English Conversations 2

  Do you often need to use formal English? In what specific circumstances?  The following sentences are a mix of formal and informal. What best applies, INFORMAL or  FORMAL? (a) The project will be completed next year.  (b) I showed that his arguments didn’t hold water.  (c) I wonder why he put up with those terrible conditions for so long.  (d) Five more tests will be necessary before the experiment can be concluded.  (e) It is possible to consider the results from a different viewpoint.  (f) It has been proved that the arguments so far are without foundation.  (g) He’ll have to do another five tests before he can stop the experiment.  (h) It is not clear why such terrible conditions were tolerated for so long.  (i) There are several reasons why the questionnaire should be revised.  (j) We’ll finish the job next year There are some basic differences in formal English and these include: 1. phrasal verbs vs latin verbs 2. colloquial expressions vs formal expressions 3. contractions vs f

  Have you ever been to a dance show? What did you enjoy most? Note-taking Watch  a video about the famous  Radio City Sho w in New York.       Since when has the Radio City show existed? What is a Rockette? How many rehearsals do the Rockettes have to do? What kinds of kicks are there? How many performances per day do they take part in? How do they keep in tip-top shape? How tall are Rockettes on average? How are Rockettes chosen for the show? Are there many dancers in each show? How many? What is the shortest time between performances? The Radio City Rockettes - visit the link here: The Radio City Rockettes Road to becoming a Rockette Present Perfect  Present Perfect vs Simple Past

  "Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people" W. B. Yeats VOCABULARY Delete the verb that does NOT go 0 an email                        send/draft/ post 1. a phone call                    do/make/receive 2. a press release               put up/issue/put out 3. an advertising campaign               launch/run make 4. a presentation               give / make/ tell 5. a meeting or seminar          hold/attend/carry out 6. a report                         produce/run/publish 7. a notice                              put out/put up / display 8. a memo to all concerned          publish/send out/circulate 9. information on the net               post/make / put For which of the following would you feel most/least confident using English? a presentation/ a meeting/ a phone call/ a report/ an email  DISCUSSION Have you had good experiences of dealing with companies through call centers?  Do you shop online? About which products or services is f2f contact help

 What would be your responses to this survey about significant aspects in the workplace? READING BOOST Read this extract from Business Strategies. Where do these four types of organisation belong to? stock brokers restaurants oil companies banks VOCABULARY & LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT SPEAKING SKILLS  Focus on an organisation you have worked for or have known. 1. How many ppl were employed there? 2. What was its business /specialty? 3. How was it organised? 4. How would you describe the culture? LANGUAGE SKILLS Let's play with Present Tenses https://create.kahoot.it/my-library/kahoots/db472f9f-0cab-4a49-b9c1-23235ffc9cde

 I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times" Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Industries Watch the video and find   information on M&A  and other kinds of company growth. VOCABULARY Read the text below and label the diagram with the following words: subsidiary, headquarters, sales offices, warehouses, R&D division, main plant  We are based in La Défense, the business district of Paris, and new products are developed nearby at our labs in St Denis. Our principal manufacturing facility is just outside Lille and products go from there to the central distribution point at Compiègne. Three sales agencies cover the various regions of France with international offices in Frankfurt, Milan, and Madrid. The London office is run  by our UK subsidiary. What is the difference between: 1 a sales office and subsidiary 2 a warehouse and a plant 3 the headquarters and a division Find a synonym for each of the underlined words.  set up