German B1 module 6: Business (Business)

This is learning module 6 of 6 of our German B1 syllabus. Each learning module contains 6 till 8 chapters.

Learning goals:

  • Leadership and team
  • Negotations and contracts
  • Common communication in the company
  • Business sectors and departments

Lessons (8)

B1.38 - Führung im Team (Leadership in team)

B1.38 - Leadership in team
  • Advanced personality traits
  • How personality influences teamwork
  • Process passive without agent with man & niemand

B1.39 - Berufsbezeichnungen und Unternehmensstruktur (Job titles and company structure)

B1.39 - Job titles and company structure
  • Advanced job titles
  • Organigram and task divisions
  • Leadership and hierarchy
  • Process passive with modal verbs

B1.40 - Pendeln (Commuting)

B1.40 - Commuting
  • Daily transport to work
  • Discuss company policies and car alternatives
  • Discuss leasing transportation
  • Modal verbs in the passive — Past (must, should, can)

B1.41 - Im Labor (At the laboratory)

B1.41 - At the laboratory
  • Communicate between departments about laboratory work and experiments
  • Follow basic laboratory methods and procedures
  • sich lassen + infinitive

B1.42 - Erlaubnisse und Zuschüsse (Permissions and subsidies)

B1.42 - Permissions and subsidies
  • Explore the government and law in the host country
  • Deal with legal obstacles and get subsidies
  • Talk to local authorities
  • Verbs with prefixes: lassen

B1.43 - Verhandlungen und Verkauf (Negotiations and sales)

B1.43 - Negotiations and sales
  • Price negotations
  • Currency exchange rates / tariffs
  • Contracts vocabulary
  • Expressing an opinion (e.g. I am of the opinion that...)

B1.44 - Nachhaltigkeit und Umwelt (Sustainability and environment)

B1.44 - Sustainability and environment
  • Talk about environmental legislation
  • Talk about the daily environment and health
  • Advantages and disadvantages: structuring (e.g. Ein Vorteil/ Nachteil ist, dass ...)

B1.45 - Auf der Konferenz (At the conference)

B1.45 - At the conference
  • Vocabulary for conferences and public speaking
  • Present yourself and meet at networking events
  • Attend a conference
  • Noun-verb combinations (e.g. eine Lösung finden)