In company Pre- intermediate

Unit and topics Communication skills and tasks Reading and listening texts Grammar and Lexis links

1 Selling your company p4  Company life Company descriptions Dot.com start-ups Completing a report  Discussing ideas for dot.com start-ups  Preparing a web page R Web page: the elevator pitch  L Someone describing his company in 60 seconds  R Report: Moonpig R Web page: betterdogfood.com Present Simple  Present  Continuous Business & the Internet

2 Women in business рЮ  Company life Work routines Stress & exercise Identifying answers for questions Asking about work routines Asking about frequency  Completing a questionnaire on exercise & stress Discussing exercise & ways to relax R Web page:  careers&women.com  L Conversation: people talking about someone’s job  R Article on stress & exercise Expressing  frequency Work & routines

3 Telephone talk р15  Connecting  Using the telephone  Telephone frustrations Identifying telephone skills from telephone language  Completing a questionnaire on telephone frustrations  Asking indirect questions  Telephoning for information & taking notes L Saying numbers in words  R Magazine article: Ringing in the millions  L Conversation: checking flight details  L Conversation: telephoning for an estimate Indirect questions On the telephone

4 Networking p20  Conversation skills Asking questions Making small talk  Talking about other people Constructing questions to use in conversation Putting a conversation in order Roleplays: talking about other people L Two conversations: people meeting by chance on business trips  L Conversation about a business contact

5 Company histories  p23  Company life Talking about the past Asking questions about the past  Doing a quiz about the Internet  Asking questions using prompts  Asking questions with no subject  Preparing a web page with company information R Company history: Nintendo  L Radio documentary: the history of Nintendo  L Radio documentary: the birth of the Internet  R Magazine article: Birth of the Internet Past Simple  Time expressions in, on, at, ago, when Business verbs

6 Correspondence  p28  Connecting  Methods of communication  On-the-spot decisions Discussing the advantages & disadvantages of communication methods & summarising results  Solving problems quickly Recreating a conversation from prompts Putting a conversation in order Writing an e-mail from prompts Roleplay R Magazine article: Does grammar matter?  L Conversation: a request  L Conversation: on-the-spot decisions  L Conversations (x3): an important order Will for  unplanned  decisions Business  communication

7 Making comparisons p33  Company life  Comparing hotels & cars Recreating a conversation from prompts Comparing two sports cars Comparing hotels & car manufacturers Discussing options for acquiring a hotel Ordering room service L Conversation: at a hotel reception  R Magazine article: Hotel chain takeover  L Conversation: ordering room service Comparatives & superlatives  As or than Hotel services

8 Did I ever tell you ...? p38  Conversation skills Telling anecdotes Making sentences from prompts Using did for emphasis Telling an anecdote from prompts L Anecdote  L Extracts from anecdotes L Using did for emphasis

9 Spirit of enterprise  p40  Company life  Entrepreneurs  Change Putting a summary in order Recreating a conversation from prompts Describing change Finding out about a company L Conversation between a bank manager & an entrepreneur  L Interview: worm farm entrepreneur  R Business briefing: Inditex Present Perfect  Present Perfect vs Past Simple Word building

10 Stressed to the limit p44  Work issues Work-related stress Discussing what factors produce stress at work Describing people's jobs using have to Making recommendations using should Writing a report on a company with problems L Interviews: people talking about work-related stress  R Magazine article: Stressed to the limit Have to, should  Giving advice using should (n’t) Stress at work  J