Business Partner A2+ Coursebook (2) - Unit1 2
Business Partner A2+ Coursebook (2) - Unit1 2
UNIT 1 TRAVELLING FOR WORK p.7 Videos: 1.1 Business travel 1.3 Making small talk UNIT 5 MONEY p.47 Videos: 5.1 Cashless payments 5.3 Negotiating roles
1.1 Business travel 1.2 Events 1.3 Communication 1.4 Business skills: 1.5 Writing: Email – Business workshop 1 5.1 Going cashless 5.2 Consumer 5.3 Communication 5.4 Business skills: 5.5 Writing: Letter Business workshop 5
management skills: Small talk Dealing with problems Asking for information A business trip (p.88) spending skills: Negotiating Presenting facts and about a price increase Local economy boost
team roles gures (p.96)
Video: Business travel Listening: Interview Video: Making Listening: Talking Model text: Email asking Reading: Website of
with an Events Manager small talk about problems for information a music talent agency Video: Cashless Listening: Podcast Video: Negotiating Listening: Presentation Model text: Formal letter Listening: A town
Vocabulary: Transport,
payments about money roles about retail banking Functional language: council meeting
accommodation and Grammar: Comparatives Pronunciation: Functional language: Functional language: Listening: Phone call
travel and superlatives Showing interest in Explaining and solving Phrases for writing to arrange a business trip Vocabulary: Money; Grammar: First Functional language: Functional language: Reasons, explanations, Reading: Information
small talk (p.114) IT problems an email Collocations conditional Agreeing on team roles Quoting gures in enclosures, conclusions on a local government
Project: Helping a Speaking and writing: Task: Rearrange plans
Project: Creating an Pronunciation: in meetings presentations Grammar: L because, website
business traveller Choose a venue for a party Functional language: Task: Practise explaining Grammar: L can
Making small talk and solving an IT problem and could to ask for advertising campaign Intonation in Task: Team Tasks Game Pronunciation: so, so that Speaking: Choose
Pronunciation:
information to persuade people to conditionals (p.116) Numbers and gures Task: A letter explaining a project
The letter ‘r’ (p.114) Task: Practise making
go cashless Speaking: Talking about (p.116) price increases Writing: Announcement
small talk with colleagues Task: Write an email
asking for information yourself Task: Give a presentation for the town council
on equal pay website
UNIT 2 LOCATION p.17 Videos: 2.1 Choosing a business location 2.3 Clarifying information UNIT 6 TEAMWORK p.57 Videos: 6.1 Teamwork in extreme situations 6.3 O ering support to a colleague
2.1 Dovetailed in 2.2 Visiting Singapore 2.3 Communication 2.4 Business skills: 2.5 Writing: Short Business workshop 2 6.1 Working together 6.2 Team building 6.3 Communication 6.4 Business skills: 6.5 Writing: Making Business workshop 6
Cambridge skills: Checking and Starting a meeting communications A new location (p.90) skills: Supporting Being positive in meetings requests The Amazing Chair
clarifying a colleague Company (p.98)
Video: Choosing a Pronunciation: Video: Clarifying Listening: A meeting Model text: Short Listening: New o ce Video: Teamwork Reading: The rise of sport Video: O ering Listening: Model text: Email making Listening: Employees
business location Stress in noun phrases information Functional language: messages locations in extreme situations at work support to a colleague A recruitment problem requests talk about their jobs
Vocabulary: Location (p.114) Functional language: Opening a meeting, Functional language: Reading: Magazine report Pronunciation: Pronunciation: Functional language: Functional language: Functional language: Reading: Business emails
Pronunciation: Reading: Singapore Checking and clarifying referring to the agenda Abbreviations Task: Choose a location Vowel sounds: /ɪ/, /iː/, Linking between words Encouraging and Supporting, building on Making requests Task: Rearrange
Syllables and stress creates a tropical wildlife Task: Checking and and stating purpose Grammar: L Present /aɪ/ and /ɪə/ (p.117) (p.117) motivating and questioning ideas L
Grammar: Linking team roles
(p.114) paradise clarifying information Task: Opening a meeting Continuous Vocabulary: Teamwork; Grammar: Pronouns with Task: Supporting Task: Supporting, building words for sequence
Project: Researching the Grammar: enough in a meeting Task: Informal and formal Word building – verbs some- and every- a colleague on and questioning ideas Task: An email making
location of a company and too messages and nouns in a meeting
Speaking and writing: a request
Speaking and writing: Project: Plan and make Describing people, places,
Describing problematic a schedule for a meeting things, jobs and studies
situations
Review p.109
Review p.105 Videos: 7.1 Developing a new product 7.3 Giving explanations
UNIT 7 MOVING FORWARD p.67
UNIT 3 RETAIL p.27 Videos: 3.1 An unusual café 3.3 Dealing with a problem 7.1 Research and 7.2 Innovation 7.3 Communication 7.4 Business skills: 7.5 Writing: Preparing Business workshop 7
development skills: Giving explanations Dealing with technical slides Zapatos Trujillo S.A.
3.1 The Ziferblat café 3.2 The retail 3.3 Communication 3.4 Business skills: 3.5 Writing: An online Business workshop 3 problems (p.100)
experience skills: Solving work ow Presenting results review form Pop-up stores (p.92)
problems Video: Developing Reading: Henn na Hotel Video: Giving Listening: Problems Model text: Presentation Listening:
a new product Grammar: can, have to, explanations and solutions in a webinar slides Conversation about
Video: An unusual café Listening: Shopping Video: Dealing with Listening: Model text: An online Reading: Article about shoe manufacturing
experiences a problem A presentation review a famous retailer Vocabulary: Research need to Functional language: Functional language: Functional language:
Vocabulary: Shops and and development Explaining a procedure Signalling and dealing Language used in slides Reading: Progress report
the shopping experience Grammar: Past Simple Functional language: Functional language: Functional language: Listening: Market Pronunciation:
Project: Planning product can and can’t (p.117) clearly and e ectively with technical problems Grammar: Task: Manage production
Project: A survey about and Past Continuous Solving problems Signposting a Phrases from a review research interviews
testing Pronunciation: Task: Dealing with L Wh- questions
shopping habits Pronunciation: Pronunciation: Stress presentation Grammar: L Types Task: Design your own Speaking and writing: Writing: Email explaining
Explanation of a process Phrasing and pausing technical problems in Task: Slides for a the board’s decision
Past Simple (p.115) in short sentences (p.115) Task: A presentation of adverbs pop-up store
when giving instructions an online meeting presentation
Writing: Writing a tweet Task: Dealing with a Task: An online review (p.118)
work ow problem
Task: Explain how to use
an app
Review p.106
Review p.110
UNIT 4 WORK PATTERNS p.37 Videos: 4.1 The working day 4.3 Approaches to decision-making
UNIT 8 GREEN SOLUTIONS p.77 Videos: 8.1 Tourism in Punta de Lobos 8.3 Feedback in a review meeting
4.1 My working life 4.2 Executives at work 4.3 Communication 4.4 Business skills: 4.5 Writing: Business workshop 4 8.1 Green business 8.2 Transport 8.3 Communication 8.4 Business skills: 8.5 Writing: An Business workshop 8
skills: Making group Phoning to change Con rming arrangements The Holsted way (p.94) solutions skills: Giving and Managing questions intranet update Walsh Ryan’s green o ce
decisions arrangements
receiving feedback (p.102)
Video: The working day Reading: Women in Video: Approaches Listening: Changing Model text: Emails Listening: Presentation
Video: Tourism in Listening: An interview Video: Feedback in Listening: A Q&A Model text: An intranet Reading: Report about
Vocabulary: Describing Business to decision-making an appointment on the making and con rming about company culture;
Punta de Lobos about public transport a review meeting session in a presentation update o ce energy use
jobs and contracts Grammar: Present Perfect Functional language: phone arrangements Meeting about work
patterns Pronunciation: Grammar: should and Functional language: Functional language: Functional language: Listening: Ways to
Pronunciation: Simple Facilitating a Functional language: Functional language:
Vowel sounds : /ɜː/, could for advice and Giving and receiving Managing a Q&A session Language for giving an reduce energy costs and
Vowel sounds: British Pronunciation: decision-making meeting Rescheduling Phrases for con rming, Task: Negotiate changes
/ʊ/, /uː/ and /əʊ/ (p.118) suggestions feedback Task: Roleplay a Q&A update waste
English and American Present Perfect Simple Task: Discussing proposals appointments on inviting questions, Writing: Reply to an email
the phone thanking, apologising and Vocabulary: The Pronunciation: Task: Practise giving and session Grammar: L Future Task: Present ideas
English (p.115) (p.116) in a meeting
concluding in an email environment should and could receiving feedback forms on waste and energy
Project: Researching work Speaking: Asking and Task: Roleplay a phone
Project: Protecting the (p.118) Task: Write an intranet reduction
patterns answering questions call to con rm Grammar:
an appointment L Prepositions of time environment Writing: Email o ering update
using the Present Perfect
advice and suggestions
Simple Task: An email to con rm
arrangements
Review p.111
Review p.107 Pronunciation p.112 Grammar reference p.119 Additional material p.127 Videoscripts p.142 Audioscripts p.148 Glossary p.156
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