1) The document discusses personalizing an advanced level business English course book for learners moving from B2 to C1 levels. 2) It provides an overview of a study that surveyed 456 English teachers on the target groups, key skills, and materials needed at the C1 level for business communication. Office staff, managers, and assistants were cited as the main target groups. Speaking freely, reviewing grammar, and building vocabulary were cited as the key skills. 3) The document then describes features of the BASIS FOR BUSINESS C1 course book, which is designed for German learners and uses authentic business situations and materials to teach business communication skills through topics, vocabulary, grammar and discussion.

1. DIVE OFF THE PAGE AND INTO
THE WORKPLACE
PERSONALISING AN ADVANCED
LEVEL COURSE BOOK
ANNE HODGSON

2. English of the workplace
Lesley Ciocarelli http://eltpics.com

3. My reflective practice:
Reconstruct communicative situations with clients
Discuss with mentors
Apply research on discourse and culture

4. @sandymillin http://www.eltpics.com
Moving from B2 to C1, from local to global

5. CORNELSEN STUDY 2012 ONLINE PANEL
COURSEBOOK ENGLISH C1
456 teachers in adult education at B2-C2:
Who are your main target groups?
What key skills do they need to improve?
Which materials and features work best?

6. TARGET GROUPS
Office staff (47%)
Managers (42%)
Assistants (41%)
Oliver Zichert http://www.pixelio.de

7. KEY SKILLS
Speak freely 41%
Review grammar 27%
Build vocabulary 20%
Sassi http://www.pixelio.

8. USE COURSEBOOKS
B2 92%
C1 81%
C2 68%
MAIN RESOURCES AT C1
Photocopiable materials 98%
Published articles 95%

9. What materials actually give learners the
language of business communication?
Astrid Kamnik_http://www.pixelio.d

10. Are authentic business materials better
models to learn from than edited materials?
anne.hodgson@t-online.de
Use authentic materials for reflection
Adapt authentic materials to model language

11. KEY MATERIALS AND COURSEBOOK
FEATURES AT C1
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Percent of online panel

12. OUR RESPONSE
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BASISFORBUSINESSCOURSEBOOK
C1
ASIS FOR BUSINESS C1
eine Neuentwicklung und komplettiert unsere Business English Lehrwerksreihe.
as Kursbuch bietet sowohl aktuelle Inhalte als auch authentische Sprechanlässe
d vermittelt Strategien für erfolgreiche interkulturelle Kommunikation. Es führt
ca. 45 Unterrichtseinheiten zur Niveaustufe C1 des CEF/GER.
ASIS FOR BUSINESS C1 auf einen Blick
insbesondere für deutschsprachige Lernende konzipiert
macht authentische Situationen aus dem Geschäftsleben erfahrbar
besteht aus acht Units mit je vier Abschnitten:
Part A, Part B, Part C, Extra practice
enthält vier Business files sowie Skills files im Anhang
lässt Sprecher verschiedener Nationalitäten, die Englisch als
Lingua franca verwenden, zu Wort kommen (MP3-CD)
bietet zusätzliche Wortlisten zum Buch (kostenfrei online)
as komplette BASIS FOR BUSINESS C1 Paket
Workbook mit Progress checks
Online Teaching Guide mit Kopiervorlagen
Onlinematerial: interaktive Zusatzübungen
he Authors
nne Hodgson, based in Berlin, has been teaching business and academic
glish since 1998. She gives language and intercultural skills training to
rporate clients and also works as a translator. Anne supports professional
velopment within ELTABB and BESIG.
arole Eilertson, based in Hamburg, is a business English trainer who
o works as a translator. She designs and teaches specialized language
urses and communications workshops for a number of corporate clients
and around Hamburg.
ww.cornelsen.de/business-english
CORNELSEN PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH
BASIS FOR
BUSINESS
ANNE HODGSON
CAROLE EILERTSON
C1
MP3-CD
Ç
ISBN xxxx

13. FEATURES
BASIS FOR BUSINESS C1
Features
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Communicative
situations
• Business practice
• Part A+B: scripted
text + audio
• Phrase boxes for
communicative
tasks
• Skills boxes and
files for tasks
• Roleplay and
simulations
• Did you know?
• Food for thought
• Part C: authentic
materials
• Outside view
• Noticing in context
• Contrastive
grammar boxes
• Fine-tuning the
message
• Reflection: Extra
practice, workbook
Vocabulary
building
• Collocations,
register
• Typical mistakes
• Personalization
• ESP
• Extra practice
• Workbook
Grammar
consolidation
Discussion
topics

14. SAMPLE LESSONS
BASIS FOR BUSINESS C1
Unit 5 Sustainable Business
A Discuss Performance (sustainablity, reporting, storytelling)
B Pitch a proposal
C Describe business strategy
Built-in personalization through warmers, discussions, tasks
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15. SAMPLE LESSONS
BASIS FOR BUSINESS C1
5B: Pitch a proposal
5C: Describe business strategy Teachers’ Guide: recognize implicit meaning
Workbook: analysing in hindsight,
preparing a checklist for a pitch...
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16. SAMPLE LESSONS
BASIS FOR BUSINESS C1
7C Meeting demand: Control the image
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17. DIVE INTO THE WORKPLACE
PERSONALIZING
Use the book as your diving board
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• Topical:
Bounce off to use the learner’s experience
Follow up on issues
• Linguistic:
Analyse language using concordancers e.g. www.just-the-word.com
Reconstruct texts using dictogloss, graphic organizers
• Business skills:
Study Part C business cases, skills files
Apply methods and approaches presented to own situation
• Communication skills:
Personalize role plays and business file simulations
Reflective self-study, read, report, summarize in groups

18. FROM THE BOOK
INTO THE WORKPLACE
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Topics
Select units,
add authentic
materials
Task:
Learners review
their new book
-> supplement
selected units
Notice details in
genres
Tasks:
Dictogloss w/
Outside View
TG photocopiable:
Don’t let it escape
your notice
Skills workout in
class
Task:
Listening trios w/
coursebook and
supplemented
texts
Business
skills
Turn around book
input on business
methods
Task:
Storytelling in
business
communication
Communication
skills
Language

19. Dive off the page into the workplace | 14/07/2014 19Amelie Van Den Broeck http://www.eltpics.com
Thank you ...
and have fun diving in!
anne.hodgson@t-online.de
http://www.annehodgson.de