La série Let's do business de Abacus

Niveau : Intermediate - Advanced
Heures de tuition par sujet: 40 hrs

The Language of Meetings
Les réunions peuvent se distinguer par leur style, leur contenu et l'ambiance. Ce cours
comprend les compétences clés comme rédiger un agenda, contrôler une réunion, gérer les
interruptions, établir des plans d'action, gérer des projets et la gestion du temps.

"Let's Do Business - The Language of Meetings" deals with key business issues over a
series of 4 separate lessons. All the lessons are self contained, and can be taken in any
order. The key feature for each lesson is the video, taken from authentic management training
materials. Click on the lesson titles on the web site (see at the bottom) for more details on
the video and the language
objectives covered.


The Language of Meetings

Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Number of Lessons: 4
Total Hours of Tuition: 40 hrs average
Total Number of Units: 17

Being a Leader (6 Units)
Scenario
In this video the directors of two companies, McGregor Mouldings and Magnolia, meet to
discuss the terms of the merger of their two companies. The Chair hopes to avoid any last
minute problems.

Objectives:-
You will
study uses of as and like
practise being polite
study the function of which
study the use of wh-clauses
practice some common idioms
study some collocations
practise stressed and unstressed modals
practise talking about possibilities
study some more idioms
study a group of sporting metaphors
study the vocabulary of meetings
practise making decisions and predictions

Effective Meetings (4 Units)
Scenario
The managers of a small courier company meet with a shareholder to discuss their business
plans.
Objectives:-
You will
study the usage of going to
study the word make
study the word point
study uses of have got
study uses of the word run
study discourse markers with say and tell
study past simple and present perfect
study first and second conditionals
practice the intonation of conditionals

Leading Questions (4 Units)
Scenario
Two production managers discuss the preparations required to deal with an order from an
important new client. A week later, the two production managers meet again to review the
preparations.
Objectives:-
You will
study the use of the word deal
study wh-questions
practice using know and think
practise using every, each and all
study the use of irregular verbs in the past tense
study the verbs followed by infinitives
study the vocabulary of problem-solving
study the intonation of spoken English
practise the intonation of question forms

Handling Hostility (3 Units)
Scenario
Managing and motivating people is probably the most difficult task facing a manager. In this
video, you will see a tense meeting which includes a problem employee, his trade union
representative, a production manager, and a personnel manager.

Objectives:-
You will
study the word rule
study question tags
study reporting verbs
study a set of phrasal verbs
study the usage of some and any
practise being polite and being direct
study somes uses of to work
practice the intonation of question tags

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