Read the following statements and say whether they are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false statements

  TRUE FALSE
Because of this globalization trend, many more employees are working abroad    
Many people don’t have difficulty adapting to the new culture    
An American manager came to France on a management assignment.    
The German manager’s mistake was that he hadn’t foreseen cultural differences    
The American manager was familiar with the staff.    

Speaking

1. Topic. The firm producing the best building materials. The exhibition of building materials has been organized in your town. You represent the firm producing building materials of high quality there.

Give information about your firm:

1) the name of the firm.

2) how large the premises of the firm are.

3) how many people work for the firm.

4) how many building materials the firm produces a day.

5) what kind of building materials the firm produces.

6) whether your product meets the requirements of the customers.

7) whether you took a loan in a bank.

8) whether you have debts.

9) your plans for the near future.

2.Soon you will have to look for a job or maybe you have already found it. What is better for a graduate, to work a large or for a small firm?

Read the following arguments which should be taken into consideration. Think of some more.

What is better, to work For a large firm or for a small firm?
 
  1. It has specialized staff and equipment
  2. It has its own training centre
  3. Everything is very stable
  4. There is possibility of promotion in the future
 
  1. Simplicity of organization
  2. People have opportunity to succeed
  3. The firm is more adaptable
  4. The firm does not need large markets

Find Kazakh or Russian equivalents and express your opinion on the sayings. Make dialogues, using these proverbs.

a) “Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life” (Confucius, Chinese philosopher)

b) “Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still” (Chinese proverb)

c) “The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas” (Dr. Linus Pauling, American chemist)

d) “Communication is the most important form of marketing” (Akio Morita, Japanese co-founder of Sony)

Control tests

1. Найдите правильный вариант

_____the person who is in charge of a group or department in a company

a) head b) colleague c) employee d) customer

2. Найдите правильный вариант

_______a person who works in the same company as you

a) customer b) colleague c) head d) client

3. Найдите правильный вариант

_______people who buy a product from a shop or company

a) employees b) colleagues c) customers d) designers

4. Найдите правильный вариант

________people who work for somebody

a) employees b) colleagues c) customers d) designers

5. Найдите правильный вариант

______an employer

a) boss b) colleague c) employee d) customer Конец формы

 

Home assignment:Ex. 1,2,4,5 p.67-69 [2], Vocabulary p.156 [1], Find Kazakh or Russian equivalents and express your opinion on the sayings. Make dialogues, using these proverbs:

a) “Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life” (Confucius, Chinese philosopher)

b) “Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still” (Chinese proverb)

c) “The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas” (Dr. Linus Pauling, American chemist)

d) “Communication is the most important form of marketing” (Akio Morita, Japanese co-founder of Sony)

SIW

1. To learn by heart the new words. Ex. B1, C.

2. Retell the text “The international manager”

 

Office hours

1. CD “New English File” F.7 B (grammar, audio-video, vocabulary).

3. Discusson «Doing business. To be a good/bad manager», “What kind of company would you like to work?”

GLOSSARY

English Russian Kazakh
head Глава басшы
Head office Головной офис Бас офис
branch Отрасль сала
colleague Коллега әріптес
manufacture Производить өндіру
Employer Работадатель Жұмыс беруші
Employee Работник жұмысшы
customer Потребитель тұтынушы
workplace рабочее место жұмыс орны
expand Расширять кеңейту

 

Literature:

1. “New English File” Advanced. Student’s book. Oxford University Press, 2010.

2. “New English File” Advanced. Work book. Oxford University Press, 2010.

3. Английский язык для студентов неязыковых вузов. А.С. Андриенко, Ростов- на-Дону, Феникс, 2010

Additional literature:

1. CD “New English File” for upper-intermediate level U-7 B

2. Raymond Murphy. English Grammar in Use. A self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students.

3. Business English. Market Leader. Longman 2009, by David Cotton.

4. Методическая разработка для магистрантов всех специальностей КазГАСА. Адилбаева У.Б. Алматы, КазГАСА, 2012