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The document outlines a structured curriculum divided into eight units focusing on various business-related topics such as traveling for work, teamwork, and green solutions. Each unit includes videos, vocabulary, grammar, and practical tasks to enhance learning. The curriculum aims to develop essential business communication skills and knowledge through diverse activities and projects.

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Business Partner A2+ Coursebook (2) - Unit1 2

The document outlines a structured curriculum divided into eight units focusing on various business-related topics such as traveling for work, teamwork, and green solutions. Each unit includes videos, vocabulary, grammar, and practical tasks to enhance learning. The curriculum aims to develop essential business communication skills and knowledge through diverse activities and projects.

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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

Review p.104 Review p.108

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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