English for Corporates: Level Pre – Intermediate

Course objectives:

• Expand vocabulary and communication structures in everyday workplace settings
  Develop basic presentation skills and concise reporting
• Standardize English pronunciation, confidently communicate with foreign customers
• Students achieve output level: Level A2+ Speaking

Class organization form:

• Offline classes are held at the Enterprise, or at the EIV Office, or at the location requested by the Enterprise
• Online classes are held on online tools via the MyEIV learning system, Google Meet or Zoom

Course duration:

The course is taught by 30% Vietnamese Teachers – 70% Native Teachers, or 100% Native Teachers depending on the students’ input level and the training needs of the Enterprise.

Curriculumn:

The course includes 3 stages with the topics:

• Stage 1 (30 hours): Daily working

          + Work tasks and activities

          + A company’s story

          + Traveling for work

Project: Role-play – Arranging a meeting

• Stage 2 (30 hours): Trading plans

           + Socializing with clients

           + Placing an order

           + Making agreements

Project: Meeting – Discussing proposals in a meeting

• Stage 3 (20 hours): Professional developments

           + Presenting about company’s products

           + Interviewing skills

Project: Giving a short presentation to advertise for company services

English Skills:

• Communication skills (Speaking & Listening): Talking about people and roles, Making agreements, Talking about projects, Problems with teleconferencing, Arranging a meeting, Socialising with clients, Placing an order, Talking and leaving phone messages, Job interviews
• Writing skills: Write and response to an email to schedule a meeting, Give instructions, Making an announcement, Making an update email, Making a description for a company website, Writing an advertisement for services, Writing an employee profile.

Business Skills: Scheduling meetings, Giving instructions, Making arrangements/suggestions, Giving presentations about a product, Making interview questions

Course book:

EIV uses and compiles textbooks from the book Business Partner A2, including:

• Coursebook & Audio
• Teacher’s book & Teacher’s Materials
• Workbook & Audio
• Videos

Classroom testing and management:

• Mid-term test: after finishing 30 hours and 60 hours of study, students will take a test in the form of a project or a short presentation, simulating a situation.
• The final test includes a paper test and a communication skills test. With the paper test, students are assessed on Listening – Comprehension skills, tested on vocabulary and sentence structure usage, and writing skills. With the communication skills test, native teachers will directly grade the test; students will take the test in the form of an oral interview with the teacher, or make a short presentation, simulating a situation.

• Course program and textbook
• Roll-up of classes
• Reminder system and assignment, submission, homework grading
• Learning results report