English for Specific Purposes 2

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Lesson Plans
 ESP2 – Lesson Plan (Structures, lexis, functions, themes)
Unit Topic/Situation Structural and
lexical items
Unit 1 working in a team consolidation of past simple
(personal biographical details),
before/after –ing,
like/enjoy –ing,
question tags (present tenses)
Unit 2 the importance of English and consolidation of can, able to,
other languages for business without, purpose clauses
(for –ing, to …, so that),
consolidation of have to / don't
have to, need to / don't need to,
revision and extension of
languages (Spanish, Chinese,
etc.)
Unit 3 a sales meeting consolidation and contrast of
futures (arrangements, plans,
predictions/forecasts,
spontaneous decisions), first
conditional, revision of
shall/let's, revision of basic
graph language
Unit 4 career achievements present perfect (indefinite time),
been (as to go), ever/never
(present perfect), how many
times (present perfect),
company-structure vocabulary
(holding company, subsidiary,
etc.)
Unit 5 telephoning revision of greetings, specific
telephone expressions,
telecommunications vocabulary
Unit 6 work schedules how long … ? (present perfect),
for/since (present perfect), yet /
already / so far (present
perfect), just (present perfect),
gone (present perfect)
Functions
giving and asking about
personal biographical details,
describing objectives (for a
training course), confirming
details in an interview
Notes
An ice-breaker context.
Students introduce themselves
and discuss their objectives for
the language course.
describing language functions
and skills, explaining reasons
behind requirements and
objectives
discussing an agenda,
describing plans, presenting a
forecast, describing probable
future scenarios
describing career achievements
and experiences, describing
organization of a group of
companies, describing a
management/departmental
structure
telephoning via a switchboard,
giving and taking messages on
the telephone, understanding
telephone terminology
describing a schedule,
describing recent progress,
describing complete/incomplete
work
Unit Topic/Situation Structural and
lexical items
Unit 7 arrangements for a trade show present perfect – irregular
verbs, trade-show vocabulary
Unit 8 financial results contrasting the past simple and
present perfect tenses (finished
and unfinished time), extension
of graph language, due to,
financial vocabulary
Unit 9 a business success story gerund (responsible for –ing,
instead of –ing), retailing
vocabulary
Unit 10 safety must(n't), should(n't), mustn't
vs. don't have to, can
(permission), allowed to, safety
vocabulary
Unit 11 business travel revision of could for polite
requests, would you mind –ing,
thank you very much, still, have
had to (present perfect), air-
travel and train-travel
vocabulary, basic advertising
vocabulary
Unit 12 human resources adverbs of manner, adjectives
of personal characteristics, in
order to, good at –ing, capable
of –ing, recommend –ing
Unit 13 an economic profile revision and extension of
comparatives and superlatives
(slightly, a little, much, a lot,
less vs. fewer), expressions for
correspondence,
economic/industry vocabulary
Unit 14 contracting and project passive (present and future
management tenses), contract vocabulary,
competitive-bidding vocabulary,
contract-phase vocabulary
(from design to handover)
Functions
discussing arrangements for a trade
show, discussing and coordinating
preparation work
understanding financial indicators,
describing past and recent trends,
linking events to results
categorizing retail products, justifying
decisions, giving professional
advice/opinions, revision of financial
vocabulary
giving a job profile, defining dangers,
describing safety precautions, making
recommendations
describing travel plans, checking in for
a flight, making train-travel
arrangements
describing work skills, defining job
profiles, giving a staff appraisal
describing economic indicators,
describing industry sectors, writing a
covering letter/email
bidding for contracts, defining project
phases, understanding contractual
terms and conditions
Unit Topic/Situation Structural and
lexical items
Unit 15 marketing passive (past simple and
present perfect tenses,
modals), it is said/thought that,
marketing vocabulary
Unit 16 a SWOT analysis likely to / unlikely to, reflexive
pronouns, time clauses (before,
after, when, as soon as, until),
banking vocabulary
Unit 17 a legal dispute compressed relative clauses,
reported speech (present
simple to past simple, present
continuous to past continuous,
present perfect to past perfect,
past simple to past perfect, can
to could, will to would),
property-leasing vocabulary
Unit 18 information technology past continuous (when, while),
so … that, such a … that,
IT vocabulary
Unit 19 promoting tourism ought to, may/might
(forecasting), none of, meeting
expressions and vocabulary
Unit 20 training second conditional, staff-
management vocabulary
Unit 21 exporting word order in indirect questions,
questions in reported speech
(if, whether), any more, export
vocabulary
Unit 22 company security present perfect continuous
tense, letter-writing expressions
Unit 23 socializing and entertaining revision and extension of
greetings and polite forms,
house and home vocabulary,
mealtime vocabulary
Functions
describing a product/brand
history, describing a marketing
strategy
describing opportunities and
threats, discussing future
scenarios, describing an action
plan
questioning claims, justifying
past actions, making
arrangements to lease property
describing relationships
between concurrent past
actions, describing extreme
situations, describing IT
equipment
attending a formal meeting,
expressing agreement and
disagreement, interrupting,
making meeting arrangements
describing training objectives,
discussing staff-management
issues, defining priorities
describing ordering procedures,
making export arrangements,
understanding export jargon
reviewing business
arrangements, verifying claims,
writing a letter of complaint
welcoming a guest, personal
introductions, analyzing formal
and informal register
Unit Topic/Situation Structural and
lexical items
Unit 24 the energy business passive (present continuous
tense), verbs + adverbial
particles, technical vocabulary
Unit 25 employment packages expressions and vocabulary for
recruitment and employment
packages
Unit 26 mergers and acquisitions used to (for long-term past
situations), mine, yours, his,
hers, ours, theirs, managed to,
unless, takeover vocabulary
Unit 27 applying for a job used to –ing, gerund as subject
and object, expressions for
letters of application,
vocabulary for CVs/résumés
Unit 28 behavior at work present perfect simple and
continuous tenses, company
employee rules and procedures
vocabulary, behavior and
disciplinary vocabulary
Unit 29 job interviews extension of question tags, so
do/am I, neither do/am I
Unit 30 correspondence letter-writing expressions,
vocabulary – presentation aids
Functions
giving an industry overview,
explaining how something
works, giving a detailed
technical description
describing recruitment criteria,
understanding job
advertisements, describing
employment-package criteria
describing past arrangements
and procedures, analyzing
advantages and disadvantages,
describing how working life
used to be
writing a résumé, writing a CV,
writing a letter of application for
a job
describing what had happened /
describing what had been
happening (interrelationships
between past actions),
describing rules and
procedures for employees
confirming details in an
interview, describing personal
strengths, describing
professional experience and
career history, giving feedback
from interviews
confirming a booking in writing,
writing a letter of complaint,
writing a letter of apology