LEVEL B2 UNIT 1

Northlatam English Program

LEVEL B2

Unit 1

Work culture and placement

Lesson A

Vocabulary and grammar

Lesson objectives

Vocabulary: Work organization and responsibility

Grammar: Past tenses: simple, continuous and perfect

When you start a new job, Do you... -share your ideas and opinions at meetings immediately? -try to look smart and professional?

Opening discussion

Manager

Vocabulary: Company departments and people

CEO

COO

Project

Purchasing

Manager

Advertising

Co-worker

Marketing

Sales

Logistics

Finance

Vocabulary practice

Drag and drop the concepts next to their corresponding definition.

Creative staff members, including copywriters, artists and graphic designers, provide the written content, images and graphics for the various ads.

Purchasing

This person oversees ongoing business operations within the company, and reports to the CEO, is usually second-in-command.

Finance

This is the division of the company that's responsible for acquiring the goods and services the business requires to operate.

Manager

This is the unit of a business responsible for obtaining and handling any moneis on behalf of the organization.

COO

Advertising

This is a professional who takes a leadership role in an organization and manages a team of employees.

Grammar

Refresh your memory on past tenses

Grammar practice

Past Perfect and Past Simple

Write endings for the sentences below. Use the past simple or the past perfect as appropiate.

Lesson B

lISTENING AND READING

Lesson objectives

Listen to a company director speaking to a group of new graduates

Reading: Culture expectations and leadership

What do you think the role of a manager should be? How do you think management styles differ bewteen countries?

Opening discussion

Listening

Colin Vickerstaff is a company director. He is speaking to a group of new graduate trainees. Listen and complete the company profile.

• Name: ___________________________
• Established: _______________________
• Main activity: ______________________
• Headquarters: _____________________
• Number of employees: ______________
• Current market share: _______________

Listening

Listen as Colin describes the managment organization of this company. Complete the chart. Drag and drop the words where they go.

2. Now listen as Colin outlines the company’s Mission Statement. Which slogan (a-d) best describes the values of the company?

Human resources

President

Sales and marketing

a) Committed to continuous improvement b) Quality, Price and Speed c) The Customer is King d) Investment in People

Technical support

R&D

Reading

Read the following article and answer the questions below.

Reading practice

Write the number of the sentences in the correct group.

Lesson C

WRITING

Lesson objectives

Discuss the structure of a placement report.

Writing a placement report

Discussion

Henry, a marketing student, has just finished his placement at Cambro Corp. an engineering company in New Jersey. He has to write a report on his experiences. Discuss what you think this report will contain and the style it will be written in.

Model writing

Read the extracts from different sections of Henry's report below. Choose the correct heading a-e for each section 1-5.

Model writing

Match Henry's informal diary entries 1-9 with the formal phrases used in the report extracts in the previous exercise.

Writing Activity

Write a placement report. Remember to organize it as seen in the previous sections. Use more formal language.

• Introduction
• Experiences during work placement
• Professional Achivements
• Observations of the company

Lesson D

practical case

Lesson objectives

Discussion: Describing and dealing with people's problems

Developing counselling skills

Describe a situation when you helped someone with a problem, or when someone helped you.

Opening discussion

Counselling language

Complete the handout about counselling skills with the information given..

Counselling language

Role-play

Read the following problems, take turns to being the problem holder and the counsellor. Use the information given to respond to the counsellor.

Thank you!