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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