- •Business English Practices
- •________________________________________________________Lesson 1
- •The future of english
- •3. Few explanations to the text
- •4. Key vocabulary / words and expressions
- •5. Test your own attention. Find English equivalents in the text
- •6. General understanding. Answer the questions to the text
- •Essential grammar revision
- •7. Add a verb or a pronoun where it is necessary
- •8. Examine thoroughly the table below and make the plural form of the following words. Can you see where the trick is?
- •8.1. Mind different ways of English words plurality formation
- •Word order / questions
- •9. Special questions. Put questions to the underlined parts of the sentences.
- •Self-Study
- •13. Cumulative review exercises
- •13.1. Nouns. Revise all the material concerning nouns.
- •British and american english
- •5.1. Read the supplementary text on page 53-54. What can you say about your own knowledge of the same things?
- •6. Mind also the differences between American and British English words spelling and pronunciation. Spelling. Pronunciation.
- •Essential grammar revision
- •11. Translate from Russian into English
- •Self-Study
- •16. Translate from English into Russian in a written form
- •Modern examinations
- •Essential grammar
- •9. Pay attention to the translation of the gerund with the preposition without
- •10. Translate the sentences using gerund:
- •Continuous tenses in active voice
- •11. Open the brackets and put the verbs into Present Continuous. Translate the sentences into Russian
- •12. Fill in the blanks with the proper tense-forms of the verbs in brackets
- •13. Translate from Russian into English
- •14. Read the sentences paying attention to the italicized verbs used for expressing future actions
- •15. Speaking practice.
- •15.1. Discuss the topic “My University” with your partner using such words as
- •15.2. What subjects, to your mind, will help you to become a good practitioner? Self-Study
- •16. Translate the sentences
- •17. Read the supplementary text on pages 54-55. Can you tell anything more about other people’s traditions?
- •1. Phonetic drill.
- •1.1. Read the words paying attention to the pronunciation of the italisized
- •1.2. Read the words paying attention to different pronunciation of letter a
- •2. Read the text a few components of customer value today
- •Essential grammar (Essential Grammar Appendix p.P. ) Pasive voice
- •7. Translate the following sentences into Russian
- •8. Translate the following sentences into Russian
- •9. Speaking practice. Discuss the topic “My Native Town (City)” with your partner using such words as
- •Self-Study
- •10. Translate the following sentences into Russian
- •Supplementary task for advanced groups
- •18. Think of a business you would like to have as your own. Tell a few
- •19. Do you agree with the definitions of some key notions in your profession
- •Part II _________________________________________________________Lesson 5
- •1. Read the text
- •A few words about operating a business
- •2. Few explanations to the text
- •3. Key vocabulary / words and expressions
- •4. General understanding. Answer the questions to the text
- •5. Test your own attention.
- •5.1 Find English equivalents in the text
- •5.2 Find in the text synonyms for the following words and phrases
- •6. Give Russian equivalents to the following international words without using a dictionary. Be attentive when reading the transcription
- •7. Find in the text the sentences with the words given above and translate them into Russian
- •8. Translate the sentence. What meaning is expressed by the word right?
- •9. Word formation (Different ways to construct words)
- •9.2 Suffixes
- •Essential grammar (Essential Grammar Appendix p.P. ) perfect tenses in active voice
- •10. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •11. Translate the sentences into English:
- •13. Use the verbs in brackets in Past Perfect or past indefinite
- •14. Translate the following sentences and state the tense-form of the predicate
- •15.Translate the following sentences
- •16. Translate the following sentences and explain the use of tenses
- •17. Speaking practice.
- •17.1 Discuss the topic “my country” with your partner using such
- •17.2 What should be done, to your mind, to make the economical situation
- •Self-Study
- •18. Cumulative review exercises (Essential Grammar Appendix p.P.)
- •19. Homereading. Read the supplementary text on pages 56-57.
- •1. Read the text the reasons for developing a business plan
- •2. Few explanations to the text
- •3. Key vocabulary / words and expressions
- •4. Pick international words out of the text. Give their corresponding Russian meanings without a dictionary. Start compiling your own glossary of international words
- •5. Test your own attention. Find English equivalents in the text
- •6. Find in the text synonyms for the following words
- •7. Prepositional phrasal verbs
- •Essential grammar (Essential Grammar Appendix p.P. ) Modal verbs and their equivalents
- •10. Translate the following sentences. Explain the meaning of the modal verbs can, may and must
- •11. Translate the following sentences.
- •12. Replace the modal verbs with their equivalents and translate the
- •13. Speaking practice. A foreign country
- •13.1. Read the sentences. Can you tell where these places are situated?
- •13.2. A foreign country. Watch video. Tell about the uk.
- •Self-Study
- •14. Translate the following sentences into Russian
- •15. Home reading
- •1. Read the text a roadmap to success
- •2. Explanations to the text
- •3. Key vocabulary / expressions
- •4. Give Russian equivalents to the following words without using a dictionary. Be attentive when reading the transcription
- •5. Put the correct stress on the following words (Essential Phonetics Appendix p.P. 202-203)
- •6. General Understanding. Answer the questions to the text
- •7. Test your own attention. Find English equivalents in the text
- •8. Prepositional phrasal verbs
- •Verbs change their familiar meaning
- •Essential grammar
- •11. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense-forms
- •12. Translate the sentences with the if - clauses
- •13. Speaking practice. A foreign country
- •13.1 Where are these two places situated?
- •13.2 Watch video. Tell the group about the usa using the following phrases properly in your topic.
- •Self-Study
- •14. Complete and translate the sentences according to the models.
- •If I were you I should stop talking.
- •If I were you I should have rung him up long ago.
- •15. Define the type of the conditional sentences and translate the sentences.
- •14. Compile as many words as you can with the letters of the word consideration
- •1. Read the text the main factors to secuRing business success
- •2. Explanations to the text
- •3. Key vocabulary / words and expressions
- •4. Find, read and translate the sentences with the new words and word combinations
- •5. Have you read the text attentively? Give equivalent English phrases to the following Russian ones
- •6. General understanding. Answer the questions to the text
- •9. Choose and use
- •9.1 Insert the necessary verb
- •Essential grammar
- •10. Translate the following sentences
- •Direct and indirect speech
- •11. Change direct speech into indirect
- •12. Change indirect speech into direct
- •Self-Study
- •13. Translate the sentences
- •15. Home reading
- •16. Business crossword. Revise your professional vocabulary down
- •Supplementary texts
- •A freshman’s experience
- •October, 25 th
- •November, 15th
- •How not to Behave Badly Abroad
- •What Do You Expect From the Business
- •The role of knowledge in business
- •Is there a Chamber of Commerce in your city?
- •Home Office: pros and cons
- •Some more factors to securing business success
- •Industry health
- •Capable management
- •Financial control
- •Consistent business focus
- •Anticipating change
- •Developing a company style
Essential grammar (Essential Grammar Appendix p.P. ) Pasive voice
время (Past, Present, Future)
be — число (1, 2, 3) + Participle II
лицо (Plural, Singular)
ex. The baby is washed by its Mom.
The lecture was delivered by our professor.
The message will be sent on Sunday.
7. Translate the following sentences into Russian
1. References are not used in the examination room.
2. Are you fully informed of your financial picture?
3. The program was developed to preserve the value of ceremony.
4. A well - known Impressionist work was chosen as a logo for the company.
5. A recent study will be reported in Public Relations Review.
6. The increased attention is paid to the ethical dimensions of the businesses.
7. Technical skills are acquired through professional training.
8. The number of the host computers in the Internet can be counted fairly
accurately.
Passive construction
8. Translate the following sentences into Russian
1. The article will be adopted by the Public Relations Society of America.
2. An illness was induced by overwork.
3. The decisions on cases like that are made by Dean Adams.
9. Speaking practice. Discuss the topic “My Native Town (City)” with your partner using such words as
native(s), citizen, inhabitant, city council, settlement, a fast-growing town, an advantage of living, to be situated (located), to stretch, to be surrounded by, to be hedged with, an ancient city, a relatively young town, a monument to, to be connected to, to be divided into…districts, to be noted for, places of interest, to go sightseeing, biggest southern / northern international sea port, a convenient geographical position, a Hero City, to be founded by, to be named after, to be proud of, to grow up around…, to dominate, to be the center of, to have one’s own infrastructure, sister city, etc.
Self-Study
CUMULATIVE REVIEW EXERCISES
10. Translate the following sentences into Russian
1. I can’t find that book anywhere – it’s melted in thin air!
2. Public awareness of environmental issues increases rapidly.
3. The cost of tare, packing and marking is included into the price.
4. Increased integration occurs when a single product is both manufactured
and sold by the same company.
5. Market leaders first develop a value proposition.
6. One thing that impresses me is that everybody in the company is very well
educated.
7. Your competition makes you a lot stronger and better.
8. Dominate your market by improving value year after year.
9. I think the cross-functional approach has built a sense of solidarity in our
company.
Supplementary task for advanced groups
18. Think of a business you would like to have as your own. Tell a few
words about it, using the words and expressions of the lessons.
(We shall return to the idea again and again in our texts to make you
think your business concept through thoroughly)