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.

Grammar

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

Vocabulary

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

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

Module 2

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

Module 3

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

Module 4

  • Grammar: Second conditional
  • Vocabulary: Telephoning
  • Reading: La Jolie Fleur hotel
  • Grammar: Third conditional
  • Vocabulary: Hiring and firing staff
  • Listening: Business trip travel arrangements
  • Vocabulary: Wordbuilding
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs
  • Functions: Agreeing and disagreeing
  • Vocabulary: Business idioms
  • Spelling: Spelling
  • Revision: Material from module 4

Module 5

  • Grammar: Reported statements
  • Vocabulary: Business meetings 2
  • Reading: A job vacancy
  • Grammar: Reported questions
  • Vocabulary: Money and finance
  • Listening: A job interview
  • Vocabulary: Wordbuilding
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs
  • Functions: Talking about statistics
  • Vocabulary: 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.

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