Course Proposal for Benetton 2

Date: 8 September 2003

Teacher: Zakiya Hanafi Total hours: 10+

Needs Identified

Functional Needs
Speaking: Negotiating terms of employment
Writing: Improving style and register of written correspondence, especially for
negotiations
Listening: Improving overall ability to understand advanced information in group
settings
Vocabulary Needs
Employment and recruitment terms
Language of negotiating
Overall expansion of passive and active lexicon
Grammar Needs
Use of the definite article
Present Perfect
First and Second conditional

Proposed Course Syllabus

OBJECTIVES:

 To maintain and practise already achieved upper-intermediate speaking,

listening and writing skills.
 To review key grammar points.
 To improve awareness of style and register in written correspondence.
 To expand overall vocabulary.

MATERIALS:
 English Grammar in Use (Murphy) for grammar review.
 Words at Work (Units 2 and 3) “The right person for the job” / “Pay and
Perks” for job-related vocabulary
 Writing Skills for style and register practice in correspondence
 Negotiating: for job-related listening, speaking and writing.
 Business Class (Unit 8 Headhunters) for all job-related objectives.
 First Certificate Gold: especially listening tasks for general improvement.
 Good In Bed (novel): extra-curricular/recreational reading to improve
general vocabulary and maintain level.