Ae bc ppt23

Recap

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Recap

In the previous lesson you learnt to:

• Use a range of vocabulary relating to cultural awareness

• Compare work culture in UK and Asian countries through listening

and speaking

• Prepare part of a cultural awareness training course for visitors to

their country

• Identify and use zero, first and second conditionals

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Conferences and Trade Fairs


At the end of this lesson you will be able to:

• Talk about conferences and trade fairs

• Give indirect advice

• Assess factors relevant for decision making


Learning Objectives


Speaking Skills


Speaking Activity

Conferences and trade fairs are very important in the world of business, and

provide an opportunity for face to face meetings with people in a world in which

online communication is becoming increasingly common.

Discuss the following questions with your partner.

1. Have you ever attended a professional conference or trade fair?

2. What benefits would you expect to gain from attending one?

3. What should you do to prepare for attending one?


Collocations

Match the words in List A with those in List B to form common collocations.


Vocabulary Building

A B

valuable trends

greater experience

connect to meet

latest figures

important visibility

chance with peopleFor Aptech Centre Use Only

Answers


Vocabulary Building

A B

valuable experience

greater visibility

connect with people

latest trends

Important figures

chance to meetFor Aptech Centre Use Only

Complete the following passage using the words in the box.

Attending a conference or a trade fair can be a ____________________ in many

ways: if you are giving a talk or making a presentation, it can give you

____________________ within your industry, and even if you are not, it can give

you a sense of the ____________________ within the industry. However, many

people value most is the chance to network and ____________________ in their

field. This can include not only their counterparts in other companies and

organisations, but also ____________________ that they wouldn’t otherwise have

the ____________________.


Exercise


Answers

Attending a conference or a trade fair can be a ____________________ in many

ways: if you are giving a talk or making a presentation, it can give you

____________________ within your industry, and even if you are not, it can give

you a sense of the _________________________ within the industry. However,

what many people value most is the chance to network and ___________________

in their field. This can include not only their counterparts in other companies and

organisations, but also ____________________ that they wouldn’t otherwise have

the ____________________.


Exercise

valuable experience

greater visibility

Latest trends

connect with people

important figures

chance to meetFor Aptech Centre Use Only

Reading Skills


Reading

Pre-reading

You are going to read an article explaining how to get the most out of

attending a trade conference. Before you read, consider the question below.

• How can you get the most out of a conference or trade fair?

• What advice do you think the article will include?

• Discuss your ideas with a partner.


Speaking Skills


Exercise

How to get the most of your experience at a trade conference


Reading Skills


Opinion

How to get the most of your experience at a trade conference

Did the article include any of the ideas you predicted?


Match the words in the column on the left with the correct definition on the right.


Exercise

Words Definitions

session to leave a room quietly

registration someone who is present at an event or meeting

programme the place where an event is being held

monitor an organised event such as a lecture, presentation or discussion

venue entering your name on a list to allow entrance to an event

attendee a TV or computer screen showing information

slip out a booklet giving detailed information about what is happening at an event For Aptech Centre Use Only

Answers


Exercise

Words Definitions

session an organised event such as a lecture, presentation or discussion

registration entering your name on a list to allow entrance to an event

programme a booklet giving detailed information about what is happening at an event

monitor a TV or computer screen showing information

venue the place where an event is being held

attendee someone who is present at an event or meeting

slip out to leave a room quietlyFor Aptech Centre Use Only

How do they follow the advice and how do they differ? How do you feel about their views?

a. I don’t usually give much thought to what I’m going to see at the conference – I enjoy

just seeing who’s speaking when I get there.

b. I always seem to spend so much money on conferences – the hotels are pricey and the

conference itself isn’t usually cheap. Then there are all the things I buy when I’m there I

always spend much too much on the latest products.

c. What I like to do is sit in on several sessions on the first day – I don’t always attend the

full session – and then go to some of the longer sessions on the next day.


Exercise


How do they follow the advice and how do they differ? How do you feel about their views?

d. I really love the buzz around the conference. There is so much going on. Lots of people

are blogging and tweeting, and there is often live feed of some of the sessions, too.

e. Last time, I went there in time for the opening session, and there was a huge line of

people waiting to register. By the time I got in, I had missed twenty minutes of the

speech.

f. I’m always a bit nervous when I meet people, so I prepared what I was going to say. It

was like little speech, really, but very short. I practised at home, so when people asked

me what I did I found it really easy to explain. It helped me a lot.


Exercise


Direct advice:

• You should open the ‘insert’ menu first.

• You ought to tell Bob what time you’re leaving.

• You’d better hurry or you’ll miss the train.

Softened advice:

• If I were you I’d go early. It gets really busy after lunch time.

• Why don’t you sit here? Mark won’t mind.

Indirect advice:

• I always find it easier to open the document in this menu.

• What I do is put all my drafts in this file.

• When I was there I used the cafeteria on the top floor – the food was much better.


Giving Advice


Reading Skills


Exercise

• Look back at the reading given in 23.3.2.

• Underline the phrases that were used to give advice.


Work in small groups. Using 23.3.5 as an example, think of a business situation you have been

in and give advice to your group members about how to handle it more effectively.

Give your advice in a softened form; include examples of things you did well and things you

would do differently in the future.

Situation:

Examples of successful approach:

1. _______________________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________________

Examples of something you would do differently:

1. _______________________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________________


Exercise


Listening Skills

Pre-listening

• You are going to listen to a recording of two colleagues discussing their

hotel arrangements for a conference they will be attending.

• Before listening make a list of some of the points you would consider

when choosing a hotel for a business trip.

• Then discuss your answers with a partner – which of these do you think

were most important?


Listening


Listening Skills

True or False?

1. Daniel has completely finished his preparations for attending the conference.

____________

2. The Orient Garden Hotel is close to where the conference is being held.

____________

3. The hotels are both the same price. ____________

4. The conference venue is close to the railway station. ____________

5. Traffic could cause problem for getting to the conference. ____________

6. They decide to book a hotel in the city centre. ____________


Exercise


Listening Skills


Exercise

False

False

False

True

True

True

Answers

1. Daniel has completely finished his preparations for attending the conference.

____________

2. The Orient Garden Hotel is close to where the conference is being held.

____________

3. The hotels are both the same price. ____________

4. The conference venue is close to the railway station. ____________

5. Traffic could cause problem for getting to the conference. ____________

6. They decide to book a hotel in the city centre. ____________For Aptech Centre Use Only


Test Your Knowledge

1. Collocation

A B

1 arrange a agenda

2 international report

3 trade conference

4 write a fair

5 set an meeting



Test Your Knowledge

1. Answers

A B

1 arrange a meeting

2 international conference

3 trade fair

4 write a report

5 set an agenda



Test Your Knowledge

2. Identify the softened advice.

Sentences

1 You should watch this movie.

2 Maybe you should buy a new cell phone.

3 I bought a bike and it really made life easier.

4 I think we should continue this meeting tomorrow.

5 You should exercise regularly.For Aptech Centre Use Only


Test Your Knowledge

2. Answers

Sentences

1 You should watch this movie.

2 Maybe you should buy a new cell phone.

3 I bought a bike and it really made life easier.

4 I think we should continue this meeting tomorrow.

5 You should exercise regularly.For Aptech Centre Use Only


In a Nutshell…

In this lesson you learnt to:

• Talk about conferences and trade fairs

• Give indirect advice

• Assess factors relevant for decision making


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