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SEMESTRE : 2
BUSINESS
ENGLISH
Content:
UNIT 1:
Leadership
I . VOCABULARY WORK:
A. Definition.
B. Different leadership styles.
C. Characteristics of a good leader
D. More about leadership.
II . LANGUAGE:
A. Relative clauses
B. Defining relative clauses
C. Non –defining relative clauses
III. WRITING:
Formal and informal written English
VI. READING:
Poor leadership
UNIT 2 :
Innovation
I. VOCABULARY WORK.
A. Definition
B. Vocabulary related to - Innovation –
II. LANGUAGE :
The passive
II. WRITING
Informal and formal e-mails
VI. READING:
Necessity is the mother of invention
UNIT 3:
Employment
I.VOCABULARY WORK
A. Definition
B. Vocabulary related to Employment-
II.LANGUAGE:
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Unit 1:
LEADERSHIP
A . Definition:
Leadership is “ organizing a group of people _ a team , a staff....... _ to
achieve a common goal “ ; It’s “ the art of leading others to deliberately create
challenging results
4. Bureaucratic style:
A. Self awareness:
A good leader has an intimate knowledge of his inner emotional state. He
knows his strengths and weaknesses
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B. Self direction:
C. Vision:
A good leader is always working towards a goal that may be greater than
himself. He believes in the fact that “working towards a vision is far more
inspiring than working towards personal gains “.
D. Social awareness:
E. Ability to motivate:
A good leader provides opportunities for the group to develop a high sense of
personal growth and job satisfaction. He encourages and recognizes
achievements.
1. He was rather impulsive- not the person who plans what he says or does.
2. His style of leadership was quite aggressive. He was always so competitive and so eager
to succeed that many of us often found him ruthless.
3. If you want to get to the top , you have to be adventurous , I mean be prepared to take
risks and to try new ways of doing things.
4. She doesn’t just tell us to do things – she makes us want to do them We are lucky to
have such a motivating team leader.
5. We always what she wants us to because she gives us good reasons for doing it, she is
very persuasive.
7. What they need is a decisive person, someone who can choose the right course of action
even in a very difficult situation.
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LANGUAGE:
RELATIVE CLAUSES
Relative clauses
1. The girls who serve in the shop are the owner’s daughters.
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Objects /things
1. My neighbour, who is very pessimistic , says that there will be a bad harvest
this year.
2. Peter, for whom I was working, was very generous about overtime
payments.
3 . Enzo Ferrari, whose cars achieved Cult status, died in 1988.
Objects /things
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III. WRITING:
FORMAL AND INFORMAL WRITTEN ENGLISH
Weak leadership
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Unit 2 :
Innovation
I. Vocabulary work.:
A. Definition:
- A revolutionary idea; method or product is completely new and Involves great changes
- A practical idea is sensible and likely to be successful in a real situation.
- A brilliant idea is extremely good.
- A clever idea is useful and effective.
- A ridiculous idea is very; very stupid.
-A silly idea is stupid and not sensible.
➢ She never made any money because she didn’t patent her invention.
➢ Let’s hope the new head of the company will stimulate innovation rather
than stifle it.
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II. LANGUAGE:
The passive
A. Use:
- We make passive verb forms with the auxiliary verb” be” + the past participle.
- We often choose a passive structure when we are not interested in who performs an
action or it is not necessary to know.
➢ Tim Berners lee was named as one of the top 20 thinkers of the twentieth century
by Time magazine.
➢ It has been agreed that the prototype will be tested net month.
B. Form:
III.Writing:
We choose the passive forms if we want our writing to be more formal.
Informal e-mail
Dear Mr.killy
Thank you for your order .We are pleased to advise you that we are now processing it. We will
pack each item individually in accordance with your instructions .We have already made
arrangements for shipment and we will despatch the goods within ten days.
Meanwhile, we would like to inform you that you can access our winter catalogue on our website.
Yours sincerely.
Formal e-mail
Dear Mr. Kelly
Thank you for your order. We are pleased to advise you that it is being processed. Each item will be
packed individually in accordance with your instructions.
Arrangements for shipment have already been made, and the goods will be despatched within ten
days.
Meanwhile, we would like to inform you that our winter catalogue can be accessed on our
website.
Yours sincerely.
IV.READING:
INVENTIONS
According to the old saying,” necessity is the mother of invention”.
Indeed; if we think of that steam engine, the light bulb, or the World-wide Web, it seems that these
inventions came at the best time.
On the one hand ,some of the products on the market which are presented as” new” can be quite
useless , and can even be an insult to human intelligence and creativity.
What are we to think, for example, of inventions such as the” telescope golf ball retriever” or the
“battery-operated pet vacuum cleaner”?
Perhaps the majority of consumers will always remain passive and depend on what the market has to
offer. However; many people still rely on their common sense and imagination to find alternative
uses for ordinary objects or already existing products.
Try this little experiment: sit back and relax; visualise a drawing pin; then think of five different things
you could use it for. Most probably, you will soon come up with a lot of more than five uses.
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UNIT 3:
Employment
I. Vocabulary work
A. Definition:
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II.LANGUAGE:
Indirect questions and statements
Use:
• We often use indirect questions and statements to sound more polite, for example
when asking for personal and sensitive information.
- I wonder / I can’t remember / I have no idea / I’d like to know / I am not sure………..
when the post will be advertised?
• For yes /no questions we use if or whether. We can also use if or whether in
statements.
Agribank, one of the three leading banks in the country, is recruiting for an
exceptionally well qualified IT specialist to manage the development of software,
deployment of hardware, and support of various computing technologies at its
headquarters and its eight regional branches.
Duties and responsibilities:
The chief IT Officer is responsible to the General Manager for the satisfactory
performance of all technology functions performed within the country:
*Management of Agribank IT staff.
*Long range technology planning.
The successful applicant will be fluent in English and French.
We offer an attractive remuneration package and long term career prospect.
Interested candidates should send their letter of application and C.V via e-mail.
Closing date for applications Friday, june3th
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.
VI. READING: