Workplace English Pre – Intermediate B1.1

Reading and Discussion: What do you do?

• Talk about your position and duties
• Ask your classmates about their job
• Describe your company

Workplace English Vocabulary: Jobs

Grammar: Present Continuous (I am working)

Reading and Discussion: First day in a company

• Talk about yourself on a first day in a company
• Introduce a new colleague to employees
• Get to know a new colleague

Workplace English Vocabulary: Skills, qualifications, and training

Grammar: Present Simple (I work)

Reading and Discussion: Company visitors

• Meet company guests
• Make visitors feel welcome
• Introduce your company
• Take a company tour with your guest
• Talk about business activities

Workplace English Vocabulary: Products and services

Grammar: Present Simple or Simple Continuous

Reading and Discussion: Working in a team

• Describe challenges related to a project
• Ask your colleagues for feedback to improve the management of the project

Workplace English Vocabulary: Timetables and numbers

Grammar: Past Simple (I worked)

Reading and Discussion: Work-life balance

• Talk about how maintain a good work-life balance
• Ask your classmates about their work-life balance strategies
• Discuss why work-life balance is important

Workplace English Vocabulary: Discussing work-life balance

Grammar: Present Perfect (I have worked)

Writing and Discussion: Email writing

• Write and reply to a problem email
• Write a good news email
• Send a general announcement email
• Send an information email

Workplace English Vocabulary: Key phrases for email writing

Grammar: Present Perfect or Past Simple

Writing and Discussion: Email writing

• Make an email inquiry
• Reply to an inquiry
• Write a follow-up email
• Reply to a follow-up email

Workplace English Vocabulary: Key phrases for email writing

Grammar: Past Continuous (I was working)

Writing and Discussion: Email writing

• Write an invitation email
• Reply to an invitation email
• Accept an invitation via email
• Decline an invitation via email

Workplace English Vocabulary: Essential vocabulary for writing invitation emails and responding to invitation emails

Grammar: Past Continuous or Past Simple

Writing and Discussion: Scheduling and chairing meetings

Workplace English Vocabulary: Organizing a meeting

Grammar: Future 1

Reading and Discussion: Participating in a meeting

Workplace English Vocabulary: Expressing opinions and explanations in a meeting

Grammar: Future 2

Reading and Discussion: Telephone communication 1

Workplace English Vocabulary: Telephoning: starting and ending

Grammar: Present perfect: for or since

Reading and Discussion: Telephone communication 2

Workplace English Vocabulary: Telephoning: checking information

Grammar: Present perfect: already or yet