Курс Business English

Ви розглянете базові граматичні конструкції, які використовують нейтиви, розширите словниковий запас на дотичні до бізнесу теми, навчитеся ставити правильні запитання та чітко висловлювати свої думки в міжкультурній команді.

Програма курсу

Module 1. Working Life

• Lesson 1. Describing work
  • Vocabulary. Jobs. Areas of business. Employment status
  • Grammar. Present Simple vs Present Continuous
  • Speaking & writing. Present yourself and your company
• Lesson 2. Transferable skills
  • Vocabulary. Skills and personal qualities. Careers advice. Extroverts, introverts, and ambiverts
  • Grammar. Advice and suggestions. Action and non-action verbs
  • Speaking. Giving advice
  • Project. Write a job description
• Lesson 3. Networking
  • Functional language. Building rapport. Formal and informal language. Small talk
  • Communication & business skills. Asking questions to build rapport. Networking
  • Speaking. Approaches to building rapport. Networking at a career event
  • Writing. Introduce yourself in emails

Module 2. Work-life balance

• Lesson 4. Working for small and big companies
  • Vocabulary. Describing work, terms, and conditions of employment
  • Grammar. Gerund vs Infinitive
  • Functional language. Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of working for small and big companies
  • Speaking. Talking about preferences. Comparing conditions of work
• Lesson 5. Being a successful entrepreneur
  • Vocabulary. Thinking outside the box and words on the topic
  • Grammar. Past Simple and Past Continuous
  • Functional language. Introducing opinions. Agreeing and disagreeing
  • Speaking. Discuss successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs' stories
• Lesson 6. Motivation at work
  • Vocabulary. Types of motivation. Benefits, perks, and bonuses
  • Functional language. Making requests. How to say "yes"
  • Communication & business skills. Exchange contact details
  • Speaking. Role-play situations
• Lesson 7. Discussion during a meeting
  • Grammar. Will vs Going to
  • Functional language. Interrupting and dealing with interruptions
  • Communication & business skills. Interrupting and dealing with interruptions. Business calls
  • Writing. Emails - action points

Module 3. Design and Innovation

• Lesson 8. Innovative product design
  • Vocabulary. Describing innovative products
  • Grammar. Present Perfect Simple
  • Functional language. Making suggestions
  • Speaking. Describe innovative products and your typical day at work
  • Project. Innovation in business
• Lesson 9. Artificial intelligence in our lives
  • Vocabulary. On the topic
  • Functional language. Asking open and closed questions
  • Communication skills. Managing information
• Lesson 10. Presenting ideas and products
  • Grammar. Order of adjectives before nouns
  • Functional language. Describing features and benefits. Presenting new ideas. Language of reviews
  • Business skills. Selling a product. Presenting new ideas
  • Speaking. Presentation of the product, idea, or company to potential clients and/or partners at a networking event
  • Writing. Product review

Module 4. Projects

• Lesson 11. Project management
  • Vocabulary. Word-building and words on the topic
  • Grammar. Comparatives and superlatives
  • Speaking & writing. Dos and don’ts for project managers
  • Project. Project debriefing
• Lesson 12. Leadership
  • Vocabulary. On the topic
  • Grammar. Present Perfect and Past Simple
  • Communication skills. Giving and responding to instructions. Maintaining your position
• Lesson 13. Team Meetings
  • Functional language. Asking for and giving updates. Requesting information
  • Business skills. Meetings: updates and actions. Delegating tasks
  • Writing. An email requesting an update
  • Speaking. Talk about the progress of a project

Module 5. Global Markets

• Lesson 14. Market Rollout
  • Vocabulary. Global markets. Adjective and noun collocations, word-building
  • Speaking. Presentation
  • Project. Adapt to a new market
• Lesson 15. Online markets. E-commerce
  • Vocabulary. On the topic
  • Grammar. Passive forms
  • Writing. Describe a product or service
• Lesson 16. Managing conversations
  • Grammar. Passive forms
  • Functional language. Changing the subject and staying on track
  • Communication skills. Improve managing conversations
• Lesson 17. Building consensus. Diplomatic language
  • Functional language. Reaching agreement
  • Grammar. Verb + prepositions
  • Business skills. Building consensus
• Lesson 18. Mid-Course Revision

Module 6. Remote work

• Lesson 19. Remote work challenges
  • Vocabulary. Advantages and disadvantages of remote work. Building a remote work routine
  • Functional language. Agreeing and disagreeing
  • Grammar. Verb phrases. Gerund and Infinitive
  • Speaking. Discussion
• Lesson 20. Remote vs office work
  • Vocabulary. Being security-conscious
  • Grammar. Modal verbs of prohibition, obligation, and no-obligation. Linking words for time
• Lesson 21. Dealing with conflict
  • Functional language. Explaining rules and requirements. Resolving conflicts
  • Communication skills. Dealing with disagreement
  • Business skills. Resolving conflicts
  • Writing. An email to apologize for the mistake

Module 7. Customer service

• Lesson 22. Customers and service
  • Vocabulary. Collocations. Word-building and words on the topic
  • Grammar. Gerund and Infinitive
  • Writing. A letter of complaint
  • Project. Design a premium service
• Lesson 23. Customer concerns
  • Functional language. Responding to customer concerns. Discussing and presenting ideas
  • Grammar. Quantifiers: some, any, all, most, no, none
  • Communication skills. Responding to customer concerns
  • Business skills. Generating and presenting ideas
  • Writing. External "thank you" email. A letter of complaint

Module 8. Communication

• Lesson 24. Improving communication in the workplace
  • Vocabulary. Digital communication
  • Functional language. Face-to-face vs digital communication: advantages and disadvantages
  • Grammar. First and second conditional
  • Speaking. Tips for effective workplace communication
  • Project. Make a communication survey
• Lesson 25. Remote work etiquette and communication skills
  • Functional language. Corporate messaging
  • Grammar. First and second conditional
  • Communication skills. Remote collaboration. Corporate messaging. Managing remote teams effectively
  • Writing. Messages to corporate messengers
• Lesson 26. Negotiation skills
  • Functional language & communication skills. Negotiating agreements and deadlines. Closing a deal
• Lesson 27. Prioritizing
  • Functional language. Short report. Introduction, findings, and recommendations
  • Grammar. Past Perfect Simple
  • Business skills. Talking about priorities

Module 9. Job hunting

• Lesson 28. A job search
  • Vocabulary & communication skills. Job interview questions and answers
  • Grammar. Direct and indirect questions
  • Speaking. A job interview training
• Lesson 29. Active listening
  • Functional language. Useful phrases for candidates
  • Communication skills. Being a good listener
  • Business skills. Interviews
• Lesson 30. CV and cover letter
  • Functional language. Useful phrases for CV and cover letters
  • Grammar. Past Simple vs Present Perfect
  • Writing. CV and cover letter
  • Project. A job advertisement

Module 10. Global work cultures

• Lesson 31. Business travel
  • Vocabulary. Planning a business trip. Phrasal verbs
  • Grammar. Phrasal verbs. Articles
  • Communication skills. Welcoming visitors
• Lesson 32. Working abroad
  • Vocabulary. Adjectives, prefixes, opposites
  • Grammar. Articles
  • Speaking. Discussion
  • Project. Research a different work or study culture
• Lesson 33. Working in other cultures
  • Grammar. Past Simple, Continuous, Perfect.
  • Speaking. Discussion
  • Communication skills. Hofstede's cultural dimensions
• Lesson 34. Decision-making
  • Functional language. Expressing preferences. Reaching agreement
  • Communication skills. Decision-making styles
• Lesson 35. Relationship-building
  • Functional language. Keeping a conversation going. Formal/neutral/informal language for recommendations
  • Grammar. First and second conditional revision
  • Business skills. Conversation at a networking event
  • Writing. A letter of recommendation
• Lesson 36. Whole course revision
• Lesson 37. Course assessment
• Lesson 38. Final lesson

Особливості курсу

• Для топових результатів потрібен бекграунд
• Комплексне підсилення
• Повне занурення в community

Викладачі курсу

Olga Khorosh - понад 10 років досвіду викладання англійської