ENGLISH FOR

BUSINESS
ALIFAH AZ ZAHRA | 2111040124 | 4F
 TABLE OF CONTENT

Business and
Unit 1
Businessman

Unit 2 Global Trade

Promoting a
Unit 3 Product

Business
Unit 4
Communication

Unit 5 Getting Job

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BUSINESS
AND
BUSINESSMAN
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A. Warming up Activities

Try to make words from the above letters.

Read the text below!

There are various activities available to people in today's

society; some people enjoy becoming employers, while others
do not. Actually, all activities are companies, but when
someone mentions business, it must be an economic activity
with a profit and loss.

Some individuals describe business as a profit-making activity

or venture. Profit is made after individuals engage in economic
activity such as trading producing, negotiating,exploring, etc.

When people doing a business, we can call him as a

businessman. There are manythings that people have to do
to be a businessman. Before running a business, he has
toprepare himself and the following questions may help
him:
a. What is a good business for us?
b. How much money should be invested?
c. Where the business will be done?d. What kinds of people
do we need?
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B. Language Focus

Language Focus 1: Simple Present Tense

Formula
S + V (-s / es)
V1

The Rest of
Subject Verb
sentence

I / YOU / WE / THEY SPEAK / LEARN ENGLISH AT HOME

HE / SHE / IT SPEAKS / LEARNS ENGLISH AT HOME

Function
For repeated or regular actions in the present time period.
I take the train to the office.
The train to Berlin leaves every hour.

For fact
The President of The USA lives in The White House.
A dog has four legs.
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Task 1

Complete the sentences!

1. Denise (work/always)...........hard. She (be,not)......lazy

2. Mary and Jonathan (want).............to buy a car, but they
(have,not)................enoughmoney
3. Granada Film, part of the Granada Media Group,
(produce)............and.............(co-finance)a broad range of
films for the UK and international markets
4. Due to Expansion, we (recruit).........a Finance Manager with
film finance experience,good communication skills and the
ability to work under pressure
5. A pharmaceuticals company (develop)....... and......
(manufacture) a wide range of medicines and it’s currently
developing a new drug against asthma.
6. The cable operator companies (provide)....... cable television
to thousands and thousands of homes and they
(want).................to expand and they’re developing a new
high-speed internet service
7. A: What do you know about the Virgin Group
B: They’re very large group. They (exist)....... in a lot of
different sectors. And Richard
Branson (run)......the group
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Task 2

Put the verbs into the correct form (simple

future). use will

1. You (earn).................... a lot of money

2. You (travel) ...........around the world
3. You (meet) ...........lots of interesting people
4. It (rain/not).......... tomorrow
5. I promise I (be/not)......late
6. We (start/not).........to watch the film without you
7. The bus (wait/not)...... for us
8. He (believe/not).........us
9. It (rain/not)..............tomorrow
10. I (do).......this late

Writing

Read the text below before making your own paragraph!

My name is Rivozanov. I have a lot of dreams. When I was a kid,

my dream was to be a pilot,and as the time goes by, I have other
dreams. Sometimes, I want to be a president, an army,a doctor
and other interesting dreams. However, I have grown up. Now, I
know what I wantto be.
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At this moment, I almost finish my study in a university. I will obtain

Bachelor of ScienceInformation. After I graduate, I want to work in one of
the biggest oil companies such asChevron, Petronas, Exxon, and etc. I
want to be the staff manager or manager at least. I preferworking
offshore to work in the office because it gives me challenge and good
salary

That is just the beginning of my dreams. After I work for 4 or 5 years, I

will have a lot ofmoney. Then, I will quit my job and start a business. I will
buy 3 or 4 shops and run my shops.Further, I will have another business
such as futsal court or restaurant. After I run mybusiness, I will marry a
beautiful woman. I will start to have a family and have 2 children. Iwill
live in a big house with a garden or a pool inside so that my children can
play inside myyard. Finally, I want to take my family to Makkah for
‘umrah’ or ‘hajji’. I think that is all I cansay about my dreams. It is just a
simple dream for a simple man like me

Task 3

Compose similar paragraphs about your dreams. Use tenses

written in the Language Focus. Then, try to speak up in front
of the class for telling what you have written!

Write down here!

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Reading

Read this following text to find out the answer!

NETWORKING

Networking as a concept has acquired what is in all truth an unjustified

air of modernity.It is considered in the corporate world as an essential
tool for the modernbusinessperson, as they trot round the globe
drumming up business for themselves or acorporation. The concept is
worn like a badge of distinction, and not just in the businessworld.People
can be divided basically into those who keep knowledge and their
personalcontacts to themselves, and those who are prepared to share
what they know and indeedtheir friends with others. A person who is
insecure, for example someone who finds it difficult to share information
with others and who is unable to bring people, includingfriends, together
does not make a good networker. The classic networker is someone whois
strong enough within themselves to connect different people including
close friendswith each other. For example, a businessman or an academic
may meet someone who islikely to be a valuable contact in the future, but
at the moment that person may benefitfrom meeting another associate or
friend.It takes quite a secure person to bring these people together and
allow a relationship todevelop independently of himself. From the non-
networker's point of view such adevelopment may be intolerable,
especially if it is happening outside their control. Theunfortunate thing
here is that the initiator of the contact, if he did but know it, would bethe
one to benefit most. And why?

Unfortunately, making new contacts, business or otherwise, while it

brings success, doescause problems. It enlarges the individual's world.
This is in truth not altogether a badthing, but it puts more pressure on the
networker through his having to maintain an everlarger circle of people.
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The most convenient way out is, perhaps, to cull old contacts, butthis
would be anathema to our networker as it would defeat the whole
purpose ofnetworking. Another problem is the reaction of friends and
associates. Spreading oneselfthinly gives one less time for others who
were perhaps closer to one in the past. In theworkplace, this can cause
tension with jealouscolleagues, and even with superiors who might be
tempted to rein in a more successfulinferior. Jealousy and envy can prove
to be very detrimental if one is faced with a veryinsecure manager, as this
person may seek to stifle someone's career or even block it completely

The answer here is to let one's superiors share in the glory; to throw them
a few crumbsof comfort. It is called leadership from the bottom. In the
present business climate, companies and enterprises need to co-operate
with each other in order to expand. Asglobalization grows apace,
companies need to be able to span not just countries butcontinents. Whilst
people may rail against this development it is for the moment here tostay.
Without co-operation and contacts, specialist companies will not survive
for long. Computer components, for example, need to be compatible with
the various machines onthe market and to achieve this, firms need to
work in conjunction with others. Nobusiness or institution can afford to be
an island in today's environment. In the not very distant past, it was
possible for companies to go it alone, but it is now more difficult to do so.

The same applies in the academic world, where ideas have been jealously
guarded. Theopening-up of universities and colleges to the outside world
in recent years has been ofenormous benefit to industry and educational
institutions. The stereotypical academic is one who moves in a rarefied
atmosphere living a life of sometimes splendid isolation, aprisoner of their
own genius. This sort of person does not fit easily into the mould of
themodern networker. Yet even this insular world is changing. The ivory
towers are beingleft ever more frequently as educational experts forge
links with other bodies; sometimesto stunning effect as in Silicon Valley in
America and around Cambridge in England, whichnow has one of the
most concentrated clusters of high tech companies in Europe
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Question 1-5

Do the following statements agree with the information

given in Reading Passage writtenabove?

YES if the statement agrees with the writer's

claims
NO if the statement contradicts the writer's
claims
NOT GIVEN if there is impossible to say what the writer
thinks about this

Example: Answer
Networking is a concept Yes

1. Networking is not a modern idea.

2. Networking is worn like a badge exclusively in the business world.
3. People fall into two basic categories.
4. A person who shares knowledge and friends makes a better networker
than onewho does not.
5. The classic networker is physically strong and generally in good health

Question 6-10

6. Making new acquaintances ........................................ but also has its

disadvantages.

7. At work, problems can be caused if the manager is

........................................ .

8. A manager can suppress, or even totally ........................................ the

career of anemployee.

9. In business today, working together is necessary in order

for........................................ togrow.

10. Businesses that specialize will not last for long without
........................................
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Speaking

Describe a successful businessman that you know!

Here, you should say

Who is the person

How you know this person
How s/he becomes successful
And explain why you consider him/her as a successful
business person

Sample Answer

Mr. Alex Smith (.../or say a name you prefer...) is a successful businessman I
know about. Heis from my hometown and he now owns two groups of industries
and the products line ofhis companies are famous in our country.
Since he is from the same town where I spent my childhood and teenage time, I
have hearda lot about him and few times i met him as well. He was a son of a
successful local businessman and he inherited his father’s electronic industry
many years back. That was justthe starting and over time he has worked really
hard and built his empire in the localbusiness market. In few years he took some
giant leapt in his business and lately has beenawarded as one of the business
enterpreneur in the country. From the local electronicbusiness, he had inherited
from his father, he gradually and successfully amassed the fortuneand business
success and thus has become one of the enviable businessmen in the
country.Taking great decision and gradually enhancing the business was his
success mantra.Everyone in our locality agree that he was an honest,
hardworking and wise person whoknew when to take risk and when not to. His
timely decision, investment in promising sectorsand hard work have rewarded
him well and his industries have made the opportunity forothers to earn their
daily breads