Land of the Giants - article / Teacher’s Book Resource Material - What the CEO said - pg.131

Recommendation

LCCI – Speaking – Topic: Work & workplaces
Additional Material
Business Builder 7,8,9: Worksheet 8.1 - 8.6
UNIT 10
NETWORKING
39-41 lesson
+ 1 revision / Techniques for making successful small talk in different cultural contexts
Complete the questionnaire
Extract from pre-meeting conversation
Talk about your own experience
Conference dinner-role play / Focus on Past Simple & Present Perfect
Adjectival collocation
Grammar & Lexis – Practice - pg.100 & 101 /
Teacher’s Book Resource Material - Small talk - pg.131
Additional Material
Business Builder 1,2,3: Worksheet 1.1 - 1.19
REVISION
43-44 lesson / PROGRESS TEST 2 (UNIT 6-10) / In Company Test CD
TEST
45 lesson / MID-COURSE TEST / In Company Test CD

UNIT 11

DESK WORK
46-48 lesson
+ 1 revision /

How to write e-mails in English

Attitudes to e-mails / own experience
Guidelines for writing an e-mail
Simplifying a lengthy e-mail
Exchanging e-mails / Express future intentions-be going to \ intending to
Computer collocation
Grammar &Lexis – Practice - pg. 102 & 103 / Teacher’s Book Resource Material -11a - A business trip - pg.131
-11b - Spam - pg.131

Recommendation

LCCI - Writing
Additional Material
Business Builder 4,5,6: Worksheet 5.1 - 5.6
Email English
UNIT 12
MEETINGS
50-52 lesson+ 1 revision / How to make a good presentation
Discussing which is the best presentation
People conversing & giving presentation
Delivering a presentation
Structuring a presentation
Using visuals - Extract from First Direct Web-site
Make your own presentation with a framework to guide them / Past Continuos \ Past Perfect, Past Simple & Past Continuos
Expressing for a structuring present
Collocation related to present
Grammar & Lexis - Practice - pg.104 & 105 / Teacher’s Book Resource Material -12a - Employees centre -pg.132
-12b - I am a DVD - pg.13
Additional Material
Business Builder 7,8,9: Worksheet 7.1 - 7.13
UNIT 13 TALKING POINTS54-56 lesson
+ 1 revision / Attitudes to technology
Are you technophiles \ technophobes
Age of technology-article
Make prediction about future technology
Talk about future technological development using expressions for speculating about the future / Teacher’s Book Resource Material – Biotech’s - pg.132

Recommendation

LCCI – Speaking – Topic: Communication
UNIT 14 MEETINGS
58-60 lesson
+ 1 revision / Cultural differences in discussion style
Attitudes to meetings
Complete a questionnaire and discuss
Discussing meeting styles in 3 countries / Practice the Model verbs – Must \ Many \ May \ Might \ Can \ Could \ Would \ Ought to.
Collocation &expression for static opinion
Grammar & Lexis - Practice - pg.106 & 107 / Teacher s book Resource Material -14a.The good consultant – pg. 132
-14b.Business behaviour - pg.133
Additional Material
In Company Case S.
UNIT 15 DESK WORK
62-64 lesson
+ 1 revision /

Attitudes to paperwork, letters

Types of paper documents
Article about a paperless office
Is a letter necessary?
Writing letters of complaint & apology / Multi-verb expressions in business letters
Practice prepositions
Grammar & Lexis - Practice - pg.108 & 109 / Teacher’s Book Resource Material-Selling the company - pg.133

Recommendation

LCCI –Writing: Letter of complaint
Additional Material
Business Builder 4,5,6: Worksheet 5.2 - 5.6
REVISISON
66-67 lesson / PROGRESS TEST 3 (UNIT 11-15) / In Company Test CD
Unit 16
MEETINGS
68-70 lesson
+ 1 revision /

Ways of solving problems

Discussing solutions to problems - 3 problem solved -case studies
Expressions for making suggestions
Listen extracts from problem solving meeting
Advice on solving problems - Solutions to problems in 2 companies / Conditional with past reference
Collocations relating to people & products
Grammar & Lexis – Practice - pg.110 & 111 / Teacher’s Book Resource Material -16a Dragon boat racing - pg.133
-16b Constancy team - pg.133
Additional Material
Business Builder 4,5,6: Worksheet 4.5 - 4.9
UNIT 17 TALKING POINTS
72-74 lesson+ 1 revision / How global trade effects national culture
Discuss opinion on globalisation
Text about 4 people s opinions on globalisation
Use time expressions to talk about globalisation affects the company you work for.
Prepare a short talk on how globalisation affects companies /

Teacher’s Book Resource Material - Cultural differences - pg.133

Recommendation

LCCI – Speaking – Topic: Communication & Trade
Additional Material
In Company Case Studies
Unit 18
NETWORKING
76-78 lesson
+ 1 revision / Language used when you are a host or a guest at a business meal
Describing restaurants & foods
Quiz on table manner & etiquette
Conversation over business lunch
Describing typical dishes from your country or region / Use of Passive
Collocations relating to food & drink
Grammar & Lexis – Practice - pg.112 & 113 / Teacher’s Book Resource Material -18a Privacy - pg.138
-18b Memorable need - pg.138

Recommendation

LCCI - Speaking - Topic: Tourism

Additional material
Business Builder 1,2,3: Worksheet 1.1 - 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.114, 1.16.
UNIT 19 DESK WORK
80-82 lesson
+ 1 revision / Sending e-mails or leaving voice messages
Attitudes to electronic communication
The role of e-mails in business
Series of e-mails
People’s opinion on messaging
Dealing with message
Note-taking from voice-message / Reported Speech
Grammar & Lexis - Practice - pg.114 & 115 / Teacher’s Book Resource Material -19a - Boss or Big Brother - pg.134 -19b - A quality problem - pg.135

Recommendation

LCCI – Writing
Speaking – Topic: Communication
UNIT 20 MEETINGS84-86 lesson
+ 1 revision / Negotiating - what makes a good negotiatorPeople sharing their views on negotiating - listening
Sound more diplomatic
Expressions for negotiating
Extracts from negotiations
Completing notes while you are listening to 2 negotiations
Negotiation a transfer deal-football player
Grammar of diplomacy
Collocations & expressions on negotiating / Grammar & Lexis – Practice \ negotiations - pg.116 & 117 / Teacher’s Book Resource Material - 20a - Peasants 1000AD - pg.134
-20b - Mini negotiations - pg.134
Additional Material
Business Builder 7,8,9: Worksheet 9.1 - 9.12
Business Grammar Builder
REVISION
88-89 lesson / PROGRESS TEST 4 (UNIT 15-20) / In Company Test CD
TEST
90 lesson / END-COURSE TEST / In Company Test CD

80 lessons (4 lesson per unit = 3 + 1 revision)

8 revision and test lessons

2 tests

90 lesson course