Course Content
Week 1 – storytelling, talking about experience
This week the focus is on past tenses and expressions used to talk about past experience. Watch the video lessons and do tasks. To make learning more effective, set yourself a specific time and place to learn each day. This way you start creating micro learning habits, which will make the learning process long lasting and easier to maintain.
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Lesson 1 – Past Simple and Past Continuous
02:43
Lesson 2 – used to and would (expressing past habits)
Lesson 3 – The Past Simple and the Present Perfect for talking about experience
04:12
Lesson 4 – Linking the Past and the Present
Week 2 – routines, job descriptions, states and all that’s called “general present” vs dynamic, actions, temporary situations and nearest future plans
This week we're going to revise the, what we call, present. How we talk about routines and state, the stative verbs and how to differentiate them from dynamic, temporary actions and plans for the nearest future.
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Lesson 1 – the routine lover – Present Simple and the “inging” guy – Present Continuous
02:12
Lesson 2 – staying organized – your routine
Lesson 3 – The Perfect tenses – Simple and Contunuous
04:41
Lesson 4 – SUMMING UP
Week 3 – perfect tenses
This week we are going to talk about experience and that's why Perfect Tenses are crucial to use. Watch the videos and do the micro tasks. Ask any questions you want!
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Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Week 4 – expressing the future
This week we're revising different ways of expressing the future. As it involves various actions, plans, reactions etc. there will be lots and lots to talk about.
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Lesson 1 – The Future Simple (will do) and Future Continuous (will be doing)
Lesson 2 – HR lingo
Lesson 3 – HR lingo in practice
Lesson 4 A 4 day working week, reality or a pipe dream?
Week 5 – discussing different communication tools
This week we'll be talking about communication tools.
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Lesson 1 – LinedIn, the worlds largest professional network
Lesson 2 – working with vocabulary
Lesson 3 – Talking about salary and pay
Lesson 4
week 6 – let’s talk business!
This week you'll have a chance to revise or learn some business lingo. Let's go!
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Lesson 1 – Good boss/ bad boss
Lesson 2 – Video listening
Lesson 3 – Follow-up
Lesson 4 – video listening for specific information
Week 7 – job satisfaction – important or just a buzzword?
This week we're talking about "what makes the job satisfying and if job satisfaction (or the lack of it) can be a reason to change jobs."
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Lesson 1 – Which is which?
Lesson 2 – Video lesson on job satisfaction
Lesson 3 – The Job Satisfaction Survey
Lesson 4 – TED talk – job satisfaction
Week 8 – AI in business communication
This week we'll be discussing AI used in business (but not only) written communication.
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Lesson 1 – AI writing tool
Lesson 2 – Video listening “AI writing all emails”
Lesson 3 – Prompts and emails
Lesson 4 – Writing your own prompts in English
Module 1
Hello and welcome after summer break! Let's go! Remember to do micro lessons regularly, otherwise the whole course won't bring the expected results!
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Business English — Team Meeting Communication
Team-Meeting Habits
Follow up
Module 2
This lesson series is about using AI tools in everyday life and work. You will learn how to talk about what people use AI for, how often they use it, and how it helps them. You'll have a chance to share your AI and HR expertise, too!
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Introduction to lesson on various AI tools
Module 3 – afternoon slump
Tonnes of idioms, collocations and useful vocabulary!
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Idioms and collocations 1
idioms and collocations 2
Module 4 – From a 9-to-5 job to entrepreneur
We'll weigh the pros and cons of both worlds.
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Lesson 1 – The pros and cons
Lesson 2 What if…
Module 5
Recurring Micro Payments - how to manage them.
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Lesson 2
Module 6 – Organisation culture
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Lesson 1 – Intro to organisation culture
Lesson 2 – follow-up
Module 6 – the likability in the workplace.
Is it important to be liked in the workplace? Or perhaps it's totally irrelevant? Find out this week.
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Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Module 7 – dress to impress
This week we're discussing dress codes - are they a relic of the past or the real thing?
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Lesson 2
Module 8 – Things we want to do – how to get organized.
This week we'll talk about the things we want/have to do - the bucket list.
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Lesson 1
The bucket list – a bit of vocabulary to remember
Protected: Fluency Booster 2.0 – micro habits

  • What kinds of traits or behaviors in general do you think make someone likable? Which ones would you say are most important?

  • Do you know anyone who is generally very likable? Can you think of any traits they have or things they do that make them a likable person?

  • What kinds of likable things do you do? What likable traits do you have?

  • What are the advantages of being a likable person at work? How important is it for you personally to be likable at work? Explain.

Record your answers and send for feedback.

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