Introdução
"The world of work is all about giving presentations and making connections with people. These tasks can be a little less intimidating if you have the right language at your fingertips. In this module, you will learn a variety of functional language to help you with good presentations and practise expressions for arranging events, organising travel and maintaining good work relationships. You will better be able to discuss future projects, give feedback and write project reports."
Lesson 1 - Preparing for a Presentation
"The topic of this lesson is creating organised presentations. You will watch people presenting at work, listen to a sales presentation and make notes, and review the use of indirect questions and expressions to suggest changes to a presentation."
Vocabulary:
- Organising presentations
- Verbs for describing product research
- Organising a presentation 1 and 2
- Describing presentation features
- Changing a presentation
Grammar:
- Question Words, Verbs (Verb Tense), Indirect questions
- Going to 1 and 2
Pronunciation:
- Reacting to suggestions 1
Listening:
- Reporting back on a presentation 1 and 2
Reading:
- Making requests
- An email about the presentation
Video:
- Speedrunners’ presentation 1 and 2
- The details of a presentation 1, 2 and 3
Lesson 2 - Giving a Presentation
"The topic of this lesson is dealing with interruptions and clarifying points in your presentation. You will watch people use polite language to politely defer questions until the end of a presentation, listen to colleagues giving advice and feedback after a presentation, review the use of linking expressions in presentations and language for clarifying meaning and handling differences in opinion, and learn how to handle interruptions and questions during a presentation."
Vocabulary:
- Delaying answering questions 1 and 2
- Linking expressions
- Meeting expressions
- Clarifying meaning 1 and 2
- Verb, noun and adjective transformations
- Understanding differences of opinion 2
- Making sure you understand 1 and 2
- Describing a presentation
- Giving and responding to praise
- Responding to feedback 1 and 2
- Polite structures 1, 2 and 3
Grammar:
- Adjectives, Adverbs, Expressions and Conjunctions, Verbs (Phrasal Verbs)
- Linking expressions 1 and 2
- Adjectives and adverbs
- Phrasal verbs 1 and 2
Video:
- Dealing with questions
- Understanding differences of opinion 1
- Understanding feedback on a presentation
Lesson 3 - Planning an Event
"The topic of this lesson is accepting or saying no to tasks in the world of work. You will watch a video where people discuss plans for a conference, listen to people making and responding to requests, review the use of time markers and language to chair a meeting, practise using phrases to accept or decline a task."
Vocabulary:
- Preparing for a conference 2
- Agreeing or refusing to do a task 1, 2 and 3
- Conference centre facilities and features
- Recognising figures in calculations
- Chairing a meeting 1 and 2
- 'cost', 'charge' and 'pay'
- Adjective collocations
- Checking information
- The final decision
Grammar:
- Time Markers
- Time markers 1 and 2
Listening:
Video:
- Preparing for a conference 1
- Reasons for not wanting to do something
- Making and responding to requests
- Saying when something needs to be done
- Advantages and disadvantages of venues
Lesson 4 - Travel and Accommodation
"The topic of this lesson is talking about handling problems during work trips. You will listen to people discussing travel arrangements and reacting to bad news, learn travel-related phrases and vocabulary, and review the use of the past perfect and expressions to talk about changes in travel plans."
Vocabulary:
- Travel and services 1 and 2
- Asking about accommodation
- The 24-hour clock
- Airport vocabulary 1, 2 and 3
- Expressions with similar meanings
- Reacting to bad news 1, 2 and 3
- Verbs to describe procedures
- Talking about lost items
Grammar:
- Verbs (Modal Verbs, Verb Tense)
- Arrangements and timetabled events
- Modals 1, 2 and 3
- Past perfect 1 and 2
Listening:
- Flight arrangements
- Types of airport information
Video:
- Types of airport information
- Getting directions at the airport
- Flight delays
- Making new arrangements
- Missing a flight
Lesson 5 - Working Together on Projects
"The topic of this lesson is working together in the future. You will listen to people talk about their experiences while others react to what happened, read emails about working on future projects and listen to people share their views on a product launch. You will also practise using the present continuous and expressions that are useful when collaborating with colleagues and making appointments."
Vocabulary:
- Reacting to a story 1, 2 and 3
- Describing feelings
- Time expressions for storytelling
- Reacting to a story 4
- Making appointments 1, 2 and 3
Grammar:
- Verbs (Verb Tense)
- Past simple and past continuous 1 and 2
- Present continuous 1 and 2
- Grammar review
Listening:
- A work trip to Hong Kong
- A product launch event
Reading:
- Diego's work plans
- Tammy's reply email
Video:
- What happened on a work trip
- Agreeing to work together
- Discussing and planning a project
Lesson 6 - Following Up After Meetings
"The topic of this lesson is following up with colleagues after meetings. You will read emails between colleagues to follow up on meeting tasks, watch a conversation where colleagues discuss a conference, read a report on feedback after a sales conference, review the use of the third conditional to analyse feedback and make recommendations and learn expressions to delegate tasks and follow up with colleagues after a meeting."
Vocabulary:
- Reminding and requesting politely 1 and 2
- Apologising for a delay
- Discussing written reports
Grammar:
- Expressions and Conjunctions, Verbs (Verb Tense)
- The third conditional 1, 2 and 3
- Present simple for reporting 1 and 2
Listening:
Reading:
- Jan's email
- Chris's reply email
- Questionnaire results
- Reporting responses 1 and 2
- Faisal's recommendations 1 and 2
- Making recommendations
Video:
- Arranging to stay in touch
- Ending a conversation
- Reviewing arrangements
- Responding with an opinion
- What to do next time
- Agreeing with opinions