Level A2 (Business English)

Themes/Lexical Fields
Talking about yourself and others, making telephone calls, travel - business trips, useful social language, describing your role in a company, money - types, bills, banks; making appointments; directions - asking for and giving; language of opinion; writing emails.

Grammar
Past, future, inc "going to"; can, could; possessives; "want to + infinitive"; some/any; other vocabulary.

And...
Cultural insights; business conventions; lots of speaking/active practice; lots of listening; pronunciation - key sounds.

Level A2+ (Business English)

Themes/Lexical Fields
Describing personality & character; describing company structure; presenting information clearly; the language of meetings; financial transactions; simple correspondence, inc emails; IT - key vocab, issues; emergencies; hotels, restaurants and bars; useful social language.

Grammar
Review & practise "level A2" grammar, plus: more complex verb forms - eg. the perfect & the continuous; key modals - can, could, will, would, should; comparative/superlative; countable vs. uncountable nouns.

Other vocab
Review & practise "level A2" vocab, plus: prepositions of movement; word-building (prefix and suffix patterns); word families (noun-verb-adjective-adverb); time phrases; common signs.

And...
Cultural insights; business conventions; lots of speaking/active practice; lots of listening; pronunciation - sound clusters, problem areas.

Level B1 (Business English)

Themes/Lexical Fields
Describing company performance; describing trends; leading presentations; meetings: chairing, taking part; sales; formal correspondence; using situation-appropriate language; conversational strategies; setting priorities; telling personal anecdotes.

Grammar
Review & practise "level A2+" grammar, plus complex verb forms; modals; reported speech; contingency; passive voice; relative clauses.

Other vocab
Review & practise "level A2+" vocab, plus more extensive word-building (prefix and suffix patterns); more extensive word families (noun-verb-adjective-adverb); common idioms; common linking words; key functional expressions, inc. giving advice, making enquiries, making invitations.

And...
Cultural insights; business conventions; lots of speaking/active practice; lots of listening; pronunciation - focus on problem areas.

Level B1+ (Business English)

Themes/Lexical Fields
Describing company performance; current business climate; negotiation; marketing - key vocab & concepts, branding; the language of change; giving presentations; making and dealing with complaints; the language of disagreement & dissent; delivering good & bad news; summarising complex information.

Grammar
Review & practise "level B1" grammar, plus mixed tense and aspect; complex comparatives & superlatives; reporting ideas and statements; contingency (if…); passive/active voice; multi-clause sentences; multi-verb clauses.

Other vocab
Review & practise "level B1" vocab, plus more extensive word-building (prefix and suffix patterns); more extensive word families (noun-verb-adjective-adverb); common idioms; more complex linking words; common collocations; compound words.

And...
Cultural insights; business conventions; lots of speaking/active practice; lots of listening; pronunciation - focus on problem areas.

Level B2 (Business English)

Themes/Lexical Fields
Describing company performance; economic structures & trends - global & national; graphs, charts, statistics; economic institutions - banking, funds, corporations; trade issues, eg. competition; leading negotiations; argumentation; new media; dilemmas, ethics & values; work-related social functions.

Grammar
Review & practise "level B1+" grammar, plus discourse patterns; written style & register (formal/informal); differentiated clause types; multi-verb patterns.

Other vocab
Review & practise "level B1+" vocab, plus idioms; discourse markers; business collocations; metaphor; phrasal verbs; register.

And...
Cultural insights; business conventions; lots of speaking/active practice; lots of listening; pronunciation - focus on problem areas.

Level B2+ (Business English)

Themes/Lexical Fields
Describing company performance; economic structures & trends - global & national; graphs, charts, statistics; economic institutions - banking, funds, corporations; trade issues, eg. competition; leading negotiations; argumentation; new media; dilemmas, ethics & values; work-related social functions.

Grammar
Review & practise "level B2" grammar, plus discourse patterns; written style & register (formal/informal); differentiated clause types; multi-verb patterns.

Other vocab
Review & practise "level B2" vocab, plus idioms; discourse markers; business collocations; metaphor; phrasal verbs; register.

And...
Cultural insights; business conventions; lots of speaking/active practice; lots of listening; pronunciation - focus on problem areas.

Level C1 (Business English)

Themes/Lexical Fields
Corporate strategy; management styles; information in the Digital Age; crisis management; environmental issues - climate change, global imbalances, energy; innovation, R&D; globalisation - institutions, arguments for & against; urbanisation & demographic change; newspaper and magazine articles; mass media & communication.

Grammar
Targeted to specific needs of students, can include: nuance; complex sentences; narratives; exceptions to the rule.

Other vocab
Review & practise "level B2+" vocab, plus style; emphatic language; technical language; sector-specific language; dialect.

And...
Cultural insights; business conventions; lots of speaking/active practice; lots of listening; pronunciation - focus on problem areas.