COLEGIO LATINOAMERICANO DEL EJÉRCITO DE NICARAGUA

“COMANDANTE HUGO RAFAEL CHÁVEZ FRÍAS”.

 Unit II - BUSINESS
Topic: 1.-Note Taking.
2.- Listening Compreehension

Goal Achievement:Students take notes of important words and

phrases to reach main ideas.
 NOTE TAKING SKILL
Act1.- Listen to the conversation again and add notes about the main ideas based on the key
words you wrote.

Act C.-Read the statment and write T for true and F for false . Write the words or phrases from
your notes that helped you get the answer.

F
____1.-Ben Works at Braxon Books now.
Ben doesn´t Work at Braxon Books yet.
Words and phrases:wants to work there this summer.
T
____2.-Braxton Books is a big Company.
They have 200 stores around the world.
____________________________________________
They have 6,000 employees
Words and phrases:_____________________________
T
____3.-The store sales books in stores and online.
Hope to continue our online library.
____________________________________________
In 2009 started own e-book business./ A big success.
Words and phrases:___________________________________________________
 NOTE TAKING SKILL

T
____4.-The Company has some open jobs.
____________________________________________
Plan to continue grawing the online library
Hope you join our team and share success
Words and phrases:_______________________________________

T
____5.-Ben will probably try to get a job at Braxton Books.
____________________________________________
Sounds like a great place to work!
Words and phrases:_____________________________
It sure does!
Act D.- Circle the answer that best complete each statement.
1.-. Braxton Books plans to____.
a. open a new store bb. continue its succes c. start an e-book business

2.-. Salespeople at Braxon Books have to____.

a. Work only online b. have a college degree c. help a lot of customers
C

3.-. Most Web Designers at Braxon Books are ____.

a.
a Highly trained b. college students c. friendly people

4.-. The Company only accepts applications____.

a. On its website b
b. in person c. after an interview
 Act E.- Match the sentence halves to form true statements

b
____1. Ben is looking for a job a. a salesperson position
d
____2. Braxton Book is b. a summer job
a
____3. You need basic computer skills for c. to work on a team
d
____4. Web designaers need d. an international Company
f
____5. A new part of Braxton´s business is e. a lot of experience
c
___6. Salesperson must like f. an e-book business
 Act F.- Listen to the excerpt form listening 1. Complete the job
requirements for each job in the chart.

Salesperson Web Designer

One to wo years experience
.__________________________years´ experience Five years experience
.____________________years´ experience
computer skills
. Basic _________________________ Excellent computer skills
. _________________________ skills
must be organized
.You _________________________ .Preffer with collage degree in web design
_______________________
must befriendly
. You_________________________ (Preferred)
must enjoy working on a team
. You____________________________ must befriendly
.You _____________________
_______________________________ new and interesting
.have______________________ ideas
Tip for succes
Speakers sometimes use certain phrases to signal a list of important information. Some
examples are “here are, the following are, and here is a list of”
 SAY WHAT YOU THINK

Remember the information and answer the questions.

1. What requirements are necessary for both Jobs at Braxton Books?

2. Do you meet the requirements for the Jobs? Which ones?

3. Are you the person for one of the two job positions at Braxton Books? Which one and why?

Critical Thinking Tip.

Question 1 asks you to compare the two Jobs. Comparing means you notice things that are the
same for both Jobs. Comparing can help you remeber important points about the two things.
 LISTENING SKILL LISTENING FOR KEY WORDS AND PHRASES

Key words and phrases tell you the important information about a topic. Speakers always
speak key words and phrases more tan once. Listening for Key words and phrases can
help you identify the topic of a conversation.
Remember the example from the listening 1 about Ben , Saud and Braxton Book Stores.
The topic of the conversation is “LOOKING FOR A SUMMER JOB”. The key words and
phrases are “ WORK THERE THIS SUMMER, JOB,AND CAREERS”. The speakers say
the words SUMMER and JOBS more tan once.
 Listen again and check the words and phrases the speaker uses more
tan once.

1 Interest in careers 3 requirements

growing College degree

Over 200 stores Years of experience

succes Interesting

2 job 4 Interested

position One of our stores

Great people application

Join our team Interview

LISTENING 2 The Right Person for the Job
Preview to the listening
VOCABULARY Here are some words frro listening 2. Read their definitions.
Then complete the sentences below with the correct words.

Advertising (noun) telling people about things to buy.

Assistant (noun) a person who helps someone in a more important position.

Graduate (verb) to finish your studies at school College or University.

Major (noun) the main subject you studied at a career.

Manager (noun) the person who controls a company or business.

Résumé (noun) a lsit of your education and work experience that you
send when you´re trying to get a job.
1.- My mother speaks French very well .French was her ___________ in college.

2.-Juan got a job as a(n)_____________ in a school. He´ll help children when the teacher is
busy.
3.-It isn´t easy to get a job in _____________. You need to have interesting ideas, and you
have to know how to sell things.

4.-I sent my _____________to ten companies.Only one Company called me for

an interview.

5.-my dad is the ________________ of a large restaurant . He has a lot of

employees, and he´s very busy.

6.-I plan to ________________from college next year.

Exercise A page 19. Ben and Saud are listening to the information video for Braxton Books.
Listen for key words and phrases in each section . Circle the main topic.

1.- a. careers at Braxton Books C

b. the Company´s history and success
c. the number of employees.
2.- a. Jobs at Braxton Books
b. how to get an application
c. job interview
3.- a. store hours
b. computer skills
c. job requirements
4.- a. job interviews
b. how to get an application
c. how to buy online books
Listen and take notes. Then , complete the student´s notes.
Volunteer vacations is a travel company that offers work and travel around the world.
Page 61.

Cusco – population (1) ______________,

350,000 near The Andes Mountains
(2)______________hours
three by train to Machu Picchu * (visit and of first week)
Trip is from June (3) ______________
thirteenth to July ( 4)_________________
fifth
Live with (5) ___________________________
local families
Volunteer work: help ( 6)_______________________,
repair a local school may ( 7)__________
teach
English!
Homework: At home , review Note Taking skill concept and strategies
and prepare for activity 3 from study guide.

Thanks for your attention!