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 1
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 1
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

Imagine Daniela receives the email.
She writes the prompt below for an AI writing assistant.
Complete the prompt using the correct verbs/phrases.

TO: Daniela Pereira daniela@portugalvisaguru.com
SUBJECT: Inquiry About Visa Consultation Services

Hi Daniela, I just wanted to follow up on my previous email from earlier this week about my interest in your visa consultation services for foreigners. I am a citizen of Bangladesh and am looking to apply for a long-term work visa in Portugal. Could you kindly let me know your availability for a consultation this week? I would also like to ask what the consultation fee will be and how I could prepare for our call. Thank you very much for your time, and I look forward to your response.

Best regards,
— Abdul K.

Verbs / Phrases:
Request – Propose – Respond – Keep it – Apologize for – Express – Deny – Let him know

1️⃣ __________ professionally to Abdul.
2️⃣ __________ not getting back to him earlier.
3️⃣ __________ concise and clear and make the tone polite and formal.
4️⃣ __________ interest in assisting him with the visa process.
5️⃣ __________ his request to have the call this week because my schedule is already full.
6️⃣ __________ any day next week after 2PM for the call.
7️⃣ __________ that the consultation fee is €40 per hour and I can only accept payment by credit card or PayPal, not bank transfer.
8️⃣ __________ that he gather any relevant documents he has related to his visa application, including proof of employment, and that he get back to me as soon as possible because my schedule gets booked up quickly.

 

Write down and learn the phrases. Send a screenshot for feedback.

 

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