Unidad Didáctica 1. Learning
– Training.
– Talking about training and learning.
– Communication strategies.
– Participle clauses.
– ‘The future in the past’.
– Expressing dissatisfaction.

Unidad Didáctica 2. Performance
– Job satisfaction.
– Discussing employer / employee expectations.
– Giving an impromptu presentation.
– Using questions.
– Dealing with difficult questions.

Unidad Didáctica 3. Skills Practice
– The lives of others.
– Writing: A report.
– Reading: Saving dying languages. Comparing cultural traditions.

Unidad Didáctica 4. Britain
– George Orwell.
– Orwellian English.
– Reading: An extract from Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Unidad Didáctica 5. Resources
– Corporate social responsibility.
– Talking about resources.
– Discussing options and reaching decisions.
– Using conditionals.
– Dealing with misunderstandings.

Unidad Didáctica 6. Leadership
– The role of leadership.
– Talking about leadership styles.
– Giving a briefing on change.
– Distancing and depersonalizing using the passive.
– Expressing personal view.

Unidad Didáctica 7. Skills Practice
– Getting personal.
– Writing: A letter of agreement.
– Reading: Is 29 the perfect age? Describing your personality.

Unidad Didáctica 8. Ireland
– The Irish Potato Famine.
– Irish English.
– Reading: The origins of Irish English.

Unidad Didáctica 9. Values
– The collapse of Enron.
– Talking about values.
– Reaching an agreement in negotiations.
– Using inversion for emphasis.
– Raising a difficult point.

Unidad Didáctica 10. Persuasion
– Selling.
– Talking about how we are persuaded and influenced.
– Selling an idea in a presentation.
– Using discourse markers.
– Giving and receiving compliments.

Unidad Didáctica 11. Skills Practice
– The natural world.
– Writing: A mailshot.
– Reading: Benidorm and eco-tourism. Talking about travel and climate change.

Unidad Didáctica 12. Australia
– The Great Barrier Reef Australian English.
– Reading: The rise and fall of Australian slang.