B1 – B2 Curriculum – 53 Lessons – 53 Hours Learning
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Unit 1
Lesson 1: Introductions
In this lesson you will learn and practice ways of introducing yourself and what to say when you are meeting someone for the first time.
Lesson 2: Company And Job
In this lesson you discuss what you do in your job and the company you work for. Activities focus on vocabulary, listening, reading and topical questions.
Lesson 3: Birth Or Upbringing
We focus on what makes a successful entrepreneur and discuss if entrepreneurs are born with certain traits or develop the necessary skills over time.
Lesson 4: The Career Ladder
You will learn the vocabulary and situations involved as people progress in their careers. You will listen to three people talking about how their careers developed.
Lesson 5: Diplomatic Language
This lesson looks at ways of being more diplomatic in business. You will learn different grammatical structures to improve diplomacy in difficult situations.
Lesson 6: Unit 1 Review
In this lesson we review subjects and vocabulary from the B1-B2 Unit 1 lessons. It’s your chance to show your skills on your First Business English journey.
Unit 2
Lesson 1: Liar Liar
We read a long article of the relationship between sales people and lying. We focus on reading skills and vocabulary and discuss topical questions.
Lesson 2: How We See Each Other
We focus on an article about the way men and women in management roles are perceived. We will also listen to three managers talk about their experience.
Lesson 3: Describing Co-Workers
This lesson looks at adjectives to describe people and their behaviour. We will focus on reading and listening skills and discuss questions on the topic.
Lesson 4: Common Expressions In Business
You will learn common idioms used in business and read a text of a meeting between three people. We also listen to two people discussing their careers.
Lesson 5: Work Clothes
This lesson looks at dress codes, the reasons for them and problems that comes with them. We listen to three people discussing problems in the office.
Lesson 6: Unit 2 Review
In this lesson we review subjects and vocabulary from the B1-B2 Unit 2 lessons. It’s your chance to show your skills on your First Business English journey.
Unit 3
Lesson 1: Project Management
This lesson focuses on project management. You will read an article on project management and listen to two people discuss problems with projects.
Lesson 2: Planning Presentations
In this lesson you will plan a presentation with a focus on vocabulary, phrasal verbs and reading skills. We will also discuss questions on the topic.
Lesson 3: Flying For Business
We focus on business flights. You read an article about bad experiences in business travel and listen to three people offering advice for travelling by plane.
Lesson 4: Complaining And Apologizing
You will focus on handling complaints in business. You will learn the importance of welcoming customer complaints and dealing with them promptly.
Lesson 5: Unit 3 Review
In this lesson we review subjects and vocabulary from the B1-B2 Unit 3 lessons. It’s your chance to show your skills on your First Business English journey.
Unit 4
Lesson 1: Motivation At Work
This lesson focuses on motivation at work and we will read about how a manager can increase it. We listen to three employees talk about bad managers.
Lesson 2: Chairing Meetings
You learn useful expressions for chairing meetings and listen to managers discussing their company’s advertising strategy. You will practice in role-play.
Lesson 3: Ethics And Conduct
You will focus on the code of ethics most companies have and look at why they exist. You will read and listen to two people discuss ethics in their company.
Lesson 4: Sick Leave
In this lesson you will learn about sick leave. You will read an article from a manager’s point of view and listen to three people talking about sick leave.
Lesson 5: The Stress Time Bomb – Part 1
In Part 1 we look at the causes and impact of stress within the workplace. We learn about how stress is affecting small-medium size businesses in the UK.
Lesson 6: Unit 4 Review
In this lesson we review subjects and vocabulary from the B1-B2 Unit 4 lessons. It’s your chance to show your skills on your First Business English journey.
Unit 5
Lesson 1: Statistics And Trends
This lesson focuses on the vocabulary of charts and graphs and how to describe change. Exercises focus on describing charts and completing information.
Lesson 2: Recession Marketing
We focus on successful marketing strategies for business in an economic downturn and learn terms describing marketing tools, strategies and concepts.
Lesson 3: Career Crossroads
You will read about job dissatisfaction and learn the signs that show someone may want to change their careers. We focus on vocabulary and speaking.
Lesson 4: Pitching An Idea
You will present an idea to colleagues or associates and persuade them to support the proposal. We will focus on comprehension, vocabulary and speaking.
Lesson 5: Innovation & Product Development 1
In this lesson you will focus on a relative article and listen to a meeting where some employees perform a SWOT analysis on a new product they have planned.
Lesson 6: Discussions
We focus on business meetings and discussions. We practice role-play on how to structure an argument by linking words and phrases and respond to opinions.
Lesson 7: Working Together
In this lesson you read about how a successful British Co-Operative is managed. We focus on vocabulary work and grammar related to the present perfect.
Lesson 8: Hello, I’m On A Plane
In this lesson you will listen to a passenger dialogue and read about the history and future of airplane mode mobile devices and other mobile devices.
Lesson 9: Presentations
You will discuss your presenting experience and identify the types of diagrams used in presentations and functional language for structuring presentations.
Lesson 10: Business Phrasal Verbs
In this lesson you will learn and practice 16 phrasal verbs used in business with 2 speaking activities and a practice interview focused on the target language.
Lesson 11: Unusual CV Mistakes
You will read an article about mistakes that job candidates makes on their CV and the issues of these errors. We focus on vocabulary and comprehension.
Lesson 12: Job Interview Stories
In this lesson you will read about some unusual incidents that have happened during job interviews according to a survey of HR managers in the US.
Lesson 13: Unit 5 Review
In this lesson we review subjects and vocabulary from the B1-B2 Unit 5 lessons. It’s your chance to show your skills on your First Business English journey.
Unit 6
Lesson 1: The Fame Game
This lesson is about celebrity endorsements and the benefits and drawbacks of companies associating and marketing their brand with celebrities.
Lesson 2: Innovation & Product Development 2
This lesson focuses on product definition and making a prototype. We read an article and listen to a meeting where employees discuss their plans and ideas.
Lesson 3: The Future Of Streaming
This lesson looks at the history of Netflix and the future of streaming. We will test your reading skills, vocabulary and give an opportunity to discuss questions.
Lesson 4: Mixed Signals For Outsourcing
This lesson looks at the advantages (pros) and disadvantages (cons) of outsourcing. You will listen to an interview about outsourcing and discuss the topic.
Lesson 5: Unit 6 Review
In this lesson we review subjects and vocabulary from the B1-B2 Unit 6 lessons. It’s your chance to show your skills on your First Business English journey.
Unit 7
Lesson 1: Going On A Business Trip
You will discuss the challenges and benefits of travelling internationally for business and will listen to three people discuss their experiences of travelling for business.
Lesson 2: Innovation & Product Development 3
In this lesson you learn about product development from initial design, testing and launch. We will also discuss product recalls and their impact on the company.
Lesson 3: Branding
In this lesson you will read an article about branding and listen to two people discussing brands. We focus on related vocabulary, reading and listening comprehension.
Lesson 4: Side Jobs
This lesson focuses on people with full-time jobs who also have a business. Often called a side-hustle. We will read about and listen to a podcast of a person with a side job.
Lesson 5: Trade Fairs
In this lesson you learn the vocabulary related to trade fairs. We will discuss the reasons to attend a trade fair and the type of questions that company representatives should ask.
Lesson 6: Unit 7 Review
In this lesson we review subjects and vocabulary from the B1-B2 Unit 7 lessons. It’s your chance to show your skills on your First Business English journey.
Unit 8
Lesson 1: Entertaining
We focus on entertaining in a business context. You read an article on the topic and listen to two people socializing with a focus on vocabulary, listening and reading skills.
Lesson 2: The Stress Timebomb Part 2
In this lesson you learn the causes and impact of stress in the workplace. We read an article about how a business can reduce stress in the workplace and look to the future.
Lesson 3: Direct And Indirect Questions
In this lesson you look at the grammar of direct and indirect questions. You will practice asking direct questions and then transforming them into indirect questions.
Lesson 4: Pay Crisis
This lesson is focused on the effects of prices and the cost of living. We will read an article about the pay crises and listen to three people discussing the situation.
Lesson 5: Freelancing
This lesson looks at the pros and cons of freelancing as a career move. We will read an article about freelancing and listen to three people discuss their own experience.
Lesson 6: Unit 8 Review
In this lesson we review subjects and vocabulary from the B1-B2 Unit 8 lessons. It’s your chance to show your skills on your First Business English journey.
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