Electives
Business English 125
This elective combines Business English topics and vocabulary with Career Preparation. It is ideal for those preparing to enter the workforce at home or abroad.
- 12units
- 208lessons
Who is this course for?
Students who want to strengthen one skill or explore one topic alongside a core course.
Outcomes
What students will be able to do
By the end of the course, students can:
- checkTake part in discussions and explain a point of view
- checkUnderstand the main ideas of longer talks, videos and articles
- checkWrite clear, detailed texts on a range of subjects
- checkHandle most situations while studying, working or travelling
Course structure
12 units
208 lessons, each followed by automatically marked practice on the same language.
- Unit 1Welcome to Canada: What Can We Do For You?
- Unit 2How to Find a Job in Canada: What Can You Do?
- Unit 3I’m Now Living in Canada: Who Can Help Me?
- Unit 4In Canada We (Usually) Call It a Resume
- Unit 5What Do You Have To Offer Canada?
- Unit 6What Do You Have to Offer that No One Else Does?
- Unit 7Entering the World of Business in English
- Unit 8Do You Do It Like That In Canada?
- Unit 9Where Do I Write My Gender, Marital Status etc.?
- Unit 10In My Language It’s Easy, But in English It’s Frustrating!
- Unit 11Negotiations - What’s In It for Me, Eh?
- Unit 12So You’re Hired! Now What?
Skills
Skills practised in every unit
Lessons in each unit are grouped by skill, so the four skills, grammar and vocabulary are taught in every unit.
Reading
Articles, stories and real-world texts at the right level.
Listening
Conversations and audio with a range of voices.
Speaking
Pair work, discussions and recorded speaking tasks.
Writing
Guided writing that builds from sentences to full texts.
Grammar
Clear explanations, followed by practice that is marked automatically.
Vocabulary
Words with images and audio, reviewed across units.
Included
What comes with the course
The course is taught on the Smrt platform, with lessons, practice, assessment and classroom tools included.
Ready-to-teach lessons
Readings, conversations, audio and images for the classroom screen.
Automatically marked practice
Exercises in eight types, with scores straight into the gradebook.
Quizzes and exams
Unit quizzes and course assessments, marked in the platform.
Classroom tools
Assignments, gradebook and attendance in Smrt Classroom.
Web and mobile
Students study in any browser or on the Smrt Study app.
Training from Canadian teachers
Qualified Canadian teachers train your staff to teach with Smrt English.
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