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Category:

english

Business English

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Course Organisation
O 200 lessons:
160 lessons in auditorium/Zoom;
40 lessons of informal learning – a
compulsory
participation
in
additional
lectures.

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Course Introduction
It is important to:
- know what you would like to achieve;
- know why it is important.

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Self Introduction
Greetings
Name
Location
Position and company
Qualification
Experience/strengths
Family
Hobbies
Age

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Self Introduction
Greetings:
Hello!
Good morning!
Good afternoon!
Good evening!
Name:
I am…
My name is…
This is…

Self Introduction
Location:
I come from…
I am from…
I am (nationality).
Position and Company:
I work at/for…(not in!!!)
I am a ”position” at
“company”.
If general area: I work
in….(sales)
I work as a…

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Self Introduction
O Qualification:
O Experience:
I am a graduate of…
I graduated from..
Additional courses:
I am currently taking a
course … (in –
theoretical subject; on
– practical)
I have “number” years
of experience in the
“occupation” field.

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Self Introduction
O Family: I am from the family of “number”.
We are a family of “number”.
O Hobbies: I am a big fan of…I am a keen ….
O Age: I am in my “early/mid/late”
20s,30s,40s,50s… I am a “number”something “position”.
O Goals of studying Business English

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Definitions
1.Achievement
2.Approach
3.Employer
4.Employee
5.Customer
6.Competitor
7.Shareholder
8.Turnover
9.Profit
10.Share price
11.Stock
12.Subsidiary

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Coursebook
The Business Pre-Intermediate
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cHOd
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Working abroad

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Read the quotes and match
them with the people

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CV
Curriculum Vitae – a list of your life
What does a CV typically include?
Is there a preferred order for the information?

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CV
- There is no excuse
for a mistake on a
CV!
- Keep it short! As a
rule A4 sides
maximum (one side).
- Only relevant skills
and experience.

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Types of CV
O Chronological CV – lists your achievements
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and experience chronologically, starting with
the most recent.
Skills-based CV – shows your skills and
personal qualities.
Hybrid CV
Creative CV – presentation, a video CV
Academic CV – much longer
Technical CV – directed to IT roles.

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Living abroad
What types of problems people living abroad
can have?
Let´s make a list:

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Living abroad

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Grammar: Present Simple
+ Verb/verb +s (he/she/it)
- do/does not +verb
? do/does… + verb?
We use the present simple:
*to talk about permanent situations
*to talk about habits, regular activities
*to describe the plots of books, films

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1. - I usually ……………………….. (watch) TV after dinner.
- She ………………………… (not go) to school every day.
- We …………………………. (eat) breakfast every day at 7 o’clock.
- ……………….. she ………………………. (play) the guitar?
- You never ………………………….. (wash) your hands after using
bathroom.
- His dog ………………………………. (bark) at everyone.
- ……….......…. you ………………………. (like) pizza?
- They always ………………………………. (not play) soccer on
Mondays.
- He rarely ………………………….. (borrow) books from a library.
- Students always ………………………. (leave) doing their homework for
the last moment.
- Lisa ………………………….. (run) every day after school.
- …………………….. they ……………………… (drink) coffee every
morning?
- Tom …………………………………………. (not cry) every day.
- What ………………… Tom ………………….. (read) every Sunday?
- We ……………………… (love) drinking orange juice.

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Work, start, operate, provide,
specialize, be, have
O A) My company……………… Internet services
O B) They usually………………. work at 8:30
O C) We…………. an office in Manchester and another one
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in Newark
D) She…………………. for an engineering company
E) Their head office…………….. in Palmeira, Spain.
F) This company……………….. in phone services
G) This group…………………….. on all six continents
H) Our main competitors…………………. in England
I) It…………… annual sales of €300 million
J) I………………… in sales

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Choose the right answer
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A) Do you ............... insurance services?
provides
provide
B) Our head office is in Portugal, but we ............ in many different
countries
are based operate
specialize in
C) We are a quite small company. We only have 15 ..................
employers employs
employees
D) What other ............ does the company make?
products
produces
E) .......... any of the employees of your company work at weekends?
Do
Does
F) What do you .......... ? I'm an engineer
work
job
do

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Questions with Present Simple
O What do you do?
O What do you like best about your job?
O What do you not like about your job?
O How many hours a week do you work?
O Which things in your company are a waste of
time?
O How often do you use English at work?
O How often do you take breaks?

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Warm-up exercise
O What do you know about a CV?

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Revision of Grammar: Present
Simple
O Facts and situations in the present Expresses a fact
or given situation.
Examples:Our secretary works very hard.
I do not agree with you.
O Actions in the present Actions that take place every
day, sometimes, seldom, several times or regularly.
Examples:Mister Brown often attends meetings. He
sometimes sends me the letters.
O Actions set by a timetable or schedule Actions in the
future that we cannot change, as their course is set
by a timetable or schedule.
Examples:The train leaves at 6:24.
The conference starts at 9:30.

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Use the words to make sentences in
Simple Present:
I / be / fluent in English…….
Judy Garner / work / in purchasing …….
she / be / from Australia…………
our company / supply / technical
products ………..
we / not / work / on Saturdays ………
they / not / sell / computers ………….
Mr Martin / not / speak English ……
what / you / do ………
what languages / he / speak………..
who / know / the address ……………….

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The right answers
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I am fluent in English.
Judy Garner works in purchasing.
She is from Australia.
Our company supplies technical products.
We don’t work on Saturdays.
They don’t sell computers.
Mr Martin doesn’t speak English.
What do you do?
What languages does he speak?

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Exercises from the
coursebooks:
O The Business Pre-Intermediate p.10
O The Business Pre-Intermediate p.118
O Business Grammar and Practice p.6 – 9
O HOMETASK: Business Grammar and
Practice p.8 Ex.5, p.9 all the tasks.

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Types of Questions
1.General: starts with an auxiliary verb
(am,is,are,do,does,did,have,has…)
Are you at work?
2. Alternative: gives a choice
Are you at work or at home?
3.Tag-questions:
You are at work, aren’t you? You aren’t at work, are you?
4. Special: wh-questions
Where are you?
5. Who-question:
Who works?

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Exercise 1
Our manager visits the clients every four weeks.
1. Does he visit the clients every four weeks?
2. Does he visit the clients or the shareholders?
3. Our manager visits the clients, doesn’t he? Our
manager doesn’t visit the clients, does he?
4. How often does he visit the clients?
5. Who visits the clients?