Business+English

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Unit 1: Who are you?

 * p.4/5 In Company (Elementary). MacMillan. rading and filling up information.ex. 1-4.

Unit 2: Mobile phones.

 * Reading a text: p. 12 In Company (Elementary). MacMillan. ex. 1 - 6.

Unit 3: Daily Routine.

 * Reading a text: p.15/16 In Company (Elementary). MacMillan. ex. 2 -10

Unit 4: Correspondence.

 * Reading Customer Enquiries. p.20/21 ex. 1-2.

Unit 5: The company web page.

 * Reading text: p. 7/8 In Company (Pre-Intermediate). MacMillan. ex. 1-3.

Unit 6: Telephone Talk.

 * Reading a text: p.15 In Company (Pre-Intermediate). MacMillan. ex.4-7 p.16.[|on the phone.doc]
 * Indirect questions: p. 18. ex. 1-4.
 * Telephone Phrases: p. 19
 * [|English for the telephone]: Exercises on the topic "Answering the phone".

Unit 7: English Business Letters.

 * [|How to structure a business letter.]
 * [| The basics of good business letter writing]
 * Some other basic business letters which you will find useful for typical English business correspondence:
 * 1) [|Making an Enquiry]
 * 2) [|Replying to an Enquiry]
 * 3) [|New Account Terms and Conditions]
 * 4) [|Basic Business Letters]
 * 5) [|Writing a Cover Letter when Applying for a Job]
 * [|Full Block Business Letter Components]: This sample includes the formal components of full block business letters. Some of these components are optional for typical, employment-related business letters.

Unit 8: Getting a Job.

 * [|Useful language and practical tips for getting a job.]


 * Job Search:
 * 1) Activity 1: [|Where to look.]
 * 2) Activity 2: [|Describing Ability.]
 * 3) Activity 3: [|Company Departments.]
 * 4) Activity 4: [|Selection Part 1.]
 * 5) Activity 5: [|Selection Part 2.]
 * 6) Activity 6: [|Job Advertisements 1.]
 * 7) Activity 7: [|Job Advertisements 2.]


 * CVS
 * 1) Activity 1: [|Compiling a CV.]
 * 2) Activity 2: [|What makes a good CV?]
 * 3) Activity 3: [|Organising Information.]
 * 4) Activity 4: [|A Sample CV.]
 * 5) Activities:
 * [|CVs and application letters1.2007.08.doc]
 * [|CVs and application letters2.2007.08.doc]
 * [|CVs and application letters3.2007.08.doc]
 * [|CVs and application letters4.2007.08.doc]

[|Guide] to writing **curriculum vitae** and cover letters including free **CV samples** and examples. [|CV Example]


 * Covering Letters
 * 1) Activity 1: [|Letter Content.]
 * 2) Activity 2: [|Useful Phrases.]
 * 3) Activity 3: [|Matching Skills with Jobs.]
 * 4) Activity 4: [|Style Part 1.]
 * 5) Activity 5: [|Style Part 2.]

[|Sample Cover Letter] Format Guidelines. [|Example Letter 1.] [|Sample Cover Letter: conservative/formal.] [|Sample Cover Letter: creative/informal.] [|Sample CVs and Application Covering Letter.] [|Covering Letter Tips and samples.]


 * Interviews
 * 1) Activity 1: [|Preparing for the Interview.]
 * 2) Activity 2: [|Interview Tips.]
 * 3) Activity 3: [|FAQs.]
 * 4) Activity 4: [|Responding Positively.]
 * 5) Activity 5: [|Vocabulary Check.]

Videos: [|Job Interview Bootcamp - Preparing For The Interview] [|Job Interview Bootcamp - Questions You Should Ask]

[|Job Interview Bootcamp - Answering Interview Questions] [|Job Interview Bootcamp - Interviewing Strategy] [|Job Interview Bootcamp - Executing The Interview] [|How to Get Hired - Job Interview Tactics (Video)] [|STEP Sample Job Interview] [|Interview Tips: Tell me about yourself -- the GOOD answer]

Unit 9: Birth of the Internet.

 * Reading Text p. 25 In Company (Macmillan) and complete. ex.3.[|Internet.doc]
 * Answer questions ex.4. p.26.
 * Follow-up questions. ex. 9
 * Subject/Object Questions.[|SubjectObjectQuestions.odt]
 * Writing: Company History.

Unit 10: Locating People.

 * Listening exercises. English for Secretaries and Administrative Personnel. Mc Graw Hill
 * [|Listening.Locating people. 07.08.doc]
 * [|Listening.Locating people2. 07.08.doc]
 * Use of WILL.

Unit 11: CVs and application letters. (English for Secretaries and Administrative Personnel. Mc GrawHill)

 * Job advertisements
 * CVs and résumés.
 * Letters of application.
 * Grammar: Past Simple.
 * Job interview strategies.

Unit 12: Requests. (English for Secretaries and Administrative Personnel. Mc GrawHill)

 * Request letters.
 * Response letters.
 * Company advertising.
 * Grammar: Gerunds. Present Continuous.

Commercially Speaking. Oxford
Grammar Points:

Unit 10 [|Present Perfect.Yet/Already1] [|Present Perfect.Yet/Already2] [|Present Perfect.Yet/Already3]

[|First Conditional1] [|First Conditional2] [|First Conditional3]

Connectors
[|Linking Words I] [|Linking Words II] [|Linking Words and Phrases] [|Linking Words and Phrases II] [|Transitions and linking words] [|English/Spanish Glossary of Connectors] [|Sentence Connectors]

Exercises:

[|ESL Flash Quiz-Connectors] [|Linking Words: Multiple Choice] [|Near-ejercicios] [|Linking Words Worksheet] [|Printable English Exercises: Linking Words] [|ESLFlow Linking Words]


 * Relative Clauses**

[|Relative Clauses + exercises] [|Oraciones de relativo] [|Relative Clauses] [|How to use a relative clause] [|English Worksheets and resources- Relatives] [|Relative Pronouns]

[|Defining Relative Clauses Exercise at Auto-English] [|Relative Pronouns (Quiz)] [|Mixed-up sentence exercise (relatives)] [|Defining R.P. (printable)] [|Relative pronouns Exercise] [|Exercise on relative clauses] [|Relative Pronouns (filing the gap)]

Interesting Links:


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