C1 forBUSINESS
YOUR EMPLOYABILITY TRAINER
UNIT 1 - Innovation
1.1 An innovative approach
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Video: Innovation Director, Haiyan Zhang
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Vocabulary: Innovation
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Project: The impact of technology
1.2 How innovators think
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Reading: Understanding what makes inventors tick
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Grammar: Articles: a/an, the, no article
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Writing: An intranet post on creativity
1.3 Communication skills: Pitching your ideas
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Preparation: Pitching an idea for a magazine section
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Roleplay: A pitch
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Video: Pitching your ideas
1.4 Business skills: Engaging presentations
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Listening: Presentation by a senior sales director
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Useful language: Phrases for presenting
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Task: Opening and closing a presentation
1.5 Writing: Investment research
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Model text: Research report
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Useful language: Topic sentences and cohesion
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Grammar: Substitution of nouns and noun phrases
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Task: Write a research report based on a SWOT analysis
Business workshop 1: Innovative thinking
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Listening: A presentation about innovation
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Speaking: Types of innovation
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Useful language: Create a set of recommendations
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Task: Create a set of recommendation
UNIT 2 - Life cycle
2.1 A circular economy
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Video:Take, make, dispose?
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Vocabulary:Circular economies
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Project:Replacing electronic devices
2.2 Product life cycles
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Listening:Podcast – Manufacturing and the environment
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Grammar: Additional passive structures
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Speaking and writing:
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Discussing and writing about a plan for waste management
2.3 Communication skills: Reformulating and clarifying
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Preparation: Meeting to discuss an article
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Roleplay:Discussion meeting about an article
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Video:Reformulating and clarifying
2.4 Business skills: Effective meetings
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Listening: Conference call to announce details of a new business partnership
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Useful language: Communication principles
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Task: Putting forward problems and proposals in a meeting
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Spoken English: I do wonder really where it all ends up, I mean
2.5 Writing: Minutes of a meeting
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Model text: Notes and full minutes of a meeting
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Useful language:Language for writing minutes
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Grammar: Ellipsis
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Task:Use notes to write full minutes of a meeting
Business workshop 2: Achieving a circular economy
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Listening: A symposium talk about implementing a circular economy
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Reading: Reports on environmental initiatives
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Task:Make an action plan
UNIT 3 - Finance and investment
3.1 How traders work
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Video: Trader Piers Curran
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Vocabulary: Finance and investment
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Project: Presentation on types of investments
3.2 Financial investments
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Listening: Talks offering investment advice
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Grammar: Expressing attitudes to the future
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Writing: An email to discuss personal financial investment options
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Spoken English: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
3.3 Communication skills: Challenging facts politely
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Preparation: Discussing research for an article
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Roleplay: Sharing research for a joint assignment
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Video: Challenging facts politely
3.4 Business skills: Exploring options
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Listening: Negotiation of an office lease
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Useful language: Questions in negotiations
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Task: Negotiating time involvement on a project
3.5 Writing: Budget report
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Model text: Budget report
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Useful language:Expressions for writing financial reports
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Grammar: Modal verbs: possibility
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Task:Write an executive summary of a budget report
Business workshop 3: Financial strategy
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Reading: Options for making an opportunity feasible
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Listening: A discussion evaluating financing options
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Task:Pitch an idea
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Writing:A request for financial support
UNIT 4 - Disruptors
4.1 Disruptors in business
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Video: Game-changers
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Vocabulary: Disruptors and disruption; Collocations
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Project:Products we rely on
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Spoken English:My time is my own and I can take work or leave it
4.2 Disruptive innovation
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Reading: On the difficulty of defining disruption
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Grammar: Hypothesising
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Speaking and writing: Discussing and writing about the next big disruptor
4.3 Communication skills: Finding solutions
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Preparation: Finding ways to increase the magazine’s revenue
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Roleplay: Brainstorming
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Video:Finding solutions
4.4 Business skills: Reporting and planning
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Listening: Meeting about change management
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Useful language: Expressions for discussing change
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Task: Interviewing for a change management cons
4.5 Writing: Supply chain choices
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Listening: Meeting about change management
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Useful language: Expressions for discussing change
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Task: Interviewing for a change management cons
Business workshop 4: Disruption – planning ahead
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Listening: A radio programme about the development and use of autonomous vehicles
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Speaking: Changes in transportation
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Task: Present a choice
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Writing: A handout for a presentation
UNIT 5 - Customer engagement
5.1 Marketing strategies
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Video: The psychology of shopping
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Vocabulary:I nfluencing customer behaviour
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Project: Planning a marketing campaign
5.2 Persuasion
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Video: The psychology of shopping
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Vocabulary: Influencing customer behaviour
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Project: Planning a marketing campaign
5.3 Communication skills: Presenting research data
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Preparation: Presenting and discussing research findings
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Roleplay:A presentationVideo:Presenting research data
5.4 Business skills: Building relationships on trust
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Preparation: Presenting and discussing research findings
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Roleplay: A presentation
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Video: Presenting research data
5.5 Writing: Advertising copy
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Preparation: Presenting and discussing research findings
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Roleplay: A presentation
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Video: Presenting research data
Business workshop 5: The art of persuasion
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Listening: A discussion about soft skills in the workplace
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Reading: Skills needed in different companies
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Task: Create a course
UNIT 6 - The business of tourism
6.1 The impact of tourism
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Video: Iceland’s tourism boom
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Vocabulary: Tourism and hospitality
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Project: The tourist accommodation debate
6.2 Evolving tourism
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Reading: Spanish tourism’s journey from mass market to luxury
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Grammar: Review of past tenses and discourse markers
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Writing: An article about the development of tourism in your country
6.3 Communication skills: Business networking
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Preparation: Networking at a trade fair
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Roleplay: Networking
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Video: Business networking
6.4 Business skills: Exploring options
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Listening: Conference presentation about environmental responsibility
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Useful language: Storytelling
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Task: Telling a story about a life lesson
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Spoken English: Mate, stop it – ‘cause it’s annoying
6.5 Writing: Email to a business partner
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Model text: Emails discussing trip arrangements
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Useful language: Enquiring about and confirming travel arrangements
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Grammar: If and alternatives
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Task: Write emails to plan an international sales conference
Business workshop 6: Sustainable business travel
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Listening: A response to corporate image damage
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Reading: An outline of preliminary findings
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Task: Create a travel policy
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Writing: An email summarising recommendations
UNIT 7 - Managing conflict
7.1 Workplace clashes
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Video: Issues at work
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Vocabulary: Conflict in the workplace
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Project: HR survey for managing conflict
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Spoken English: Some people just don’t like change
7.2 The road to reconciliation
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Listening: Meeting to resolve staff conflict
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Grammar: Hedging and tentative language
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Speaking: Defusing a workplace conflict
7.3 Communication skills: Giving support and guidance
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Preparation: Giving guidance to a team member
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Roleplay: An informal discussion about a colleague’s behaviour
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Video: Giving support and guidance
7.4 Business skills: Mediating conflict
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Listening: Conversations that deal with a conflict at work
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Useful language: Phrases for workplace mediation
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Task:Mediating between colleagues
7.5 Writing: Report on workplace conflict
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Model text: HR report on a conflict
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Useful language: Phrases for writing a report about a workplace conflict
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Grammar: Prepositions and prepositional phrases
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Task: Write a report to explain a decision
Business workshop 7: International team conflict
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Reading and listening: Survey results on team collaboration
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Reading: A blog post about culture and conflict
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Task: Introduce a training programme
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Writing: A blog post summarising a presentation
UNIT 8 - Mindset
8.1 The entrepreneurial mindset
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Video: Julie Deane and The Cambridge Satchel Company
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Vocabulary: The growth mindset
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Project: Setting a goal
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Spoken English: Ah, some of us are just worker bees, you know
8.2 Mindsets
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Listening: Interview with a professor of psychology
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Grammar: Verb patterns
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Speaking and writing: Discussing and writing about moving towards a growth mindset
8.3 Communication skills: Handling a performance review
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Preparation: Holding a performance review
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Roleplay: A performance review meeting
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Video: Handling a performance review
8.4 Business skills: Action learning
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Listening: Action learning meeting
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Useful language: Expressions for effective action learning
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Task: Solving a problem through action learning
8.5 Writing: Self-assessment
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Model text: Self-assessment
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Useful language: Language for a self-assessment
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Grammar: Verb patterns
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Task: Write a self-assessment
Business workshop 8: Encouraging personal growth
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Listening: A discussion about employee retention
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Speaking: ob satisfaction
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Task: Choose a course
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Writing: A proposal for management
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