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A2-B1 | Topic 4: Basic Corporate Finance & Accounting: Balancing Revenue, Overhead, and Profit Margins

Master Lower-Intermediate Business English through Hands-On Audits, Balance Sheet Analysis, and Strategic Cost-Cutting.

Instructor: Dave
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Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate (CEFR A2-B1)

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About this course

Bridge the gap between simple math and strategic corporate finance while elevating your business English fluency. Tailored for entrepreneurs, project managers, and finance professionals, this immersive module demystifies the fundamental language of corporate accounting. Students analyze real-world financial case studies—distinguishing top-line revenue from bottom-line profit, balancing assets against liabilities, and identifying hidden overhead leaks. Through financial audits, menu/service engineering, and open-book management debates, you will build the specialized vocabulary and analytical agility needed to read balance sheets, discuss profit margins, and pitch financial turnarounds.

What you'll learn

Essential accounting terminology (revenue, profit margin, overhead, assets, liabilities, balance sheet, bookkeeping, financial audit).
How to perform basic financial audits to identify operational inefficiency, "cash flow bloat," and high-interest debt traps.
Strategies for menu or service engineering to increase profit margins without driving up operating expenses.
Language for presenting quarterly reviews, discussing debt liabilities with stakeholders, and debating open-book management transparency.
Grammar Focus: Financial Cause & Effect Expressions ("eating up our profits", "wiped out by high overhead", "resulted in insolvency"); Quantifiers with Financial Nouns ("a high volume of sales", "nearly equal to liabilities", "excessive overhead charges"); Complex Conditional Structures for Financial Risk ("If a client pays late, the firm will face...", "If we sell idle equipment, cash flow will improve").

Skills you'll gain

Corporate accounting vocabulary balance sheet analysis profit margin calculation financial auditing techniques active listening comprehension real-time microphone practice cost-reduction negotiation corporate transparency evaluation.

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  • Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate (CEFR A2-B1) Level

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  • 5 weeks to complete

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