English for Management

Introduction

English for Management is an online course, consisting of 56 units of English, and providing approximately 60 hours of study for students.

Course aims

To give students at Intermediate, CEFR B1/Upper Intermediate B2 level practice in general and business-oriented language required for business contexts at this level, specifically tailored towards management. The course blends grammatical structures necessary for this level, with vocabulary, reading, listening, writing, speaking, and pronunciation.

Grammar

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

  • Use present and past tenses correctly
  • Use the appropriate conditional forms to talk about situations and consequences.
  • Use the present perfect to describe a link between past and present events.
  • Use going to and will to talk about future predictions and intentions.
  • Use the passive form correctly
  • Distinguish and be able to correctly describe countable and uncountable nouns.

Vocabulary

  • By the end of the course students will have learnt approximately 200 expressions used in management.

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 accents and management contexts.

Unit Summary

Module 1

  • Introduction to Management Terminology
  • Grammar: Present tenses
  • Vocabulary: Essential management vocabulary
  • Reading: Case Study: Phoenix Tech – Changing for the Better
  • Listening: Management skills
  • Writing: A management-related summary
  • Speaking: Being a manager
  • Pronunciation: Anxious and Chess + connected speech

Module 2

  • Leadership and Team Building
  • Grammar: Past tenses
  • Vocabulary: Leadership qualities, team dynamics, motivation, delegation
  • Reading: Good and Bad Leadership – The Story of Omega Corp
  • Listening: Introducing a team-building exercise
  • Writing: Leadership experiences and team dynamics
  • Speaking: Are teambuilding activities worth it?
  • Pronunciation: Beats and Beach + connected speech

Module 3

  • Decision-Making and Problem Solving
  • Grammar: Going to and Will
  • Vocabulary: Decision-making processes and problem-solving techniques
  • Reading: The Problem with How We Teach Management
  • Listening: Discussing a problem: a case study
  • Writing: Hiring a new team member
  • Speaking: Too many cooks
  • Pronunciation: Bet and But + connected speech

Module 4

  • Project Management
  • Grammar: Present perfect
  • Vocabulary: Project planning, execution, monitoring, closure, risk management
  • Reading: A Big Job Well Done – My Story of Managing a Large Project
  • Listening: Project update
  • Writing: A project plan
  • Speaking: The value of project management strategies
  • Pronunciation: Bud and Bird + connected speech

Module 5

  • Human Resource Management
  • Grammar: Countable and uncountable nouns
  • Vocabulary: Recruitment, performance management, training, employee relations
  • Reading: The Changing Job of HR: Looking After Workers’ Feelings and Privacy
  • Listening: Employee issues and Human Resources
  • Writing: A job description
  • Speaking: HR Benefits
  • Pronunciation: Cart and Cut + connected speech

Module 6

  • Financial Management
  • Grammar: First conditional
  • Vocabulary: Budgeting, financial analysis, forecasting, cost control
  • Reading: Aventis steel financial report
  • Listening: Problems with budgeting forecasts
  • Writing: A budget proposal
  • Speaking: The right financial strategy?
  • Pronunciation: Day and Ray + connected speech

Module 7

  • Marketing and Sales Management
  • Grammar: Passive
  • Vocabulary: Marketing strategies, sales techniques, customer segmentation, branding
  • Reading: Understanding sales and marketing texts
  • Listening: Brainstorming marketing and sales strategy
  • Writing: A sales plan
  • Speaking: Social media: not worth the money!
  • Pronunciation: Guess and Yes + connected speech

Module 8

  • Professional Communication for Managers
  • Grammar: Second conditional
  • Vocabulary:Formal and informal language, presentation skills, cultural awareness
  • Reading: Professional Communication in a Multicultural Environment Challenges and Best Practices
  • Listening: How to be a good listener and communicator
  • Writing: A professional email
  • Speaking: Formal or informal?
  • Pronunciation: Hope and Hop + connected speech

Follow-up

Students completing the English for Management course should feel confident in tackling any upper intermediate course, including our Upper Intermediate Business Power course.

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