Business English for

Financials
Staan

We zijn ten opzichte van onze tegenstrevers de dolfijn;

slim, snel en behendig.
Great people build
successful companies
Lesson 1

Course Trainer: Julie Fillingham

Course format: 8 x 3 hr sessions (very interactive!)
Course materials: Lingo@work Business English
Course reader (pdf – to print if required)
Online platform – for online activities, videos and podcasts
Mobile App
Online Platform/Classroom – available if participating from home.
Wacht niet op je kans,
creëer hem
Lesson 1

Lesson goals:
To introduce yourself

To talk about your company, your role and career history

To talk about the present, the past and the future accurately –
tense review!

To learn some vocabulary tips & tricks

Verlaag niet je doelstelling,
maar verhoog je effort
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Find out about your trainer – by asking questions (use the images to help formulate your
questions)
Questions words:
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W
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About me
Julie Fillingham
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Verlaag niet je doelstelling,
maar verhoog je effort
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Find out about your colleague – by using open questions (direct and indirect)
Direct Questions : Indirect: could you tell me a bit about ?
Who
What
Where
When
Why
Which

Reader: Unit 1 : Task 1 In pairs – interview your colleague and come back and introduce
them to the group.
Verlaag niet je doelstelling,
maar verhoog je effort
Lesson 1

Reader: Unit 1 : Task 1 – interview your colleague and come back and introduce
them to the group.

Feedback – what vocabulary/grammar do you need to introduce yourself and talk

about your career history?
Let’s introduce a company Lesson 1
Let’s introduce a company Lesson 1

Task 2 In pairs – introduce us to your company or a company you know well.

Feedback – what vocabulary/grammar do you need to introduce a company?

Company profile – key vocabulary Lesson 1
• Define the following words & try to put them in a
sentence.
• Board of directors
• Competitor
• Profit
• Headquarters
• Shareholders
• Mission statement
• Turnover
• Market share
• Merger
“Het verkeerde soort bijen maakt vast ook
het verkeerde soort honing.”
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*Winnie de Poeh

Grammar review
We zijn ten opzichte van onze tegenstrevers de dolfijn;
slim, snel en behendig
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Grammar – the Tenses

Reader: Task 3
Compare the following sets of sentences:
1A – Our online recruitment system isn’t working at the
moment.
1B – Our online recruitment system doesn’t work.

2A – He worked for the organisation 5 years ago.

2B - He has worked for this organisation for 5 years.
2C – He has been working for this organisation for over 5
years.

3A – I’m going to take you to the airport.

3B – I’ll take you to the airport.
We zijn ten opzichte van onze tegenstrevers de dolfijn;
slim, snel en behendig
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Grammar – the Tenses

Time adverbs to use with the simple past tense – I did it:
L – last
A – ago
D – day, date and or time in the past
Y – yesterday

Time adverbs to use with the present perfect – I have done it:
F – for
Y – yet
N – never
E – ever
R – recently

J – just
A – already
S - since
Over to you : Reader task 5
We zijn ten opzichte van onze tegenstrevers de dolfijn;
slim, snel en behendig
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Your career history

Reader 1.6 – Read the model and then take 5 minutes to
prepare your own timeline to share with the group.

Task 6 – Career timeline:

“Career is an individual's metaphorical "journey" through

learning, work and other aspects of life.”
We zijn ten opzichte van onze tegenstrevers de dolfijn;
slim, snel en behendig
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Grammar poll
Which sentence is grammatically correct?

A I have worked for the organisation since 2 years

B I am working for the organisation for 2 years already

C I have been working for the organisation for 2 years

We zijn ten opzichte van onze tegenstrevers de dolfijn;
slim, snel en behendig
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Grammar poll
Which sentence is grammatically correct?

A I didn’t lived in London

B I lived in London 2 years ago

C I have lived in London 2 years ago

Let’s do the present perfect gambler – worksheet online.

We zijn ten opzichte van onze tegenstrevers de dolfijn;
slim, snel en behendig
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Vocabulary tips & tricks

Reader 2.2 New words & expressions

Task 1: To plummet

Opposite: To ………….

Now in small groups– come up with

Synonyms – verbs/nouns to describe this graph &
a graph showing downward movement.
We zijn ten opzichte van onze tegenstrevers de dolfijn;
slim, snel en behendig
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Vocabulary tips & tricks

Reader 2.2 New words & expressions

Word formation:
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
We zijn ten opzichte van onze tegenstrevers de dolfijn;
slim, snel en behendig
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Vocabulary tips & tricks

In pairs find a trend online and come back

and describe it to us. Try to recycle the
vocabulary learnt. Reference sheet online.

You only have 10 minutes for this.

We zijn ten opzichte van onze tegenstrevers de dolfijn;
slim, snel en behendig
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Homework
• Unit 1 : Review reader

• Unit 1 online activities – including word

formation and false friends worksheets.

• Additional business resources: download the

glossary of business terms and choose three
words – come back next week and explain
them for the others to guess.