I am an MBA student with 4.5 years of work experience as a secretary and executive assistant in different international companies.
First I would like to request the student to do each of the 6 below mentioned activities, just to understand his/her English level and awareness. Based on that I would like to teach each topic using situation context. I would like to help 1 or 2 students per hour so that I can apply the context relevant to each of them when teaching business English. I would like to use some templates that I made in my own previous organizations as part of my job.
For example - If a student wants to send a notice by email or by an official document for implementation of a software to all employees, I teach the student how to write a paragraph introducing himself, his department, the need for implementation and how it will be implemented. We then discuss this as if one is discussing it with the boss/team.
Another example - If he wants to make travel arrangements, I teach him to create a standard email format for all travel arrangement mails to the travel desk. We then discuss this as if one is discussing it with the boss/team.
I know work presentations in the office do not happen like a stage show but rather like a normal round table discussion, where everyone is involved, not just one person who presents. One man shows usually exist in training programs and inductions in the organization.
To teach new words, I use the translator app and would encourage the students to use apps like DeepL or Google Translate to become familiar with sentence formation.
Topics- 1.formal and informal letter writing - calendar appointment invites and office party invites.
2. Booking emails to travel vendors
3. Internal marketing collateral (snippet emailers, poster content, contest content)
4. Approval notes/reports/ circulars
.5calendar appointments by phone
.6Order office stationery via email.