- •Unit 1 written business communication
- •1. Read the text:
- •2.Answer the questions. Give your reasons :
- •3. Read the text:
- •4. Analyze the letters. Improve the style:
- •5.Study the following: Layout of a Letter
- •6.Write a bad news letter and a good news letter following a block style.
- •7.Write a bad news letter and a good news letter following a modified block style.
- •Unit 2 how to find a job?
- •1. Read the text:
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Look through the following advertisements. Say :
- •4. Use the words to complete the advertisments: Salary temporary training applicant requires experience rates leave apply position
- •5.Look through your local press. Analyze job advertisements. Unit 3 a cover letter
- •1. Read the text:
- •2. Answer the following questions. Give your reasons :
- •3. Ask your group mate about the information you must present in your cover letter. Begin your questions with : Could you tell me…?, What can you tell me about…?, Why should I…?
- •4. Analyze the following cover letter. As you study the letter, note the four components of the cover letter:
- •5. Study the following cover letter and answer the questions:
- •6. Study the following cover letter. Add everything that has been omitted :
- •7.Write a cover letter for any job opening advertised in your local
- •Unit 4 preparing effective resume types of resume
- •1.Read the text:
- •2. Answer the question:
- •3. Read the text: Types of Resumes
- •4.Agree or disagree with following statements. Support your answer by the facts from the above text. Use the phrases: It goes without saying…, One can’t deny…, I don’t think…, It is not right to …
- •5.Compare the suggested resumes. State the type of each of them. Say what qualities they are focused on.
- •Nataliay Rudenko
- •16, Fort Road
- •Ward Gantney
- •Include necessary information
- •1. Read the text:
- •2. Answer the following questions. Prove your opinion. Use the phrases: I’d like to draw your attention to the fact that…; One can’t deny the fact that…; As to …:
- •3. Prepare a resume that you could use now to apply for a variety of
- •5. Before you prepare a personal resume, complete, in writing, the
- •1. Read the text :
- •2.Answer the questions. Give your reasons :
- •3. Read the text : The structure of an interview
- •4. Answer the questions :
- •5. Look through the following questions. Divide them into groups. Give detailed answers:
- •6.Start the conversation with the Head of Personnel Department of a large company conducting the interview.
- •7.Imaging you are conducting an interview/participating as an interviewee. Dramatize a situation together with your group-mattes. Unit 7 test
- •1.Choose the right answer:
- •2. Write a Cover letter and a Resume to fit for the advertised position. Unit 8 organization of the conference
- •1.Memorise the following words and word-combinations:
- •2.Read the text and answer the questions which are given below:
- •First circular
- •3.Replace the words and phrases in italics with suitable expressions from the text:
- •4.Answer the following questions. Use the phrases: As to …; Frankly speaking…;
- •6.Fill in the gaps with the words given in the box:
- •Format, word division, word processing software, font, to margin, round brackets, to save, to process, margin, abbreviated.
- •8.Speak abut students’ conferences held in your University. Give information about:
- •1.Study the content and composition of a personal invitation to a conference:
- •2.Compare the following answers. Say:
- •3.Write a letter to the Organizing Committee accepting an invitation to participate in a conference. Use the Phrases:
- •4.Study the letter declining the invitation. Say:
- •5. Complete the letters given below declining the invitation. Use the suggested phrases and sentences:
- •6.Write letters taking into account the situations suggested:
- •Unit 10 abstruct writing
- •Improving design and technological reliability of electrical tool manufacturing
- •2.Classify the phrases given below into two groups:
- •Introducing the subject of the study;
- •3.Read the following abstracts. State what grammatical structures are characteristic for scientific abstracts:
- •4.Make up sentences using the structures given below. Use the model:
- •5.Write an abstract of your paper. Use the phrases: The subject and the methods used
- •The results obtained
- •1.Study the following form:
- •2.Chose the kind of participation and the type of report at the conference:
- •3.Read and dramatize the dialogue: Dialogue
- •4.Note how Prof. Derby expresses his appreciation of Dr. Rensky’s participation in the conference. Study other ways of expressing appreciation.
- •5.React to the following statements using expressions of Task 5:
- •6.React to the following situations using the phrases you have studied:
- •7.Read and dramatize the dialogue: Dialogue
- •8. Note how registrar makes a suggestion. Study more ways of making a suggestion/giving advice and possible replies:
- •9.Complete the following dialogues using the phrases given above:
- •10.Paraphrase the sentences using the verb to suggest:
- •I suggest that you should contact the Chairman.
- •I suggest your contacting the Chairman.
- •Unit 12 prsenting a report
- •1.Read the text. Note what pieces of advice are given to beginner.
- •Some useful advice to a speaker
- •2.Study some additional tips. Paraphrase them using the verbs should, ought to, are to, shouldn’t, oughtn’t to:
- •3.Which of the recommendations are more important from your point of view. Range them in order of their importance. Add any other recommendation.
- •4.Study the following recommendations to the introductory part of a report. Use them to introduce your report:
- •Presenting the theme of the report:
- •6.Complete the presentation introduction with the words from the list:
- •7.Study how parts of the report are connected. Pay attention to the use of linking words:
- •8.Complete the paragraph with the following words:
- •In addition second also however whereas first
- •9.Write the number of each phrase used in presentation under the correct heading.
- •Unit 13 report descussion
- •1.Read the dialogue. Analyze the phrases given in italics. What role do they play in the discussion?
- •Dialogue
- •Clarification, exactly, particular, clear, precisely, specific
- •Answer, exact, simply, need, precise, concerned
- •4. Ask and answer questions for details. Use one of the following phrases:
- •5.Memorise the following expressions :
- •Unit 14 test
- •1.Write an abstract to the proposed article.
- •3.Write an acceptance (rejecting ) letter answering the invitation: technology in engineering conference
- •45, Broughton Street, Brighton
- •Telephone: 121-441-2577; e-mail: techinfo@apac.Br
- •Additional reading written business communication
- •A cover letter
- •2.Build interest in your qualifications and desire for an interview.
- •3.Ask for action.
- •Resume writing
- •1.You will have to answer the following questions before you can decide what kind of job you wish to apply for. Use the material of the previous exercises :
- •Complete the following self-assessment exercise. It will help you
- •Additional writing tips to improve your resume
- •1. Read the text :
- •Job interview
- •1. Read and discuss the text : How to behave during an interview
- •2. Read and discuss the text : Prepare for the specific interview situation
- •3. Which of the above listed reasons should you avoid first of all? Why? Give your reasons.
- •4. Read the following and say why it is important to be properly dressed. Say if there is anything in common in men’s and women’s dresses.
- •Dress Tips for Women
- •Dress Tips for Men
- •Presenting a report
- •1.Read the text paying special attention to its structure. Identify the main compositional parts.
- •2.Study various ways of:
- •3.Use one of the following expressions to replace each of the expressions in italics in the introduction:
- •I’m diligent sections go through
- •In more depth my purpose is divide
- •4.The following phrases may help you:
- •Literature
2. Answer the question:
What can a resume be compared with?
What information can be included in a resume?
What information can be omitted?
Why is it necessary to write a resume?
What can a resume show?
Why can’t a resume reflect all your personality?
3. Read the text: Types of Resumes
There are six different kinds of resumes. The most common are:
The chronological resume – list education and work history in reverse chronological order with the most recent activity first.
The functional resume – emphasizes your abilities and achievements rather than your work history. The skills listed should correspond to skills which are important to the position for which you are applying.
The targeted resume – focuses on a specific job and lists only capabilities and accomplishments which relate to that job.
Electronic resume - serves for sending your resume through Internet.
Combined resumes - different parts of resume may be presented in different formats.
Job applicants who use the chronological resume present information based on time. A potential employer will read about your education and work history. He or she will want to see your most recent experiences first, followed by previous experiences. A chronological resume is useful to emphasize the steady and systematic development of an individual’s education or work experience. It’s the most used type of resume.
Job applicants who choose the functional resume present information based on skills and abilities that they have acquired at various jobs. This type of resume will let you emphasize what you can do instead of what you have done or when you did it.
The functional resume is especially useful for people who are making significant changes in their careers, for people who have a chronological gaps in their work experience or educational development and recent graduates. The functional resume allows applicants to focus attention on the positive aspects of what they can do. In the functional resume, people do not raise questions about what happened during a specific time.
The third option is to combine the two approaches. The combined resume lets you focus attention on your specific skills and abilities and yet still include a chronological listing elsewhere in the resume.
4.Agree or disagree with following statements. Support your answer by the facts from the above text. Use the phrases: It goes without saying…, One can’t deny…, I don’t think…, It is not right to …
Resumes are grouped into two basic types: chronological and functional.
Functional resume presents information based on the skills and abilities.
Functional resume is the best type of resume for recent graduates.
You are not allowed to combine different types of resumes.
The chronological resume allows applicants to focus attention on the positive aspects of what they can do.
A chronological resume is useful to emphasize the steady and systematic development of an individual.
A potential employer never pays attention to any gaps in your resume.
There is one generally accepted type of resume.