LEGACY ENGLISH ACADEMY

CEFR B2 – UPPER INTERMEDIATE

PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION PROGRAM

DURATION: 12 WEEKS – 50 LESSONS

Course Outcome

You will demonstrate sustained upper-intermediate control across professional speaking, listening, reading, and writing. You will manage extended discourse logically, participate strategically in interaction, interpret layered information accurately, and apply complex grammatical structures with stability and precision. By the end of the programme, your communication will reflect clarity, coherence, flexibility, and confident CEFR B2 performance in demanding professional contexts.

WEEK 1 – PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY

Weekly Outcome

You will construct a strategically structured professional identity by selecting tense forms deliberately and sequencing information logically. You will integrate speaking, listening, reading, and writing while distinguishing permanent roles, current responsibilities, accumulated experience, and completed achievements. By the end of the week, you will present your professional background with fluency, lexical precision, and grammatical control.

Lesson 1 – Structuring Professional Self-Introductions

Lesson Outcome

You will design and deliver a logically sequenced professional introduction that integrates role clarity, responsibilities, current projects, and prior experience. You will control Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, and Past Simple accurately while maintaining natural rhythm and connected speech.

Homework

Write 10 sentences describing professional identity using at least three tense forms.

Lesson 2 – Expressing Professional Experience & Relevance

Lesson Outcome

You will demonstrate precise contrast between Past Simple and Present Perfect to communicate professional milestones, timelines, and continuing relevance. You will replace vague phrasing with structured, credible achievement statements.

Homework

Write five Present Perfect statements describing professional achievements.

Lesson 3 – Understanding Professional Narratives

Lesson Outcome

You will interpret extended interview-style responses by identifying sequencing devices, elaboration strategies, and clarification techniques. You will conduct structured exchanges that include follow-up questioning and coherent summarisation.

Homework

Prepare structured interview responses for next lesson.

Lesson 4 – Constructing Professional Profiles

Lesson Outcome

You will analyse professional profile texts to identify structural and linguistic patterns that signal credibility. You will produce a 120–150 word professional profile demonstrating tense stability, formal register, and cohesive organisation.

Homework

Revise written professional profile based on feedback. Prepare to read it aloud next lesson.

Lesson 5 – Integrated Professional Presentation

Lesson Outcome

You will synthesise identity description, interaction strategies, and discourse management into a structured presentation. You will respond spontaneously to audience questions while maintaining grammatical accuracy and professional tone.

Homework

Write a short reflection: “What makes professional communication effective?” Focus on clarity and precision.

WEEK 2 – MEETINGS & DISCUSSIONS

Weekly Outcome

You will strengthen your ability to participate strategically in professional meetings, report ideas accurately, and manage interaction flow. You will apply reported speech with controlled tense backshifting and produce structured meeting documentation with clarity and authority.

Lesson 1 – Meeting Participation & Information Exchange

Lesson Outcome

You will contribute relevant viewpoints in structured discussions, provide updates with clarity, ask targeted clarification questions, and respond directly to others while maintaining balanced interaction and professional tone.

Homework

Prepare three ideas you could raise in a meeting.

Lesson 2 – Reported Speech Foundations

Lesson Outcome

You will transform direct statements, questions, and decisions into reported speech with accurate structural adjustments, tense backshifting, and appropriate reporting verbs to preserve meaning and clarity.

Homework

Report five things someone said today.

Lesson 3 – Listening to Meeting Discussions

Lesson Outcome

You will extract key decisions, concerns, implied intentions, and speaker stance from extended meeting discussions. You will reformulate this information using accurate reported structures in both spoken and written formats.

Homework

Listen to a discussion and summarise it.

Lesson 4 – Writing Meeting Minutes

Lesson Outcome

You will interpret discussion outcomes and produce structured meeting minutes that clearly document decisions, action points, and responsibilities using formal reporting conventions.

Homework

Write a short summary of a discussion.

Lesson 5 – Leading Meetings

Lesson Outcome

You will demonstrate leadership language by introducing agenda items, managing discussion progression, summarising contributions accurately, and closing meetings with clarity and authority.

Homework

Prepare phrases for managing discussions.

WEEK 3 – WORKPLACE PROBLEMS

Weekly Outcome

You will analyse workplace challenges systematically by describing causes, consequences, and proposed solutions. You will apply zero, first, and second conditionals to explain real and hypothetical outcomes while maintaining diplomatic professional tone.

Lesson 1 – Describing Workplace Problems

Lesson Outcome

You will describe workplace issues with structured clarity, explaining root causes and immediate consequences using precise vocabulary and logically sequenced explanation.

Homework

Write a short description of a workplace problem.

Lesson 2 – Conditional Structures in Professional Contexts

Lesson Outcome

You will apply zero conditionals for general truths, first conditionals for likely outcomes, and second conditionals for hypothetical reasoning. You will use these structures to frame professional problem–solution analysis clearly.

Homework

Write five conditional sentences about workplace situations.

Lesson 3 – Problem–Solution Listening Analysis

Lesson Outcome

You will interpret extended discussions involving workplace challenges, identify proposed solutions, and summarise outcomes using accurate conditional framing and logical reasoning.

Homework

Listen to a discussion and note solutions mentioned.

Lesson 4 – Writing Incident Reports

Lesson Outcome

You will produce chronologically structured incident reports that describe problems objectively, explain contributing factors, and outline corrective action with neutral professional language.

Homework

Write an incident report from a given scenario.

Lesson 5 – Conflict Management & Solution Negotiation

Lesson Outcome

You will negotiate workplace disagreements constructively, propose alternative solutions diplomatically, and explain consequences using conditional reasoning and professional discourse control.

Homework

Prepare responses for resolving disagreements.

WEEK 4 – PROJECTS AND DEADLINES

Weekly Outcome

You will communicate project objectives, timelines, and adjustments using accurate future forms and structured sequencing language. You will distinguish intention, commitment, arrangement, and prediction while maintaining clarity in extended professional discourse.

Lesson 1 – Project Communication and Timeline Structuring

Lesson Outcome

You will describe project stages, milestones, priorities, and deliverables clearly, sequencing information logically and maintaining lexical precision in extended responses.

Homework

Write a short project description including objectives and timeline.

Lesson 2 – Future Forms in Workplace Contexts

Lesson Outcome

You will accurately select between will, going to, and present continuous to distinguish spontaneous decisions, prior plans, scheduled arrangements, and predictions in professional planning contexts.

Homework

Write future statements describing plans and predictions.

Lesson 3 – Listening to Planning Discussions

Lesson Outcome

You will identify commitments, projected outcomes, scheduling adjustments, and speaker intentions in extended planning discussions. You will reformulate them clearly using appropriate future structures.

Homework

Listen to a planning discussion and note key decisions.

Lesson 4 – Writing Project Updates

Lesson Outcome

You will produce forward-looking written updates that balance completed actions, current progress, and next steps using coherent organisation and appropriate future references.

Homework

Write a project update describing progress and next actions.

Lesson 5 – Negotiating Deadlines and Priorities

Lesson Outcome

You will justify scheduling adjustments professionally by presenting constraints, proposing alternatives, and explaining projected outcomes with controlled future tense accuracy.

Homework

Prepare a short explanation of a timeline adjustment.

WEEK 5 – NEGOTIATION BASICS

Weekly Outcome

You will develop diplomatic negotiation competence by using modal verbs to express flexibility, obligation, recommendation, and compromise. You will balance firmness and cooperation while maintaining strategic interaction control.

Lesson 1 – Foundational Negotiation Language

Lesson Outcome

You will construct modal-based proposals and responses that express flexibility and openness while maintaining professional clarity and tone.

Homework

Write five negotiation-style sentences using modal verbs.

Lesson 2 – Modal Nuance and Degree of Obligation

Lesson Outcome

You will distinguish subtle differences between obligation, necessity, recommendation, and possibility through precise modal selection and pragmatic appropriateness.

Homework

Write short workplace statements expressing different degrees of necessity.

Lesson 3 – Listening for Negotiation Strategy

Lesson Outcome

You will analyse extended negotiation exchanges to identify proposals, refusals, compromise strategies, and modal usage that signals stance and flexibility.

Homework

Listen to a professional discussion and identify modal verbs.

Lesson 4 – Writing Negotiation Emails

Lesson Outcome

You will produce structured negotiation emails that present adjustments, requests, and counterproposals diplomatically while maintaining clarity and coherence.

Homework

Write an email requesting adjustment of terms or timelines.

Lesson 5 – Structured Business Negotiation Roleplay

Lesson Outcome

You will conduct extended negotiation roleplays demonstrating discourse control, persuasive reasoning, and balanced use of modal structures in real-time interaction.

Homework

Prepare short spoken negotiation response for next lesson.

WEEK 6 – OPINIONS AND ARGUMENTS

Weekly Outcome

You will construct logically structured opinions and persuasive arguments using cohesive devices to ensure clarity, balance, and effective reasoning in both spoken and written formats.

Lesson 1 – Expanding and Justifying Opinions

Lesson Outcome

You will extend viewpoints beyond short statements by integrating justification, explanation, and example within coherent multi-sentence responses.

Homework

Write five opinion statements with supporting reasons.

Lesson 2 – Logical Connectors and Coherence Control

Lesson Outcome

You will use linkers for addition, contrast, cause, example, and conclusion accurately to strengthen logical progression and discourse cohesion in extended communication.

Homework

Write short paragraph using at least five linkers.

Lesson 3 – Listening for Stance and Reasoning

Lesson Outcome

You will identify main viewpoints, supporting arguments, counterpoints, and logical connectors in extended spoken discourse, demonstrating comprehension of layered reasoning.

Homework

Listen to a talk or interview and identify connectors.

Lesson 4 – Analysing Written Arguments

Lesson Outcome

You will interpret argumentative structure, evaluate strength of reasoning, and reorganise poorly structured ideas to improve coherence and persuasive clarity.

Homework

Write short response agreeing or disagreeing with text.

Lesson 5 – Structured Argument Performance

Lesson Outcome

You will produce balanced spoken and written arguments that clearly state position, provide evidence, address counterpoints, and conclude logically.

Homework

Write structured paragraph presenting and defending an opinion.

WEEK 7 – PRESENTATIONS

Weekly Outcome

You will deliver structured professional presentations using passive voice for formal objectivity and discourse markers for organisational clarity. You will strengthen fluency, sequencing, and audience interaction skills.

Lesson 1 – Presentation Structure and Organisation

Lesson Outcome

You will organise presentation content into clear introduction, development, and conclusion sections while signalling transitions explicitly and maintaining logical flow.

Homework

Write a short presentation outline (topic + three main points).

Lesson 2 – Passive Voice for Formal Reporting

Lesson Outcome

You will use passive constructions accurately to describe processes, findings, and outcomes objectively while maintaining tense accuracy and clarity.

Homework

Write a short description of a completed task using passive voice.

Lesson 3 – Structured Delivery and Transition Control

Lesson Outcome

You will deliver sequenced presentations using formal transitions, emphasis patterns, and controlled pacing to maintain clarity and audience engagement.

Homework

Refine presentation for clarity and flow.

Lesson 4 – Listening to Extended Presentations

Lesson Outcome

You will extract key ideas, supporting details, and organisational signals from extended presentations and summarise them accurately.

Homework

Write summary of an informational talk or video.

Lesson 5 – Integrated Presentation Performance

Lesson Outcome

You will demonstrate controlled fluency, grammatical stability, passive voice accuracy, and interactional flexibility during a full presentation task.

Homework

Prepare improved version incorporating feedback.

WEEK 8 – CUSTOMER RELATIONS

Weekly Outcome

You will manage professional client communication using indirect questions, clarification strategies, and pragmatic tone control while sustaining extended exchanges with clarity and diplomacy.

Lesson 1 – Professional Client Interaction Foundations

Lesson Outcome

You will respond to client inquiries using structured, service-oriented language that reflects politeness, clarity, and responsiveness.

Homework

Write eight professional client responses for assigned situations.

Lesson 2 – Indirect Questions and Polite Inquiry

Lesson Outcome

You will construct grammatically accurate indirect questions using correct statement word order to request information politely and professionally.

Homework

Write a short dialogue involving client information requests.

Lesson 3 – Managing Clarification Sequences

Lesson Outcome

You will handle extended exchanges requiring confirmation, follow-up questions, and repair strategies while maintaining discourse coherence.

Homework

Prepare a structured client clarification exchange.

Lesson 4 – Written Client Communication

Lesson Outcome

You will produce structured written responses that demonstrate tone control, indirect questioning, and logical progression in professional correspondence.

Homework

Revise written responses incorporating corrections.

Lesson 5 – Integrated Customer Relations Performance

Lesson Outcome

You will sustain realistic client interaction scenarios, adjusting language dynamically to manage concerns, clarify expectations, and maintain professionalism.

Homework

Prepare a professional client interaction script.

WEEK 9 – REPORTS AND DATA

Weekly Outcome

You will interpret and communicate performance data using comparatives and adverbs to achieve analytical precision. You will explain trends, contrast results, and provide structured commentary with clarity and logical consistency.

Lesson 1 – Describing Trends and Patterns

Lesson Outcome

You will describe increases, decreases, fluctuations, and stability using accurate reporting verbs and logically sequenced explanation.

Homework

Write a short paragraph describing a performance trend.

Lesson 2 – Comparative Structures in Data Reporting

Lesson Outcome

You will compare performance metrics accurately using grammatically controlled comparative forms while maintaining clarity and logical accuracy.

Homework

Write a short comparison-based analysis.

Lesson 3 – Adverbial Precision and Intensity Control

Lesson Outcome

You will refine meaning by selecting appropriate adverbs to indicate degree, intensity, and significance within analytical descriptions.

Homework

Prepare a short trend explanation using adverbs.

Lesson 4 – Structured Data Commentary Writing

Lesson Outcome

You will produce coherent written commentary integrating comparatives and adverbs to present analytical interpretation clearly and professionally.

Homework

Revise written commentary.

Lesson 5 – Integrated Reporting Performance

Lesson Outcome

You will deliver structured spoken reports describing data trends and comparisons with controlled grammar, precise vocabulary, and logical organisation.

Homework

Prepare a short spoken report based on provided data.

WEEK 10 – REVIEW AND CONSOLIDATION

Weekly Outcome

You will consolidate grammatical stability, discourse coherence, lexical precision, and communicative flexibility developed throughout the programme. You will demonstrate sustained upper-intermediate control in integrated performance tasks.

Lesson 1 – Grammar Stabilisation and Error Correction

Lesson Outcome

You will identify structural inaccuracies involving tense, comparison, adverb usage, and connector logic, and reformulate them to demonstrate improved grammatical stability.

Homework

Write a short paragraph demonstrating controlled grammar usage.

Lesson 2 – Coherence and Logical Flow Refinement

Lesson Outcome

You will restructure extended discourse using connectors and progression signals to ensure logical sequencing and clarity of reasoning.

Homework

Rewrite an unstructured passage coherently.

Lesson 3 – Precision and Nuance Management

Lesson Outcome

You will refine degrees of certainty, hedging strategies, and balanced reasoning to strengthen credibility in analytical communication.

Homework

Write a short balanced evaluation.

Lesson 4 – Integrated Receptive Skills Performance

Lesson Outcome

You will interpret layered information from reading and listening sources, identify stance and comparison logic, and summarise them accurately.

Homework

Prepare summary of both inputs.

Lesson 5 – Final Consolidation Performance Task

Lesson Outcome

You will demonstrate stabilised B2 competence through extended speaking and structured analytical writing, showing coherence, grammatical control, and communicative confidence.

Homework

Final written reflection demonstrating course-level control.