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BUSINESS
TRAVEL |
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How
to use this module |
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS |
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Skills |
Functions |
Use
of English |
Interaction |
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Entrance
Exam |
Assessment |
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Requests
& offers |
Business
travel vocabulary Standard expressions |
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LESSON
1 |
First
Impressions |
Listening
Comprehension: receiving visitors. Writing: welcoming a visitor. |
Polite
requests Inviting & offering |
Revision
of tenses Vocabulary: at the airport |
Writing: welcoming
a visitor
Virtual
classroom: discussing polite replies |
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LESSON
2 |
Welcoming
a visitor |
Reading
Comprehension: Fisherman's Wharf |
Requests
& Offers |
Standard
expressions for socializing Polite replies |
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LESSON
3 |
Tips
for Travelers |
Reading
Comprehension: Save up to $ 20 |
Making
reservations at a hotel , at a car agency at an airline. |
Vocabulary:
at a hotel, at a rental car, at the airport. |
Writing:
e -mail: car rental Virtual classroom: discuss about tipping |
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LESSON
4
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How
to travel |
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Vocabulary:
tip, journey, travel, etc. Phrasal verbs used with means of transports.
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Virtual
classroom: trip travel or journey? |
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LESSON
5 |
Comparing
trips |
Reading
Comprehension: Bye bye paper airline tickets. |
Comparing
business trips |
Comparatives
& superlatives |
Writing:
an e-mail comparing places |
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LESSON
6 |
Business
lunches |
Listening
Comprehension Reserving a table |
Ordering
at restaurants |
Vocabulary:
the menu |
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LESSON
7 |
Making
reservations |
Listening
Comprehension: Booking airline tickets. |
Booking
flights Confirming flights Changing flights. |
Sounds:
the alphabet |
Writing:
an e-mail booking a flight |
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LESSON
8 |
How
much or how many? |
Reading
Comprehension: Will Mergers bring higher fares? |
Describing
rates, fares, prices |
Countable
& Uncountable nouns
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LESSON
9 |
Making
Appointments |
Listening
Comprehension: Making arrangements |
Expressing
the time |
Prepositions
of time Timetables, plans and arrangements |
Writing:
an e-mail making an appointment |
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LESSON
10 |
Arrivals
& Departures |
Writing:
dialogues confirming flights. |
Checking
arrivals and departures |
Revison
on tenses and prepositions |
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PROGRESS
CHECK |
Assessment |
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Requesting
& offering inviting making appointments |
Tenses
Prepositions Comparative and superlative |
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LESSON
11 |
Asking
politely |
Reading
Comprehension: A survey |
Asking
politely using indirect questions |
Indirect
questions |
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LESSON
12 |
At
the airport |
Reading
Comprehension: Traveling |
Describing
situations at airports and on planes |
Vocabulary:
at the airport on planes. |
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LESON
13 |
Food
& Drinks |
Listening
Comprehension: Ordering at restaurants |
Ordering
at restaurants Describing food. |
Vocabulary:
review on food, the menu |
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LESSON
14 |
Dealing
With Correspondence |
Writing
to confirm reservations |
Confirming
reservations in writing |
Vocabulary:
renting a car Formal vocabulary used in writing |
Writing:
letters to confirm to arrange appointments to accept invitations |
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LESSON
15 |
Future
plans |
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Talking
about plans and arrangements |
Vocabulary:
British or American ? Tenses: the future |
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LESSON
16 |
Review |
Listening
Comprehension: appointments |
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Vocabulary:
confusing pairs |
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LESSON
17 |
Time
off |
Reading
Comprehension: Business and Vacations mixed up |
Making
plans to go out. |
Tense:
the future |
Writing:
a day off Virtual classroom: planning a free day |
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LESSON
18 |
Review |
Reading
Comprehension: Tipping |
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Vocabulary:
review on food |
virtual
classroom : to discuss on tipping Receiving visitors from abroad |
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LESSON
19 |
Review |
Reading
Comprehension: Reservations on line Listening Comprehension: Cultural
differences |
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LESSON
20 |
Review
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Vocabulary:
useful words and expressions |
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LESSON
21 |
Review |
Listening
Comprehension describing tasks |
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Vocabulary:
at restaurants food Prepositions |
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FINAL
EXAM |
Assessment |
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Prepositions
Tenses: the future Present continuous confusing pairs/ Vocabulary
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