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The Language of Presentations
Level:
Intermediate - Advanced
Number of Lessons:
7
Total Hours of Tuition:
40 hrs average
Total Number of Units:
21

Total Number of Pages:
222

"Let's Do Business -The Language of Presentations"
deals with key business issues over a series of 7 separate lessons. All the lessons are self contained, and can be taken in any order. The key feature for each lesson is the video, taken from authentic management training materials. Click on the lesson titles on the left for more details on the video and the language objectives covered.





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Scenario

In this film, watch the manager introduce himself and explain the subject of the talk.

   

Lesson - 1
Opening a Talk        (1 Units)

 
Opening a Talk

Objectives:-
You will

  • study a set of idiomatic phrases
  • study the structure of verb combinations
  • answer a set of comprehension questions
  • consider a training problem

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Lesson - 2
Selling the Product (2 Units)

 

 


Scenario

The speaker is trying to get sponsorship from companies for his orchestra. He outlines the reasons why companies should invest in his musical group.

   

Objectives:-
You will

  • listen to countable & uncountable terms
  • study a set of idioms
  • study countable & uncountable terms
  • answer some comprehension questions
  • listen to wh-clauses
  • study collocations of money
  • study wh-clauses

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Scenario

Jane, a computer consultant, is asked to give a presentation to a group of accountants on the security of computer data.

   

Lesson - 3
Selling Yourself      (2 Units)

Selling Yourself

Objectives:-
You will

  • listen to the language of comparisons
  • study a set of compound adjectives
  • practise making requests
  • answer some comprehension questions
  • listen to passive forms
  • study a set of compound nouns
  • practise using passives

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Scenario

Mike is giving a product update on the C11 project to the Sales team. Some of the Sales team are hostile to the changes so Mike has to sell the benefits of the new product.

 

   

Lesson - 4
Selling A Concept  (3 Units)

Selling a Concept

Objectives
You will

  • practise past conditionals
  • listen to idioms and phrasal verbs
  • study a set of compound nouns
  • practise relative clauses


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Lesson - 5
Selling Techniques   (4 Units) 

 
Selling Techniques

 

 


Scenario

The presenter, talking about Selling techniques, outlines a number of ways successful salespeople close a sale.

   

Objectives:-
You will

  • You will practise talking about possibilities
  • You will study a set of compound verbs
  • You will listen to examples of can
  • You will listen to a set of common idioms
  • You will study a set of adjectives
  • You will practise using conjunctions 
  • You will practise talking about the present
  • You will listen to contractions
  • You will study adjectives ending in -ed and -ing
  • You will study a set of collocations
  • You will study the uses of conditionals


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Lesson - 6
Handling Questions    (4 Units)

Handling Questions

 


Scenario

Jim Arlington presents a report to his Board of Directors on the work-in-progress on the C11 project.

 

   

Objectives:-
You will

  • listen to some modal verbs
  • study the usage of some modal verbs
  • practise a set of compound noun
  • study the usage of irregular verbs
  • practise a set of idioms
  • listen to past forms of irregular verbs
  • study collocations of the word business
  • listen to contracted forms of have
  • study the usage of the present perfect
  • listen to opinions and beliefs
  • study how to give opinions and state beliefs
  • study a set of phrasal verbs

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Lesson - 7
Handling Friction    (5 Units)

Handling Friction

 


Scenario

Sally meets the production staff to tell them about the new C11 product. Her task is to tell them about the changes that will occur.

   

Objectives:-
You will

  • study the usage of the words so & then
  • study a set of common idioms
  • listen to some common sequencers
  • study a set of collocations
  • answer a set of comprehension questions
  • study reported speech
  • listen to verbs of speaking
  • listen to examples of future forms
  • study the usage of future forms
  • listen to a set of idioms
  • practise a set of common idioms
  • study the usage of the words however and but

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