directors languages

Typical Course Agenda

Week 1 - greetings, introductions of self and / or company

Know how:
Be: I am/ you are (questions and statements)
Hello, Hi, Nice to meet you, English, Spanish, German (introduction to gender of nouns, adjectives)
Definite article(s): the
Prepositions: from/to/in
Verbs: live, work
Vocabulary: job, company, England, Spain, Germany, here, my colleague, executive secretary, personnel director, staff, happy, tired.
Pronunciation of specific consonants

Week 2 - giving and asking for personal information

Know how:
Have: I have/you have/ He, She has
Numbers up to 100, Indefinite articles some, any
Verbs: like, study
Construction of yes/no questions
Vocabulary: be married, children, 12 years old, wife, husband, father, mother, football, golf, music, theatre
Specific vowel pronunciation

Week 3 - make polite conversation (pleasantries)

Know how:
It is/ there is
Negative constructions: VB + not
Verbs: know, understand, travel, want
Vocabulary: town, museums, visits, cinema, coffee, sugar, milk, hotel, restaurants, with pleasure
Syllabic stresses

Week 4 - basic telephone language

Know how:
I would like to + vb, could you + vb
Very, not very
Alphabet, giving address
Verbs: ask, speak to, call back, leave (a message)
Vocabulary: contact, message, possible, today, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, evening, next week, last week, no problem

Week 5 - making simple statements

Know how:
Present tenses, personal pronouns (I, You (sing, fam), He, She, we, you (plur, formal), they)
Possessive pronouns: my, your, his, her, our, your, their
Verbs: go to, arrive at, check emails, listen to
Vocabulary: everyday, then, afterwards, before, colleagues, meetings, boss, lunch break, email address, phone number, on holiday, sick leave, seasons

Week 6 - using simple question forms

Know how:
Interrogative adverbs: Who, When, Where, Why, what, relevant word order
Verbs: meet, eat, leave,
Vocabulary: contact name, dates, late, early, details, appointment.
Interrogative intonations

Week 7 - numbers and dates (making appointments)

Know how:
Implied future
Numbers (review), dates (days, weeks, months), times
Verbs: greet, wait, receive
Vocabulary: arrival, departure, place, building, floor, office, lift, stairs, escalator,

Week 8 - dealing with travel arrangements (i.e. airport, train, taxi, checking into hotels)

Know how:
Implied future – development
I would like to + vb
Verbs: take, book, arrange, plan, check in, book
Vocabulary: travel times, flight, train, taxi, room, double room, breakfast, bill, credit card

Week 9 - ordering in restaurants and showing general courtesy

Know how:
Quantifying adverbs: too, too much, not enough (masculine, feminine, plural)
Verbs: order, pay, complain
Vocabulary: table, menu, wine menu, next to, toilets, kitchen, chef, cooked, raw, spicy, salt, pepper, tip, hot, cold, food

Week 10 - more advanced sentence construction

Know how:
Relative pronouns: That, Who
Modals of obligation and possibility: must, can
Verbs: think, decide, believe, accept
Vocabulary: right, wrong, maybe, ideal, perfect, idea, impossible, possible, agreement

Continuation for 30 hour Programme

Week 11 - dealing with people over the telephone

Know how:
Conditional tense: expansion on Would. Could, Should
Verbs: order, help, query, change
Vocabulary: quantity, price, delivery, delay, order, invoice, packaging

Week 12 - presenting ideas / projects

Know how: Comparatives/superlatives: more than, less than, the most, the least Introduction to past tense (s) Verbs: Be, have (auxiliaries), agree, produce, rise, fall, sell, buy Vocabulary: figures, results, efficient, costly, quantity, quality, percentages, sales

Week 13 - contributing in meetings (social and/or business)

Know how: Past tense development Time prepositions: before, after, since, until. Verbs: decide, launch. Offer, compromise, transform Vocabulary: new, old fashioned, market, demand, offer, increase, success, failure, delays,

Week 14 - following basic conversations at normal native speed

Know how: Recap on: key words, verbs, word order Vocabulary: review of essential business terms

Week 15 - advanced question forms

Know how:
Conditional questions + infinitive: would it be possible to..,
Interrogative forms: How long, how many
Demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those (masculine, feminine, plural)
Verbs: imagine, concede, agree
Vocabulary: decisions, importance, relevance, way, manner, strategy, tools, conclusions

At this level, delegates achieve a level of structure which includes the use of present, past & implied future tenses.