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Here are the rules of participations in this class. You may find all necessary information concerning your English classes here. |
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Attached is a file for your self-assessment. |
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| Course induction | ||
| Saying numbers | ||
| Assigned Reading | ||
| The Business Unit 1 Building a career | Accomplishment statements, CVs/resumes, vocabulary |
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| PRESENTATIONS | ||
| Useful resources - 4 language skills: reading, writing, speaking, listening | Enclosed is a file with expressions useful in making discussions. Print it out and always carry it with you when you are coming to class. Make the best effort to apply them when discussing issues in teams. |
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This file can also prove valuabe as a resource during you activities |
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Like with the language of discussions, this file with the language of meetings should also be printed out and carried to our classes. |
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| Unit 2. Employing people | ||
| Quality | ||
| Buying and selling goods and sevices | ||
| Year 2 Assigned Reading | This is your assigned reading for the winter semester of 2021. It has been sourced out from Stone Bradford, Uniform Commercial Code , ed 3, West Publishing |
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| Financial control | ||
All of the subsequent pdf files are from Pratten J. (2012). Absolute Financial English, Peaslake, Delta Publishing These files are up for discusssion in the classroom subject to your prior preparation. |
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| Selling more | Study the text and identify marketing terms |
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Enclosed is a file with auxiliary verbs and rejoinders - so, but, etc. |
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| Mergers and Acquisitions | Enclosed is a file with an exercise on participles - an issue of grammar which causes students problems. |
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| Negotiations | ||
| Meetings | ||
| Setting up a business | ||
Study the brief contained in the file carefully. As a group, decide which of the 11 issues you want to investigate and present, and then do as instructed. This task is to be attempted in pairs and can bring you 10 points. |
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| Risk management | ||
Read the article from UK's newspaper The Independent and answer the following questions in writing: 1. What caused Carillion's collapse? 2. Why did banks refuse to restructure Carillion's debt? 3. What is the difference between administration and straight liquidation? |
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These resources come from Absolute Finanacial English by Julie Pratten, Delta Publishing |
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In the ensloced file, you will find information needed to prepare and participate in a meeting aimed at rescuing Carillion. The outcome of the meeting is unpredictable, but each participant must take up a role and prepare to make a strong case around his/her role. The language of meetings must be used. The activity can bring you 15 points. |
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| Fair Trade and Corporate Social Responsibility | ||
Watch the video and answer the questions from the Word file |
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| Business Correspondence | ||
| TESTS |
