Saturday, August 29, 2015

BUSINESS CARDS

PLEASE BRING YOUR 15 BUSINESS CARDS ON MONDAY, AUGUST 31st.


THANK YOU!


HAVE A NICE WEEK.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

FREQUENCY ADVERBS AND MANNER ADVERBS


 

FREQUENCY ADVERBS

PRE-VERBS

 

S                      FREQ  ADVERB            VERB

 

EXCEPT: HE IS ALWAYS LATE TO WORK                     (BE)

 

HOW OFTEN DO YOU GO TO THE DENTIST?             CONCEPT: FREQUENCY

HOW OFTEN DOES HE COME TO CLASS?

DO YOU USUALLY GO TO THE MOVIES ON FRIDAY?

DO YOU OFTEN PLAY BOARD GAMES?

 

WE COMBINE: ADJECTIVE + NOUN


ADJECTIVES DO NOT TAKE A PLURAL FORM!

HE IS A             CAREFUL        DRIVER


MANNER ADVERBS

 

HE DRIVES CAREFULLY      (TELLS HOW SOMETHING IS DONE)

 

ADJECTIVE                             MANNER ADVERB (add "ly")

QUIET-----------                             QUIETLY

 
BEAUTIFUL-----                        BEAUTIFULLY

BAD--------------                             BADLY

GOOD -----------                              WELL

HW


HW: 5 QUESTIONS FOR A SURVEY (YOU ARE GOING TO LAUNCH A PRODUCT SO YOU NEED TO KNOW… )

        

 
 
 

1.-HOW OFTEN DO YOU+VERB…?

2.-DO YOU USUALLY+VERB…?

3.-DO YOU OFTEN+VERB…?

4.-____________________?

5.-____________________?

FOR QUESTIONS 4 AND 5 YOU CAN USE ANY OF THE EXPRESSIONS IN QUESTIONS 1, 2 AND 3.

THANKS.

IRREGULAR PLURALS


COMMON IRREGULAR PLURALS

 

MAN                      MEN

WOMAN              WOMEN

PERSON               PEOPLE

CHILD                    CHILDREN      (CHILDREN’S TOYS): POSSESSIVE, THE TOYS BELOG TO THE CHILDREN

FOOT                     FEET

TOOTH                  TEETH

FISH                       FISH

MOUSE                 MICE

CACTUS                 CACTI

CURRICULUM     CURRICULA

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

EXAMS AND HW

EXAMS (UNIT 2)
TOMORROW, THURSDAY 27th.: LISTENING
THIS FRIDAY 28th.: READING


HW: CD TEST 2, NOT LATER THAN this Thursday 27th. Email score to: moshi_lopez@hotmail.com




LISTEN TO THE SONG ENTITLED "Piano Man" by Billy Joel.


Thanks!

Saturday, August 22, 2015

HW FOR MONDAY 24th

BRING YOUR BOOK AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH  & UPLOAD EXAM ON THE MOODLE PLATFORM
SEND CD TEST SCORE WITH YOUR NAME (SCREENSHOT), VIA EMAIL: moshi_lopez@hotmail.com
BRING YOUR 15 BUSINESS CARDS


THANK YOU!

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

BOOKS

WE WILL BE USING THE BOOK STARTING THIS FRIDAY.


BRING IT TO CLASS.


THANKS A LOT!


ENJOY THE DAY.

Business cards this Friday (networking)



Please, do not forget to bring 15 business cards this Friday.


THANKS!

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Networking links


NETWORKING

 




 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmMK97NI00U    (video seen in class today)


 

expressions, departments in a company


USEFUL EXPRESSIONS:

 

What do you do?               OCCUPATION, JOB

I’m an architect

 

I work for                                            Coca Cola

I´m in charge of                                 the HR department

I´m responsible for                          reporting the financial statements

I’m involved in                                  the payroll and recruiting processes       

I deal with                                           complaints/customers/suppliers

 

Review: COMMON DEPARTAMENTS
IN A COMPANY (COMAONY STRUCTURE)

HUMAN RESOURCES (HR)


RECRUITING (HIRING PEOPLE)


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)


MARKETING


ADMINISTRATION


FINANCE


SALES          (SALES Rep=Sales Representative)


CUSTOMER SERVICE/CARE


ACCOUNTING/ACCOUNTS


RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)


LOGISTICS


PUBLIC RELATIONS (PR)


QUALITY CONTROL


PURCHASING


TECHNICAL SUPPORT


TRAINING




 

WHEN MEETING SOMEONE FOR THE FIRST TIME

JOHN:                   Hello Laura. Let me introduce you to Jack.

LAURA:                                 How do you do Jack?...

 

BOOKS

BOOKS ARE GOING TO BE SOLD THIS WEDNESDAY 19TH., THURSDAY 20TH. AND FRIDAY 21ST.


GET THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PLEASE.


HAVE A NICE DAY!

WELCOME TO COURSE (AUGUST-DECEMBER 2015), LEVEL 2

WEEK 2


NUMBERS


SAYING NUMBERS


 


100                         one hundred/a hundred


1000                       one thousand/a thousand


1’000, 000            one million/a million


 


189                         ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE        (A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE)


 


IT WOULD BE INCORRECT TO SAY: A ONE HUNDRED!


 


Do not say …millions dollars.    The correct form is …million dollars


                                                                Millions.


 


 


123, 890          ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THREE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED (AND) NINETY


1’292,736        ONE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED (AND) THIRTY SIX


 


bil·lion (bn)


 (bĭl′yən)


n.


1. The cardinal number equal to 109.                                                   1000 000 000


 


2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1012.                   1 000 000 000 000


 


1.7 bn                    one point seven billions


€1.8 bn                 One point eight billion euros


 


CURRENCIES:


£                              pounds (libra esterlina)          (Pound could also refer to weight: libra=454 grams)


¥                              yens


 


Dollars, rupees, francs, pesos…


 


SOME ORDINAL NUMBERS (spelling)


 


FIFTH     5th


EIGHTH


NINTH


TWELFTH


TWENTIETH


 


Useful links: