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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 Factors influencing a relocation decision Resource
- In this section you consider why companies decide to relocate and the factors that attract them to a new location. You study two companies looking for a new site and practise structures to express needs...
1.2 Expressing requirements Resource
- These structures are used to show conditions that are essential.
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2.1 Making a shortlist of locations Resource
- Once a company has decided to relocate it needs to research possible locations.
2.2 Using specific or general questions Resource
- Notice the difference between closed questions and open questions.
2.3 Describing location Resource
- In describing locations you need to use a variety of prepositions. After studying their use, you go on to practise describing locations in writing.
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3.1 Listening to and taking notes from a telephone call Resource
- In this section you practise obtaining information on the phone. You describe a relocation site as part of the more detailed research into the advantages of possible locations.
3.2 Asking for and giving information on the telephone Resource
- Here are some common phrases that people use when telephoning:
3.3 Describing characteristics and locations Resource
- In the remainder of this section you study some expressions commonly used in description and then practise them in the context of a site in France.
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