TECNÓLOGO EN GESTIÓN LOGÍSTICA

Talking about
SENA Centro Nacional de Formación Virtual y a Distancia.

Tecnólogo en Gestión
Logística

Talking about me, other people

and companies

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TALKING ABOUT ME
Hello, dear SENA apprentice!

Welcome to your English for Logistics course. In this section, you will learn how to introduce
yourself, other people and the company.

Read the activities and do the exercises.

INTRODUCING MYSELF

1. Read the following introduction.

Greeting: Hello, dear apprentice:

Name: My name is Pedro.
Last names: My last names are Martinez Pérez.
Age: I am 43 years old.
Nationality: I am from Bogotá. I am Colombian.
Profession: I am a logistician operator in Logistfast.
Duties: I am in charge of taking actions to satisfy customer’s needs.
Interests: I am interested in logistics operations.
Marital Status: I am a married man.
Feelings: I am happy of working in this company.

2. Write a ten line paragraph about you. Follow the example of Pedro Martinez.

Name: My name is___________________________________.

Deinis
Last names: My last names are _____________________________.
Ortiz Ojeda
Age: I am _________________
28 years old.
Nationality: I am from________________.
La Guajira I am _______________.
Colombian
Profession: I am a ____________________
industrial engineer in ________________.
Mecánicos Asociados
Duties: I am in charge of ______________________________.
purchasing management
Interests: I am interested in ______________________________.
learn more and more about my job
Marital Status: I am ________________________________________.
single lady
Feelings: I am happy of ________________________________.
study at SENA
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TALKING ABOUT OTHERS

3. Write five negative sentences about you. For example:

My name is not Elizabeth Hernandez. My name is Maria José Santos.

I. _____________________________________________________________________________
I am not from Venezuela. I'm Colombian
II. _____________________________________________________________________________
I am not a singer. I'm an industrial engineer.
III._____________________________________________________________________________
My interests are not video games. My interest are logistics topics.
IV._____________________________________________________________________________
I'm not a married lady. I'm a sigle lady.
V. _____________________________________________________________________________
My age is not 35 years old. I'm 28 years old.

INTRODUCING OTHER PEOPLE

1. Read the following introduction.

Name: This is Walter.
Last names: His last names are Rodríguez Pineda.
Age: He is 45 years old.
Nationality: He is from Cali. He is Colombian.
Profession: He is a Logistics Engineer in a Logistics International Company.
Duties: He is in charge of planning, managing and supervising the logistics
processes in the company.
Interests: He is interested in logistics operations.
Marital Status: He is a married man.
Feelings: He is happy of working in this company.

2 Read Mr. Rodriguez personal presentation and answer the questions about him.

E.g. Is Mr. Rodriguez a Logistician Operator? (_ ) No he’s not / (_ ) Yes, he is.

a) Is Mr. Rodriguez 47 years old? (_ ) No he’s not / (_ ) Yes, he is.

b) Is Mr. Rodriguez an Engineer? (_ ) No he’s not / (_ ) Yes, he is.
c) Is Mr. Rodriguez American? (_ ) No he’s not / (_ ) Yes, he is.
d) Is Mr. Martinez Colombian? (_ ) No he’s not / (_ ) Yes, he is.
e) Is Mr. Martinez in charge of transporting goods to other places? (_ ) No he’s not / (_ ) Yes, he is.
f) Is Mr. Rodriguez interested in logistics operations? (_ ) No he’s not / (_ ) Yes, he is.
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TALKING ABOUT COMPANIES

3. Read the text and complete the information about Frederick W. Smith.

Frederick Smith ____

is from the United States. He ____
is chairman president and chief
executive officer of FedEx Corporation. FedEx _____
is a global transportation, busi-
ness services and logistics company. He ______
is providing strategic direction for all
FedEx operating companies. He ____
is very happy of working in the company.

4. Read the following information about possessive adjectives.

They are words that help you indicate possession.

Subject Possessive
WH questions Possible answers
Pronoun Adjective

I My What are your duties at work? My duties at work are transporting and warehousing goods.

You Your What is your company? My company is Travel Around.

She Her What is her favorite grocery store? Her favorite grocery store is Caletour.

He His Who is his supervisor? His supervisor is Tomas Martínez.

It Its Where is its main branch? Its main branch is in Bogotá.

We Our What is your country famous for? It is famous for coffee exportations.

You Your What’s your opinion of our company? Your company is very successful.

They Their How high are their importations? Their importations are very high.

Lorena Brigalia is a designer. She lives in the North of Italy and between
Milan and Bologna. Her company makes clothes, which sells all over the world.

5. Read and complete these sentences

A. Her name_____
is Lorella Braglia.
B. Her main branch ______
is in Reggio Emilia.
C. She _____
is a designer.
D. Her job _____
is for Dielle.
E. Her husband ______
is the Marketing Director.
F. They ______
are Italian.
G. Their languages________
are English and Italian.
H. They ________
are together
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6. Match the questions to their answers

a) What is her name? (_

b ) He is from Italy. He is Italian.
b) What is his nationality? (_
g ) I am the Marketing Director.
c) Where is your home? (_f ) Your supervisor is Phillip Martin.
d) What is their company? (_
c ) We live in Rome.
e) What are our duties? (_a) Her name is Lorella Braglia.
f) Who is my supervisor? (_d) Their company is Dielle.
g) What is your position in the company? (_e) We are in charge of transportation.

Vocabulary

7 Here are some facts about Nokia. Complete the sentences with the correct words.

Nokia____________________
Advertises on buses in China. Advertisements/ advertises
Nokia has____________________on
Advertisements buses in China.

Nokia ____________________the
produces 8800 Diamond.
The 8800 Diamond is one of the Nokia´s____________________
Products Products/ produces

Nokia ____________________a
Sells lot of telephones in China.
Nokia has a large____________________
Sales In China. Sales/ sells

There are 53,000____________________

Emplohees
Employees/employs
The company ____________________
Employs 53,000 people.

Ericsson is one of the Nokia´s ____________________

competitors Competitors/ competes
Nokia____________________
competes with Ericsson in the mobile phone market

Texas Instruments is one of Nokia´s ____________________

suppliers
Suppliers/ supplies
Texas Instruments _____________
supplies Nokia with parts for mobile phones.
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TALKING ABOUT COMPANIES

A COMPANY PROFILE
1. Read the following information about GlobalCom company.
LOBALCOM
Company’s name, Our company is a service and software solution provider specialized in
business and logistics, distribution and foreign trade across Latin American countries.
activities

Location We are an American Company. Its headquarter is in Buenos Aires. It has

offices in Florida and Bogotá.

Customers We have costumers in seven countries. Most of them are small

and medium-sized businesses.

Portfolio of products We offer a portfolio of software solutions and re-engineering processes

or services of the whole logistics business.

Company sections Our company is composed by four sections: Warehouse Management, Transport
Management, Foreign Trade Management and Distribution Management.

GlobalCom is the perfect choice to outsource software development activities,

Importance
especially in the logistics industry.

2. Now write a profile of your company taking into account the model used for GlobalCom:

YOUR COMPANY NAME

Company’s name, Our company is...

business and
activities Mecánicos Asociados is dedicated to improving asset integrity
for clients throughout the asset lifecycle. For clients operating
We are...Oil & Gas, Chemical & Process, and Power industries, in
in the
Location
Colombia.
Our principal Weoffice
offer isa located
wide range of seamless
at Neiva, solutions
Colombia. and
We have
specialist
We services
have costumers
branch across all areas of asset
in...a lot of cities of Colombia.
offices in management and
Customers
maintenance.
We have costumers in La Guajira, Cesar, Casanare,
We offer a portfolio
Cartagena of...
and Meta.
Portfolio of products
or services We offer a portfolio of maintenance and management services.
Our company is composed by...
Company sections
Operation Support Area, HSEQ Area, Legal Area, Human
Resources
We Area,
are the perfect Commercial
choice for... Area, Financial Area and
Importance Operational Area
MASA is perfect choice for Mechanical & Piping, Fabric
Maintenance, Inspection & Integrity,Electrical &
Instrumentation, Asset Management Solutions, Power Services
& Products, Equipment Rental & Sales.
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TALKING ABOUT COMPANIES

3. Here is some information about Nokia, the Finnish telecommunications company.
Complete the sentences with the words or phrases in the box

*competitors *product *advertises *employees *factories *market

*competes *suppliers *sales *head office *advertisements
*produces *sells *supplies *employs

a).Nokia’s ________________
head office is in Helsinki.
b).Texas Instruments is one of Nokia´s _____________.
suppliers
c).The company has _______________in
factories ten different countries.
d).Nokia has more than 50,000 _____________around
employees the world.
e) Nokia ____________the
sells 8800 Diamond.
f). Its major________________
market is Europe.
g).Nokia’s ____________
sales in China are very high.
h).Texas Instruments ________________Nokia
supplies with parts for mobile phones.
i). Nokia’s main ___________________
competitor is Ericsson.
j). At the moment, The 8800 Diamond is Nokia’s most successful___________.
product
k).Nokia______________
advertises on buses in China.
l). The company_____________
employs 53,000 people.
m). Nokia ____________a
produces lot of telephones in China.
n).Nokia_________________
competes with Ericsson in the mobile phone market.
o). Nokia has __________________
advertisements on buses in China.

A COMPANY PROFILE
4. Now write a paragraph about your company

Company …………………………………………………………………………………..
Activity …………………………………………………………………………………….
Head Office ………………………………………………………………………………..
Research Center …………………………………………………………………………..
Employees ………………………………………………………………………………...
Languages …………………………………………………………………………………
Major markets …………………………………………………………………………….
Main competitors …………………………………………………………………………
Advertising ……………………………………………………………………………….
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Grammar tips

In the following links you will find some useful explanations and activities about the grammar
aspects involved in this activity:

Verb to be: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram37.htm.

The verb to have: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram38.htm.
Present simple: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram39.htm.

References

References
Grant, D., Robert, M. ( 1995).You and your company. In Oxford Univer-
sity Press, Business Basics (pp. 8-10). Oxford: University Press.

Hollet,V. (1996). Meeting people. In Oxford University Press, Business

Objectives (pp. 15). Oxford: University Press.