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Time: 5 hours
Level: Intermediate
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 Introduction Resource- 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...
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- 1.1 Introduction Resource
- 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)....
- 1.2 Using phrasal verbs Resource
- 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.
- 1.3 Using prepositions of time Resource
- The following prepositions are used to indicate time.
- 1.4 Taking and leaving messages Resource
- In the message that you completed you saw that the information covered four things.
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- 2.1 Introduction Resource
- The arrangements for the meeting to discuss the relocation need to be finalised. At the meeting the options for relocation are discussed and an action plan is agreed for the next stages in the process....
- 2.2 Making suggestions Resource
- You heard Diana and Billy making a number of suggestions during their discussion. Here are some of the expressions they used with additional examples.
- 2.3 Taking minutes Resource
- A record of a meeting is made by taking minutes. These are notes about what happened and a list of decisions taken.
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| | 3 Communicating the decision
- 3.1 Introduction Resource
- After consulting staff about the options for relocation a final decision has to be taken and everyone informed. A number of things then have to be done to organise the relocation and for this an action...
- 3.2 Summarising decisions Resource
- 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...
- 3.3 Expressing action points Resource
- Compare the way the action points are expressed in the phone conversation and in the formal written document.
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