Isabel's English blog: CI 2

In this unit, you are going to review how to ask and answer personal questions, questions about a company and to go through a job interview successfully.

Types of companies

https://www.ringteacher.com/materiales-didacticos/ingles-negocios/organizaciones-negocios-ingles/

Educational videos

- To speak about your company: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eotKoAJxu-A&list=PLh0bLFae5jipDeSAGuT4yjdp_ZkoGQGEl&index=10

- To speak about your job: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yiRbQxgk5w&list=PLh0bLFae5jipDeSAGuT4yjdp_ZkoGQGEl&index=8

Applying for a job. Lesson plan

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/getthatjob/index.shtml

Listening activities: we are going to watch some videos with activities: "You're hired"

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/business-english/youre-hired

Reading and writing activities:

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/business-english/business-magazine/writing-a-good-cv

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/business-english/business-magazine/job-interviews

Job descriptions

**https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=international+commerce&l=&from=searchOnDesktopSerp

https://resources.workable.com/job-descriptions/

Create your CV using "CANVA" templates:

https://www.canva.com/design/DAFK488_LhI/1HG3RL8ejruSk3dANtB8Dw/edit

The Europass and your studies

Europass : https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/es/documents/curriculum-vitae

Comercio Internacional Suplemento https://www.todofp.es/dam/jcr:46c38039-341a-4dfc-8697-5d80ef289020/n-tscomerciointernacionalen-pdf.pdf

Lesson plan to practice

https://bogglesworldesl.com/lessons/job_fair.htm

Grammar: Verb Tenses Review and make questions

To review these points go to the "Review Time" sections

UNIT 2: NEGOTIATIONS

Grammar Passive

- https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b2/passive-verbs-with-two-objects/2/

Grammar Conditionals:

- https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-3825.php (very easy)

- https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english- 3825.php https://www.englishgrammar.org/providing-long-exercise/

- https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b2/unless-even-if-provided-as-long-conditionals/ (difficult)

Here is your homework for Christmas:

- Share with your classmates a Ted Talk or video of your interest: https://www.ted.com/topics

- Watch at least two and write a comment

- Write an essay/summary on the video / Ted Talk you have chosen.

UNIT 3: PROTOCOL IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Read these articles and find out about protocol in different cultures:

An infographic showing the etiquette around the world

https://www.ctbusinesstravel.co.uk/news/blog/business-etiquette-around-the-world/

UNIT 4: TRADE DOCUMENTS AND BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

First, we are going to deal with the basic documents you should be familiar with:

https://www.shippingsolutions.com/blog/documents-required-for-international-shipping

If you are into the export/import business you may be in need of a key person in this trade: the clearing and forwarding agent. You can find what the role of this person is on this link:

https://medium.com/@bdalogistical11/what-do-clearing-and-forwarding-agents-do-44ef4660701b

Incoterms

https://www.shippingsolutions.com/blog/beginners-introduction-to-incoterms

https://iccwbo.org/publication/incoterms-2020-practical-free-wallchart/

Exercises to practice formal letters

https://test-english.com/writing/b2/a-formal-letter-of-complaint-tips-examples-exercises/

https://test-english.com/writing/b2/formal-email-letter-asking-information/ (very good)

Business communication

https://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/email-templates-for-business-communication/ (hard to follow because it has plenty of ads)

https://blog.appsumo.com/business-email-examples/

https://templatelab.com/professional-email-examples/#google_vignette

https://templatelab.com/professional-email-examples/ here there are a lot of examples of letters