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Topic outline

 

  • Time: 5 hours
    Level: Intermediate

 
 

Introduction

  • 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...
 

1 Seeking advice

 

2 Visiting the new location

  • 2.1 Analysing a presentation Resource
  • 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,...
 

3 Settling in

  • 3.1 Introduction Resource
  • 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.
 

3.2 Improving your writing style

  • 3.2 Improving your writing style Resource
  • To write clearly it is a good idea to use short sentences However, it is also important that your sentences should be varied, so that the reader enjoys the way in which you write. The way you join sentences...
 

4 Additional resources

 

References and Acknowledgements

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