12 Unit two

The words you need ... to talk about your job

1 Choose the correct prepositions in these sentences about Bonnie.

1 I'm part	of/for	a consulting company.
2 I work	on / for	Sprangbradan.
3 I work	in /at	training.
4 I'm responsible	of/ for	developing democracy.
5 1 work closely	with / for	three female colleagues.
6 I'm in charge	for / of	Eastern Europe.
7 An important part	of/ at	my job is email contact.
8 I work	at /in	the former Soviet Union,

Now listen and check your answers. Then make similar sentences about yourself.

2 It is important to use nouns and verbs correctly.

Example: Verb - train I train women.

Noun - training I do a lot of training.

Choose the correct noun or verb in these sentences.

1. 1 meet J meeting a lot of people in my job.

2. I work for a small organise / organisation.

3. 1 communicate / communication a lot by email.

4. I manage / management a small team of three women.

5. 1 have a lot of political discuss / discussions in my job.

3 Make questions with the verbs and nouns above. Ask your partner your questions.

Question: Do you meet a lot of people in your job? Answer: Yes. 1 do. / No. 1 don't.

It's time to talk

►H2.1

Ask your partner about his/her job and organisation. Look back at some of the questions in this unit and in Unit 1 to help you. Note down your partner's answers in the table.

Whwk		Company/organisation
Job title		Name
Main responsibility		Activity
One thing 1 like in my job		Number ot employees
Other information		Other information

Unit (wo 13

^{Communicating at work}

Telephoning 1: Getting information

1 Listen to two telephone calls Peter Blake gets about a training course. Write ihe number of the call next to the information below. Write X if the information isn't in either call. >H2.2

Caller

Jake Roberts Jane Dawson Julie Simpson

Reason

Cancel training Discuss a problem Give help

Result

Call back in ten minutes No action - talk next week Send email with information

2 Listen again. Which of these sentences do you hear? >M2.2

A Answering a phone call

Good morning. How can I help you? Who's calling, please? Connecting you now. I'll put you through.

C Giving a reason for the call Could I speak to ... (+ name)? I'm just calling to ... (+ reason tor call) Could you ... (+ reason (or call)

8 Introducing yourself

My name's... (+name) It's... (+ name) Which do you prefer - call 1 or call 2? Why?

D Finish the call

Thanks tor calling.

Talk to you next week. Bye.

3 Are you good on the phone? Look at this plan for making good phone calls.

Dial the number

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Introduce yourself

How to make a good phone call

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