Business English - Intermediate level, Part 1 (20 Lessons)
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Lesson 1. Pay crisis
In this lesson, students read an article about how young men in Britain now earn much less than those from the previous generation. The worksheet includes reading and speaking activities, vocabulary and a grammar exercise on present perfect vs. past simple.
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Lesson 2. Career crossroads
This worksheet is based on an article on job dissatisfaction and typical signs that show that someone may want to change their career path. The lesson focuses on reading, vocabulary and speaking.
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Lesson 3. Conflict of interest
This lesson is based on an article on a dispute between the McDonald's fast food chain and the Italian city of Florence. The worksheet focuses on vocabulary development, reading comprehension and speaking.
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Lesson 4. Unusual CV mistakes
In this lesson, students read an article about mistakes that job candidates make on their CVs and the consequences of these errors. The worksheet activities focus on vocabulary, comprehension and speaking.
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Lesson 5. Flying for business
The theme of this worksheet is business travel. Students read a traveller's tips on how to handle a long-distance business trip. The lesson activities focus on vocabulary, comprehension and speaking.
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Lesson 6. Work clothes
In this lesson, students learn how to talk about work clothing and dress code. The worksheet includes a recent news report about a London receptionist who was sent home for not adhering to her company's dress code policy.
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Lesson 7. Job interview stories
In this lesson, students read about some unusual incidents that have happened during job interviews, according to a survey of HR managers in the US. The worksheet focuses on vocabulary and speaking.
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Lesson 8. Innovative chocolate
In this lesson, students read about a Swiss chocolate company that has developed a new heat resistant type of chocolate. The lesson focuses on marketing vocabulary and there's a discussion activity designed to get students talking about marketing strategies.
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Lesson 9. Selling air
In this lesson, students read an article about a Canadian company that has been cashing in on China's pollution crisis. The worksheet includes a two-part grammar exercise on infinitive clauses.
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Lesson 10. Business resolutions
This worksheet is ideal as a lesson filler to warm students up for the New Year. Students do a quick vocabulary exercise and read a short text on New Year's resolutions for their business or career. The lesson rounds off with a discussion on the worksheet topic.
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Lesson 11. Insurance
In this lesson, students learn useful terms for talking about insurance, especially motor insurance. The vocabulary is suitable for business or general English students.
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Lesson 12. Past simple vs. continuous
In this lesson, students study and practise the basic differences between the past simple and past continuous. All of the examples of use are in a business English context. The worksheet is suitable for both classroom practice and self-study.
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Lesson 13. Present simple vs. continuous
In this lesson, students study and practise the basic differences between the present simple and present continuous. All of the examples of use are in a Business English context. The worksheet is suitable for both classroom practice and self-study.
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Lesson 14. Statistics and trends
In this lesson, students learn how to talk about visual representations of statistics and describe trends using combinations of nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives.
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Lesson 15. The future of streaming
This 6-page lesson plan is based on an article about the future of the music streaming sector. The worksheet covers a broad range of activities, including reading, vocabulary work, grammar practice (relative clauses) and speaking.
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Lesson 16. Different perceptions
In this lesson, students read about a survey on men and women business owners and learn some new adjectives for describing character traits. The worksheet includes a grammar exercise on the structure verb + object + infinitive/-ing.
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Lesson 17. Project management
In this lesson, students learn important vocabulary for project management, including describing the progress of a project, key stages and useful terminology.
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Lesson 18. Motivation
In this lesson, students read an article about innovative methods, ideas and devices designed to improve motivation among office staff. Students also learn how to speculate and make predictions with a variety of different structures. The lesson rounds off with a discussion activity on the worksheet topic.
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Lesson 19. Telephone interruptions
In this lesson filler, students practise handling phone call interruptions. The worksheet presents a number of practical expressions which can be used to encourage the caller to be quick, persuade the receiver to listen as well as diplomatically avoid speaking to the caller.
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Lesson 20. Salary and pay
This worksheet covers a range of vocabulary for talking about salary and pay. The lesson plan rounds off with a discussion activity in which students put the target language into practice.
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