Unit One
In a business world, you will often meet people you do not know. Especially when attending an international meeting, you will have to introduce yourself to the other participants.
In this unit you will learn to introduce yourself in a business environment. You will get familiar with some engineering jobs and learn some phrases used when meeting people for the first time.
Tasks and Dates
Let me introduce myself
Peter Green works as a project manager at a company producing special metal alloys that are used for making aircraft. He has been asked to attend an international project meeting in Athens. At the meeting the participants will discuss a new design and materials for a new Air Bus plane.
- First, go to the International meeting - True or False Quiz. Listen to the recording and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
Go to the International meeting - Gaps Quiz. Listen again and complete the missing words.
- Look at the grammar spot. To practice the tenses go to the websites listed below.
Do not forget: You should use the Present Simple to talk about long-term activities and Present Perfect about activities that started in the past and continue up to the present.
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.person.i.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.prescon.i.htmhttp://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/Tenses2.cfm
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/Tenses3.cfm
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentcontinuous/menu.php
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentsimple/menu.php
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentsimpleorcontinuous/menu.php http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.percon.i.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.presper.i.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.presper.i.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.perf.i.htm
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentperfect/menu.php
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentperfectcontinuous/menu.php
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentperfectsimpleorcontinuous/menu.php
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentperfectorpastsimple/menu.php
- Go to the INTRODUCTION forum and follow these instructions:
You are one of the students selected to go to an international meeting in Berlin. At the meeting you will discuss the future of hybrid cars. The meeting has just begun and you are asked to introduce yourself. In your introduction do not forget to mention:- School and Department
- How long you have been studying there
- Your field of study
- Things you are in charge of or responsible for
- Some things you do or are interested in
- Any projects you work on