Business English - Elementary level (19 Lessons)

Business English - Elementary level (19 Lessons) 

		Lesson 1. The workplace In this lesson, students learn how to describe different places of work as well as common collocations for typical work tasks. The lesson assumes prior of knowledge of the present simple and expressions of frequency.
		Lesson 2. Business expressions In this 10-minute lesson filler, students learn and practice some basic expressions used in typical business situations.
		Lesson 3. Making small talk In this lesson, students learn how to socialize in English. The worksheets present a variety of conversation starters and responses.
		Lesson 4. Companies and places In this business English version of our popular worksheet Extreme places, students study the superlative form of adjectives by reading short profiles of several renowned companies. At the end of the lesson, there is an engaging activity in which students ask and answer questions about places in their countries using superlative adjectives.
		Lesson 5. Business trips This business English version of our popular elementary worksheet I have been to ... introduces students to the present perfect form of the verb 'be'. The worksheet also recycles grammar from previous elementary lessons, e.g. 'going to' + infinitive.
		Lesson 6. Commuting   In this lesson, students learn key propositions and useful adjectives for talking about commuting to work. There is also a vocabulary exercise on car parts. The worksheet recycles grammar covered in previous lessons, e.g. the present simple with adverbs of frequency and comparative forms of adjectives.
		Lesson 7. Countries and nationalities (business version) In this business English version of our lesson plan Countries and nationalities, students learn and put into practice the names of important countries, nations and nationalities. In this version of the worksheet, students use the target language to talk about the origins of some world famous brands. The lesson assumes a basic knowledge of the verb 'be'.
		Lesson 8. Questions In this business version of our general English lesson plan Question words, students practice asking questions with the words who, why, where, when, whose, etc. The worksheet assumes a basic knowledge of the present simple, present continuous and past simple.
		Lesson 9. Achievement (business version) In this lesson, students practice forming sentences and questions in the present perfect simple (regular and irregular verbs). The worksheet includes a text about Bill Gates and rounds off with a 'Find someone who ...' activity.
		Lesson 10. Business people This lesson introduces students to the past simple forms of regular verbs. The worksheet includes a text about Steve Jobs and a gap-fill exercise and speaking activity on Anita Roddick, who was Britain's most famous businesswoman.
		Lesson 11. Location (business version) This business English version of our lesson filler Location presents common prepositions of location (in, on, next to, in front of, behind, between, above and under). Students praise describing the location of people and objects in their offices.
		Lesson 12. Marketing words In this lesson, students learn useful vocabulary related to marketing as well as the comparative forms of basic adjectives. The worksheet can be used as a business English alternative to our popular general English lesson plan 'True or False'.
		Lesson 13. Company history In this lesson, students learn how to talk about the history of a company using the past simple.
		Lesson 14. On your desk This lesson teaches vocabulary for common objects found on a desk. Students describe their desks using there is/are and the verb have. There is a fun activity in which the students learn about themselves by reading a text on what their desks say about them.
		Lesson 15. Rules of the workplace In this lesson, students learn the use of can/can't for talking about permission and prohibition. The lesson features a listening exercise in which a manager is explaining workplace rules to a new employee.
		Lesson 16. Work and play In this lesson, students learn vocabulary for typical work tasks and leisure time activities. The worksheet presents adverbs of frequency (never, rarely, sometimes, often, etc.) as well as once/twice/three times a week/month/year. There are lots of How often ...? questions and opportunities for students to communicate with each other using the target language.
		Lesson 17. Work relationships In this lesson, students learn basic vocabulary for describing the relationships between the members of a company's staff.
		Lesson 18. First meeting This worksheet is suitable for the first lesson of an elementary-level business English course. Students learn and practice some basic expressions for meeting and greeting each other and review the first, second and third person forms of the verb be.
		Lesson 19. Describing people at work In this lesson, students learn basic adjectives for describing people's character traits at work. At the end of the lesson, students put the target language into practice by describing themselves and their colleagues .