Contents. Lexical Topic: Companies

Unit 1

Lexical Topic: Companies

Grammar: Revision of Present Tenses; Active Voice and Passive Voice; modal verbs.

Text A Company Profile

Text B How to Run a Construction Company

Additional Reading Material:

Text C Some Information about Companies

Unit 2

Lexical Topic: Writing a Biography

Grammar: Revision of Past Tenses; Active Voice and Passive Voice

Text A How to write a Business Bio

Text B Sample Professionals` Bios

Additional Reading Material:

Text C Short Biography of Adam Smith

Text D Short Biography of John Maynard Keynes

Text E Additional Sample Professionals` Bios

Unit 3

Lexical Topic: Recruitment

Grammar theme: Non-finite verbs in the predicate (“verb +infinitive” structures)

Text A Preparing for an Interview

Text B Résumé

Text C Professionals` Resume Templates

Text D Cover Letters

Additional Reading Material:

Text E Some More Professionals` Resume Templates

Text F Some More Job Advertisements

Text G Tricky Questions

Unit 4

Lexical Topic: Negotiations

Grammar: Modal verbs of obligation - should (do), ought (to do); Conditional sentences

Text A Negotiation

Text B Difficult Negotiations in Construction Industry

Additional Reading Material:

Text C The Language of Negotiations

Text D International Negotiations

Unit 5

Lexical Topic: Presentations

Grammar: Gerund and Infinitive

Text A Presentations for Business

Text B Extract from a Company Performance Presentation

Additional Reading Material:

Text C Prerequisites for Being a Financial Manager

Unit 6

Lexical Topic: Business Communications

Grammar: Participles

Text A Business Communications

Text B Business Correspondence

Additional Reading Material:

Text C Information Overload and Advantages of E-mail

Unit 7

Lexical Topic: Business Calls

Grammar: Phrasal Verbs; Indirect Speech (Sequence of Tenses); Revision of Tenses

Text A Business Calls

Text B Phrasal Verbs in Business

Additional Reading Material:

Text C A Few Tips about Making Business Calls

Text D Telephone Manners

Text E Some More Phrasal Verbs