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