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Course Topics
Block 1 English for the Workplace: job interviews and business meetings
Introduction to English for the workplace:
Hours 1 and 2. What can you offer an employer? Your personal qualities and skills. Job interviews and how to prepare for them.
Talking about organisations and their activities, talking about your job, etc.
Business meetings and what to expect: opening and closing meetings, giving your opinion and asking for others’ opinions, dealing with interruptions
The Anglo-American model of conversation and the importance of turn-taking in social and professional interaction
Social English and common expressions in different situations.
Hour 3: Cultural awareness and its importance at work and outside. Other current topics relating to work and society.
Block 2 Presentations
Introduction to presentations: "do's and don'ts" for effective presentations.
Basic techniques: the start; developing and structuring your presentation using signposting; the finish.
Powerful techniques to connect with your audience: repetition, anecdotes, the rule of three, etc.
Questions from the audience and how to deal with them.
Hour 3: Talking about current topics relating to work and society.