Class 18 reading, listening, speaking and writing (in business) strategies
- 1. Class 18: Reading, listening, speaking and writing (in business) strategies Team: Demi Hegai Salmerón Sánchez A01422307 Viridiana Quiroz Rodríguez A01421385 José Arturo Trujillo Rodríguez A01420142 Iván Israel Perdomo Aguilar A01129436
- 2. Introduction This presentation is going to talk about some strategies that can help to develop your skills, such as: reading, writing, speaking and listening; with the aim that classmates enhance their skills through this presentation. At the end of the course, the student should approve and get two B2 in some BULATS (Reading, Writing or Speaking).
- 3. Reading ● You should use the skimming -> It is a reading technique that is used to find a general idea of the text. ● Read information in English. ● Learn from context. ● Search in a dictionary for words you do not understand. ● Read books you are interested in.
- 4. Listening ● Listen for answers: Before you start, read the questions really careful to identify the main topic which will help to keep your mind alert and active. ● Take notes: It might help you to connect ideas so when the audio has finished, you can check if your answer makes sense with your notes. For example: Put only capital letters for names and what are the main ideas or interest for that person. ● Continue: If you don’t know an answer, skip it and put a mark on it so later you can rethink the question/answer instead of getting lost on the next ones. ● After-Listening: Check your answers again with the listening, they should make sense or be related to the conversation. This should help you reviewing info that you might not get earlier.
- 5. Speaking The voice can reveal as much about a person. Effective business communication skills are vital to successful co- worker And customers interaction. To develop this skills is necessary to be careful attention in: ● Voice production: Clarity, volume, pauses, pitch. ● Accents: the stress of words. ● Vocabulary: pronounce correctly ● The effect of breath on voice and speech ● Finding your voice: Style and flow
- 6. Writing ● Read the instructions carefully, underlining key information in the instructions: Is it a letter or report? ● Include all the point of the instructions. ● You must know the business vocabulary. ● You must know the grammar of the language. ● You should use the topic about business. ● Use linking words and phrases to connect your ideas (eg. however or on the other hand) ● Check your answer for mistakes.
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