Business English 2017
Recognised by ACELS, a service of Quality and Qualifications in Ireland for English language teaching
Title: Business English Teachers - Enhance your expertise and use of Business English & develop your understanding of current business praxis in Ireland & Europe.
Duration: 56 hours
Preparation: Course participants should be teaching or planning to teach Business English in vocational or secondary schools. This course is also suitable for school administration staff. Course participants are requested to bring their own laptops to use during the course. English Entry level: Minimum B1 (CEFR)
Objectives: To enhance the course participants’ Business English knowledge & fluency and to raise awareness of current business practices in Ireland & Europe.
Resources: I.T enabled classrooms, WIFI
Requirement: The communicative approach to language teaching and learning, workshops, guest speakers & visits are used in the course.
Monday
• Icebreakers
• Course Outline & Guidelines
•ELT
•Cork Discovery
Tuesday
• Cork Discovery
• Business Culture
• Cross Cultural relations in Business
Wednesday
• Writing CVs
• Application emails
• Preparing for an interview
• Irish Education System
Friday
• Exponents of requesting, offering & bargaining
• Irish Famine & Emigration + trip to Cobh
Thursday
• Language of Sales and Marketing
• Language of Meetings
Monday
• Business emails & other written correspondence
• Language of
Advertising
Tuesday
• Language of Negotiation
• Phrasal verbs in Business English 1
Wednesday
• Company Visit
Friday
• Grammar & Language Surgery
•Course Evaluation
FULL DAY TRIP
AT THE WEEKEND
Thursday
• Telephone English
• Phrasal verbs in Business English 2