Ae bc ppt23

Recap
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Recap
In the previous lesson you learnt to:
• Use a range of vocabulary relating to cultural awareness
• Compare work culture in UK and Asian countries through listening
and speaking
• Prepare part of a cultural awareness training course for visitors to
their country
• Identify and use zero, first and second conditionals
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Conferences and Trade Fairs

At the end of this lesson you will be able to:
• Talk about conferences and trade fairs
• Give indirect advice
• Assess factors relevant for decision making
Learning Objectives

Speaking Skills
Speaking Activity
Conferences and trade fairs are very important in the world of business, and
provide an opportunity for face to face meetings with people in a world in which
online communication is becoming increasingly common.
Discuss the following questions with your partner.
1. Have you ever attended a professional conference or trade fair?
2. What benefits would you expect to gain from attending one?
3. What should you do to prepare for attending one?

Collocations
Match the words in List A with those in List B to form common collocations.
Vocabulary Building
A B
valuable trends
greater experience
connect to meet
latest figures
important visibility
chance with people

Answers
Vocabulary Building
A B
valuable experience
greater visibility
connect with people
latest trends
Important figures
chance to meet

Complete the following passage using the words in the box.
Attending a conference or a trade fair can be a ____________________ in many
ways: if you are giving a talk or making a presentation, it can give you
____________________ within your industry, and even if you are not, it can give
you a sense of the ____________________ within the industry. However, many
people value most is the chance to network and ____________________ in their
field. This can include not only their counterparts in other companies and
organisations, but also ____________________ that they wouldn’t otherwise have
the ____________________.
Exercise

Answers
Attending a conference or a trade fair can be a ____________________ in many
ways: if you are giving a talk or making a presentation, it can give you
____________________ within your industry, and even if you are not, it can give
you a sense of the _________________________ within the industry. However,
what many people value most is the chance to network and ___________________
in their field. This can include not only their counterparts in other companies and
organisations, but also ____________________ that they wouldn’t otherwise have
the ____________________.
Exercise
valuable experience
greater visibility
Latest trends
connect with people
important figures
chance to meetFor Aptech Centre Use Only

Reading Skills
Reading
Pre-reading
You are going to read an article explaining how to get the most out of
attending a trade conference. Before you read, consider the question below.
• How can you get the most out of a conference or trade fair?
• What advice do you think the article will include?
• Discuss your ideas with a partner.

Speaking Skills
Exercise
How to get the most of your experience at a trade conference

Reading Skills
Opinion
How to get the most of your experience at a trade conference
Did the article include any of the ideas you predicted?

Match the words in the column on the left with the correct definition on the
right.
Exercise
Words Definitions
session to leave a room quietly
registration someone who is present at an event or meeting
programme the place where an event is being held
monitor an organised event such as a lecture, presentation or discussion
venue entering your name on a list to allow entrance to an event
attendee a TV or computer screen showing information
slip out a booklet giving detailed information about what is happening at an event

Answers
Exercise
Words Definitions
session an organised event such as a lecture, presentation or discussion
registration entering your name on a list to allow entrance to an event
programme a booklet giving detailed information about what is happening at an event
monitor a TV or computer screen showing information
venue the place where an event is being held
attendee someone who is present at an event or meeting
slip out to leave a room quietly

How do they follow the advice and how do they differ? How do you feel about
their views?
a. I don’t usually give much thought to what I’m going to see at the conference – I enjoy
just seeing who’s speaking when I get there.
b. I always seem to spend so much money on conferences – the hotels are pricey and the
conference itself isn’t usually cheap. Then there are all the things I buy when I’m there I
always spend much too much on the latest products.
c. What I like to do is sit in on several sessions on the first day – I don’t always attend the
full session – and then go to some of the longer sessions on the next day.
Exercise

How do they follow the advice and how do they differ? How do you feel about
their views?
d. I really love the buzz around the conference. There is so much going on. Lots of people
are blogging and tweeting, and there is often live feed of some of the sessions, too.
e. Last time, I went there in time for the opening session, and there was a huge line of
people waiting to register. By the time I got in, I had missed twenty minutes of the
speech.
f. I’m always a bit nervous when I meet people, so I prepared what I was going to say. It
was like little speech, really, but very short. I practised at home, so when people asked
me what I did I found it really easy to explain. It helped me a lot.
Exercise

Direct advice:
• You should open the ‘insert’ menu first.
• You ought to tell Bob what time you’re leaving.
• You’d better hurry or you’ll miss the train.
Softened advice:
• If I were you I’d go early. It gets really busy after lunch time.
• Why don’t you sit here? Mark won’t mind.
Indirect advice:
• I always find it easier to open the document in this menu.
• What I do is put all my drafts in this file.
• When I was there I used the cafeteria on the top floor – the food was much better.
Giving Advice

Reading Skills
Exercise
• Look back at the reading given in 23.3.2.
• Underline the phrases that were used to give advice.

Work in small groups. Using 23.3.5 as an example, think of a business situation you have been
in and give advice to your group members about how to handle it more effectively.
Give your advice in a softened form; include examples of things you did well and things you
would do differently in the future.
Situation:
Examples of successful approach:
1. _______________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________
Examples of something you would do differently:
1. _______________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________
Exercise

Listening Skills
Pre-listening
• You are going to listen to a recording of two colleagues discussing their
hotel arrangements for a conference they will be attending.
• Before listening make a list of some of the points you would consider
when choosing a hotel for a business trip.
• Then discuss your answers with a partner – which of these do you think
were most important?
Listening

Listening Skills
True or False?
1. Daniel has completely finished his preparations for attending the conference.
____________
2. The Orient Garden Hotel is close to where the conference is being held.
____________
3. The hotels are both the same price. ____________
4. The conference venue is close to the railway station. ____________
5. Traffic could cause problem for getting to the conference. ____________
6. They decide to book a hotel in the city centre. ____________
Exercise

Listening Skills
Exercise
False
False
False
True
True
True
Answers
1. Daniel has completely finished his preparations for attending the conference.
____________
2. The Orient Garden Hotel is close to where the conference is being held.
____________
3. The hotels are both the same price. ____________
4. The conference venue is close to the railway station. ____________
5. Traffic could cause problem for getting to the conference. ____________
6. They decide to book a hotel in the city centre. ____________

Test Your Knowledge
1. Collocation
A B
1 arrange a agenda
2 international report
3 trade conference
4 write a fair
5 set an meeting

Test Your Knowledge
1. Answers
A B
1 arrange a meeting
2 international conference
3 trade fair
4 write a report
5 set an agenda

Test Your Knowledge
2. Identify the softened advice.
Sentences
1 You should watch this movie.
2 Maybe you should buy a new cell phone.
3 I bought a bike and it really made life easier.
4 I think we should continue this meeting tomorrow.
5 You should exercise regularly.

Test Your Knowledge
2. Answers
Sentences
1 You should watch this movie.
2 Maybe you should buy a new cell phone.
3 I bought a bike and it really made life easier.
4 I think we should continue this meeting tomorrow.
5 You should exercise regularly.

In a Nutshell…
In this lesson you learnt to:
• Talk about conferences and trade fairs
• Give indirect advice
• Assess factors relevant for decision making

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