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Macmillan Practice Online 'In Company Upper Intermediate' This course accompanies 'In Company Upper Intermediate'. It corresponds to CEF level C1 and Cambridge ESOL CAE. There are 18 Syllabus Items, each matching a Student's Book unit. Within each Syllabus Item, resources are grouped into two categories - 'Topic Focus' and 'Grammar Focus'.

Description

1 Business or pleasure? - This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to discuss corporate Networking entertainment, and start and keep a conversation at social events. It also provides practice of present and past tenses.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Listening to part of a presentation about the facilities available for business hospitality. Listening to a tourism officer from the local government talking about services for corporate hospitality. Listening to a manager explaining what needs to be organized as entertainment for a group of visitors to the company. Grammar Focus Practising the use of negative question forms for beginning a conversation or part of one. Practising formal and informal English. Practising the present simple, present continuous, past simple, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous, past continuous and past perfect.

2 Exchanging This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about meetings and information – Meetings discuss company performance. It also provides practice of conditionals.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Practising vocabulary associated with meetings and agendas. Listening to two colleagues discussing a meeting about their company's spending. Practising words associated with statistics. Grammar Focus Practising the first, second and third conditional. Practising connectors: 'in case', 'unless', 'if', 'as long as' and 'when'.

3 Material world - Talking This Syllabus Item provides additional material on the topic of business performance and Points ethical investment.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Listening to an interview with a schoolgirl who has her own successful company. Writing an

essay about ethical investment and looking at a model answer and comments. 4 Voice and visuals - This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to discuss presentations,

Presenting give presentations and describe statistics. It also provides practice of modal verbs.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Finding mistakes in a text about mind-mapping techniques. Listening to part of a training session about giving presentations. Listening to a presentation by an advertising executive about a campaign his agency is planning for a client.Practising words and phrases used for describing statistics in business. Grammar Focus Practising the use of a variety of modals. The purpose of the resource 'Mind-mapping

5 Problems on the phone This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to deal with complaints on - Desk work the phone. It also provides practice of polite question forms.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Listening to a conference participant complaining. Listening to eight people talking about how to deal with phone calls from dissatisfied clients. Grammar Focus Distinguishing between formal and informal requests. Practising embedded questions.

6 Leading meetings - This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to discuss meetings and Meetings talk about money in business. It also provides practice of words used for linking and contrasting ideas.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Listening to two colleagues discussing the meetings they have to attend. Listening to eight people talking about participating in meetings. Practising words and phrases connected with money in business. Practising words connected with the money used to pay for companies and projects. Grammar Focus Practising connectors of contrast, purpose and cause.

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7 Information age - This Syllabus Item provides additional material on the topic of business news and business Talking points headlines.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Practising phrasal verbs and collocations that are commonly used in business. Practising words associated with how well companies are performing. Understanding newspaper headlines.

8 Promoting your ideas - This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to discuss presentations, Presenting give presentations and present new ideas. It also provides practice of phrasal verbs and the passive.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Reading an article about giving presentations. Listening to nine people talking about giving presentations. Listening to somebody holding a presentation on Warehouse Management Systems, trying to persuade people about their value. Practising words connected with having new ideas in the business world. Writing report on a meeting and looking at a model answer and comments. Grammar Focus Practising phrasal verbs that are widely used in business. Practising common phrasal verbs. Practising various tenses of the passive voice. Practising impersonal statements. Practising active and passive verbs.

9 Relationship-building - This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to socialize with clients or Networking colleagues and talk about socializing and business. It also provides practice of multi-verb sentences and verbs followed by prepositions.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Practising the use of 'almost' and 'hardly' in a dialogue between a company employee and a visitor to the company. Practising the use 'hope'and 'expect' in short dialogues between company employees and a visitor to their company. Listening to people discussing social events after a meeting. Listening to different people talking about socializing and business. Grammar Focus Practising the infinitive and the -'ing' form. Practising verbs followed by prepositions. Practising prepositions following verbs, nouns and adjectives.

10 Taking decisions - This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to discuss problems faced Meetings by companies and talk about decisions, marketing and legal matters. It also provides practice of articles.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Listening to extracts from eight presentations given at meetings. Reading a text about customer service. Practising expressions connected with making decisions. Practising words and phrases commonly used in the world of advertising and marketing. Practising vocabulary connected with legal matters in business. Grammar Focus Practising the use of 'a'/'an', 'the' and the zero article.

11 Branded planet - This Syllabus Item provides additional material to promote discussion on the topic of brand Talking points awareness.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Reading an article about modern developments in advertising and marketing. Reading an article about people's ability to recognize companies' logos and brands. Listening to a business report about a Swiss watchmaker.

12 E-mailing - Desk work This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to write emails between colleagues. It also provides practice of future forms.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Listening to a manager asking her assistant to write an email for her. Practising the position of 'already', 'yet' and 'just' in email messages between work colleagues. Practising phrases used for making requests informally. Grammar Focus Practising a variety of future tenses and forms: present simple, present continuous, 'will', 'going to', future continuous, future perfect simple and future perfect continuous. Practising the future in the past.

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13 Making an impact - This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to give presentations and Presenting describe companies. It also provides practice of rhetorical questions, metaphors and inversion.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Listening to a presentation given by a CEO to the company's employees. Listening to a description of a company. Distinguishing between formal and informal statements in a manager's speech. Grammar Focus Practising words and phrases used metaphorically. Contrasting the positions of adverbial phrases with and without inversion. Practising inversion after negative and limiting adverbials.

14 Out and about - This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about business travel Networking and business meals, and tell anecdotes. It also provides practice of narrative tenses.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Listening to a telephone conversation. Completing a text about going through customs. Completing a text about a couple's experience of flying. Listening to part of a radio programme on business meals. Grammar Focus Practising the past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple and past perfect continuous.

15 Big ideas - Talking This Syllabus Item provides additional material on the topic of management trends and points business leaders.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Reading an article about the history and success of a photography company. Reading an article about groups of people involved in business projects, called Super Groups. Reading an article about offshoring and outsourcing. Reading a text about company expansion.

16 Teleconferencing - This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to hold a teleconference and Desk work discuss issues connected with production and human resources. It also provides practice of reported speech.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Listening to a conference call between three colleagues discussing a new project. Listening to a conference call between two managers and a business consultant discussing ways to increase visitor spend at the company's tourist attractions. Practising words and phrases connected with manufacturing. Listening to a presentation about a manufacturing company. Listening to a guided tour through a computer manufacturing plant. Grammar Focus Practising reporting verbs. Practising reported speech.

17 Negotiating deals - This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use when negotiating.

Meetings

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Listening to a woman asking for a rise. Listening to a discussion between a manager and a staff representative. Practising the use of 'prefer' and 'would rather' in notes made before a meeting about an agreement. Practising the use of linking words and phrases in sentences about negotiations.

18 Shaping the future - This Syllabus Item provides additional material to promote discussion on what will happen in Talking points the future.

Syllabus components Syllabus component description Topic Focus Reading an article about new technology for communication. Practising the future perfect in a text about life in the future. Listening to a news story about future homes.