Business Booster
Focus and Suitability
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Course Summary
This is a general communication course with ‘light touch’ business and tourism elements, developed for students in the middle or later years of general secondary or vocational school. It is aimed at learners who are interested in brushing up their speaking skills in general English, but who would also like some business-based and tourism-based communication elements. It can be a timely preparation for students’ oral examinations, such as that taken by 3rd year Austrian BHAS students.
Learners practise their general communication skills with a range of topics taken from everyday life and from the fields of business and tourism. They engage in a variety of communicative tasks, including role-plays, interviews and discussions.
This course was initially put together, on request, for learners who wanted a slight shift in focus away from general English, without needing a course that was exclusively business or tourism related. Since then, it has proved to be a popular choice for students who are interested in broadening their language practice to include slightly more diverse elements.
A2/B1
Pre-Intermediate/ Intermediate
Target Age
14-18 years
CEF Level
A2/B1
Length of Course
1 Week
Hours per Week
25
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Core Contents
'Can do' Outcomes
I can exchange personal information with someone I can interpret information on a business card, use common job titles and describe the work they do in a companyI can ask and answer questions relating to things I have done in my lifeI can name and describe some traditional British dishesI can use a wide range of adjectives to describe people’s personalitiesI can name a range of different jobs and give careers advice based on the results of questionnairesI can describe a range of different weather conditions and make predictions about what the weather will be like in the futureI can exchange information relevant to making a hotel bookingI can make predictions about what people will be doing in the futureI can extract relevant information from a timetable and communicate this to othersI can ask for and provide a range of information related to airport facilities and proceduresI can use functional expressions related to complaints and apologies and role-play a situation using theseI can identify and discuss the roles of different departments in a companyI can use a range of vocabulary relating to common banking transactionsI can devise and answer a range of quiz questions using a range of auxiliary verbsI can describe my interests, hobbies and pastimesI can give a short spoken presentation with minimal preparationI can work independently on my own choice of writing project and present it clearly to an audience I can collaborate with my group to plan, write and perform part of a show
Talking about yourself and getting to know other peopleTalking about your personal life experiencesDescribing personalities; positive and negative adjectivesMaking predictions about your classmates’ futuresSmall talk: introducing yourself in a work contextJob features and responsibilities: giving careers adviceBooking a room in a hotelOrdering meals and describing traditional British dishesDescribing the weather in the UKBritish place namesPlanning a trip in the UK: asking for and providing travel informationAsking the way and giving directions
Please note: Business Booster comprises selected lessons from three other EIA programmes: Threshold, Business Communication Skills and English for Leisure and Tourism.
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Special Feature: Extra Exam Training Focus
This programme can be tailored especially for students doing oral exams at vocational school, with an optional ‘exam skills’ lesson each day. This provides students with intensive practice in summarising, predicting and fielding questions, giving personal views and using appropriate functional language in real-life scenarios. There is also the option of conducting mock exams on an informal basis.
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