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English Language School in London Central, UK:
Platinum Business English for Beginners.

Sample Platinum English Timetable - Business English for Beginners

Lesson

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

9:00- 10:50

Vocabulary: Jobs
Skill: Speaking
Grammar: Pres Simple
Introducing yourself
Your Job title, Company and Country
Simple question forms

Vocabulary: Food & Drink
Skill: Speaking
Function: Polite Requests & Offers at the table.
Could / Would
Question form - "wh"

Grammar: Present Simple
Negative & Interrogative
Adverbs of frequency.
Talking about routines and work schedules.
Mini-interviews in pairs

Grammar: Comparative and Superlative adjectives:
Comparing people and skills
Present Continuous for Future
Talking about plans

Consolidation of week's work:
Listening & Speaking Reading & Writing
Videoed Simulation:
Arrange meeting on phone, Hold department meeting,
Come to agreement

11:10- 12:00

Vocabulary: Numbers
Company Departments and their employees
Grammar: There is/are

Grammar:
Some/any/a countable/uncountable
Question form - Inversion

Reading: Topic lesson And vocabulary.
Input: Language for agreeing and disagreeing
Giving your opinion

Skill: Listening & Speaking
Video programme
"Company in difficulty"
Comparing information and opinions

Skill: Writing:
Email minutes of meeting:
Draft to corrected text.

12:10- 13:00

Role Play:
Mini Presentation of Company.
Feedback

Videoed Role Play:
At a restaurant with clients
Remedial pronunciation
Feedback

Role Play:
Company meeting
Accepting and rejecting ideas.
Feedback

Videoed Simulation:
How to improve the company
Guided group discussion
Feedback

Review of morning's work
Error analysis and discussion.
Remedial grammar and pronunciation

LUNCH

13:50- 14:40

Input: Vocabulary
Skill: Listening
Times and Numbers
Airport announcement
Listening for information
Basic telephone English

Input: Vocabulary and Word families.
Using a monolingual dictionary.
Learner Training
Vocabulary: storage and retrieval systems for new vocabulary.

Grammar: Past Simple
Regular verbs
Talking about previous jobs. Exchanging personal information.
For, since, ago.

Input and speaking:
Making plans on the Telephone
Inviting, Checking Diary, Making excuses, Giving reasons, Rescheduling and Confirming
Remedial pronunciation

Input: Social English in a Business Context
Welcoming Visitors
Making Small Talk
Interrupting and Turn taking
Apologising
Thanking, Saying goodbye

14:55- 15:45

Role Play:
Telephoning -
Getting the wrong number. Checking and Apologising

Pronunciation
Focus on areas of difficulty:
Sounds
Syllable and sentence stress

Skill: Writing
The Application Form. - Numbers, Dates and Personal Data

Real Practice of above using St Giles internal telephone system.
Feedback

Feedback on week's work
Advice for further study
Group farewell party

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