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Young Business English

Sample Timetable - Week 1

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
09:30 - 10:30 Welcome and registration
Course Introduction
Interviews/Preparing presentations
Vocabulary
The language of meetings 1
Vocabulary
The language of trends
Vocabulary
The language of meetings 2
Vocabulary
Marketing
Break          
10:50-12:45 Speaking
Your presentation and getting to know your group
Language feedback
Meeting role play
Elite Footwear
Speaking
Comparing the socio-economic trends of your countries
Language Feedback
Preparation for role-play
Negotiation role-play: The Takeover Bid
Listening, Vocabulary and Speaking
Video: 'It's hard to be a dolphin'
Lunch          
13:45 - 14:45 Vocabulary
General business vocabulary
Vocabulary
Collocations with 'business'
Writing 1
C.V.
Language feedback...
...on the negotiation from the morning session
Social English
Being a visitor/receiving visitors
Break          
15:00 - 16:00 CALL
Introduction to Computer Assisted Language Learning

Welcome drinks (Week 1)
Vocabulary, listening and speaking
BBC Business News (in the language laboratory)
Social English
Meeting people in a business context
Writing 2
E-mails
Tutorials
Language feedback
Homework Reading preparation for tomorrow's meeting role-play Preparation for tomorrow Review of conditionals for negotiations Writing your CV and an accompanying e-mail Vocabulary review and Presentation preparation