Business Builder
Business Builder is a two-level Business English course for adults who needs English for their work.
This course can help low-level English to be able to converse in English in a professional setup. The students will learn different topics that they will surely use in a business setup, such as introducing themselves, making a presentation, and asking for details.
Course Features
- Graded grammar syllabus and functional vocabularies
- Workbooks with Audio, for self-study
- Guide in pronunciation
Course Details
| Tier | Entry CEF Level | Target CEF Level | No. Weeks | Recommended Sessions |
| Tier 1 | PA1 | A2 | 12 Weeks | 5 Days (50 Session) |
| Tier 2 | A2 | B1 | 12 Weeks | 5 Days (50 Session) |
Business Builder – Tier 1
| Lesson | Communication | Grammar | Vocabulary |
| Welcoming | Meeting People | Be: Simple Present | Introductions
Alphabet A to Z |
| Saying where you’re from | Be: Questions
Where… ? Preposition: in and near |
Countries Location |
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| Offering and asking for drinks/food | Article: A and An | Drinks | |
| Numbers | Telephone numbers and email addresses | What is … ?
It is… My and Yours |
Numbers from 0 to 10
Email addresses |
| Asking About Timetables | What time…? When… ? | Numbers 11 to 59 Times |
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| Buying Food | Plurals
How much? |
Numbers 60 to 100
Numbers 60 to 100 Food |
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| Work | Talking about your job | Present simple: positive and questions (I/you) | Jobs
Workplaces |
| Describing a company | Present Simple: positive and questions (he/she/it/we/they) | High numbers, decimals
Business verbs, and nouns |
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| Talking about daily routines | Present simple: negative
Be: negative |
Daily routine verbs before/after, early/late | |
| Information | Coping with difficult language | Could … ?
How … ? |
Spelling
Repeating Explaining |
| Writing simple email | Possessive adjectives
Possessive ‘s and of |
Simple email language | |
| Using the internet | can/can’t | Computer language | |
| Places | Asking about business facilities | There is /are
Need (to) |
Business facilities |
| Asking for and giving directions | imperative | Inside buildings
Ordinal numbers |
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| Talking about your home | Adjectives
quite/very |
In and around the home | |
| Action | Talking about life at work | Adverb of frequency
A lot (of) / lots (of) |
International business activities |
| Saying what you’re doing at the moment | Present Continuous | Time reference to the present | |
| Saying what you do in your spare time | Gerund | Sports and leisure activities. | |
| Meeting | Arranging to meet | Prepositions with ties and dates | Months
Days |
| Discussing future arrangements | Present continuous
Future arrangements Who…? Why… ? |
Travel language | |
| Buying train tickets | Would like to
Want to |
Train tickets and reservations | |
| Reporting | Talking about past events | Be: past simple
How many … ? |
Time references to the past |
| Giving an update | Past simple:
Regular verbs |
Business trips | |
| Talking about holidays | Past simple:
Irregular verbs (1) |
Holiday and travel language | |
| Communication | Exchanging information by email | Past simple: irregular verbs object pronouns | Documents and attachments |
| Making telephone calls | Will: spontaneous decisions and offers | Telephone expressions | |
| Talking about the weather and climate | Review of present and past tenses | The weather | |
| Progress | Making comparisons | Comparatives | Comparing products and services |
| Making choices | superlatives | Opinions | |
| Checking in for a flight | Countable and Uncountable nouns
Some/any/no |
Airport language | |
| Plans | Making plans | Suggestions: Shall I / we… ? Let’s … |
Sequencing and discussing priorities |
| Describing plans | Future with going to | Objectives | |
| Staying at a hotel | Have got | Hotel language | |
| Sales | Discussing how business is going | Adverbs of manner | Company performance |
| Discussing sales and orders | much/many: questions | Sales and orders
Market forces |
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| Shopping | this/these | Shopping language |
Business Builder – Tier 2
| Lesson | Communication | Grammar | Vocabulary |
| Introductions | Talking about your job | Present simple: positive and negative | Responsibilities |
| Talking about products and services | Present Simple: Questions | Business Activities | |
| Eating Out | Understanding menu Ordering a meal |
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| Teamwork | Discussing work in progress | Present Continuous | Projects |
| Discussing strengths and weaknesses | Gerund | Skills and personal characteristics | |
| Talking about your interests | Sports and leisure
Likes and dislikes |
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| Choices | Comparing offers | Comparative as … as | Quotes and orders |
| Discussing requirements | Superlatives | Needs analysis | |
| Describing places | Location and geography
Travel recommendations |
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| Experience | Discussing past performance | Be: past simple
Too / enough |
Describing products |
| Discussing past projects | Past simple: regular and irregular verbs | Problems and solutions | |
| Talking about the weekend | Life at home | ||
| Arrangements | Making arrangements | will/shall: offers and suggestions | Communication |
| Confirming arrangements | Present tenses as future | Confirmation by email | |
| Sightseeing | Tourist information | ||
| Objectives | Forecasting | Will: predictions | Probability |
| Discussing aims | First conditional | Aims | |
| Booking a flight | Reservations | ||
| Success | Talking about your education and career | Present perfect Past simple |
Education Career history |
| Giving an update | Present Perfect: yet/already/so far | Good news and bad news | |
| Discussing interesting experiences | Describing feelings and experiences | ||
| Media | Understanding business news | Present perfect: today, this week (month/year) | Trends Financial markets |
| Talking about the economy | Review of tenses | Economic indicators | |
| Discussing what is on TV | Television programs | ||
| Strategy | Describing a business concept | Passive: present simple, past simple | Marketing and advertising |
| Discussing strategies | Adverbs of manner | Business development | |
| Using the internet | Website language | ||
| Solutions | Discussing ideas | Second conditional | Suggestions |
| Making decisions | Should, have to | Recommendations | |
| Dealing with problems | Travel problems | ||
| Transport | Describing how things work | Prepositions: position and movement | Size and dimensions |
| Describing safety procedures | must | Healthy and safety | |
| Using tourist facilities | Accommodation and facilities Entertainment |
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| Agendas | Attending meetings | Time clauses | Meetings |
| Passing on information | Reported speech | Reactions and decisions | |
| Welcoming visitors | Polite phrases
Small talk |
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