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YOUR EMPLOYABILITY TRAINER

UNIT 1 - CORPORATE CULTURE

1.1 Workplace culture

Video: A culture of equal pay
Vocabulary: Elements of corporate culture
Pronunciation: tress in compound nouns
Project: Company policy

1.2 Employee retention

Reading : Work-life balance schemes
Grammar: Future Continuous and Future Perfect Simple
Pronunciation: Auxiliary verb
Speaking: How do you see yourself in the future?

1.3 Communication skills: Building relationships

Listening: Building relationships
Functional language: Building trust
Task: Choosing a candidate

1.4 Business skills: Presenting yourself

Listening: Presenting yourself to a new project team
Functional language: Self-presentation
Task: Presenting yourself to international colleagues

1.5 Writing: A company news blog

Model text: A company news blog
Functional language: Structuring a company news blog
Grammar: Phrases with be
Task: Write a blog

Business workshop 1: Keeping the workforce happy

Listening: Employee suggestions for improvements
Reading: Analyzing a survey
Task: Brainstorm ways to improve staff retention
Writing : A proposal to confirm your ideas

UNIT 2 - TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

2.1 Learning on the job

Video: Types of training
Pronunciation: Stressing key words in sentences
Vocabulary: y: Training and development
Project: Induction to a new job

2.2 Human resource strategies

Listening: Strategy for training and development across a whole company
Grammar: Modals in the passive voice
Speaking: Agreeing action points
Writing: A memo outlining action points

2.3 Communication skills: Team communication

Video: Team communication
Functional language: Exchanging ideas
Task: Organizing a team-building event

2.4 Business skills: Facilitating a meeting

Listening: Possible changes to learning management
Pronunciation: Linking between words
Functional language: Leaving a voicemail message
Task: Facilitating a discussion to come to an agreement

2.5 Writing: A training request

Model text: Email with a request for training
Functional language: Requests and reasons
Grammar: Linking words for reason and purpose
Task: Write an email requesting a course

Business workshop 2: Quality service for others

Listening: Regional HR Directors discussing training issues
Reading: Analysis of Regional Directors' reports
Task: Create and present an online course

UNIT 3 - FINANCE

3.1 Recessions and depressions

Video: Past crashes and crises
Vocabulary : Finance and economic crises
Project: Research the history of a bank or financial institution

3.2 Catching up with rivals

Reading: Reading: Adidas raises targets
Grammar: Expressing certainty and probability; Position of adverbs and adverbial phrases
Speaking: Discussing future changes

3.3 Communication skills: Managing bad news

Video: Managing Bad News
Functional language: Responding to bad news
Pronunciation: The letter 't'
Task: Balancing positives with negatives when giving bad news

3.4 Business skills: Telephoning to clarify

Listening: A phone conversation to check details
Pronunciation: Strong and weak forms of that
Functional language: Asking for clarification and paraphrasing
Task: Making a call to clarify information in a financial document

3.5 Writing: Annual report summary

Model text: Summary of an annual report
Functional language: Useful phrases for annual report summaries
Grammar: Articles – a/an, the, no article
Task: Write an annual report summary for shareholders

Business workshop 3: Investment opportunities

Listening: Managers' meeting and a guide to VC investment
Reading: Describing and analyzing graphs
Task: Presenting a company that is worth investing in
Writing : A report explaining your investment decision

UNIT 4 - DIGITAL BUSINESS

4.1 Digital disruptors

Video: A disruptive marketing start-up
Vocabulary: Digital business and technology
Pronunciation : Stress in word building
Project: Disruptive technology

4.2 Talking technology

Listening: Product presentations at a trade show
Grammar: Zero, first and second conditionals; Linkers
Speaking: Trade show demonstration of an app
Writing: Instructions for the app

4.3 Communication skills: Handling difficult communicators

Video: Handling difficult communicators
Functional language: Keeping a meeting on track
Task: Managing a difficult meeting successfully

4.4 Business skills: Negotiating strategies

Listening: Positional and principled negotiation
Functional language: Reaching agreement in a negotiation
Pronunciation : Stress in phrases
Task: Negotiating an agreement at work

4.5 Writing: Short business proposal

Model text: Short business proposal
Functional language: Useful phrases for business proposals
Grammar: Noun phrases to replace verb phrases
Task: Write a short proposal

Business workshop 4: Rise of the robots

Reading: Robots in the workplace
Listening: Incidents with robots at an exhibition
Task: Analyze feedback statistics and discuss future improvements
Writing: A report analyzing feedback and giving recommendations

UNIT 5 - PERFORMANCE

5.1 Performance and rewards

Video: The Cyber Manager
Vocabulary: Rewarding performance
Project : Moving up in the company

5.2 A culture of rewards

Reading: How to develop a rewarding culture
Grammar: Linking words and concessive clauses
Pronunciation: Intonation and linking words
Speaking : Concessions and compromises in your own life

5.3 Communication skills: Managing challenging feedback

Video: Managing challenging feedback
Functional language: Responding to challenging feedback
Pronunciation: Intonation when handling challenging feedback
Task: Responding to feedback

5.4 Business skills: Reviewing projects

Listening: A project review meeting
Functional language: Leading and participating in review meetings
Task: A performance development workshop

5.5 Writing: Performance review summary

Model text: Performance review summary
Functional language: Positive comments and constructive criticism
Grammar: Phrasal verbs
Task: Write a performance review summary

Business workshop 5: Changing expectations

Listening: A meeting to find new ways of rewarding performance
Task: Negotiating for change in rewards/benefits
Speaking: How the negotiations went

UNIT 6 - ETHICS

6.1 Ethical choices

Video: Ethics in the fashion industry
Vocabulary: Business ethics
Project : Survey – How ethical are your clothes?

6.2 The triple bottom line

Listening: The triple bottom line
Grammar: Third conditional
Pronunciation: Contractions and weak forms in third conditionals
Speaking : Discuss an organisation's ethical performance

6.3 Communication skills: Transparency in business

Video: Transparency in business
Functional language: Voicing and responding to concerns
Task: Voicing and responding to concerns with a colleague

6.4 Business skills: Sales and selling

Listening: A local networking event
Functional language: Selling a product or service
Task: Promoting a product or service

6.5 Writing: Company newsletter

Model text: Company newsletter
Functional language: Recent news, current news and future plans
Grammar: Linking words for causes and results
Pronunciation: Chunking, pausing and stress when reading aloud
Task: Write a newsletter

Business workshop 6: AFhomes, Tanzania

Reading: Articles on the ethics of AFhomes
Listening: A radio investigative programme
Task: An action plan to maintain ethical reputation

UNIT 7 - TIME MANAGEMENT

7.1 Managing time

Video: Time Management
Vocabulary: Managing time
Project : The working from home debate

7.2 Smart work

Reading: Cutting overtime in Japan
Grammar: Adverbials and time expressions
Pronunciation: Stress in adverbials and time expressions
Speaking : Are you good at managing time?

7.3 Communication skills: Dealing with urgency

Video: Dealing with matters of urgency
Functional language: Discussing priorities
Task: Following up on emails

7.4 Business skills: Difficult negotiations

Listening: A difficult meeting
Functional language: Dealing with difficulties in negotiations
Pronunciation: Intonation when negotiating
Task: Dealing with difficult people at work

7.5 Writing: An email giving reasons

Model text: An email giving reasons
Functional language: Problem, reasons and required action
Grammar: Prepositions of time
Task: Write an email giving reasons

Business workshop 7: Planning for a trade fair

Listening: Details of an upcoming trade fair
Task: Create a plan to exhibit at a trade fair
Listening: A summary of successful participation in a trade fair

UNIT 8 - CHANGE

8.1 Change at Brompton Bikes

Video: Brompton Bikes
Vocabulary: Change management
Project : Adaptability quiz

8.2 Managing change

Listening: Difficult decisions and changes
Grammar: Reported speech and reporting verbs
Pronunciation: /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/ and /dʒ/
Speaking and writing: Telling and reporting a story

8.3 Communication skills: Coaching and mentoring

Video: Discussing future options
Functional language: C oaching and mentoring
Task: The GROW model

8.4 Business skills: Brainstorming

Listening: brainstorming meeting
Functional language: Leading a brainstorming session
Task: Brainstorming in small groups

8.5 Writing: Press release

Model text: A press release
Functional language: Useful phrases for a press release
Grammar: Passive voice with reporting verbs
Task: Write a press release

Business workshop 8: Chillhot Sauces, Malaysia

Reading: A change at Michelin
Reading and listening: Rumors about a company
Task: Putting a stop to rumours

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