English for Exports I: Talking about your Company

WARM-UP: WORD CLOUD

a. Can you find ten words connected with the exports industry? 

b. Using some of these words, write short sentences describing your company's business.
For example: We ship goods to different markets. 

Task 1: Reading

a.  

A report shows the best 25 companies in the USA to work for. Top of the list is Google. It is famous for excellent working conditions. Facebook was number one last year. A Google software engineer gets very good money. One old Google employee said staff are so happy that they rarely take holidays.

A different survey shows a different number one: the consulting firm Bain and Company is the best. Bain and Co. is very proud. It is a very professional company with over 40 years. Their staff want to make their clients around the world happy.

b. Reading Comprehension: Take this online quiz to check understanding
  
Multiple Choice online quiz



Task 2: Listening & Writing

a. Timeline - Famous Companies: Watch the following videos 

b. Giving descriptions and facts about these famous companies. 
Go to this google slide and write a short description: 

//docs.google.com/presentation/d/1O2OgpXsyvoFpIf_K_E-te6fDOToBDpn9eUbjnP7jKsw/edit?usp=sharing 


Task 3: Speaking 

a. Voicethread: Leave a message answering the two questions about your company and your responsibilities. 

The Importance of Communication

1. Communication (from Latin commūnicāre, meaning "to share") is the purposeful activity of information exchange between two or more participants in order to convey or receive the intended meanings through a shared system ofsigns and semiotic rules. 

Using at least 5 of the words from the cloud, write about the importance of interpersonal communication at your job. 

2. In the 20th century, the style of news and its impact on national populations expanded considerably with constant live broadcasting of radioand television, and finally, with the popularization of the internet.News is packaged information about current events happening somewhere else; or, alternatively, news is that which the news industry sells. 

Breaking News Stories: have a look at the timeline, choose two of the historical events and analyse the way the announcements are made: the selection of words, the tone, the setting, etc. 

3. Voicethread: The Importance of Nonverbal Communication

4. Talkgroup: What is your opinion? 
http://www.voxopop.com/group/96782ce8-edf7-4a80-aa29-b4a3823a49a6