English

Week 3 | Business Vocabulary

Professor Gwendolyn Whidden | École National de Commerce et de Gestion d’Agadir
 – Match each phrase to its correct meaning:
Phrase Meaning
1. making/manufacturing things a. Sales and Marketing

2. being in charge of people/running b. Finance

Part 2 an organization
3. selling products or services c. Management
Vocabulary:
Career 4. dealing with clients or customers d. Human Resources

5. working with money e. Production

6. dealing with employees and f. Research and Development

training
7. investigating and testing g. Customer Service
 – Match each phrase to its correct meaning:

Phrase Meaning

1. Career move a. Chances to start/improve your

career
2. Career break b. Ideas you have for your future
Vocabulary: career

Career 3. Career plan c. An action you take to progress

4. Career opportunities
5. Career path
6. Career ladder
in your career
d. A period of time away from
your job
e. A series of levels or steps in
your working life
f. The direction your working life
takes
 – Complete the sentences with one of the following verbs: climb,
decide, have, make, offer, take
1. Employees with advanced degrees ___ excellent career
opportunities.
2. Some people ___ a career break to raise their children.
Vocabulary: 3. One way to ___ a career move is to join a small but fast growing
company.
Career 4. Certain companies ___ career opportunities to people without
formal education.
5. Ambitious people often ___ on a career path while they are still in
university.
6. In some industries, it can take a long time to ___ the career ladder.
 Phrase Meaning
1. lifestyle a. a system where employees choose the
time they start and finish work each day
2. workaholic b. a date or time by which you have to do
Vocabulary: 3. workload
something
c. how personally satisfied you are with the
Career way you live and work
4. deadline d. someone who cannot stop working and
has no time for anything else
– Match each phrase to its
5. flexitime e. The ability to give a good amount of time
correct meaning: to your work and to outside interests
6. work—life balance f. the amount of work a person is expected
to do
7. quality of life g. The people, things, and atmosphere
around you
8. working environment h. The way people choose to organize their
lives
 – Complete the sentences with the appropriate phrase:
1. I worked until 11:00 at night to meet the ___ for presenting the
report.
2. I work six days a week and never have a holiday. My boyfriend says
I’m a ___.
3. Ahmed has a heavy ___ at the moment because several colleagues
are off sick.
Vocabulary: 4. She gave up a highly paid job to join a meditation group in India.
She’s completely changed her ___.
Career 5. A ___ system can help reduce stress levels of employees by giving
them more control over their working hours.
6. If you have children, working form home may help improve your
___.
7. Many people argue that technology has greatly improved our ___
and the way we feel about work. Others disagree, arguing it
actually increases stress.
8. A clean, quiet, comfortable, and friendly ___ can reduce stress
levels.
Vocabulary: – What is the work-life balance like in Morocco?
Career
Vocabulary:
Entrepreneurship

– Discussion Questions:
– What do you think are some of the best ideas in the last 20 years?
– What is the best idea you have ever had?
– Which creative person do you admire most? Why?
– What should companies do to encourage new ideas?
 Phrase
1. to take advantage of an
opportunity
2. to enter a market
Vocabulary:
Entrepreneurship
3. to extend a product range
– Match each phrase to its
correct meaning:
4. to meet a need
5. to make a breakthrough
7. GDP (gross domestic product)
Meaning
a. to offer a larger variety of
goods
b. to do or provide something
that is necessary
c. to do something when you get
the chance to do it
d. to make an important
discovery or change
e. to start selling goods or
services in a new area
g. low taxes to encourage
business activity
Points Career Companies New Marketing
Business
200

400

600

800

1,000
 – Jeopardy format:
– “He was the first president of the United States.”
Jeopardy – If written in this format, the response must be given in the form of a
question: “Who is George Washington?"
Career, 200 – They deal with clients or customers
 – Yes, I love working with people from all around the
Companies, 200 world who are visiting my country. I can speak five
languages now!
New Businesses, – Yes, Morocco wants more money from overseas.
200
Career, 400 – Yes, I manage money for my company.
 – After all costs and taxes, the company made
Companies, 400 4,000,000 dirhams last year.
New Businesses, – The total value in Morocco is 109.1 billion USD.
400
 – First, I started a small business in my hometown.
After that succeeded, I went back to business school.
Career, 600 Eventually, I sold my business, and worked as a
manager at a large company.
 – It is in Casablanca, but the company also has offices
Companies, 600 in Rabat, Marrakech, and Agadir.
New Businesses, – It’s currently 9.8% in Morocco, the lowest it’s been in
years since the government invested in creating job
600 opportunities for youth.
 – Definitely not. Recently, I have been working on the
Career, 800 weekends too!
 – Yes, I worked as a cashier at Zara for a year, and I also
Companies, 800 worked at Marwa for two year after that.
New Businesses, – Samsung recently expanded its phone sales to South
East Asia.
800
 – Ideally, I would like to move to my company’s office
Career, 1000 in London, so that I can keep improving my English
skills.
Companies, 1000 – My company’s is valued at 2,000,000 dirhams.
New Businesses, – Low taxes, easy access to credit, and stable political
conditions are some of the most important.
1000