B1 for BUSINESS
YOUR EMPLOYABILITY TRAINER
UNIT 1 - CAREER CHOICES
1.1 Transferable skills
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Video: Transferable skills
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Vocabulary: Transferable skills
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Pronunciation: Word stress
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Project: Writing a job description
1.2 Careers advice
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listening: Careers advice programme
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Grammar: Advice and suggestions
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Pronunciation: Voice range
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Speaking: Advising how to improve an online profile
1.3 Communication skills: Building rapport
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Listening: Advice on networking
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Functional language: Networking at a careers event
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Task: Meeting a recruiter at a careers event
1.4 Business skills: Networking
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Listening: Advice on networking
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Functional language: Networking at a careers event
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Task: Meeting a recruiter at a careers event
1.5 Writing: Emails – Introducing yourself
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Model text: Email introducing yourself
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Functional language: Formal and informal language
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Grammar: Adverbs of degree
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Task: Write an introduction email
Business workshop 1: Global recruitment agency
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Listening: Initial job interviews
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Reading: Job listing
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Task: Discuss job candidates
UNIT 2 - BUSINESS SECTORS
2.1 Japan’s economy
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Video: Japan’s economy
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Vocabulary: Sectors and industries
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Project: Research sectors and industries
2.2 The energy industry
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Pronunciation: Stress in compound nouns and noun phrases
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Reading: Big oil: From black to green
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Grammar: Past Simple and Past Continuous
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Writing: A short story
2.3 Communication skills: Dealing with interruptions
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Video: Induction meeting
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Functional language: Interrupting and dealing with interruptions
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Pronunciation: Stress in phrases for turn taking
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Task: Discussion during a meeting
2.4 Business skills: Voicemail messages
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Listening: Four voicemail messages
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Functional language: Leaving a voicemail message
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Task: Leave a voicemail message
2.5 Writing: Emails – Action points
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Model text: Email with action points
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Functional language: Action points
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Grammar: will and going to
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Task: Email with action points
Business workshop 2: Investing your money
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Listening: Investing
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Speaking: Investor’s checklist
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Task: Choose a company to invest in
UNIT 3 - PROJECTS
3.1 Project management
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Video: Project management
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Vocabulary: Managing projects; word building
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Communicative grammar: Talking about the past (1)
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Pronunciation: Stress in derived words
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Project: A project debriefing and lessons learnt
3.2 Large-scale projects
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Listening: Three canals
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Grammar: Comparatives and superlatives
Pronunciation: Weak forms in comparisons -
Speaking: Choosing the winning bid
3.3 Communication skills: Giving instructions
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Video: Resolving a problem with a schedule change
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Functional language: ing and responding to instructions, standing your ground
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Task: Giving and responding to instructions
3.4 Business skills: Meetings: Updates and action
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Listening: A stand-up meeting
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Functional language: Asking for and giving updates
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Task: An update meeting
3.5 Writing: Email requesting an update
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Model text: Email requesting an update
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Functional language: Asking for information
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Grammar: (not) enough
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Task: Email requesting an update
Business workshop 3: The grand opening
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Listening: Understanding project priorities
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Reading: Analysing follow-up emails
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Task: Hold a project meeting
UNIT 4 - GLOBAL MARKETS
4.1 One size fits all
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Video: Global markets
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Vocabulary: Global markets: adjective and noun collocations; word building
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Project: Adapt a product to a new market
4.2 Online markets
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Reading: Who wants to be a sofapreneur?
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Grammar: resent Simple and Past Simple passive
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Writing: A product description
4.3 Communication skills: Managing conversations
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Video: Managing conversations
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Functional language: Changing the subject and staying on track
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Pronunciation: Pronunciation of -(e)s endings
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Task: A conversation between a client and a supplier
4.4 Business skills: Building consensus
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Listening: A meeting to build consensus
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Functional language: Reaching agreement
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Pronunciation: Consonant–vowel linking between words
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Task: A discussion to reach agreement
4.5 Writing: Letter confirming an order
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Model text: Letter confirming an order
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Functional language: Confirming order details
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Grammar: Verbs + prepositions
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Task: Write an order confirmation letter
Business workshop 4: Hand-made
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Listening: Key factors for global business
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Speaking: Doing market research
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Task: Choose a strategy to go global
UNIT 5 - DESIGN AND INNOVATION
5.1 Innovative product design
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Video: Eatsa
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Vocabulary: Technological innovation; Describing innovative products
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Pronunciation: Numbers of syllables in words
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Project: Innovation in business
5.2 Product testing
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Reading: A dream job in product development
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Grammar: Present Perfect Simple with just, already and yet
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Pronunciation: Contrastive stress
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Speaking: A typical day at work
5.3 Communication skills: Managing information
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Video: Managing information
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Functional language: Asking open and closed questions
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Task: Getting feedback on presentation skills
5.4 Business skills: Letter confirming an order
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Listening: Two sales presentations
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Functional language: Describing features and benefits
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Task: Present a product
5.5 Writing: Product review
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Model text: Product review
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Functional language: Language of reviews
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Grammar: Order of adjectives before nouns
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Task: Write a review
Business workshop 5: Smart fabric
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Reading and Listening: Market research
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Task: Choose a product to develop
UNIT 6 - SAFETY AND SECURITY
6.1 Safety at work
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Video: Health and safety at a company
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Vocabulary: Health and safety
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Project: Accident questionnaire
6.2 A problem with an order
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Listening: Security measures in the workplace
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Grammar: Modal verbs of prohibition, obligation and no obligation
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Pronunciation: Phrasing and pausing
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Writing: Email about new security measures
6.3 Communication skills: Dealing with disagreement
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Video: Dealing with disagreement
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Functional language: Explaining rules and requirements
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Task: Convincing someone of your arguments
6.4 Business skills: Dealing with conflict
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Listening: Discussion about a problem at work
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Functional language: Resolving a conflict
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Pronunciation: Stress in phrases
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Task: Resolving a conflict
6.5 Writing: Instructions and warnings
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Model text: Instructions on using equipment
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Functional language: Instructions and warnings
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Grammar: Linking words for time
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Task: Guidelines for company staff
Business workshop 5: Visitor safety
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Reading: Safety and security
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Listening: Risk assessment
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Task: Prepare a visitor safety and security report
UNIT 7 - CUSTOMER SERVICE
7.1 Airline customer service
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Video: Customer service in the airline industry
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Vocabulary: Customer service
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Project: Design a premium service
7.2 Hanging on the telephone
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Listening: Complaint about a service
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Grammar: Verb + to-infinitive or -ing
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Pronunciation: Unstressed syllables at the end of a sentence
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Writing: A complaint on a company forum
7.3 Communication skills: Responding to customer concerns
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Video: Solving customer problems
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Functional language: Responding to customer concerns
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Task: Deal with customer complaints
7.4 Business skills: Generating and presenting ideas
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Listening: Training day on customer service
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Functional language: Discussing and presenting ideas
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Pronunciation: Introducing a topic
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Task: Generate and present ideas
7.5 Writing: External ‘thank you’ email
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Model text: A ‘thank you’ email
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Functional language: Opening, giving details and closing a ‘thank you’
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Grammar: some (of), any, all (of), most (of), no, none (of)
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Task: A ‘thank you’ email
Business workshop 7: Red Cushion Furniture
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Reading: Customer complaints
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Listening: Dealing with angry customers
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Task: Turn failure into success
UNIT 8 - COMMUNICATION
8.1 Face to face?
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Video: mproving communication in the workplace
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Vocabulary: Digital communication
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Project: Communication survey
8.2 How to communicate
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Reading: Three tips for effective workplace communication
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Grammar: First and second conditional
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Pronunciation: Conditional sentences
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Speaking: Solutions to communication problems
8.3 Communication skills: Closing a deal
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Video: Closing a deal
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Functional language: Closing a deal
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Task: Trying to close a deal
8.4 Business skills: Talking about priorities
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Listening: Setting priorities
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Functional language: Talking about priorities
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Task: Prioritising
8.5 Writing: Short report
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Model text: A short report
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Functional language: Introduction, findings and recommendations
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Grammar: Past Perfect Simple
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Pronunciation: Contractions in speech
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Task: Write a short report
Business workshop 8: Global communication
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Reading: Email exchanges about a problem
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Listening: Communication problems
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Task: Recommend ways to improve communication
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