Business English with: Antoniya Hristova Skype session 1 –

Business English On the Net You need Business English – which probably means you write s, faxes and reports. You have to telephone clients, negotiate contracts and make presentations at conferences. You are responsible for organizing a seminar, giving a tour of your workplace and collaborating on a publication. You're looking for a job and must write resume. The business English you require may be for a specific field such as international investment banking or public relations for a particular company. Maybe you need general skills such as answering the phone, replying to or reviewing the press in your field. If your job requires doing business globally, then no matter what business field you work in, you need a broad general English vocabulary, knowledge of the specialist language of YOUR field, general business skills and cultural awareness of the countries you work with. Can you accomplish all of these goals using the Internet? /5 min/

If the answer is “yes,” then the following course of Business English is just for you You have already checked the timetable – How many Skype sessions are you going to have? /answer: 12/ How many F2F sessions are planned? / answer: 6 / What to expect from the Skype sessions: - to learn how to do business in English - to learn the language you need to do it by focusing on business vocabulary; target grammar; knowledge about how to write the most important types of documents /5 min/

The Business – Intermediate : What to expect from the F2F sessions: -to develop speaking skills in a typical business situation - to work in pairs and as a group on problem-solving tasks - to use business language in situations close to realistic ones - to analyze authentic problem-solving situations similar to those encountered in business - to develop listening skills by doing audio recording tasks /3 min/

The Business – Intermediate will also provide you with the opportunity to: improve your English and learn more about business via the internet tasks which are included in every module of the SB Use the DVD-ROM which will help you learn English autonomously, away from the classroom. It contains: -interactive workbook -video -business dilemmas -tests -business documents -grammar reference /3 min/

JU JU /5 MIN/ JU Business English – Talking about your work 1 Watch the video clip and be ready to present yourself and your work. In your presentation try to include sentences with expressions such as: I work in… (department; field); I work with… (people); I work for…(company) /10 min/

Business English – Talking about your work 2 Watch the video clip and be ready to say: who you are responsible to and what you are responsible for? /10 min/

Read the text that follows about the business structure / 5 min/ For homework complete the chart below the text

Business structure:

Complete the chart: Managing Director Finance Finance Manager

Homework: For the first F2F session on Saturday , please design your own office etiquette questionnaire with questions. It may be a PPP of questions, ready to be shown in class. For example – Is it perfectly acceptable to call the boss by their first name? The questions and the answers then will be discussed in class in pairs and together as a group. Do not forget to complete the chart on the business structure in this PPP. You may me back slides 9 and 10 together with your office etiquette questionnaire PPP on 29-th or 30-th September.

Thank you! My address: See you on Saturday!