Business English 1

Materi Kuliah : Business English 1

Dosen : Wrin Budayani,
SE.MBA.M.Ak
Universitas Wiraswasta Indonesia

UNIT 1
INTRODUCTION
- Discussion (Jobs and Studies)
- Texts (Reading : Meet Jeffrey Immelt)
- Language Work ( Nationalities; to be; a
/ an with jobs; wh-questions)
- Skills (Introducing yourself and others)
- Case Study : Aloha in Hawaii ; meet
conference attendees and writing ; email

Discussion
- Talk about yourself.
Hello, my names I am from ..
Spell your first name Rini r-i-n-i
-Talk about your activities
I am student of . I am working at

Vocabulary
- Country and Nationality
Country Nationality
Country
Nationality
-an/ese
- ish/other
Brazil
Brazilian Poland
Polish
ItalyItalian Spain
Spanish
Germany
German Sweden
Swedish
Japan
Japanese
France
French

Nationalities
Work in pairs. Ask and asnwer
question about the nationality of the
companies ;
- Is Sony Japanese ? Yes , it is
- Is Gievenchy Swedish ? No, it isnt .
Its French
- Volvo, Gucci, Bombardier Aerospace,
Exxon Mobile, McDonalds ect.

Describing People
Meet Jeffrey Immelt
Jeffrey Immel is Chairman and CEO of
General Electric Co . GE is a 128-year-old
company in Connecticut, USA. It operates in
more than 100 countries and employs more
than 320.000 people worldwide.
Immelt is 51 and is a very rich man. He is
married, and his wifes name is Andrea.
They have one daughter. Her name is sarah,
she is 20 years old. My wife and my
daughter are great; Immelt says. Its a pity
we-re not together more often

Jeffrey Immelt continue

He is away on business more than 50% of his
time. And he tries to meet customers about
a week a month. Life is never boring, he
says. No two days are the same
He usually gets up at 5:30 in the morning and
works out for about an hour. Exercise is
important, but my real hobby is golf, he says.
Im not great at golf, but I enjoy it. And I like
to read, especially when Im on the move; He
likes biographies, business books and fiction
and reads about 50 books a year. He also
likes 1970s rock music.

Your task is ;
- Describing Jeffrey Immels ;
Who is he , His job, his occupation, his
family affairs, his opinion on life ect

to be
- We often use the verb to be to describe
people.
Jeffrey Immelt is Chairman of GE. He is
American. He is married with a
daughter.
- I
am
(Im)
- You/We/They
are
(youre/were/theyre)
- He/She/It
is (Hes/Shes/Its)

QUIZ :
Complete the information
about Ingrid with sort forms of
the verbIngrid.
to be.
My name
I a

graphic designer. I . German and I

. From Munich.
I married with two children.
They both in high school. Their
school .. Near my office.
My husband . An engineer. We
. Interested in travel and cinema.
My sister . An accountant.

Language focus 2
a/an with jobs; wh-questions
- We use a before words beginning with a
consonant sound (e.g. b,c,ect); a
receptionist
- We use an before words beginning with a
vowel sound (e.g. a,e,ect)
- We do not use a or an with plural nouns :
they are architects.
- We use question words such as what, who
and where to ask for information ;

wh questions
-Whats your job ? I am a lawyer NOT
Im lawyer
-Whats your wifes job ? Shes an
engineer
-Whos your boss ? Dmitri Vaganov
-Where are you from ? I am Russian
-Wheres he from ? Hes Spanish

Case study
Background ; You are at an international
conference in Hawaii.
1. Introduce yourself to the other people at
the conference. Use these words to make
questions.
*what/name whats your name ?
where/from ?
What / job?
Where / office?
How / business?

Case study
2. Make notes about the people you
meet.
3. Talk in pairs about the people you
met at the conference.
4. Choose two interesting people from
the conference, write a short e-mail
about them to your boss.

REFERENCES
- BOOK ; MARKET LEADER (NEW
EDITION)
(Elementary Business English
Course Book)
by David Cotton David Falvey
Simon Kent
- Useful Link : https://
www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/world
-countries-nationality.htm