- •Business English Practices
- •________________________________________________________Lesson 1
- •The future of english
- •3. Few explanations to the text
- •4. Key vocabulary / words and expressions
- •5. Test your own attention. Find English equivalents in the text
- •6. General understanding. Answer the questions to the text
- •Essential grammar revision
- •7. Add a verb or a pronoun where it is necessary
- •8. Examine thoroughly the table below and make the plural form of the following words. Can you see where the trick is?
- •8.1. Mind different ways of English words plurality formation
- •Word order / questions
- •9. Special questions. Put questions to the underlined parts of the sentences.
- •Self-Study
- •13. Cumulative review exercises
- •13.1. Nouns. Revise all the material concerning nouns.
- •British and american english
- •5.1. Read the supplementary text on page 53-54. What can you say about your own knowledge of the same things?
- •6. Mind also the differences between American and British English words spelling and pronunciation. Spelling. Pronunciation.
- •Essential grammar revision
- •11. Translate from Russian into English
- •Self-Study
- •16. Translate from English into Russian in a written form
- •Modern examinations
- •Essential grammar
- •9. Pay attention to the translation of the gerund with the preposition without
- •10. Translate the sentences using gerund:
- •Continuous tenses in active voice
- •11. Open the brackets and put the verbs into Present Continuous. Translate the sentences into Russian
- •12. Fill in the blanks with the proper tense-forms of the verbs in brackets
- •13. Translate from Russian into English
- •14. Read the sentences paying attention to the italicized verbs used for expressing future actions
- •15. Speaking practice.
- •15.1. Discuss the topic “My University” with your partner using such words as
- •15.2. What subjects, to your mind, will help you to become a good practitioner? Self-Study
- •16. Translate the sentences
- •17. Read the supplementary text on pages 54-55. Can you tell anything more about other people’s traditions?
- •1. Phonetic drill.
- •1.1. Read the words paying attention to the pronunciation of the italisized
- •1.2. Read the words paying attention to different pronunciation of letter a
- •2. Read the text a few components of customer value today
- •Essential grammar (Essential Grammar Appendix p.P. ) Pasive voice
- •7. Translate the following sentences into Russian
- •8. Translate the following sentences into Russian
- •9. Speaking practice. Discuss the topic “My Native Town (City)” with your partner using such words as
- •Self-Study
- •10. Translate the following sentences into Russian
- •Supplementary task for advanced groups
- •18. Think of a business you would like to have as your own. Tell a few
- •19. Do you agree with the definitions of some key notions in your profession
- •Part II _________________________________________________________Lesson 5
- •1. Read the text
- •A few words about operating a business
- •2. Few explanations to the text
- •3. Key vocabulary / words and expressions
- •4. General understanding. Answer the questions to the text
- •5. Test your own attention.
- •5.1 Find English equivalents in the text
- •5.2 Find in the text synonyms for the following words and phrases
- •6. Give Russian equivalents to the following international words without using a dictionary. Be attentive when reading the transcription
- •7. Find in the text the sentences with the words given above and translate them into Russian
- •8. Translate the sentence. What meaning is expressed by the word right?
- •9. Word formation (Different ways to construct words)
- •9.2 Suffixes
- •Essential grammar (Essential Grammar Appendix p.P. ) perfect tenses in active voice
- •10. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •11. Translate the sentences into English:
- •13. Use the verbs in brackets in Past Perfect or past indefinite
- •14. Translate the following sentences and state the tense-form of the predicate
- •15.Translate the following sentences
- •16. Translate the following sentences and explain the use of tenses
- •17. Speaking practice.
- •17.1 Discuss the topic “my country” with your partner using such
- •17.2 What should be done, to your mind, to make the economical situation
- •Self-Study
- •18. Cumulative review exercises (Essential Grammar Appendix p.P.)
- •19. Homereading. Read the supplementary text on pages 56-57.
- •1. Read the text the reasons for developing a business plan
- •2. Few explanations to the text
- •3. Key vocabulary / words and expressions
- •4. Pick international words out of the text. Give their corresponding Russian meanings without a dictionary. Start compiling your own glossary of international words
- •5. Test your own attention. Find English equivalents in the text
- •6. Find in the text synonyms for the following words
- •7. Prepositional phrasal verbs
- •Essential grammar (Essential Grammar Appendix p.P. ) Modal verbs and their equivalents
- •10. Translate the following sentences. Explain the meaning of the modal verbs can, may and must
- •11. Translate the following sentences.
- •12. Replace the modal verbs with their equivalents and translate the
- •13. Speaking practice. A foreign country
- •13.1. Read the sentences. Can you tell where these places are situated?
- •13.2. A foreign country. Watch video. Tell about the uk.
- •Self-Study
- •14. Translate the following sentences into Russian
- •15. Home reading
- •1. Read the text a roadmap to success
- •2. Explanations to the text
- •3. Key vocabulary / expressions
- •4. Give Russian equivalents to the following words without using a dictionary. Be attentive when reading the transcription
- •5. Put the correct stress on the following words (Essential Phonetics Appendix p.P. 202-203)
- •6. General Understanding. Answer the questions to the text
- •7. Test your own attention. Find English equivalents in the text
- •8. Prepositional phrasal verbs
- •Verbs change their familiar meaning
- •Essential grammar
- •11. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense-forms
- •12. Translate the sentences with the if - clauses
- •13. Speaking practice. A foreign country
- •13.1 Where are these two places situated?
- •13.2 Watch video. Tell the group about the usa using the following phrases properly in your topic.
- •Self-Study
- •14. Complete and translate the sentences according to the models.
- •If I were you I should stop talking.
- •If I were you I should have rung him up long ago.
- •15. Define the type of the conditional sentences and translate the sentences.
- •14. Compile as many words as you can with the letters of the word consideration
- •1. Read the text the main factors to secuRing business success
- •2. Explanations to the text
- •3. Key vocabulary / words and expressions
- •4. Find, read and translate the sentences with the new words and word combinations
- •5. Have you read the text attentively? Give equivalent English phrases to the following Russian ones
- •6. General understanding. Answer the questions to the text
- •9. Choose and use
- •9.1 Insert the necessary verb
- •Essential grammar
- •10. Translate the following sentences
- •Direct and indirect speech
- •11. Change direct speech into indirect
- •12. Change indirect speech into direct
- •Self-Study
- •13. Translate the sentences
- •15. Home reading
- •16. Business crossword. Revise your professional vocabulary down
- •Supplementary texts
- •A freshman’s experience
- •October, 25 th
- •November, 15th
- •How not to Behave Badly Abroad
- •What Do You Expect From the Business
- •The role of knowledge in business
- •Is there a Chamber of Commerce in your city?
- •Home Office: pros and cons
- •Some more factors to securing business success
- •Industry health
- •Capable management
- •Financial control
- •Consistent business focus
- •Anticipating change
- •Developing a company style
Министерство образования и науки РФ
ФГБОУ ВПО Кубанский государственный технологический университет
Новороссийский политехнический институт
О.Н. Мусихина
Business English Practices
Английский язык для экономистов
Краснодар
2011
Content
Lesson 1. |
Phonetic drill ……………………………………………................. |
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Text: The Future of English ………..…………………..……...... |
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Exercises .……………………………................................ |
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Essential Grammar. Revision ..…..……………………...... |
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Speaking Practice. About Myself .....….……….................. |
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Self-Study …...………………………………………………....... |
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Lesson 2. |
Phonetic drill ………………………………………......................... |
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Text: British and American English ………………...................... |
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Exercises …..…………………………................................. |
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Speaking Practice. My Student’s Day .………..................... |
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Essential Grammar. Revision Participles: Simple Forms and Functions ………................................... |
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Self-Study ..………………………………………........................ |
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Read for Fun................................................................................... |
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Lesson 3. |
Phonetic drill ………………………………………………............ |
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Text: Modern Examinations ..………………............................... |
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Exercises ..…………………………………………............ |
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Essential Grammar. Gerund: Simple Forms and Functions........... |
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Continuous Tenses …...……………………………............ |
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Speaking Practice. My University ...………….................... |
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Self-Study …….…………………………………………………. |
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Lesson 4. |
Phonetic drill …………………………………………………….... |
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Text: A Few Components of Customer Value Today........................ |
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Exercises ………………………………………................... |
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Essential Grammar. Passive Voice .……………........................... |
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Speaking Practice. My Native Town (City) …..……........... |
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Self-Study ...…….……………………………………………….. |
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Supplementary Task For Advanced Groups …………………….. |
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Lesson 5. |
Text: A Few Words About Operating a Business ..….................... |
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Exercises ....………………………….................................. |
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Essential Grammar. Perfect Tenses ………………....................... |
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Speaking Practice. My Country........................................... |
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Self-Study ….….………………………….................................... |
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Lesson 6. |
Text: The Reasons for Developing a Business Plan....................... |
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Exercises ………….............................................................. |
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Essential Grammar. Modal Verbs and Their Equivalents.............. |
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Speaking Practice. Great Britain....………........................... |
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Self-Study …….............................................................................. |
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Lesson 7. |
Text: A Roadmap to Success ….……........................................... |
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Exercises ………………….................................................. |
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Essential Grammar. Subjunctive Mood .........…………............... |
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Speaking Practice. The USA ….…....………...................... |
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Self-Study ….….………………………………………………… |
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Time for Fun …………………………………………………….. |
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Lesson 8. |
Text: The Main Factors to Securing Business Success ................. |
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Exercises …………………………….................................. |
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Choose and Use …………………………........................... |
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Essential Grammar. Sequence of Tenses …......................... |
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Direct And Indirect Speech ……………….......................... |
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Self-Study ……….…………………............................................. |
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Business Crossword ……………………...................................... |
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Supplementary Texts ………………………………………......... |
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