Course activities will include: • Talks designed around business topics • Power Point and lecture presentations • Exercises for reading, writing, grammar These are the main points we will cover during the semester: Grammar topics 1. Tenses (past, present, future, conditionals) 2. Irregular verbs 3. Noun formation 4. Adjectives – Degrees of Comparison 5. Relative pronouns 6. Modal Verbs 7. Definite and indefinite articles The grammar topics and some exercises will be available on the Faculty of Economics website. Please download them and do the exercises. Contact me for questions, feedback and correction. A lot of exercises are to be found on the internet too, with answers to help you work at home. These are general Conversation topics that you are expected to know: Communicative Skills: 1. Expressing preference and opinion 2. Expressing likes and dislikes 3. Presenting yourselves 4. Telephone conversations 5. Asking for information/ Answering queries 6. Careers and jobs. Job interviews Business Vocabulary: 1. Running Meetings 2. Preparing an Agenda 3. Numbers 4. Addresses and directions 5. Company structure and hierarchy 6. Negotiations Writing: 1. Reports 2. Letters, faxes, emails 3. Cover letters 4. Curriculum Vitae – European Format 5. Agendas