Units and Course Content
Units on the Distance Cert IBET are individual, bite-sized chunks that will take you between one and three hours to complete. Overall, you will study 30 units that total around 50 to 60 hours of input and self-directed work. The units - listed below - are sent to you in blocks of 10 units at a time.​ You can download a sample unit at the bottom of this page.
1. What is Business English?
2. Understanding the World of Business
3. Teachers, Learners and Motivation (including learner differences and profiles, group types, teaching in-company, teaching large groups, teaching virtually and teaching hybrid groups)
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4. Lesson Planning (including schemes of work)
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5. Teaching Grammar
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6. Understanding Marketing
7. Training Presentations
8. ELT Approaches (including Dogme)
9. Published Resources, Coursebooks, Authentic Material and Making Your Own (including using AI for materials development)
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10. Conducting Needs Analysis
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11. Writing Course Proposals (including setting goals, objectives and outcomes)
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12. Speaking, Roleplays and Simulations
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13. Understanding Human Resources
14. Training Meetings
15. Teaching Vocabulary and Lexis
16. Listening in Business English and using Audio and Video
17. Business English, ESP, EAP and ESAP
18. Training Negotiations
19. Understanding Finance (including financial documents and investment strategies)
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20. Reading and Using Case Studies
21. Telephoning and Conference Calls
22. Using Technology Tools in Business English Training
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​23. Teaching Writing 1 – E-mailing and Shorter Texts
24. Intercultural Communication
25. Projects and Tasks in Training
26. Teaching Writing 2 - Longer Texts
27. Teaching One-to-One and Using Coaching Approaches
28. Assessment, Testing Feedback and Teaching for Exams
29. Understanding Leadership and Teams
30. Going Freelance, Presenting at Conferences, Professional Development and Writing for Publication
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