Intermediate Business English

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 12 hours in 4 modules

Meetings Module I (3 hours)

Description: Taking part in meetings.  Sharing information.

English Skills:

Expressions: Asking for opinions, giving them, agreeing, disagreeing, making suggestions, interrupting, dealing with interruptions, asking for clarification, clarifying, and making and rejecting proposals.

Grammar:  Advice, obligation, and necessity.  Talking about the future. Idioms.

Presentation Module I (3 hours)

Description: Structuring a presentation.  Making a Presentation.

Expressions:  Introducing yourself, introducing the topic, giving a plan of your talk, changing topics, and conclucing.

Grammar: Present and Past tenses. Articles. Noun combinations. Idioms.

Negotiating Module I (3 hours)

Description:  Contracts and deals.

Expressions:  Starting positions, exploring positions, making offers and concessions, checking understanding, refusing an offer, accepting an offer, closing the deal, and following up the deal.

Grammar: -ing forms and infinitives.  Phrasal verbs.  Passives. Idioms.

Business Cases Module I (3 hours)

Description: Social English.  Finances.  Managing.

Expressions:  Greetings, introductions, talking about your company, talking about common interests, and networking.  Talking about money, dealing with figures and describing financial trends.

Grammar: Relative clauses.  Conditionals.  Narrative tenses. Idioms