Executive English

Course Outline

The course consists of 20 units and five review tests. Each lesson is built around these components:

Topic:	a theme drawn from the world of business
Function:	appropriate use of language in specific situations
Grammar Focus:	a specific area of grammar


Unit	Topic:	Function:	Grammar Focus:
1	Meetings	Interrupting and Preventing Interruption	Present Simple and Present Progressive

2	Presentations	Organizing Ideas	The Present Perfect

3	Project Planning	Asking for Help	"Will" and "Going To"

4	Investment	Expressing Probability and Possibility	Modals of Possibility and Probability

Set Test 1

Unit	Topic:	Function:	Grammar Focus:
5	Research	Paraphrasing and Reporting	Past Perfect and Simple Past

6	Production and Manufacturing	Cliches and Proverbs	The Passive Voice

7	Accounting	Introductions and Greetings	Gerunds and Infinitives

8	Human Resources	Conversational Variation	Pronouns

Set Test 2

Unit	Topic:	Function:	Grammar Focus:
9	Marketing	Making Suggestions	Modals of Advice

10	Banking	Giving orders and directions	Yes/no and Tag Questions

11	Finance	Numbers	Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive

12	Travel and Making Arrangements	Polite Requests	Future Plans

Set Test 3

Unit	Topic:	Function:	Grammar Focus:
13	Negotiation	Agreeing and Disagreeing	The Conditional

14	Management	Describing people and things	Modals of Obligation and Ability

15	Information Systems	Conversational Stages	Word Order

16	Logistics: Systems and Processes	Complaining, Apologizing and Forgiving	"Wh-" Questions

Set Test 4

Unit	Topic:	Function:	Grammar Focus:
17	Analysis	Connecting Ideas	Adverbs and Adjectives

18	Public Speaking	Speaking Naturally	Articles

19	Import/Export	Conversation Fillers	Negatives

20	Trends in Business	Word Stress and Emphasis	Word Forms

Set Test 5