English for Business – Waystage Level [A2] [english|english]

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Kursinhalt

0. Introduction

0.1 Welcome
0.2 Navigation
0.3 Helpful Tools
0.4 Training Material
0.5 Best Usage

1. Meeting & Greeting

1.0 Training Material for Unit 01
1.0.1 Important Vocabulary
1.1 Hi, hello, how are you?
1.1.1 What comes next, after ‘hello’?
1.1.2 The problem with the first name in English
1.1.3 What to do if we don’t know the name
1.1.4 A short conversation
1.1.5 Meeting and greeting exercises
1.2 Asking someone for his/her name
1.2.1 Some exercises about introductions
1.3 How to say goodbye

2. Everyday Activities

2.0 Training Material for Unit 02
2.0.1 Important Vocabulary
2.1 The ‘Present Simple’
2.1.1. Grammar Chart: Present Simple
2.1.2 Can you help us with some sentences?
2.2 Craftsmen and C-suite Executives
2.2.1 Do you know these jobs?
2.2.2 Prepositions you should know
2.2.3 What are these?
2.3 Leisure Time
2.3.1 Leisure time activities

3. Transport and Logistics

3.0 Training Material for Unit 03
3.0.2 Why would ‘Transport and Logistics’ be relevant to me?
3.1 Transport and logistics terminology
3.1.1 The most important shipping documents
3.1.2 Most common abbreviations in logistics (INCOTERMS)
3.2 Types of transport packing
3.3 Ways of transportation
3.4 Insurances and Edward Lloyd’s Coffee House
3.5 Letter of Credit

4. All Around the World

5. At the Office
In the office we are confronted with a wide variety of things every day. On the one hand, there are the usual devices and tools that we use and, on the other hand, the things that make up our job, i.e. services, products, etc. Reason enough to familiarize yourself with a few terms.

6. Asking Questions

7. Exchanging Information

7.0 Training Material for Unit 07
7.0.1 Important Vocabulary in this Chapter
7.1 Exchanging Information With Foreigners
7.1.1 Helpful Phrases
7.2 Business Card
7.3 Talking with Customers | Retrieving Information
7.3.1 Help us get some information in this exercise
7.4 Talking to a Business Colleague | Informal Talk
7.4.1 Expressions from the text that you should only use in informal talks with people you know
7.5 Spelling and Special Keys

8. Work Skills

8.0 Training Material for Unit 08
8.0.1 Important Expressions in this Chapter
8.1 Primary and Secondary Skills
8.2 Twelve Important Skills That Recruiters Look For
8.3 Ten Popular Recruiters Questions
8.5 Personality Tests, Personality Assessment
8.6 Sentences That Might Help You in Job Interviews and Other Situations
8.7 Imagine you’re at a job interview …
8.4 Describing People Exercises

9. Job Satisfaction

9.0 Training Material for Unit 09
9.1.1 Jobs
9.1.2 more Jobs
9.2 Informal Remarks
9.3 Employment Relationships | Working Time Models
9.4 Roles and Positions in a Company
9.4.1 What do you call a person …
9.5.1 Likes and Dislikes | Things
9.5.2 Likes and Dislikes | Activities
9.5.3 Form sentences

10. Money Talks

10.0 Training Material for Unit 10
10.0.1 Important Vocabulary in this Chapter
10.1 ‘then‘ or ‘than‘
10.1.1 Enter “then” or “than” where it fits.
10.2 Salary and Wages
10.2.1 Payment Methods
10.2.2 Some Terms Related to Money
10.2.2.1 Cafeteria Talks
10.3 Earnings and Income
10.3.1 Match the sentences with the correct terms

11. Expressing Feelings and Observations
Every day that we experience, we go through to a large extent with comparisons. Are we happier? Was that a good day? Have we had success or failure? - Emotions compare an actual state with an ideal state or a desired / longed-for state. In professional life, we are almost always under a certain pressure to succeed, which would not be possible without a comparative value, i.e. a reference value. There is no other way, we have to ask ourselves the question every day: "What am I actually comparing with what and with what result?" In this chapter we deal with the question of how we can name and describe differences. With regard to vocabulary, today we are dealing with a series of verbs that describe feelings. When you want to bond with people, be it for business reasons or privatly, then revealing some emotions, some feelings, is one key to achieve just that.

11.0 Training Material for Unit 11
11.0.1 Important Vocabulary in this Chapter
11.1 exhausted vs exhausting
11.1.1 Which is which?
11.2 Comparative Adjectives
11.3 ’as … as’ vs ‘than’
11.4 Rules for comparative adjectives with one, two or more syllables.
11.4.1 Help us describe the situation.
11.4.2 Do you remember the rules?
11.4.3 Comparisons

12. A Matter of Time
One of the most frequently mentioned uncertainties of learners in the whole range from A1 to C1 + are prepositions. Prepositions of place and prepositions of time. Why is it called "at the cinema", "in the taxi" but "on the bus"? Or: is it now “at the weekend” or “on the weekend”? - In this chapter we will help you to find an easy way to find the correct preposition of time.

12.0 Training Material for Unit 12
12.0.1 Important Vocabulary in this Chapter
12.1 Timelines
12.1.1 now, unless, until, since, as long as, before, after, ago …
12.1.1.1 Let’s do some exercises if you like
12.1.2 “I ain’t going nowhere unless I have finished this damn thing.”
12.1.3 Help us complete the sentences.
12.2 Prepositions of Time ”at”, ”in”, ”on” and ”by”
12.2.1 Which preposition fits where?
12.2.2 Deadlines
12.3 “at the moment” vs. “in the moment”
12.4 Do you know it all?

13. Leisure and Recreation
If you really want to have a good connection with friends and colleagues, you can't avoid having a private word now and then. While you should be able to talk about anything with friends and family, it's not quite so easy in a professional setting. We'll show you ways to have easy and fun conversations.

13.0 Training Material for Unit 13
13.0.1 Important Vocabulary in this Chapter
13.1 Leisure Time – Hobbies and Habits
13.1.1 Hobbies
13.1.1.2 Frequency Adverbs
13.1.1.2.1 Frequency adverbs in sentences
13.1.1.3 Frequency Adverbs in Questions
13.1.1.3.1 Test Your Knowledge About Frequency Adverbs in Questions.
13.1.2 Habits
13.1.2.1 Good and bad habits
13.2 A Bucket List
13.2.1 My Bucket List
13.2.2 What’s on your bucket list?
13.3 New Year’s Resolutions

14. Speaking of the Past
The tenses in English are so very important! So much more important than in German, for example. If you don't have the tenses correct, a conversation can quickly lead to confusion and misunderstanding. Thankfully, both present and future tenses are conceivably easy in English, but you should really master the past tenses in order to be able to argue your way skillfully in conversations.

14.0 Training Material for Unit 14
14.0.1 Important Vocabulary in this Chapter
14.1 Events in the Past (Past Tenses)
14.2 Simple Past
14.2.1 Simple Past in Positive Sentences
14.2.1.1 What is the simple past of the verb?
14.2.2 Simple Past in Negative Sentences
14.2.2.1 Turn these sentences into negative sentences
14.2.3 Simple Past in Questions
14.2.3.1 Turn the sentences into a question
14.3 Do you feel like playing a little game?

15. Days to Remember

15.0 Training Material for Unit 15
15.0.1 Important Vocabulary in this Chapter
15.1 Famous Holidays Around the World
15.2 Chinese Lantern Festival (Yuan Xiao)
15.2.1 Send Greetings to your Chinese Friends
15.3 Eid al-Fitr – Islamic Festival
15.3.1 Send Greetings to your Muslim Friends
15.4 Thanksgiving
15.4.1 Thanksgiving in Business
15.4.2 Send Greetings to your American Friends
15.5.1 Send Greetings to your Christian Friends
15.6 Date Writing – Date Spelling
15.6.1 Let’s make dates easy

16. It’s All a Question of Quantity

16.0 Training Material for Unit 16
16.0.1 Important Vocabulary in this Chapter
16.1 much – many
16.1.1 Examples for the use of ‘much’
16.1.2 Examples for the use of ‘many’
16.1.3 ’much’ or ’many’?
16.2 a lot of – lots of
16.2.1 Let’s try some exercises all around ’a lot’ and ’lots’
16.3 plenty vs. a lot of
16.3.1 Is it ’plenty’ or ’a lot’

17. About People and Things

17.0 Training Material for Unit 17
17.0.1 Important Vocabulary in this Chapter
17.1 some – any – none
17.1.1 Example sentences for ’some’, ’any’ and ’none’
17.1.2 Some more sentences with ’some’ and ’any’.
17.1.3 Now it’s your turn. Is it ’some’, ’any’ or ’none’?
17.2 any – every – each
17.2.1 each or every
17.3 a few – (few | a few of)
17.4 somebody – anybody
17.4.1 ’Somebody’ and ’Anybody’ in Song Lyrics
17.4.2 ’someone’ or ’anyone’ – What fits here?

18. Writing Persuasive Emails

18.0 Training Material for Unit 18
18.0.1 Important Vocabulary in this Chapter
18.1 Email structure
18.1.0 Questions about the structure of emails
18.1.1 Salutation line
18.1.2 Introductory sentences
18.1.2.a) You already know the person you are sending the email to.
18.1.2.b) You do not yet know the person you are sending the email to.
18.1.2.1 Some sample sentences for the factual introduction
18.1.2.2 Your favorite introduction lines
18.1.3 Main text body
18.3.1 Three Basic Rules for a Convincing E-mail
18.3.2 Useful Sentences and Text Modules
18.1.4 Concluding remark
18.1.5 Closing greeting
18.1.6 Common abbreviations
18.7.1 Write an Email to Paul Gagnon
18.7.2 Questions all around e-mails

19. Describing Facts

19.0 Training Material for Unit 19
19.0.1 Important Vocabulary in this Chapter
19.1 Active and passive sentences
19.2 How to form the passive voice
19.2.1 Turn the sentences into passive voice
19.3 When do we use the passive voice?
19.4.1 Impersonal passive
19.4.1.1 Impersonal passive
19.4.2 The by-agent
19.4.2.1 The by-agent in passive sentences
19.4.3 The passive voice in sentences with more than one object
19.4.3.1 Passive voice with more than one object
19.4.4 The passive voice in negative sentences
19.4.4.1 Where to put the ‘not’ in negative sentences with passive voice
19.4.5 The passive voice in questions
19.4.5.1 Questions in passive voice
19.5 The passive voice in different tenses
19.5.1 Convert the sentence into the passive voice, noting the tense.

20. Word Order in Sentences
If you have worked through this book so far, then you have already accomplished a lot. You have a good basic vocabulary and can express yourself in different tenses. You also know about some business customs. In the last chapter of this book, we would now like to deal with a topic that can have such a positive impact on your English: The correct word order in English sentences. Even up to level C1, one of the most common mistakes non-native speakers make is to align the position of content in sentences to the rules of their native language rather than to the usual English order. But the correct order makes such an infinite difference to a native speaker, which is why we have placed this point, almost as a highlight, at the end of this book, in the hope that you can once again give this last chapter all your attention.

20.0 Training Material for Unit 20
20.0.1 Important Vocabulary in this Chapter
20.1 What goes where and why
20.1.1 Positions of information in different languages
20.1.2 Position of important information in English sentences
20.1.3 Keep it short and clear
20.1.4 Some general suggestions for English word order in sentences
20.2.1 Help Master Yoda to improve his English
20.2.2 True headlines
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Kursinhalt

0. Introduction

0.1 Welcome

0.2 Navigation

0.3 Helpful Tools

0.4 Training Material

0.5 Best Usage

1. Meeting & Greeting

1.0 Training Material for Unit 01

1.0.1 Important Vocabulary

1.1 Hi, hello, how are you?

1.1.1 What comes next, after ‘hello’?

1.1.2 The problem with the first name in English

1.1.3 What to do if we don’t know the name

1.1.4 A short conversation

1.1.5 Meeting and greeting exercises

1.2 Asking someone for his/her name

1.2.1 Some exercises about introductions

1.3 How to say goodbye

2. Everyday Activities

2.0 Training Material for Unit 02

2.0.1 Important Vocabulary

2.1 The ‘Present Simple’

2.1.1. Grammar Chart: Present Simple

2.1.2 Can you help us with some sentences?

2.2 Craftsmen and C-suite Executives

2.2.1 Do you know these jobs?

2.2.2 Prepositions you should know

2.2.3 What are these?

2.3 Leisure Time

2.3.1 Leisure time activities

3. Transport and Logistics

3.0 Training Material for Unit 03

3.0.2 Why would ‘Transport and Logistics’ be relevant to me?

3.1 Transport and logistics terminology

3.1.1 The most important shipping documents

3.1.2 Most common abbreviations in logistics (INCOTERMS)

3.2 Types of transport packing

3.3 Ways of transportation

3.4 Insurances and Edward Lloyd’s Coffee House

3.5 Letter of Credit

4. All Around the World

4.0 Training Material for Unit 04

4.1 A Global World

4.1.1 Countries and Nations

4.1.2 Nationality adjectives

4.1.2.1 Nations and Capitals

4.1.2.2 Famous places

4.1.2.3 National adjectives

4.1.3 Time Zones

5. At the Office In the office we are confronted with a wide variety of things every day. On the one hand, there are the usual devices and tools that we use and, on the other hand, the things that make up our job, i.e. services, products, etc. Reason enough to familiarize yourself with a few terms.

5.0 Training Material for Unit 05

5.1 Everyday Office Items

5.1.1 Office Items

5.2 Prefixes and Suffixes

5.2.1 Do you know the correct prefixes and suffixes?

6. Asking Questions

6.0 Training Material for Unit 06

6.0.1 Important Vocabulary

6.1 The W-Questions

6.1.1 The 5Ws plus H in Business Analysis

6.2 How to Form Questions

6.2.1 Questions with “to be”

6.2.2 Questions with “to do”

6.2.3 Form the right questions.

6.3 Ten Famous Questions

7. Exchanging Information

7.0 Training Material for Unit 07

7.0.1 Important Vocabulary in this Chapter

7.1 Exchanging Information With Foreigners

7.1.1 Helpful Phrases

7.2 Business Card

7.3 Talking with Customers | Retrieving Information

7.3.1 Help us get some information in this exercise

7.4 Talking to a Business Colleague | Informal Talk

7.4.1 Expressions from the text that you should only use in informal talks with people you know

7.5 Spelling and Special Keys

8. Work Skills

5. At the Office
In the office we are confronted with a wide variety of things every day. On the one hand, there are the usual devices and tools that we use and, on the other hand, the things that make up our job, i.e. services, products, etc. Reason enough to familiarize yourself with a few terms.