U1. CAREER PLANNING 7

READING – Career planning 9

VOCABULARY – Professional development, skills, career planning 12

GRAMMAR – Present simple, past simple, present perfect 14

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE – Talking about skills, career planning and aspirations 17

LISTENING – Professional development 18

WRITING – A career development plan 20

SPEAKING – Career goals 23

SOCIOCULTURAL PRACTICE – Work-life balance and career choices 24

PRACTICE 25

U2. SKILLS FOR SUCCESS 33

READING – Skills employers are looking for 35

VOCABULARY – Skills 38

GRAMMAR – Conditionals, modals of ability (can/could/be able to) 40

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE – Describing skills 43

LISTENING – Key skills for professional success 44

SPEAKING – Personal skills in a job interview 45

WRITING – An effective CV and cover letter 48

SOCIOCULTURAL PRACTICE – CV and job interviews in the UK and the US 50

PRACTICE 52

U3. GREEN JOBS 61

READING – Emerging green jobs and sustainability in the workplace 63

VOCABULARY – Sustainability and green jobs 66

GRAMMAR – Present continuous, future forms and tenses 69

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE – Talk about sustainable practices, describing and persuading 72

LISTENING – Sustainable jobs 73

WRITING – The importance of green jobs 75

SPEAKING – An advertisement for a green job 78

SOCIOCULTURAL PRACTICE – Sustainable citizenship 80

PRACTICE 81

U4. INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY 93

READING – A report on the impact of technology in the workplace 95

VOCABULARY – New technology 98

GRAMMAR – Comparatives and superlatives; gerund + infinitive or -ing 100

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE – Agreeing and disagreeing, giving an opinion 104

LISTENING – Technological advancement and their potential impact on jobs 106

WRITING – A report 108

SPEAKING – Challenges and opportunities presented by technology and automation 110

SOCIOCULTURAL PRACTICE – Technology in different countries 112

PRACTICE 113

U5. NETWORKING 121

READING – The importance of networking and effective presentations 123

VOCABULARY – How to show interest 126

GRAMMAR – Past continuous, passive 128

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE – How to show interest and network 130

LISTENING – A networking event 132

WRITING – Follow-up messages 133

SPEAKING – Practice networking 136

SOCIOCULTURAL PRACTICE – Etiquette at professional events 138

PRACTICE 139

U6. PRESENTATION OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 149

READING – Describing a company 151

VOCABULARY – Adjectives to describe products, verbs for presenting 154

GRAMMAR – Modal verbs for recommendations and suggestions, adverbial phrases 156

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE – Structure a presentation 159

LISTENING – Presentation of a new product 161

WRITING – Prepare a presentation 162

SPEAKING – Giving a presentation 164

SOCIOCULTURAL PRACTICE – Cultural adaptation of products and services 166

PRACTICE 167

U7. THE MEDIA 177

READING – Media literacy 179

VOCABULARY – Media, reporting verbs 182

GRAMMAR – Reported speech, defining and non-defining clauses 185

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE – Asking questions, reporting what you have heard and believe 189

LISTENING – The place of the media in society 191

WRITING – Opinion article and blog post 193

SPEAKING – An interview 195

SOCIOCULTURAL PRACTICE – Cultural communication norms 196

PRACTICE 197

U8. BUSINESS COMMUNICATION SKILLS 207

READING – Email exchange 209

VOCABULARY – Voicemails and emails 213

GRAMMAR – Negative structures and adverbs, conditional sentences for polite requests and offers 215

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE – Not choosing something, talk on the phone and leave voicemails 217

LISTENING – Phone calls and voice mails 219

WRITING – A professional email 221

SPEAKING – Making arrangements on the phone and leaving messages 223

SOCIOCULTURAL PRACTICE – Sending emails in different cultures 224

PRACTICE 225

U9. BUSINESS TRAVEL 235

READING – An article about travel 237

VOCABULARY – Transport and accommodation, common problems 240

GRAMMAR – Future forms will / going to, future perfect 242

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE – Booking transport and accommodation when travelling, deal with problems 244

LISTENING – A travel podcast 246

WRITING – A complaint letter 247

SPEAKING – Talk about future plans 249

SOCIOCULTURAL PRACTICE – US and British expressions 250

PRACTICE 251