Inglese avanzato

Obiettivi
Le aziende del terziario assumono sempre più una dimensione internazionale, sia in termini di localizzazione del mercato, sia per provenienza dei fornitori, sia, infine, perché hanno legami organizzativi e statutari con sedi collocate al di fuori del territorio nazionale.

Docente
BARBARA SKROBOT

Day 1
Business or pleasure?
Opening of course
Presentations of participants
Discussion on corporate entertainment
Skills on making/keeping up a conversation with a stranger
Tense review

Day 2
Exchanging information
Conditionals
Language used in meetings
Paraphrasing information
Pointing out discrepancies
Saying complex numbers and figures
Dialogue building

Day 3
Voice and Visuals
Language used in presentations
Quiz on commanding attention
Discussion on a famous TV debate
Analysing the voice in presentations
Giving a speech
Modal verbs

Day 4
Problems on the phone
Complex question formation
Discussion on phone usage
Complaing & dealing with complaints on the phone
Solving problems on the phone
Phrasal verbs

Day 5
Promoting your ideas
Discussion on attitudes to public speaking
Discussion on innovations in companies
Presenting an idea for a product or service
Passive voice

Day 6
Relationship building
Discussing first impressions
Completing a questionaire on networking
Practising networking skills
Visiting a colleague at home
Talking about favourite dishes/food

Day 7
Taking decisions
Discussion on decision making
Quiz on life and death decisions
Company crises
Case study; Coca Cola crisis
Inserting missing articles in texts

Day 8
E-mailing
Writing e-mails
E-mail style
Radio programme: The biggest e-mail blunders ever made
Closing of course