CURSO DE INGLÉS EMPRESARIAL Luis Rojas Director del programa
STATISTICS
• 45% out of 100% of the professional people in LATAM know English. • Just 27% out of this 45% of people SPEAK UP.
THE COURSE DIRIGIDO A: Profesionales del ámbito empresarial, laboral, educaDvo, social entre otros. NIVEL: BÁSICO Duración: 60h OBJTIVO: Brindar herramientas úDles y prácDcas para una mejor comunicación y entendimiento a través de debates, situaciones reales, acDvidades grupales y role plays.
MY BACKGROUND STUDIES
Estudio de Pedagogía Tradicional 20% Estudio de Neuro Pedagogía 20% Experiencias 25% Errores 35%
THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK
QUESTIONS 1. What’s the main fear in regard of English? 2. What can I do to overcome this in the business context?
OUR MAIN FEARS Main fears regarding English
1. Lack of fluency a. Grammar b. Vocabulary c. Connecting words •
to different people every day. She chats ………
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with than Speaking in English ……… Nothing better ………. fluency.
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but accomplishing the My boss is interested ……… objectives.
OUR MAIN FEARS Main fears regarding English
2. Poor pronunciation (exaggeration - modulation) “r”, “p”, “t”, “o”, “j”, “th” “r”: corporation, car, orthodontics “p”: practice, poor, publicity “t”: transport, teenager, tool “o”: organization, orange, “j”: judge, job, Jewish “th”: think, mouth, twentieth •
I’d like a job which gives me opportunities for travel.
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Most large corporations are public limited or jointstock companies.
COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS
Listening
Writing
Speaking
Reading
SITUATIONS
THE GLOBAL BUSINESS WORLD The global business world In modern business, company employees oWen have business contacts in different countries. When we meet someone for the first Dme, we greet the person. We introduce ourselves by saying our first name and surname. SomeDmes we give the person a business card with details about our job Dtle and company.
GREETINGS 1. In the USA, it is normal for men to shake hands when they meet, but it is quite unusual for men to kiss when they greet each other. 2. The BriOsh oWen simply say ‘hello’ when they meet friends. They usually shake hands only when they meet for the first Dme. 3. French naOonals, including children, shake hands with their friends and oWen kiss them on both cheeks, both upon meeDng and leaving. 4. In Japan, the common greeDng for men and women as well is to bow when they greet someone, as opposed to giving a casual handshake or a hug. 5. In Arab countries, close male friends or colleagues hug and kiss both cheeks. They shake hands with the right hand only. Contact between the opposite genders in public is considered obscene. Do not offer to shake hands with the opposite sex. 6. Hungarians like to use the friendly greeDng form of kissing each other on the cheeks. In Belgium, people kiss on one cheek when they meet, regardless of the gender or how well they know each other. 7. Chinese tend to be more conservaDve. When meeDng someone for the first Dme, they would usually nod their heads and smile, or shake hands if in a formal situaDon. 8. In Russia, the typical greeDng is a very firm handshake. 9. In Albania, men shake hands when greeDng one another. Depending on how close the men are with each other, a kiss on each cheek may be common as well.
READING
READING
READING
SPEAKING AND WRITING SPEAKING and WRITING. Do you like the idea of working in different countries as part of your job? What countries do you think are interesOng to work in?
SPEAKING AND WRITING
SPEAKING AND WRITING
THE VERB TO BE
THE VERB TO BE
THE VERB TO BE
THANKS A LOT