Business English Level 2

Kursinhalte

Grammar and business topics I

· Introduction and basic course overview

· Introduction to learning techniques

· Oral communication skills: greeting and socialising

· Present and Past Tenses

· The evolution/history of business

· Company profiles and organisationals structures, mergers and acquisitions, franchising, competition

Grammar and business topics II

· Present Perfect and Past perfect Tenses

· Economy in the UK and the USA

· Cross-cultural awareness (politics, geography, etc.)

· Modern forms of work

· Retailing

Grammar and business topics III

· If-Clauses (I–III)

· Gerund and infinitive verb forms

· Prepositions

· Phrasal verbs

· Globalisation

· International trade

· Logistics

· Marketing and sales

Grammar and business topics IV

· Future Tenses

· Conditionals

· Adjectives and adverbs

· Modal auxiliaries and their substitutes

· Tenses in the passive voice

· Information Technology

· Project work

· Finance and banking

· Taxation

· The EU

Prüfung: Klausur Commercial Correspondence I

· Business memos

· Business letters

· Business letters – format and layout

· Business letters – general office communication

· Business letters – enquiries

· Oral communication skills: telephoning

Commercial Correspondence II

· Business letters

· Business letters – terms of sales and delivery, incoterms

· Business letters – offers and quotations

· Business letters – orders

· Oral communication skills: telephoning and debating

Commercial Correspondence III

· Business letters – payments and reminders

· Business letters – credit enquiries

· Business letters – complaints

· Oral communication skills: debating and negotiating

Commercial Correspondence IV

· Reports and lists

· Oral communication skills: negotiating and meeting

Commercial Correspondence V

· Notices, leaflets and articles

· Oral communication skills: meetings and minutes

Prüfung: Klausur Exam preparation and presentations I

· Exam preparation

· Presentations on business topics

· Oral communication skills: debating, giving opinions and instructions etc.

Prüfung: Klausur Applications, job interviews, LCCI examination and course conclusion

· Employment and recruitment

· Cover letters

· Résumés (CVs)

· Simulation of job interviews

· Final examination LCCI Level 2

· Course conclusion