Companies

May, 2021
Starting point

 What kind of company do you work for?

 Do you think is better to work for a large or a small company?
 What do you know about these companies?
 Company facts (Page 6)
 Read this text. Match descriptions 1-5 to the companies.

Yahoo!

Michelin

Ikea

Do you use any of

the companies or Ben and Jerry’s
heir products?
What do you think
of them? Samsung
 Complete these sentences with the words in
You have two
bold from the previous exercise (Page 7)
minutes: produce
Create sentences! provide
Use as much specialize
words as you can.
employee
based

subsidiary

operates

competitor

exporter
revenue
 Complete this text with the words we’ve just
They produce learned.
animal-like
products
without produces
animal cruelty subsidiary
based
operates
employees

competitors specializes
Name three big
companies in your
country. What do
they do? provide
 Listen & complete the information about the
ASSA ABLOY Group.
Make sentences
about the
employee and her
company.
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Example: She
works for ASSA astern ompany
ABLOY.
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Present Simple
Ask & answer these questions (Page 8)

Which company do you work

for?

Is it a new company? Do you work at the head office?

Does the company have offices in

What does it do?
other countries?
Are these sentences about Gazprom, Nestlé &
Toyota true (T) or false (F)?
 Gazprom produces energy.
 The companies aren’t competitors.
 Nestlé provides services but it doesn’t produce anything.
 Two of the companies produce cars.
 Toyota isn’t Russian.
 Nestlé and Gazprom don’t have their head office in Japan.
 Find examples from the previous exercises for descriptions 1-5 in the Language point. Then
Grammar choose the correct words in italics to complete sentences a-c.

produces, provides, does

…but it doesn’t produce anything
The companies aren’t competitors
Which company do you work for?
Is it a new company?
Choose the correct words in italics to complete
the text.
 Listening activities (Pages 9)
 Listen and make a note of three  Listen again and answer these questions.
interesting facts about Nestlé. Discuss 1. How old is the company?
your ideas.
2. What products does it produce?
3. What is its annual revenue?
Use this 4. Where is the head office?
information to 5. How many factories does it have?
create sentences
about Nestlé 6. How many employees does it have?
7. Is employee training important for the
company?
8. Does the company help local communities?
9. Is it a green company?
Present Simple activities
 Who do you work for?

 Listen to a man asking questions to a woman about the company she works for.
 Write down the questions that you hear.

https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/business-english/your-company
From these questions, which ones are appropriate for your
company? Which ones do you know the answer to?

 Who do you work for?
 What does you company do?
 Where is the company based?
 How many branches do you have?
 How many people do you employ?
 What’s your annual revenue?
 What type of pet food do you sell?
 Do you sell online?
 Are you a public company?
 Where are your products produced?
 Who are your main competitors?
Talk about your co-worker

 Think about a person from work. Describe him/her.

 (What does this person do at the company?)
A day in the life of…

How do you think ‘a normal’ soccer player’s day is?

Let’s take a peak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi0p063Ob8A
 “at the hour”  ON TIME.
pick up the pace = keep it up
A day in the life of…

YOU
Describe a normal working day in your life.
Create questions

 Ask questions about your partner routine. Try to use as many question words as you can.
You have 4 minutes!
Business culture

 Write a ten-sentence description of business culture in your country for a foreign

employee who is going to move to the office in your country, dealing with the most
important topics.

 For example:
 We shake hands when we greet someone. Women sometimes kiss people’s cheek.
How to ask somebody to repeat
information
Practically speaking
 Let’s see…
 Somebody speaks to you at a conference but you don’t hear them. How can you ask the
person to repeat the information?

Hi. My name’s
*** and I work for
*** in ***.
Listen to the conversation. Write the
information about the company.

165
89
305,000
$17.8 billion
Listen again and complete the expressions for asking
somebody to repeat the information

say that again

speak more slowly
how many
what are again
Let’s practice
 Which two questions in the previous
exercise ask the speaker to repeat only
part of the information? What similar
questions can you ask in response to the
person in exercise 1?
 Write five facts about yourself or your
company, but replace certain words with
***. Read your sentences to your partner
and answer their questions.
Making introductions
Business communication
Introductions (Page 10)

 What do you talk about when you meet someone at a conference for the first time?
Listen to Gianluca introducing himself to
Carmen at a conference.

 Makes notes about:

1. Carmen’s nationality
2. her job
3. why she’s at the conference
 Complete what Gianluca says. Then listen
again and check your answers.
Is
introduce
too from
who
do
why

you him

again
Listen &
This
repeat the
sentences
Match questions 1-8 in the previous exercise to Carmen’s
responses a-h. Then listen and check.

d
h
f
a
e
g
b
Listen to another extract of the conversation
between Gianluca and Carmen.
 Underline the stressed words in Carmen’s questions. Why does she stress these words?
1. Gianluca: What do you do? Carmen: What about you? What do you do?
2. Gianluca: Why are you here at this conference? Carmen: How about you? Why are you
here?
Speaking. Have short conversations using the
prompts below.
 Name
 Job
 Company
 Reason for being here
 Country

Example:
A. Can I introduce myself? I’m Felipe.
B. Nice to meet you. My name’s Juan.
A. Where are you from, Juan?
B. I’m from Spain. What about you? Where are you
from?
A. I’m from Brazil.