CAMBRIDGE BUSINESS ENGLISH CERTIFICATE

1. Course Outline
Confident reading, listening, speaking and writing in English.

2. Aims and Objectives

To provide the skills for confident reading, listening, speaking and writing in English. To
provide the language skills needed in a typical business setting.

3. Who is BUSINESS ENGLISH suitable for?

BUSINESS ENGLISH CERTIFICATE is designed by University of Cambridge and suitable for
students studying for business & technical courses.

4. Course Content
The modules are split into 24 lessons with practice exercises. Sound is used to create an
enjoyable learning experience. The exercises will improve your skills and are based on
the kind of written and spoken English found in a work or business situation. The course
is in three sections:
Reading and Listening Module (60%)

Speaking Module (20%)

Writing Module (20%)

Topics covered include:

Careers and Recruitment

Service Industry
Wholesale and Retail
Company Performance
Communications
Career and work-focused learning
Practice exercises for the University of Cambridge exam

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5. Assessment
BUSINESS ENGLISH ONLINE TEST in the area of speaking, writing, listening and reading
ability.

Online Reading and Listening test

Online Speaking test
Online Writing test
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Unit
Topic
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The working day
2
Online communication
3
Company growth
4
Corporate culture
5
Describing equipment
6
Processes and procedures
7
Distribution and delivery
8
Advertising and marketing
9
Making arrangements
10
Transport
11
Working holidays
12
Conferences
13
New places, new people
14
Corporate gift-giving
15
Teamwork
16
Thinking globally
Grammar workshop 4
17
Describing statistics
18
Company finances
19
Investments
20
Starting up
Grammar workshop 5
21
Job applications
22
Recruitment
23
Staff development
24
Employee productivity
Grammar workshop 6
Grammar Workshop, Exam Skills & Exam Practice