ELEMENTARY BUSINESS

ENGLISH
Session 2
UNIT 1: Products and Services USEFULNESS
Lesson 2

Specific achievement This topic can help you to provide relevant information about
By the end of the lesson, students the company you work for.
will be able to spell personal
information, say hello and goodbye,
introduce themselves and others,
and ask and answer about company
types and activities, using the verb
be and other verbs in present simple.
What do you know about them?

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Winfrey Ortega Martinez

Can you spell their names?

Practically speaking: How to spell

Look at the letters of the alphabet. Listen and repeat. Why are the letters in these 1-5
groups?

4
1 2 I Y
3
A H J K B C D E G F L M N
P T V (Z) S X (Z)

5 6
7
O Q U W
R
Practically speaking: How to spell

Listen to two conversations. Write the names. 1-6

1.
2.

What is the question in each conversation?

Work with your partner. Say and spell.

1. Your name
2. Your company’s name
2. Your job title
Business communication: Saying hello and goodbye

Two visitors are in Reception. Listen and complete this visitor 1-7
board.

FRIDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER

Welcome today to:

Mr Alek 1 _
Mrs 2 Wozniak

Visiting:
Mrs 3 Da Rocha
Business communication: Saying hello and goodbye Let’s remember:
Saying hello and introduing
1-7 yourself
Match expressions 1-6 to responses a-f. Then listen and check.
Hello. My name’s… /
1. Hello. My name is Alek Gorski. I’m… Please to meet
a. Pleased to meet you, Eva.
2. I’m Eva, Maria Da Rocha’s assistant. you.
b. No. How do you do? How do you do?
3. This is my assistant, Elzbieta c. How do you do, Mr Gorski? Nice to meet you (too).
Wozniak. d. I’m fine.
4. It’s good to see you again. e. Nice to meet you. Introducing someone
5. How are you? This is…
f. And you.
6. Do you know Elzbieta? Do you know…?
Saying hello to someone
you know
Put expressions 1-6 and their responses into these categories. It’s good to see you
again. How are you?
1. Saying hello and introducing yourself: ,
2. Introducing someone: , Saying goodbye
Nice meeting
3. Saying hello to someone you know: ,
you. See you
soon.
Business communication: Saying hello and goodbye

Complete this conversation with the expressions in the list.

Have a good journeySee you soonNice meeting you

Maria 1 _, Alek.
Alek Yes, goodbye Maria.
Maria 2 _, Elzbieta.
Elzbieta Nice meeting you too.
Maria Bye. 3 .
Alek Thanks. Bye.

Listen and check. Then practice the conversation in groups of 1-8

three.
What nationalities are these companies?

What do they produce?

American
Peruvian Japanese Brazilian

Software & Cookies,crakers, Electronic sandals

electronic noodles equipment
device
Working with words: Company types and activities

Match the company type t the picture.

pharmaceutical real state electronics recruitment

hospitality automobile
software financial services

1 2 3 4

5 7 8
6
Working with words: Company types and activities

Listen and complete the sentences. 2-1

1. Natasha works for a 1 company. She provides staff in the 2

industry.
2. Malik’s company produces 3 for 4 companies.
3. William works in 5 . He wants a job in the 6 industry.

Listen and underline the stress in these 2-2

words.

pharmaceuticals electronics recruitment

hospitality finance automobile

What type of company is your company? What kind of companies do you work with?
 Working with words: Company types and activities
A company produces products, and it provides services. Write product or service next to the words
in C below.
A B C
GlaxoSmithKline Provides electronic equipment 1 product
Microsoft Produces finance 2
Sony software 3
Manpower cars 4
Toyota staff 5
Deutsche Bank AG pharmaceuticals 6

Work with a partner. Take turns to make sentences about the companies mentioned above.
Example: Sony produces electronic equipment.

Does your company produce products or provide service? Or both?

Working with words: Company types and activities
Listen to a presentation about Kikkoman. Number the presentation slides 1-4 in the order you
hear them. 2-3

A B C D

Complete the presentation with these verbs: employ, sell, export, provide, buy, develop.

Kikkoman is a Japanese company and we 1 400 million litres of soy sauce

every year. We 2 6,500 people in total. We 3
soy sauce all over the world including Asia, North America, Australia, and
Europe. We also 4 new products for the pharmaceutical industry. Restaurants,
supermarkets, and Asian food shops 5 our products and we also 6 lessons
in Japanese cooking – using Kikkoman products of course.
Working with words: Company types and activities

Prepare a presentation about your company. Use some of the sentences below.

1. I’m
2. I’m from
3. I work for
4. We produce / provide Let’s remember:
5. We employ Work + preposition
6. We develop
7. We export to We use the verb work in different ways:
8. We sell our products to *work for: (an employer / company)
E.g: I work for BMW.
*work with: (people or anothe country)
Now give your presentation to the class. E.g: I work with colleagues.
*work in: (department or area of business)
E.g: I work in production.
UNIT 1: Products and Services
Lesson 2
Specific achievement
By the end of the lesson, students
will be able to spell personal
information, say hello and goodbye,
introduce themselves and others,
and ask and answer about company
types and activities, using the verb
be and other verbs in present simple.
Let’s remember:
Answer these questions:
1. How can you introduce yourself?
2. What company do you work for?
3. How do you spell your company’s name?
4. Does your company produce products or provide service?
Please, tell me:
What parts of the class were difficult?
What parts of the class were easy?