- •Living abroad pre-intermediate
- •About Business - Working Abroad
- •Vocabulary – Living Abroad
- •Speaking - Making small talk
- •Writing - Formal and Informal emails
- •Case Study –Global Recruit
- •2. Dealing with customers
- •2.1 About Business – The shopping experience
- •2.2 Vocabulary – Telephoning and customer care
- •2.4 Speaking – Telephoning – handling complaints
- •2.5 Writing – Dealing with an email of complaint
- •2.6 Case Study – The Panorama Conference
- •3. Operations
- •3.1 About Business –Lean manufacturing
- •3.2 Vocabulary –Trends and planning
- •3.4 Speaking – Presentations – signposts and stepping stones
- •3.5 Writing – Instructions and procedures for an exhibition stand
- •3.6 Case Study - ScotAir
- •4. Success stories
- •4.1 About Business – Business leaders and success stories
- •4.2 Vocabulary – Describing yourself and being successful
- •4.4 Speaking –Appraisals
- •4.5 Writing – Profiles of business leaders
- •4.6 Case Study – The English Academy
- •5. Selling
- •5.1 About Business - Advertising
- •5.2 Vocabulary - Buying and selling
- •5.4 Speaking – Negotiating
- •5.5 Writing – Negotiating by email
- •5.6 Case Study - Coolhunters
- •6. The organisation
- •6.1 About Business – Entrepreneurs
- •6.2 Vocabulary - Types of companies
- •6.4 Speaking – Interrupting in meetings
- •6.5 Writing – Agendas and action minutes
- •6.6 Case Study – Soup kitchen vs Gourmet to go
- •7. The stock markets
- •7.1 About Business
- •7.2 Vocabulary –Dealing with figures
- •7.4 Speaking – Negotiations – making offers, agreeing deadlines
- •7.5 Writing – Describing figures
- •7.6 Case Study – Trading stocks
- •8. Going global
- •8.1 About Business – Franchising
- •8.2 Vocabulary – Setting up a franchise
- •8.4 Speaking – Presentations – handling questions
- •8.5 Writing – Reports of recommendation
- •8.6 Case Study – Choosing a franchise
4.4 Speaking –Appraisals
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an interview aimed to assess or estimate an employee (his work and results) |
оценочное интервью |
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strengths - qualities that make an employee better, give him/her advantage weaknesses – qualities that show a bad side of an employee |
сильные и слабые стороны |
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to have absolutely different opinion |
быть полностью не согласным |
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to have the same opinions about the questions that were discussed or talked about |
согласиться по поводу упомянутых вопросов |
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definitely, without any doubts |
точно |
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used to say that something can happen or be true etc |
возможно |
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= certainly |
точно |
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to think about something carefully, especially before making a choice or decision |
рассматривать, считать |
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to have an opinion that something is not easy |
находить что-то сложным |
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to have good and friendly relationship with your co-workers |
ладить с коллегами |
4.5 Writing – Profiles of business leaders
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at the present moment |
временно |
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in addition to what has already been said |
более того |
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in whatever way used when you are adding a fact or piece of information that seems surprising, or seems very different from what you have just said |
не смотря ни на что |
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to do something by chance without planning to |
случилось, что; случайно оказаться |
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immediate success; success which came very quickly |
мгновенный успех |
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to help (usually by giving money) to an organization that gives money, goods, or help to people who are poor, sick etc |
помогать, поддерживать благотворительные учреждения |
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a series of actions aimed to achieve a particular result usually to sell or promote something |
кампания |
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a short sentence or phrase showing the main idea or belief of an organization |
девиз, лозунг |
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a person who became successful without anybody else’s help |
обязанный сам себе, добившийся успеха своими силами |
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to complete your education |
окончить учебное заведение |