The location for this series of English workshops is at the new SPACES office centre, Plaza de Villasis, 2, in the heart of Seville. This new office and co-sharing concept is modern, versatile and efficient. So this series of English workshops are designed to blend in with SPACES and serve their clients and partners.
Workshops
Each Workshop is 60 minutes and consisting of listening comprehension by watching 5 to 10 minutes of video, business vocabulary based on current business topics and speaking practice to answer questions and use vocabulary in different contents.
Workshop 1: 10 Top Time Saving Tech Tips
Date: November 2nd 2021
Language level: Intermediate; Upper intermediate
Learner type: Adults; Business
Time: 60 minutes
Activity: Speaking; Listening; Vocabulary focus
Topic: General Technology Vocabulary
Language: Business language and general English associated with technology,
Tech columnist David Pogue shares 10 simple, clever tips for computer, web, smartphone, and camera users. And yes, you may know a few of these already — but there’s probably at least one you don’t.
Workshop 2: How a handful of tech companies control a billion of minds
Date: TBC
Language level: Intermediate; Upper intermediate
Learner type: Adults; Business
Time: 60 minutes
Activity: Speaking; Listening; Vocabulary focus
Topic: Technology and social influence
Language: Business language and general English associated with technology, social media and time management
A handful of people working at a handful of tech companies steer the thoughts of billions of people every day, says design thinker Tristan Harris. From Facebook notifications to YouTube autoplays, they’re all competing for one thing: your attention. Harris shares how these companies prey on our psychology for their own profit and calls for a design renaissance in which our tech instead encourages us to live out the timeline we want
Humans have been coming up with ways to give constructive criticism for centuries, but somehow we’re still pretty terrible at it. Cognitive psychologist LeeAnn Renniger shares a scientifically proven method for giving effective feedback.
Workshop 4: This is what makes employees happy at work
Date: TBC
Language level: Intermediate; Upper intermediate
Learner type: Adults; Business
Time: 60 minutes
Activity: Speaking; Listening; Vocabulary focus
Topic: Technology and social influence
Language: Business language, human resources, workplace happiness
There are three billion working people on this planet, and only 40 percent of them report being happy at work. Michael C. Bush shares his insights into what makes workers unhappy — and how companies can benefit their bottom lines by fostering satisfaction.
Workshop 5: The single biggest reason why start ups succeed
Date: TBC
Language level: Intermediate; Upper intermediate
Learner type: Adults; Business
Time: 60 minutes
Activity: Speaking; Listening; Vocabulary focus
Topic: Technology and social influence
Language: Business language, start-ups, entrepreneur
Bill Gross has founded a lot of start-ups, and incubated many others — and he got curious about why some succeeded and others failed. So he gathered data from hundreds of companies, his own and other people’s, and ranked each company on five key factors. He found one factor that stands out from the others — and surprised even him.