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Slide 1 : Andrew Pritchard’s Online Business English course (16 hours) Andrew Pritchard’s Business English course Intermediate level, B1, (16 hours) This course aims to improve your fluency and confidence using English in a business environment, it encourages professional development and covers the skills, grammar, and vocabulary at intermediate (B1) level

Slide 2 : Andrew Pritchard’s Online Business English course (16 hours) Course overview Learn and revise intermediate level grammatical structures such as reported speech, dependent prepositions, passives, conditionals, future forms, expressing trends, narrative tenses etc The course covers a broad range of vocabulary such as corporate structure, business ‘jargon’, business abbreviations, marketing, negotiation , financial terminology, office objects etc Learn and practice key skills such as telephoning, meetings, presentations, negotiation, dealing with figures, making business arrangements, e-mailing, English business etiquette etc Develop your comprehension through authentic listening and reading exercises on themes such as ethics, strategy, negotiation, telephoning and meetings. Develop your pronunciation through an understanding of English phonetics – start speaking clearly and confidently

Slide 3 : Andrew Pritchard’s Online Business English course (16 hours) Course structure There are 8 modules in this 16 hour course and an end of course test and certificate Each module lasts 2 hours and consists of The course is flexible All elements, except the live class, can be studied at any time. The live class will take place at the same time(s) every week and the course can be studied over 4 or 8 weeks. There are a maximum of 4 learners in the live class and the students and time will remain the same for the duration of the course. The course will begin when 4 learners have enrolled

Slide 4 : Andrew Pritchard’s Online Business English course (16 hours) About me Title: Mr Andrew Pritchard BSc ELT, CELTA Current role: Director, Accessible English Limited Special interest: Business English & Linguistics Experience: Large corporations such as Banco Santander (Banking), BP (Energy), TATA (Steel) and Hachette Filipacchi (Advertising / Publishing) Hobbies: Playing the piano, learning languages (Spanish, French, Cantonese) I’m a native British English Teacher living in the UK. I’m currently offering a private Business English course through online tuition and e-learning. I’ve developed the course over many years working in large companies in Europe. This short and affordable course aims to give you a solid foundation in Business English and improve your professionalism, confidence and marketability.

Slide 5 : Andrew Pritchard’s Online Business English course (16 hours) Grammar covered In the course

Slide 6 : Andrew Pritchard’s Online Business English course (16 hours) Vocabulary covered In the course

Slide 7 : Andrew Pritchard’s Online Business English course (16 hours) Listening & phonetics Listening exercises Phonetics

Slide 8 : Andrew Pritchard’s Online Business English course (16 hours) Key skills The course covers several “key skills” – topics that you are likely to encounter on a daily basis at work. These “key skills” are studied in detail. From vocabulary to grammar to practical phrases – supported by practice with me and worksheets , case studies and listening extracts Key skills Telephoning E-mailing Meetings Presentations Negotiating Dealing with figures

Slide 9 : Key skills Andrew Pritchard’s Online Business English course (16 hours) Telephoning You will learn how to We’ll learn the key business-appropriate vocabulary and grammar . You’ll be able to deliver it with confidence and clear pronunciation – using suitable etiquette. We’ll practice using live role plays and in-class instruction, authentic listening extracts, logical grammar exercises, vocabulary study, case studies and scripts.

Slide 10 : Key skills Andrew Pritchard’s Online Business English course (16 hours) E-mailing You will learn We’ll look at a variety of e-mail samples and templates. You’ll write examples which I will correct and get feedback from the group. We’ll also learn common e-mail abbreviations and learn the correct ways to address people in a business e-mail. You can apply the grammar and vocabulary studied in the course along with the business phrasal's and jargon to create authentic, professional-sounding e-mails.

Slide 11 : Key skills Andrew Pritchard’s Online Business English course (16 hours) Meetings You will learn how to We’ll practice opening, leading, taking part in and closing a meeting. We’ll cover all the relevant vocabulary and grammatical structures and I’ll supply you with model sentences. We’ll practice using live role plays and in-class instruction, authentic listening extracts, logical grammar exercises, vocabulary study, case studies and scripts.

Slide 12 : Key skills Andrew Pritchard’s Online Business English course (16 hours) Presentations You will learn how to We’ll study the key sentences and grammatical constructions used presenting information including introducing yourself and the topic, inviting questions and “summing up” We’ll practice using listening extracts from experts on presentations and presentational techniques, role plays, scripts and case studies.

Slide 13 : Key skills Andrew Pritchard’s Online Business English course (16 hours) Negotiations You will learn We’ll study the language used starting a negotiation process and exploring positions, making offers , refusing and accepting an offer, playing for time and closing a deal We’ll practice using live role plays and in-class instruction, an authentic listening from a negotiation expert, vocabulary study, a case study and scripts.

Slide 14 : Key skills Andrew Pritchard’s Online Business English course (16 hours) Dealing with figures and charts You will learn We’ll learn how to quickly and correctly pronounce small and large numbers and decimals, use verbs of movement to describe trends on a chart and add greater professionalism to your spoken English through study of financial and legal teminology We’ll practice using live role plays and in-class instruction, authentic listening extracts, logical grammar exercises, vocabulary study, case studies and scripts.

Slide 15 : Andrew Pritchard’s Online Business English course (16 hours) Course summary and enrolment In this course we’ll study the essential language you need to confidently and professionally “do business” in English. We’ll practice and perfect the everyday skills you can use to develop your career and improve your marketability. Finally, we’ll ensure that you speak clearly and correctly through our pronunciation practice in our live classes This is a flexible course that combines live tuition with me (8 x 50m classes) and self-study modules that can be studied over 4 or8 weeks - when you’ve completed the course you’ll take an exam (40 minutes) and receive a certificate based on your result.