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Sebastiana Ioannou
Director of Studies “My English School Venezia” - Mestre

Kirstyn Dooley
Teacher “My English School Venezia” - Mestre

 

1° APPUNTAMENTO 
20 OTTOBRE 2022
Orario: 11.00 - 13.00 – TAXATION

OBJECTIVES
Taxation vocabulary
Corporate & Individual tax
Discussing tax systems
Giving your opinion

VOCAB
raise revenue, social security contributions, tax obligations, corporate task, corporation tax, national insurance, income tax, inheritance/estate tax, capital transer tax, direct tax, capital gains tax, types of taxes: indirect, value-added, sales, excess, import, tax systems: regressive, progressive, porportional

GRAMMAR / STRUCTURES
personal opinion phrases, making predictions

 

2° APPUNTAMENTO 
27 OTTOBRE 2022
Orario: 11.00 - 13.00  - PROFIT AND LOSS

OBJECTIVES
Profit and loss statement
Adverbs and verbs used to describe growth and decline
Presenting a P&L statement

VOCAB
revenue/sales, cost of goods sold, interest expense, net income, earn, gross profit, net operating profit, net profit before income tax, net profit, gross margin, net sales, bottom line, sales profit, net earnings

GRAMMAR / STRUCTURES
Verbs: rise, increase, climb, boom, peak, fall, decline, decrease, etc.
Adjectives: sharp, rapid, huge, dramatic, substantial, etc.
Adverbs: dramatically, massively, etc.

 

3° APPUNTAMENTO 
3 NOVEMBRE 2022
Orario: 11.00 - 13.00 - FINANCIAL FORECASTING

OBJECTIVES
Forecasting
Forecasting Vocabulary
Language for predictions 

VOCAB
budget forecast, projection, cost centre, deficit, overheads, surplus, cumulative, expressions: hand in hand, on track, competitive landscape, accomodate changes, business climate

GRAMMAR / STRUCTURES
future forms for predictions
will / going to
I think...

4° APPUNTAMENTO 
10 NOVEMBRE 2022
Orario: 11.00 - 13.00 - BUSINESS PLAN

OBJECTIVES
What is a Business Plan
Taking care of business
Terminology and components

VOCAB
executive summary, business overview, strategic overview, growth plan, industry and competitive analysis, key performance indicators, key metrics, project pipeline, product/sales & project plan, financial forecast, appendix, loans/debts, assets, liabilities, cashflow projections, revenue

GRAMMAR / STRUCTURES
presentation language

5° APPUNTAMENTO 
17 NOVEMBRE 2022
Orario: 11.00 - 13.00 - MAKING APPOINTMENTS AND TELEPHONING

OBJECTIVES
Essential prepositions
Discussing dates and times
Giving instructions or directions

VOCAB
expressions for availability: how about, could we do..., when is good for you, does it work for you, when would you...
expressions on the phone: a bad line, you’re breaking up, I can’t hear you, could you repeat, I didn’t catch that

GRAMMAR / STRUCTURES
prepositions of time and place: on, in, at

6° APPUNTAMENTO 
24 NOVEMBRE 2022
Orario: 11.00 - 13.00 - BANKING SERVICES

OBJECTIVES
Types of banking services
Bank Accounts
Presenting banking services

VOCAB
deposit, withdraw, transaction, charge, maturity, creditor, names of the different types of accounts

GRAMMAR / STRUCTURES
future forms for predictions
will / going to
I think…discussing banking services language

 

7° APPUNTAMENTO 
29 NOVEMBRE 2022
Orario: 11.00 - 13.00 - BUSINESS PRESENTATION AND FUTURE TALK

OBJECTIVES
Phrases and Vocabulary for giving presentations in a business context 

VOCAB
slight increase, dramatic decrease, fluctuations, decline, recovery

GRAMMAR / STRUCTURES
Opening/Closing phrases of presentations 
Sequencing connectives 
Concluding and Questions

8° APPUNTAMENTO 
1 DICEMBRE 2022
Orario: 11.00 - 13.00 - EXCHANGE RATES

OBJECTIVES
Currency Vocabulary
Referring to Exchange Rates
Expressing Cause and Effect

VOCAB
convertibility, currency, peg against, market forces, floating exchange rates, traders, bid price, spread, cause and effect vocabulary, abbreviations

GRAMMAR / STRUCTURES
Discussing economical situations, predicting economical situations, discussing investments

9° APPUNTAMENTO 
6 DICEMBRE 2022
Orario: 11.00 - 13.00 - INTEREST RATES

OBJECTIVES
Fluctuation Markets
Describing Tendencies
Phrases, verbs and idioms to describe performance

VOCAB
tendency, tends to, floating interest rates, boom, slump, stock market collapse, bull market, bear market, go bust, bubble

GRAMMAR / STRUCTURES
Discussing increases and decreases, analysis data, discussing political events and rates

10° APPUNTAMENTO 
7 DICEMBRE 2022
Orario: 11.00 - 13.00 - NEGOTIATION LANGUAGE

OBJECTIVES
Objectives and stakes
Management planning
Negotiation Language

VOCAB
timing, high stakes, rollout plan, pending request, company aims, product licensing, still in the works

GRAMMAR / STRUCTURES
Opening statements, discussing stakes, tester questions and stating objectives

11° APPUNTAMENTO 
13 DICEMBRE 2022
Orario: 11.00 - 13.00 - BUSINESS - PROJECT MANAGEMENT

OBJECTIVES
Project lifecycles
Discussing projects
Vocabulary for project

VOCAB
Initiation, Planning, Development, Implementation, Closure, Pareto Principle, Student’s Syndrome, Murphy’s Law, assumption, milestone, constraints, deliverables, dependencies, float

GRAMMAR / STRUCTURES
studying cases studies and assisting with project management

 

12° APPUNTAMENTO 
15 DICEMBRE 2022
Orario: 11.00 - 13.00 – LEGAL CONTRACTS

OBJECTIVES
Elements of a Contract
Format of a Contract
Explaining a Contract in

VOCAB
hereinafter, hereby, whereas, acceptance, terms, elements, promise, agree, enforceable, rejection, offer, party, capacity, breaches, legally bound

GRAMMAR / STRUCTURES
Linking words, making an offer, reading and analysing a contract

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