This Business English course is designed to complement our general English program by focusing specifically on business contexts. Each lesson is based on real-life articles and videos relevant to the business world.
Students are encouraged to review the materials prior to class, allowing our sessions to concentrate on practicing speaking skills and reinforcing the concepts learned. The course incorporates a range of activities aimed at enhancing business vocabulary, improving communication skills, and building confidence in professional settings.
B2 Curriculum
Lesson Number | Lesson Title | Video | Article | Grammar Point |
1 | First Day of Class | ✓ | Get to Know Each Other | |
2 | Work / Life Balance | ✓ | ✓ | Review of Tenses |
3 | Long Hours and Productivity: Conversation Class | ✓ | Conversation Class | |
4 | Business Meetings: How to Speak Up in Meetings |
✓ | ✓ | Functional Language |
5 | The Sales Process | ✓ | Vocabulary Expansion; Acronyms | |
6 | Sales: Conversation Class | ✓ | Conversation Class | |
7 | Resume Mistakes to Avoid | ✓ | ✓ | Should / Shouldn't |
8 | How to Ace an Interview | ✓ | Functional Language | |
9 | Do You Need to Hire Smart People? |
✓ | ✓ | Topic-Based Learning |
10 | Marketing: Influencers | ✓ | ✓ | Roleplay |
11 | Marketing: Influencers Conversation Class |
✓ | Conversation Class | |
12 | Start Ups: Raising Funds | ✓ | ✓ | Vocabulary Expansion; Debate Practice |
13 | Starbucks | ✓ | Synonyms | |
14 | Customer Service | ✓ | ✓ | Functional Language |
15 | Consumerism | ✓ | ✓ | The Second Conditional |
16 | Career Break | ✓ | ✓ | Functional Language |
17 | Performance Reviews | ✓ | ✓ | Phrasal verbs |
18 | Are you a Toxic Employee? | ✓ | ✓ | How to report a toxic behaviour |
19 | Netflix: Competition in Business | ✓ | ✓ | Collocations |
20 | Why Netflix is Struggling in India | ✓ | Conversation Class | |
21 | Christmas: Content Wars | ✓ | Conversation Class | |
22 | Setting the Bar High | ✓ | Collocations | |
23 | Project Management | ✓ | ✓ | How to give and ask for updates How to suggest How to clarify |
24 | How to Give Feedback | ✓ | Functional Language | |
25 | Surveillance at Work | ✓ | ✓ | The Present Perfect Tense |
26 | AI and Innovation | ✓ | ✓ | Wish |
27 | How to be More Productive | ✓ | ✓ | Modal Verbs of Probability |
28 | Business Communication | ✓ | Idioms / Phrases | |
29 | When will you Retire? | ✓ | ✓ | Idioms; Vocabulary Expansion |
30 | Sustainability in Business | ✓ | ✓ | Listening; Vocabulary Expansion |
31 | British Business Culture | ✓ | Conversation Class | |
32 | Why are so many CEOs engineers? | ✓ | Conversation Class | |
33 | The Minimum Wage | ✓ | ✓ | Phrasal verbs |
34 | Workplace Romance | ✓ | ✓ | Topic-Based Learning |
35 | Happiness at Work | ✓ | ✓ | Topic-Based Learning |
36 | Do You Want to Be Your Own Boss? |
✓ | ✓ | Idioms |
37 | How Much Money Do CEOs Make? | ✓ | ✓ | Idioms |
38 | Demand a 4-Day Work Week | ✓ | ✓ | Topic-Based Learning |
C1 Curriculum
Lesson Number | Lesson Title | Video | Article | Grammar Point |
1 | First Day of Class | ✓ | Get to Know Each Other | |
2 | Leadership Styles | ✓ | Adjectives; Idioms | |
3 | Leadership: Conversation Class |
✓ | Conversation class | |
4 | Ten Habits of Effective Leaders | ✓ | ✓ | Topic-Based Learning |
5 | Workplace Environment | ✓ | ✓ | Adjectives |
6 | Terrible Colleagues: Conflict Resolution |
✓ | ✓ | Functional Language: Conflict Resolution |
7 | Video Conference Calls | ✓ | ✓ | Functional Language |
8 | Self-Employment | ✓ | ✓ | Past Continuous |
9 | Working from home | ✓ | ✓ | Vocabulary Expansion; Roleplays |
10 | Dealing with Complaints | ✓ | Functional Language; Roleplay; Idioms | |
11 | Negotiation Strategies | ✓ | Functional Language | |
12 | Sales Skills | ✓ | Jargon; Roleplays; Vocabulary Expansion | |
13 | Black Friday: How Stores Make You Spend More | ✓ | ✓ | Topic-Based Learning |
14 | Christmas: Marketing | ✓ | Conversation class | |
15 | Persuasion in Business | ✓ | Case studies, Role Ploys Idioms |
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16 | The Science of Persuasion: Conversation Class | ✓ | Conversation class | |
17 | Risk: Tokyo Olympics | ✓ | ✓ | The Second Conditional |
18 | Corporate Culture: Microsoft | ✓ | Synonyms, Vocabulary Expansion, Debate | |
19 | The Interview Process | ✓ | Idioms; Functional Language; Roleplays | |
20 | A Perfect Resume / CV | ✓ | ✓ | Functional Language Idioms |
21 | Trends: Shopping Malls | ✓ | ✓ | Idioms |
22 | Start Ups | ✓ | Collocations | |
23 | How to Create a Company | ✓ | ✓ | Collocations |
24 | Greenwashing | ✓ | ✓ | Vocabulary Expansion; Debate; Idioms |
25 | Entering a New Market | ✓ | ✓ | Hypothetical Questions |
26 | Corporate Social Responsibility | ✓ | ✓ | Vocabulary Expansion; Debate |
27 | The Economy of Norway | ✓ | Conversation class | |
28 | Crisis Management | ✓ | ✓ | The Third Conditional |
29 | How Couples Manage Their Money | ✓ | ✓ | Topic-Based Learning Adjectives |
30 | SCRUM for IT Specialists |
✓ | ✓ | Comparisons |
31 | Networking | ✓ | ✓ | Reported Speech |
32 | How does Amazon make money? |
✓ | ✓ | Future Probability |
33 | Is Ireland the Richest Country in the World? | ✓ | ✓ | Topic-Based Learning |
34 | Why is Work So Boring? | ✓ | ✓ | Phrasal Verbs |
35 | Is It Worth Hosting a Major Sporting Event? | ✓ | ✓ | Topic-Based Learning |
36 | Buy now, pay later | ✓ | ✓ | Idioms |
37 | What is Big Data? | ✓ | ✓ | Jargon |
38 | Work is the New God | ✓ | ✓ | Topic-Based Learning |
This course does not have any sections.