Upper Intermediate Business Power

Introduction

Upper Intermediate Business Power is an online course consisting of 50 units of English and providing approximately 60 hours of study for students.

Course aims

To give students at Upper Intermediate CEFR B2 level practice in general and business-oriented language required for general business contexts at this level. The course blends grammatical structures necessary for this level with vocabulary reading listening writing and speaking.

Γραμματική

By the end of the course students will be able to:

  • talk about quantity
  • accurately use countable and uncountable nouns
  • use conditional sentences to talk about unlikely actions in the future and impossible alternative present and past situations and regrets
  • use modal verbs to talk about possibility, certainty, advice, and obligation
  • differentiate between the present perfect and simple past
  • talk about the future using a variety of verb forms
  • report what people have said and questions they have asked

Λεξιλόγιο

By the end of the course students will have learnt approximately 400 lexical items including nouns, verbs, adjectives, phrasal verbs, idiomatic language, and lexical sets.

Skills

By the end of the course students will have had exposure to and practice in reading and hearing formal and informal English from a variety of business contexts, including meetings, presentations, travel arrangements, and dealing with staff.

Unit summary

Entry test

  • A 50-question test: which will be used for comparative purposes with the end of course exit test.

Module 1

  • Γραμματική: Talking about quantity
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Business meetings 1
  • Ανάγνωση: When communication breaks down
  • Γραμματική: Countable and uncountable nouns
  • Λεξιλόγιο: People in business
  • Ακρόαση: Brand loyalty
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Wordbuilding
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Phrasal verbs
  • Functions: Describing your business or job
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Business idioms
  • Spelling: Spelling
  • Revision: Material from module 1

Module 2

  • Γραμματική: Modal verbs – advice and obligation
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Dealing with staff
  • Ανάγνωση: A review of a car
  • Γραμματική: Modal verbs – possibility and certainty
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Buying and selling
  • Ακρόαση: How luxury brands are surviving the recession
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Wordbuilding
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Phrasal verbs
  • Functions: Being polite in English
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Business idioms
  • Spelling: Spelling
  • Revision: Material from module 2

Module 3

  • Γραμματική: Present perfect and simple past
  • Λεξιλόγιο: People in business
  • Ανάγνωση: Great inventions – the Sony Walkman
  • Γραμματική: Talking about the future
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Corporate structure
  • Ακρόαση: Innovative advertising techniques
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Wordbuilding
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Phrasal verbs
  • Functions: Presentations
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Business idioms
  • Spelling: Spelling
  • Revision: Material from module 3

Module 4

  • Γραμματική: Second conditional
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Telephoning
  • Ανάγνωση: La Jolie Fleur hotel
  • Γραμματική: Third conditional
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Hiring and firing staff
  • Ακρόαση: Business trip travel arrangements
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Wordbuilding
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Phrasal verbs
  • Functions: Agreeing and disagreeing
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Business idioms
  • Spelling: Spelling
  • Revision: Material from module 4

Module 5

  • Γραμματική: Reported statements
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Business meetings 2
  • Ανάγνωση: A job vacancy
  • Γραμματική: Reported questions
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Money and finance
  • Ακρόαση: A job interview
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Wordbuilding
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Phrasal verbs
  • Functions: Talking about statistics
  • Λεξιλόγιο: Business idioms
  • Spelling: Spelling
  • Revision: Material from module 5

Exit test

  • A 50-question test: which covers the same areas as the entry test thereby giving students an accurate measure of their progress through the course.

Follow-up

Students completing the Upper Intermediate Business Power course should feel confident in tackling any advanced level course including our Advanced Power course.