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Courses for adults
- Business English - B2
B2 Business English
For learners who want to communicate effectively in a professional environment. At this level, students develop the skills needed for meetings, business correspondence, reports, proposals and more confident interaction in workplace discussions.
Curriculum Overview
At B2, the curriculum moves learners from routine workplace communication to more independent and effective professional use of English. Candidates at B2 Business Vantage should be able to write short pieces of business correspondence, reports or proposals, read extracts from business publications, and listen to, understand and contribute to discussions in meetings. This makes B2 the level where learners become more confident, flexible and persuasive in professional contexts.
In reading, learners now work with more substantial business texts. Cambridge includes extracts from business publications, so the curriculum should include articles, reports, company documents, case-study style texts and workplace communications that require learners to understand main ideas, supporting detail, writer purpose and professional vocabulary in context.
In writing, the curriculum develops greater structure, clarity and register. Cambridge’s B2 business descriptors refer to business correspondence, reports and proposals, so learners should practise writing emails with a clear purpose, more formal professional messages, short reports, simple proposals and other workplace texts that require organisation, explanation and recommendation.
In listening, learners begin to follow more extended business interaction. Cambridge says B2 candidates should be able to understand and contribute to discussions in meetings, so the listening curriculum should include meetings, discussions, brief presentations and telephone communication, with a focus on main points, speaker intention, agreement, decisions and follow-up action.
In speaking, the focus is on contributing actively and appropriately in professional settings. At this level, learners should be able to express opinions, suggest ideas, respond to others, clarify meaning and take part in meetings with greater confidence. Cambridge’s B2 business profile supports a curriculum built around discussion, collaboration and purposeful communication in workplace situations.
