Focus on ME-WE

Do you often meet new colleagues, clients, or business partners? What do you discuss?

Here are some answers given by a student to some general questions, They contain one mistake. Can you correct them?

EX. Nice to meet you. My name (is) Pierre.

A Yes, I am thinking English is very important for this kind of work because everyone

uses English in business nowadays.

B Well, it's a business studies degree and I'm interesting in marketing.

C I from a small town in northern Switzerland.

D I'd like work in a marketing department so I've started applying for jobs with

companies in Switzerland.

E Actually, I'm just finish my degree at the University of Zurich.

F Since about six years

Use the answers 0-F from exercise 1 to complete this dialogue,

A. Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Karl.

B

A And where are you from?

B

A Do you work or are you student?

B

A That's interesting What do you like most about your studies?

B

A What are your plans for the future?

B

A Do you think English will be important to you U! your Career?

B

A So how long have you been learning English?

B

After you have exchanged personal information, you may go on to talk about

business topics. Here are some topics you might discuss.

• Business in your home town or country.
• The importance of English in business.
• effect of technology on business.
• Present and future changes in working
• Training and developmentin the workplace.
• Ways of selling products or services.

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