B2 forBUSINESS
YOUR EMPLOYABILITY TRAINER
UNIT 1 - CORPORATE CULTURE
1.1 Workplace culture
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Video: A culture of equal pay
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Vocabulary: Elements of corporate culture
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Pronunciation: tress in compound nouns
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Project: Company policy
1.2 Employee retention
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Reading: Work-life balance schemes
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Grammar: Future Continuous and Future Perfect Simple
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Pronunciation: Auxiliary verb
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Speaking: How do you see yourself in the future?
1.3 Communication skills: Building relationships
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Listening: Building relationships
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Functional language: Building trust
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Task: Choosing a candidate
1.4 Business skills: Presenting yourself
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Listening: Presenting yourself to a new project team
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Functional language: Self-presentation
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Task: Presenting yourself to international colleagues
1.5 Writing: A company news blog
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Model text: A company news blog
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Functional language: Structuring a company news blog
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Grammar: Phrases with be
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Task: Write a blog
Business workshop 1: Keeping the workforce happy
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Listening: Employee suggestions for improvements
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Reading: Analysing a survey
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Task: Brainstorm ways to improve staff retention
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Writing: A proposa confirming your ideas
UNIT 2 - TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
2.1 Learning on the job
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Video: Types of training
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Pronunciation: Stressing key words in sentences
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Vocabulary: y: Training and development
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Project: Induction to a new job
2.2 Human resource strategies
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Listening: Strategy for training and development across a whole company
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Grammar: Modals in the passive voice
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Speaking: Agreeing action points
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Writing: A memo outlining action points
2.3 Communication skills: Team communication
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Video: Team communication
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Functional language: Exchanging ideas
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Task: Organising a team-building event
2.4 Business skills: Facilitating a meeting
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Listening: Possible changes to learning management
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Pronunciation: Linking between words
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Functional language: Leaving a voicemail message
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Task: Facilitating a discussion to come to an agreement
2.5 Writing: A training request
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Model text: Email with a request for training
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Functional language: Requests and reasons
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Grammar: Linking words for reason and purpose
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Task: Write an email requesting a course
Business workshop 2: Quality service for al
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Listening: Regional HR Directors discussing training issues
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Reading: Analysis of Regional Directors’ reports
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Task: Create and present an online course
UNIT 3 - FINANCE
3.1 Recessions and depressions
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Video: Past crashes and crises
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Vocabulary: Finance and economic crises
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Project: Research the history of a bank or financial institution
3.2 Catching up with rivals
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Reading: Reading: Adidas raises targets
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Grammar: Expressing certainty and probability; Position of adverbs and adverbial phrases
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Speaking: Discussing future changes
3.3 Communication skills: Managing bad news
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Video: Managing bad news
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Functional language: Responding to bad news
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Pronunciation: The letter ‘t’
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Task: Balancing positives with negatives when giving bad news
3.4 Business skills: Telephoning to clarify
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Listening: A phone conversation to check details
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Pronunciation: Strong and weak forms of that
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Functional language: Asking for clarification and paraphrasing
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Task: Making a call to clarify information in a financial document
3.5 Writing: Annual report summary
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Model text: Summary of an annual report
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Functional language: Useful phrases for annual report summaries
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Grammar: Articles – a/an, the, no article
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Task: Write an annual report summary for shareholders
Business workshop 3: Investment opportunities
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Listening: Managers’ meeting and a guide to VC investment
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Reading: Describing and analysing graphs
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Task: Presenting a company that is worth investing in
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Writing: A report explaining your investment decision
UNIT 4 - DIGITAL BUSINESS
4.1 Digital disruptors
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Video: A disruptive marketing start-up
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Vocabulary: Digital business and technology
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Pronunciation: Stress in word building
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Project: Disruptive technology
4.2 Talking technology
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Listening: Product presentations at a trade show
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Grammar: Zero, first and second conditionals; Linkers
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Speaking: Trade show demonstration of an app
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Writing: Instructions for the app
4.3 Communication skills: Handling difficult communicators
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Video: Handling difficult communicators
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Functional language: Keeping a meeting on track
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Task: Managing a difficult meeting successfully
4.4 Business skills: Negotiating strategies
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Listening: Positional and principled negotiation
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Functional language: Reaching agreement in a negotiation
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Pronunciation: Stress in phrases
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Task: Negotiating an agreement at work
4.5 Writing: Short business proposal
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Model text: Short business proposal
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Functional language: Useful phrases for business proposals
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Grammar: Noun phrases to replace verb phrases
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Task: Write a short proposal
Business workshop 4: Rise of the robots
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Reading: Robots in the workplace
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Listening: Incidents with robots at an exhibition
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Task: Analyse feedback statistics and discuss future improvements
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Writing: A report analysing feedback and giving recommendations
UNIT 5 - PERFORMANCE
5.1 Performance and rewards
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Video: The cyber manager
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Vocabulary: Rewarding performance
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Project: Moving up in the company
5.2 A culture of rewards
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Reading: How to develop a rewarding culture
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Grammar: Linking words and concessive clauses
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Pronunciation: Intonation and linking words
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Speaking: Concessions and compromises in your own life
5.3 Communication skills: Managing challenging feedback
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Video: Managing challenging feedback
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Functional language: Responding to challenging feedback
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Pronunciation: Intonation when handling challenging feedback
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Task: Responding to feedback
5.4 Business skills: Reviewing projects
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Listening: A project review meeting
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Functional language: Leading and participating in review meetings
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Task: A performance development workshop
5.5 Writing: Performance review summary
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Model text: Performance review summary
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Functional language: Positive comments and constructive criticism
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Grammar: Phrasal verbs
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Task: Write a performance review summary
Business workshop 5: Changing expectations
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Listening: A meeting to find new ways of rewarding performance
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Task: Negotiating for change in rewards/ benefits
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Speaking: How the negotiations went
UNIT 6 - ETHICS
6.1 Ethical choices
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Video: Ethics in the fashion industry
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Vocabulary: Business ethics
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Project: Survey – How ethical are your clothes?
6.2 The triple bottom line
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Listening: The triple bottom line
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Grammar: Third conditional
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Pronunciation: Contractions and weak forms in third conditionals
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Speaking: Discuss an organisation’s ethical performance
6.3 Communication skills: Transparency in business
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Video: Transparency in business
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Functional language: Voicing and responding to concerns
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Task: Voicing and responding to concerns with a colleague
6.4 Business skills: Sales and selling
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Listening: A local networking event
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Functional language: Selling a product or service
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Task: Promoting a product or service
6.5 Writing: Company newsletter
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Model text: Company newsletter
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Functional language: Recent news, current news and future plans
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Grammar: Linking words for causes and results
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Pronunciation: Chunking, pausing and stress when reading aloud
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Task: Write a newsletter
Business workshop 6: AFhomes, Tanzania
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Reading: Articles on the ethics of AFhomes
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Listening: A radio investigative programme
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Task: An action plan to maintain ethical reputation
UNIT 7 - TIME MANAGEMENT
7.1 Managing time
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Video: Time management
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Vocabulary: Managing time
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Project: The working from home debate
7.2 Smart work
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Reading: Cutting overtime in Japan
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Grammar: Adverbials and time expressions
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Pronunciation: Stress in adverbials and time expressions
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Speaking: Are you good at managing time?
7.3 Communication skills: Dealing with urgency
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Video: Dealing with matters of urgency
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Functional language: Discussing priorities
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Task: Following up on emails
7.4 Business skills: Difficult negotiations
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Listening: A difficult meeting
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Functional language: Dealing with difficulties in negotiations
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Pronunciation: Intonation when negotiating
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Task: Dealing with difficult people at work
7.5 Writing: An email giving reasons
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Model text: An email giving reasons
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Functional language: Problem, reasons and required action
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Grammar: Prepositions of time
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Task: Write an email giving reasons
Business workshop 7: Planning for a trade fair
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Listening: Details of an upcoming trade fair
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Task: Create a plan to exhibit at a trade fair
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Listening: A summary of successful participation in a trade fair
UNIT 8 - CHANGE
8.1 Change at Brompton Bikes
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Video: Brompton Bikes
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Vocabulary: Change management
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Project: Adaptability quiz
8.2 Managing change
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Listening: Difficult decisions and changes
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Grammar: Reported speech and reporting verbs
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Pronunciation: /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/ and /dʒ/
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Speaking and writing: Telling and reporting a story
8.3 Communication skills: Coaching and mentoring
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Video: Discussing future options
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Functional language: Coaching and mentoring
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Task: The GROW model
8.4 Business skills: Brainstorming
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Listening: brainstorming meeting
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Functional language: Leading a brainstorming session
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Task: Brainstorming in small groups
8.5 Writing: Press release
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Model text: A press release
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Functional language: Useful phrases for a press release
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Grammar: Passive voice with reporting verbs
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Task: Write a press release
Business workshop 8: Chillhot Sauces, Malaysia
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Reading: A change at Michelin
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Reading and listening: Rumours about a company
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Task: Putting a stop to rumours
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