Tecnología Empresarial

UNIDAD 1 – Getting started!

Traductores y diccionarios de internet con aval académico:
 http://www.wordreference.com/
 http://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/page/about.php
 http://oxforddictionaries.com/

1. Dictionary entries: Pronunciation, Meaning, Type of Word, Phonetic transcription

Activity 1. Look for the following groups of words in your dictionary. Identify the dictionary entries above
mentioned.
Enterprise: Noun. /ˈentəpraɪz/ . An organization, especially a business, or a difficult and important plan,
especially one that will earn money.
Manager: Noun. /ˈmænədʒɚ/. The person who is responsible for managing an organization
Staff : Noun. /stæf/ . The group of people who work for an organization .
Service : Noun. /ˈsɜːvɪs/ Agovernment system or private organization that is responsible for a particular type
of activity, or for providing a particular thing that people need.
Good: Adjetive. /ɡʊd/ . Very satisfactory, enjoyable, pleasant, or interesting.
Secretary : Noun. /ˈsekrəteri/ . Someone who works in an office, writing letters, making phone calls, and
arranging meetings for a person or for an organization.
Office : Noun. /ˈɒfɪs/ . Aroom or part of a building in which people work, especially sitting at tables with
computers, phones, etc., usually as a part of a business or other organization
Documents : Noun. /ˈdɒk.jə.mənt/ . Apaper or set of papers with written or printed information, especially
of an official type.
Computer: Noun. /kəmˈpjuːtər/ . An electronic device that can store large amounts of information and be
given sets of instructions to organize and change it very quickly.
Printer: Noun. /ˈprɪn·tər/ . A machine that is connected to a computer and prints onto paper using ink.

2. An introduction to English phonetics

Look at the phontetic symbols in this website.
http://www.stuff.co.uk/calcul_nd.htm

 Tutorial sobre transcripción fonética y pronunciación.

 Materiales de fonética de la unidad.

Activity 2. Identify the phonetic transcription of some words given in your activity about vowel sounds.

3. The Alphabet

Activity 3. Practice the alphabet in a dialogue with one of your classmates spelling your name.
A: Hi!, What is your name?
B: Hello, my name is Jhon Jairo
A: How do you spell your name?
B: J-H-O-N J-A-I-R-O
Activity 4. Spell some the following words related to countries:

Uganda /juːˈɡændə/,
Lesotho /ləˈsuː.tuː/ ,
Cameroon /ˌkæm.əˈruːn/,
Spain /speɪn/,
Kuwait /kuːˈweɪt/,
Peru /pəˈruː/ ,
Finland /ˈfɪnlənd/ ,
Malaysia /məˈleɪʒə/ ,
Angola /æŋˈɡəʊlə/,
Australia /ɒsˈtreɪliə/,
Thailand /ˈtaɪ.lænd/ ,
Jordan /ˈdʒɔːdən/,
Colombia /kəˈlɒmbiə/,
Mexico /ˈmeksɪkəʊ/,
France /frɑːns /,
Korea /kəˈriːə/,
Venezuela /ˌvenɪˈzweɪlə/,
Zambia /ˈzæmbiə/,
Swaziland /ˈswɑːzilænd/

Activity 5. Spell the following acronyms related to international organizations.

Taken from: https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Org_Institutes/International_Acronyms.html

EC European Community
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
IADB Inter-American Development Bank
IEA International Energy Agency
IMF International Monetary Fund

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

UNICEF United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

4. The numbers

Activity 6. Write the phonetic transcription of these numbers:

Two /tuː/
Five /faɪv/
Eight /eɪt/
Ten /ten/
Fourteen /fɔːˈtiːn/
Nineteen /ˌnaɪnˈtiːn/
Twenty /ˈtwenti/
Thirty /ˈθɜː.ti/

5. To Be Verb

Activity 7. Write a text about your personal information. (Name, age, nationality, etc.)
Hello my name is Jhon Jairo Ramirez Novoa. I have 30 years old and I from Colombian. I live in the
Piedecuesta city. I am working in an aluminum importer . I am currently studying empresarial
technology at the industrial university of santander UIS.
I likes listen music and I like watch series TV I dont like dance , I dont like eat onions. I hope learn a lot in
this course of english .
6. On line exercises

Activity 8. Go to these websites and solve these exercises given to work on line.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/nouns/exercises
http://www.madridteacher.com/Grammar/verbo-to-be.htm
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-5556.php

Go to this website and practice vocabulary related to the family.

http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/family/

Go to these websites and practice vocabulary related to colours and nationalities.

http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/colours_matching.shtml
http://www.manythings.org/wbg/nationalities-jw.html

Websites to practice and learn more:

http://elllo.org/ http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/touchstone/student/index.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/
http://cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus/
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm