Introduction Introduction In this unit, you will explore how learning languages and finding out about other countries can be both useful and fun. You do not need any knowledge of foreign languages in order to begin. There are ten sections. You can choose which ones you want to study and you can work through them in any order. Section 1: Careers in languages – some ways you can use the ability to speak other languages in a job or a career
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2 Ciudades con historia En este tema vamos a hablar de historia. Repasaremos algunas fechas importantes de la historia de España y estudiaremos
Learning outcomes After studying this unit you should be able to: understand narrating in the past describe a place and daily routines in the past revise the presente histórico, preterite and imperfect tenses distinguish between the uses of the preterite and imperfect tenses locate events in the past: time expressions and dates, sequencing an account write descriptive texts.
Introduction In this unit you will learn about the history of Spain and the important place of Arab and Jewish cultures in that history. We will revisit some key dates and we will see what life was like in the cities of Segovia and Córdoba where Muslim, Jewish and Christian cultures coexisted for some time. In order to develop these topics, you will learn and practise the presente histórico, preterite and imperfect tenses and the use of time expressions to link various chronological events
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3.1 Introduction In this section you look at the effect of relocation on people who moved from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom. You also study ways of improving your writing. In the next activity you read part of an article from the South China Morning Post about families who settled in Milton Keynes. You then work through a number of activities that deal with writing style. 2.1 Analysing a presentation In this section you listen to a presentation from an employee of the Commission for New Towns about Milton Keynes which takes place during a staff visit there. You analyse the stages of the presentation, practise asking and answering questions, and extract detailed information. You now look at how presentations are organised and hear an example of one. Learning outcomes In this unit you: see how a company and its staff prepare themselves for a move; prepare a short presentation on a location; read about how a group of people settled in after relocating. Introduction When a company moves to a new site it is known as ‘relocation’. This is a big decision, involving everyone connected with the company – staff, customers, suppliers and shareholders. It also affects the families, friends and communities of the people involved with the company. This unit uses case studies of different companies to show the steps involved in relocation. The final steps in the relocation process are the arrangements for relocating and the effects of moving to a ne 3.3 Expressing action points Compare the way the action points are expressed in the phone conversation and in the formal written document. Informal oral communication During the phone conversation Mark used the present continuous and be + going to + verb to express future plans and intentions: I'm supervising the mailing. Kiran's going to write the press release. Nick is doing the m 3.2 Summarising decisions To make progress in a meeting you need to use language to summarise decisions and check that everyone is in agreement. The following are examples of structures that were used in Activity 14 (see Section 3.1). Agree + to + verb Management h 2.3 Taking minutes A record of a meeting is made by taking minutes. These are notes about what happened and a list of decisions taken. Minutes are: an official record of what happened at a meeting; an official record of decisions taken; an agreed version of the meeting; information for people who did not attend the meeting; a point of reference for people who have to take action as a result of the meeting; 1.4 Taking and leaving messages In the message that you completed you saw that the information covered four things. Who was calling. When they called. What the call was about (the subject). What information or action was required. These are the four key things in a message that need to be noted. 1.2 Using phrasal verbs Phrasal verbs are more common in spoken than in written English. They are considered less formal. In more formal contexts an equivalent can often be used. Here are some examples. He turned up at 9.30. He arrived at 9.30. Please finish off the accounts. Please complete the accounts. I checked up on the price they quoted. I verified the price they quoted. 1.1.1 Introduction In this section you plan a meeting with management, staff and the relocation agency. You practise passing on information about the date and venue and agree the agenda (the list of things to do at a meeting). This involves telephoning and taking and leaving messages. You look at prepositions of time and phrasal verbs. In the activities in this section you look at the steps required to organise a meeting. Introduction When a company moves to a new site it is known as ‘relocation’. This is a big decision, involving everyone connected with the company – staff, customers, suppliers and shareholders. It also affects the families, friends and communities of the people involved with the company. This unit uses case studies of different companies to show the steps involved in relocation. Once the research into possible locations has been completed, an organisation must decide which relocation opti Acknowledgements Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this unit: La intención del escritor y su mensaje Finalmente, en esta actividad, va a juzgar la intención del escritor y su mensaje. Explique el efecto que tienen las figuras retóricas utilizadas en el cuento. Cont 10.1.2 Test your grammar 1 Complete the following sentences using appropriate adjectives from the box. Make sure that the endings are correct too. More than one answer is possible in each case.
Complete las frases con la forma apropiada del adjetivo.
famoso • europeo • interesante • inacabado
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