Communication Skills
UNIT 1 COMING TO CONTACT
Activity 1
Nick: Hi, I’m Nick.
Emma: Hi, I’m Emma. I’m a friend of Frank.
Nick: Yes I know, I work with him. Let me introduce you his sister. She’s here for the weekend.
Julie, this is Emma. She’s a friend of Frank.
Julie: Hi, Emma. Nice to meet you.
Emma: Hi! Nice to meet you, too. Frank has told me a lot about you...
Activity 2
a. John’s a nice guy, isn’t he?
b. He doesn’t live in London, does he?
c. The presentation is great, isn’t it?
d. You aren’t giving a talk, are you?
UNIT 2 THE OFFICE
Activity 1
(free answer, depends ont he company of the student)
Activity 2
1. Sophia reports h. directly to me
2. She also looks c. after the employees training satisfaction.
3. She has one personal assistant working g. under her.
4. Meryl deals b. with Marketing and Sales.
5. Mark is responsible f. for hiring and firing.
6. He is also in charge a. of internal communications.
7. My role is d. to manage the Training Department, in HR.
8. He liaises e. with me in Human Resources.
Activity 3
a. I work ___FOR_____ for a large international company.
b. I work ____IN____ the sales department.
c. The colleagues I work ______WITH____ are very supportive.
d. I work mainly _____IN______ our London office.
e. At the moment I’m working _____ON_____ a big project.
f. I have to work ____TO_____ very tight deadlines.
g. I work ____ALONGSIDE_______ Jane and Sara in Marketing.
e. I am now working _____UNDER_____ Marketing manager Sophia Pawle in Web Design, a young department.
f. I work ____AS_____ Head of HR ____AT______ Landmart.
Activity 4
a) How many syllables does the word have? 4
b) Where is the main stress? “ly”
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creative | flexible | methodical |
efficient | confident | realible |
determined | sociable | weell-organized |
UNIT 3 AT WORK
Activity 1.
annual - salary
company – car
childcare - facilities
dental - plan
employee - discounts
expense - account
flexible - hours
fringe - benefits
job - sharing
life - insurance
maternity - leave
minimum - wage
pension - scheme
performance-related - benefits
redundancy - package
sick - pay
stock - options
susidized - canteen
Activity 2.
The General Manager’s office is: (one possible answer) between the staff restaurant and the Accounts Department right in front of R&D Department.
Activity 3
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