1. Preliminary Test 1

2. Technicalities  Date: 24 Nov  Do not be late! (no entrance)  Applications (office: 19 Nov/22 Nov)  Exam schedule: 23 Nov (after 1 p.m.)  Have an ID for the test

3. Topics 1.Introduction: University Essentials, Economy/Economics (R) 2.Three economic sectors (R, MK: U1) 3.Presentations- vocab., signalling (R) 4.Types of Economies Public/Private Sector Privatis./Nation. (R) 5.Taxation (MK: U22) 6.Types of Business Organisation (R, extra sheet) 7.Company Structure (MK: U3)

4. How to prepare?  read all the texts (R,MK,extra sheets)  read all the slides (web)  do all the exercises

5. Preparing a text for the exam 1.read the text 2.underline unknown words/expressions 3.find their meaning (dictionary, note-book, slides, web,...) 4.make sure you understand all the text (sentence by sentence) 5.see which of the words/expressions in the text were important for this topic (slides, notebook) 6.explain their meaning in simple English 7.retell the main message of the text orally 8.Think what ex. could be expected in the test REVISE!

6. Types of exercises (1) ITESTING VOCABULARY 1.Fill in the missing words (blanks): e.g. business terms, prepositions, … 2.Find synonyms/opposites for the following words/expressions: 3.Write down the following acronyms/abbreviations in full: 4.Explain the meaning of the following sentence. Focus on the underlined words. 5.Explain the meaning of the following words/expressions:

7. Types of exercises (2) II WRITING A SHORT PARAGRAPH a) Explain X.(Use the following words...) – PARAG- b) Compare X and Y/Similarities and differences between X and Y /Advantages and disadvantages of X and Y. Use the following words:.... c) Describe the organisation chart of a company (business units and their responsibilities, verbs,...) III NOTE-MAKING Write clearly structured notes based on the text …

8. Assignment for next time 1.Establish a team (3-6 people) 2.Decide about the team leader 3.Names of other members? (Team leader) 4.Prepare for PT 1 5.While preparing, make exercises for each unit covered in class (follow the types of ex. shown in previous slides) 6.Send the ex. to the team leader 7.Submit the printout in class (team leader)

9. Typical mistakes  learning dictionary definitions by heart  not reading the texts carefully or not reading them at all  thinking that preparation takes very little time (students with good English)  thinking it is impossible to prepare properly (students with weaker English)