Let’s get down to business! – new B2/C1 Business English students

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LESSON SET OVERVIEW

With this lesson set, your students will:

  • share their experience learning English,
  • practise verb-noun collocations,
  • do listening comprehension tasks,
  • discuss work-related trends,
  • talk about the topic of their interest.

This lesson set is designed to give you an opportunity to learn more about your new Business English students and to assess their level of English.

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Lesson 1 Get to know your new students
first lesson for Business English students
Standard Lesson 60 min Unlimited Plan

Trades and trends! (first lesson with B2/C1 Business English students)

Business

In the first lesson of this set, students discuss trends in business, practise verb-noun collocations (e.g. implement a strategy, face pressure) and do a listening comprehension task based on a video.

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Lesson 2 Choose a lesson to discuss work-related trends further
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Standard Lesson 60 min Unlimited Plan

What makes a great corporate culture?

Business Grammar

Students watch a video and use functional language (e.g. The thing I hate the most…) to talk about corporate culture. They also learn some vocabulary related to the topic (e.g. best practices, innovative).

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Business English conversation class
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min Unlimited Plan

Creating a learning culture

Business

Students watch a video about upskilling and discuss the ideas mentioned in it. They also discuss questions, talk about preferences and hold a debate on upskilling.

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CAE word formation
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Diversity and Inclusion at Work (CAE Word Formation)

Business

Students watch an animated video, do a word formation activity (e.g. homogeneity - homogenous), brainstorm synonyms and antonyms (e.g. diverse, varied, uniform) and talk about being inclusive in the professional context.

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lesson about a four-day workweek
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Reimagining the workweek

Business General

Students watch a video about four-day workweek, talk about statistics and discuss the possible impact of introducing the four-day workweek in different industries. There is also an optional vocabulary activity.

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