Business English
Inhoud
Unit 1: Work and jobs:............................................................................................ 3
Unit 2: Ways of working:......................................................................................... 4
Unit 3: Recruitment and selection:.........................................................................5
Unit 4: Skills and qualifications:.............................................................................. 6
Unit 5: Pay and benefits:........................................................................................ 8
The POW-TREE:....................................................................................................... 9
Unit 6: People and workplaces:............................................................................. 10
Unit 7: Companies and careers:........................................................................... 12
Unit 8: Problems at work:..................................................................................... 13
Unit 9: Managers, executives and directors:.........................................................14
Unit 10: Businesspeople and business leaders:....................................................15
Unit 11: Organizations 1:...................................................................................... 17
Unit 12: Organizations 2:...................................................................................... 18
Unit 42: Time and time management:..................................................................20
Unit 43: Stress and stress management:..............................................................21
Unit 44: Leadership and management styles:......................................................22
Unit 45: Business across cultures 1:.....................................................................24
Unit 46: Business across cultures 2:.....................................................................25
Student material:.................................................................................................. 26
Vocabulary: Links and relations:...........................................................................26
Skills and qualities of leaders and entrepreneurs:................................................27
The conditionals:.................................................................................................. 27
Reading comprehension strategies:.....................................................................28
Relative clauses:................................................................................................... 28
Unit 13:................................................................................................................. 30
Unit 14: The development process:......................................................................31
Unit 15: Innovation and invention:.......................................................................32
Unit 16: Products and services:............................................................................ 34
Unit 17: Materials and suppliers:..........................................................................35
Unit 18: Business philosophies:............................................................................ 37
Unit 19: Buyers, sellers and the market:..............................................................38
Unit 20: Markets and competitors:.......................................................................39
Unit 21: Marketing and market orientation:..........................................................40
Unit 22: Products and brands:.............................................................................. 42
Unit 23: Price:....................................................................................................... 44
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Unit 24: Place:...................................................................................................... 45
Unit 25: Promotion:............................................................................................... 46
Unit 26: E-commerce:........................................................................................... 48
The tenses:........................................................................................................... 50
The passive voice:................................................................................................ 50
Unit 27: Sales and costs:...................................................................................... 52
Unit 28: Profitability and unprofitability:...............................................................53
Unit 29: Getting paid:........................................................................................... 54
Unit 30: Assets, liabilities and the balance sheets:...............................................55
Unit 31: The bottom line:...................................................................................... 56
Unit 32: Share capital and debt:...........................................................................57
Unit 33: Success and failure:................................................................................ 59
Unit 34: Mergers, takeovers and sell-offs:............................................................60
Unit 35: Personal finance:..................................................................................... 62
Unit 36: Financial centres:.................................................................................... 64
Unit 37: Trading:................................................................................................... 66
Unit 38: Indicators 1:............................................................................................ 67
Unit 39: Indicators 2:............................................................................................ 69
Links and relations:.............................................................................................. 72
Modal verbs:......................................................................................................... 73
Unit 40: Wrongdoing and corruption:....................................................................75
Unit 41: Business ethics:...................................................................................... 76
Punctuation:......................................................................................................... 79
Types of adverbs and their positions:...................................................................79
Describing and understanding graphs:.................................................................81
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Topic 1: Leaders and
entrepreneurs:
Unit 1: Work and jobs:
A. What do you do?
What do you do? Wat doe je?
Work for Werken voor
Work on Werken aan
Manage Beheren
Work under Werken onder
Responsibilities Verantwoordelijkheden
+ infinitive / -ing
In charge of Verantwoordelijk voor
+ noun
Deal with Omgaan met
Responsible for Verantwoordelijk voor
+ verb + -ing
Work with Werken met
B. Word combinations with ‘work’:
Work Werk
Have work Werk hebben
In work Aan het werk
= have a job
Out of work Werkloos
= without a job
For work Voor het werk
Go to work Gaan werken
Get to work Aan het werk
Arrive at work Op het werk aankomen
At work Op het werk
Time off work Afwezig van het werk wegens ziekte
= away from work due to illness
C. Types of job and types of work:
An unskilled labour Een ongeschoolde arbeider
A full-time job Een voltijdse job
(Someone works full-time)
= one for the whole of the normal
working week
A part-time job Een halftijdse job
(Someone works part-time)
= for less time than a full-time job
A permanent job Een vaste job
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(permanent work)
= does not finish after a fixed period
A temporary job/ freelance Een tijdelijke job
( temporary work)
= finishes after a fixed period
A Nine-to-five job Een 9-5 job
A flexitime Een flexi job
To work in shifts Werken in shifts
Office in the center Bureau/kantoor in het centrum
Working from home/ teleworking/ Een telewerker/ werken van thuis
telecommuting
Office with separate work stations Kantoor met aparte werkplekken
Open plan office Open kantoor
Unit 2: Ways of working:
A. Working hours:
A swipe card Een veegkaart
An office worker Een kantoormedewerker
Working hours Werkuren
Flexitime Flexitime
Working in shifts Werken in ploegdiensten
Have to clock on and clock off Moeten aan- en uitklokken
A day shift Een dagdienst
A night shift Een nachtdienst
To work overtime Overwerken/ overuren
To commute Pendelen/ om te pendelen
B. Words that are used in front of job and work:
The work is interesting and gives you positive feelings:
o Satisfying
o Stimulating
o Fascinating
o Exciting
The work is not interesting:
o Dull
o Boring
o Uninteresting
o Unstimulating
The work involves doing the same things again and again
o Repetitive
o Routine
The work is difficult and makes you tired
o Tiring
o Tough
o Hard
o Demanding
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Inhoud
Unit 1: Work and jobs:............................................................................................ 3
Unit 2: Ways of working:......................................................................................... 4
Unit 3: Recruitment and selection:.........................................................................5
Unit 4: Skills and qualifications:.............................................................................. 6
Unit 5: Pay and benefits:........................................................................................ 8
The POW-TREE:....................................................................................................... 9
Unit 6: People and workplaces:............................................................................. 10
Unit 7: Companies and careers:........................................................................... 12
Unit 8: Problems at work:..................................................................................... 13
Unit 9: Managers, executives and directors:.........................................................14
Unit 10: Businesspeople and business leaders:....................................................15
Unit 11: Organizations 1:...................................................................................... 17
Unit 12: Organizations 2:...................................................................................... 18
Unit 42: Time and time management:..................................................................20
Unit 43: Stress and stress management:..............................................................21
Unit 44: Leadership and management styles:......................................................22
Unit 45: Business across cultures 1:.....................................................................24
Unit 46: Business across cultures 2:.....................................................................25
Student material:.................................................................................................. 26
Vocabulary: Links and relations:...........................................................................26
Skills and qualities of leaders and entrepreneurs:................................................27
The conditionals:.................................................................................................. 27
Reading comprehension strategies:.....................................................................28
Relative clauses:................................................................................................... 28
Unit 13:................................................................................................................. 30
Unit 14: The development process:......................................................................31
Unit 15: Innovation and invention:.......................................................................32
Unit 16: Products and services:............................................................................ 34
Unit 17: Materials and suppliers:..........................................................................35
Unit 18: Business philosophies:............................................................................ 37
Unit 19: Buyers, sellers and the market:..............................................................38
Unit 20: Markets and competitors:.......................................................................39
Unit 21: Marketing and market orientation:..........................................................40
Unit 22: Products and brands:.............................................................................. 42
Unit 23: Price:....................................................................................................... 44
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Unit 24: Place:...................................................................................................... 45
Unit 25: Promotion:............................................................................................... 46
Unit 26: E-commerce:........................................................................................... 48
The tenses:........................................................................................................... 50
The passive voice:................................................................................................ 50
Unit 27: Sales and costs:...................................................................................... 52
Unit 28: Profitability and unprofitability:...............................................................53
Unit 29: Getting paid:........................................................................................... 54
Unit 30: Assets, liabilities and the balance sheets:...............................................55
Unit 31: The bottom line:...................................................................................... 56
Unit 32: Share capital and debt:...........................................................................57
Unit 33: Success and failure:................................................................................ 59
Unit 34: Mergers, takeovers and sell-offs:............................................................60
Unit 35: Personal finance:..................................................................................... 62
Unit 36: Financial centres:.................................................................................... 64
Unit 37: Trading:................................................................................................... 66
Unit 38: Indicators 1:............................................................................................ 67
Unit 39: Indicators 2:............................................................................................ 69
Links and relations:.............................................................................................. 72
Modal verbs:......................................................................................................... 73
Unit 40: Wrongdoing and corruption:....................................................................75
Unit 41: Business ethics:...................................................................................... 76
Punctuation:......................................................................................................... 79
Types of adverbs and their positions:...................................................................79
Describing and understanding graphs:.................................................................81
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, Business English
Topic 1: Leaders and
entrepreneurs:
Unit 1: Work and jobs:
A. What do you do?
What do you do? Wat doe je?
Work for Werken voor
Work on Werken aan
Manage Beheren
Work under Werken onder
Responsibilities Verantwoordelijkheden
+ infinitive / -ing
In charge of Verantwoordelijk voor
+ noun
Deal with Omgaan met
Responsible for Verantwoordelijk voor
+ verb + -ing
Work with Werken met
B. Word combinations with ‘work’:
Work Werk
Have work Werk hebben
In work Aan het werk
= have a job
Out of work Werkloos
= without a job
For work Voor het werk
Go to work Gaan werken
Get to work Aan het werk
Arrive at work Op het werk aankomen
At work Op het werk
Time off work Afwezig van het werk wegens ziekte
= away from work due to illness
C. Types of job and types of work:
An unskilled labour Een ongeschoolde arbeider
A full-time job Een voltijdse job
(Someone works full-time)
= one for the whole of the normal
working week
A part-time job Een halftijdse job
(Someone works part-time)
= for less time than a full-time job
A permanent job Een vaste job
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(permanent work)
= does not finish after a fixed period
A temporary job/ freelance Een tijdelijke job
( temporary work)
= finishes after a fixed period
A Nine-to-five job Een 9-5 job
A flexitime Een flexi job
To work in shifts Werken in shifts
Office in the center Bureau/kantoor in het centrum
Working from home/ teleworking/ Een telewerker/ werken van thuis
telecommuting
Office with separate work stations Kantoor met aparte werkplekken
Open plan office Open kantoor
Unit 2: Ways of working:
A. Working hours:
A swipe card Een veegkaart
An office worker Een kantoormedewerker
Working hours Werkuren
Flexitime Flexitime
Working in shifts Werken in ploegdiensten
Have to clock on and clock off Moeten aan- en uitklokken
A day shift Een dagdienst
A night shift Een nachtdienst
To work overtime Overwerken/ overuren
To commute Pendelen/ om te pendelen
B. Words that are used in front of job and work:
The work is interesting and gives you positive feelings:
o Satisfying
o Stimulating
o Fascinating
o Exciting
The work is not interesting:
o Dull
o Boring
o Uninteresting
o Unstimulating
The work involves doing the same things again and again
o Repetitive
o Routine
The work is difficult and makes you tired
o Tiring
o Tough
o Hard
o Demanding
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