Vitamin English: Business Topics for Our Times

Name: Vitamin English: Business Topics for Our Times
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Explore a Variety of Buisness Topics while Improving your English Conversation Skills

Created byChuck Bondi

Last updated 12/2017

English

What you'll learn

At the end of this course, students will be able to understand and use vocabulary and commonly used phrases related to business topics in conversation.
At the end of this course, students' conversational English will more closely resemble a native English speakers' speech patterns.

Course content

4 sections • 27 lectures • 1h 44m total length

Introduction3:18

Will a Robot soon Take your Job? Warm-up1:54
Will a Robot soon Take your Job? Introduction3:07
Will a Robot soon Take your Job? Vocabulary6:59
Explore essential business vocabulary for automation and employment, including assembly line, automate, clerical, precise, stable, overseas workforce, and the impact of robots on factories and jobs.
Article: Japan Not Worried About Robots Taking Their Jobs3:32
Will a Robot soon Take your Job? Conversation I2:15
Will a Robot soon Take your Job? Conversation II4:48
Will a Robot soon Take your Job? Speaking Practice I2:44
Will a Robot soon Take your Job? Speaking Practice II3:41
Will a Robot soon Take your Job? Assessment3:49
Written Assignment

The Richest People on the Planet: Warm-up2:28
The Richest People on the Planet: Introduction3:50
The Richest People on the Planet: Vocabulary7:24
The Richest People on the Planet: Article2:13
The Richest People on the Planet: Conversation I2:32
Explore a conversation about inheritance as a self-made billionaire grandfather contemplates bequeathing his wealth, prompting Bertha to consider who should receive the money.
The Richest People on the Planet: Conversation II5:02
The Richest People on the Planet: Speaking Practice I2:43
Practice speaking by completing sentences, pausing to read, then finishing, while exploring wealth and philanthropy, driverless cars, gene therapy, and nursing and education in this lesson.
The Richest People on the Planet: Speaking Practice II4:15
The Richest People on the Planet: Assessment2:48

How Blockchain will Change our World: Warm-up4:35
How Blockchain will Change our World: Inroduction6:03
Explore how blockchain enables near-instant, low-cost transfers with bitcoin and crypto, through peer verification and supply-chain visibility, reshaping remittances and services.
How Blockchain will Change our World: Vocabulary8:25
How Blockchain will Change our World: Conversation I2:30
Explore how blockchain and bitcoin could change remittances by cutting high bank fees as a character considers sending money to his brother in Pakistan.
How Blockchain will Change our World: Conversation II5:01
How Blockchain will Change our World: Speaking Practice I2:16
How Blockchain will Change our World: Speaking Practice II3:24
Engage in blockchain-focused speaking practice and build vocabulary around customers, code, biometric data, macroeconomics, international transactions, and the supply chain.
How Blockchain will Change our World: Assessment2:47
Written Assignment 2

Requirements

Before starting this course, students need to speak, understand and read English at a an intermediate level or higher.

Description

In this course, we explore and discuss a variety of relevant business topics. Each section addresses a new business topic and contains nine lessons. The focus for each of the nine lessons is as follows:

1. Warm-up Questions

2. Introduction

3. Vocabulary Practice

4. Reading of News Article

5. Conversation Reading

6. Conversation Comprehension

7. Speaking Practice I

8. Speaking Practice II

9. Section Assessment

The lessons are interactive requiring the student to repeat, respond and think critically. By the end of each section, students will have increased their knowledge about the selected topic and will have improved their ability to speak naturally and fluently about that topic.

The ultimate goal of the course is to allow students to speak fluently about an ever increasing number of business relevant topics.

Who this course is for:

The target student has a desire to improve their spoken English and is interested in business topics.

Vitamin English: Business Topics for Our Times

What you'll learn

Explore related topics

Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 3min

Will a Robot soon Take your Job?9 lectures • 33min

The Richest People on the Planet9 lectures • 33min

How Blockchain will Change our World8 lectures • 35min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: