This unit develops learners’ skills to confidently introduce themselves and others in various business contexts, network effectively, and initiate professional relationships using C1-level vocabulary, expressions, and conversation strategies. The focus is on building rapport, making a strong first impression, and maintaining professional yet engaging interactions.
Unit 2: Business Meetings – Leading & Participating
This unit equips learners to participate in and lead business meetings at a high level. Students will learn to open meetings, set agendas, contribute ideas, interrupt politely, clarify points, reach consensus, and summarize decisions using precise and sophisticated language.
This unit empowers learners to navigate complex business negotiations with confidence and finesse. It focuses on advanced negotiation vocabulary, diplomatic language for persuading and conceding, and strategies for reaching win-win agreements in high-stakes situations.
This unit prepares learners to deliver compelling business presentations, pitch ideas persuasively, and respond confidently to questions. Emphasis is on high-level vocabulary, rhetorical strategies, and audience engagement techniques suitable for boardrooms, conferences, and online webinars.
Unit 5: Email, Report, and Formal Business Writing
This unit hones the skills required for effective written business communication at C1 level. Learners will master advanced vocabulary, register, and organization for emails, reports, memos, and formal letters, while learning to adapt tone and style for various audiences and purposes.
This unit develops cultural intelligence and equips learners with the advanced language and strategies needed to communicate successfully in international and multicultural business contexts. Learners will explore cultural norms, politeness strategies, and common pitfalls in cross-cultural communication.
Unit 7: Business Telephoning & Online Conferencing
This unit enables learners to communicate confidently and professionally via telephone and in online business meetings. It focuses on advanced telephoning language, virtual meeting etiquette, problem-solving, and handling technical or interpersonal challenges with tact and precision.
This unit equips learners to participate in and lead collaborative projects in a business environment. Focus is on project vocabulary, collaborative communication, assigning tasks, setting milestones, and resolving project-related conflicts with advanced language.
Unit 9: Dealing with Conflict & Difficult Conversations
This unit empowers learners to handle workplace conflicts and challenging conversations with confidence, using advanced language for mediation, assertiveness, and emotional intelligence. The unit focuses on tactful expression, de-escalation, giving and receiving criticism, and resolving misunderstandings diplomatically.
Unit 10: Sales, Marketing, and Persuasive Language
This unit provides learners with the advanced language, techniques, and strategies needed to succeed in sales and marketing contexts. Learners will develop persuasive communication skills for pitching products, negotiating deals, handling objections, and creating compelling marketing messages.
Unit 11: Human Resources – Interviews, Appraisals & Feedback
This unit equips learners with the advanced language and communication skills needed for Human Resources functions, such as participating in and conducting interviews, delivering appraisals, and giving/receiving professional feedback. The focus is on nuanced, respectful, and effective workplace interactions.
This unit introduces learners to advanced vocabulary and structures for discussing financial matters in the business context, including budgets, forecasts, performance analysis, and investment discussions. The emphasis is on clarity, precision, and professionalism.
This unit develops the advanced language and critical thinking skills needed to discuss, evaluate, and implement business strategies. Learners will gain confidence in expressing opinions, analyzing risks, and reaching consensus during high-level decision-making processes.
Unit 14: Problem Solving & Critical Thinking in Business
This unit enhances learners’ ability to tackle complex business problems through advanced problem-solving, analytical thinking, and persuasive communication. It focuses on identifying challenges, proposing solutions, and evaluating outcomes with clarity and confidence.
Unit 15: Advanced Idioms, Collocations, and Phrasal Verbs for Business
This unit focuses on the mastery of high-level business idioms, powerful collocations, and essential phrasal verbs commonly used in meetings, negotiations, emails, and workplace discussions. Learners will develop the skills to recognize, understand, and use these expressions naturally and appropriately, making their spoken and written business English more dynamic, idiomatic, and persuasive.