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                                                                                               Upper-Intermediate 2

    Book: In Company 3.0 Upper-Intermediate 

    Units: 6-10

    Learning Objectives

    By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

    1. Business Communication & People Skills

      • Participate in and chair meetings, using diplomatic language to manage disagreements.

      • Apply coaching strategies and use the GROW model to support colleagues professionally.

      • Discuss public speaking preferences, innovation, and national stereotypes in professional contexts.

      • Present ideas clearly and persuasively using appropriate visual and verbal strategies.

      • Network effectively by initiating, sustaining, and exiting small talk.

      • Engage in professional conversations during social visits and sports-related networking events.

      • Manage high-stakes decision-making conversations, including workplace dilemmas and crisis scenarios.

    2. Listening

      • Understand a range of audio materials including coaching sessions, meetings, presentations, and crisis management discussions.

      • Follow small talk conversations and observe tone and rapport in informal networking contexts.

      • Comprehend case studies and audio related to decision-making, innovation, and coaching.

    3. Reading

      • Read articles and website extracts about effective meeting behavior, coaching, entrepreneurship, and crisis management.

      • Interpret business-related texts including quizzes, opinion pieces, and innovation write-ups.

      • Analyze texts for grammar (e.g., article use) and idea development.

    4. Speaking

      • Chair meetings, handle disagreements diplomatically, and support team dialogue.

      • Coach peers effectively using structured techniques.

      • Pitch business ideas and innovations to different audiences.

      • Build professional rapport through networking and social conversation.

      • Hold structured discussions on difficult decisions and crisis scenarios.

    5. Vocabulary and Phrases

      • Use vocabulary related to finance, marketing, coaching, innovation, and social English.

      • Apply phrasal verbs, marketing terms, and collocations for business presentations and problem-solving.

      • Use phrases for chairing meetings, pitching ideas, networking, and making decisions.

    6. Grammar

      • Use structures for linking and contrasting ideas in spoken and written communication.

      • Apply the passive voice accurately in presentations and discussions.

      • Construct multi-verb sentences for fluency in professional speech.

      • Use articles appropriately in complex written texts.

    AMIDEAST Policy

    • Participants are expected to come to class on time
    • Mobile phones should be put on silent mode.
    • No food or drink is allowed in AMIDEAST classrooms & labs.
    • Break time is 15 minutes.
    • No make-up quizzes are to be held. Absence due to an emergency situation is to be handled by the instructor on an individual basis. Trainees are to provide documentation for the emergency situation.
    • Passing grade is 70%.
    • Course evaluations are done on the 5th session. 
    • Participants are encouraged to cooperate with each other and show respect and courtesy towards the instructor & other participants.

     

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