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Name: Vanessa Verónica Reyna Bermúdez Matrícula: 2770959

Name of the course: Name of the teacher:
Advanced english 2 Miss Laura Everest
Module: 1 Topic: 3
Getting Started on the Business Business travel
World

Date: 16|08|18
Bibliografía:
Powell, M. (2014). In company 3.0. Intermediate Student’s Book. Thailand: Macmillan
Press. ISBN: 9780230455238

https://youtu.be/CieIs4V5trE

Objective:
Expressing likes and dislikes appropriately, practicing polite questions and
improve business vocabulary.

Process:

 Read the following article and answer the questions in complete

sentences.
 Imagine that you are a candidate for a university foreign exchange
program that includes a homestay with an English speaking family. The
program coordinator carefully matches students and families based upon
their likes and dislikes. Create a 3-4 minute audio recording introducing
yourself, and your most significant likes and dislikes. Focus on the types
of likes and dislikes that relate to living with other people, as well as
spending time with them outside of the home, your hobbies, whether you
like pets, if you like to be physically active, etc.

My video..
https://youtu.be/CieIs4V5trE
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Results:
Competence 1. Listening

1. Listen to tracks 1.30-1.33 and complete activities 1-2 on page 34 of the

textbook.
2. Listen to the lesson about polite questions (or embedded questions)
by Learn English with Rebecca and pay attention to the structure of this
kind of question.
3. Learn English with Rebecca (March 6, 2014). Grammar: How to ask
questions correctly in English - Embedded Questions [Video
file]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugHm6tZYHlw

Competence 2. Speaking

1. Imagine that you are a candidate for a university foreign exchange program
that includes a homestay with an English speaking family. The program
coordinator carefully matches students and families based upon their likes
and dislikes. Create a 3-4 minute audio recording introducing yourself, and
your most significant likes and dislikes. Focus on the types of likes and
dislikes that relate to living with other people, as well as spending time with
them outside of the home, your hobbies, whether you like pets, if you like to
be physically active, etc.
Submit the audio recording to your instructor.
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Competence 3. Reading.

Read the following article and answer the questions in complete sentences.

The Gift of Travel

My name is Michael, I’m 29-years-old, unmarried, and I don’t have children. When I
was growing up, we didn’t have a lot of money. I worked very hard in high school and
received a scholarship to a prestigious tech university that was close to home. When I
was 22-year-old, I graduated with a degree in software engineering and got hired as a
junior software developer at MedTech Solutions, Inc. That was also the year I took my
first trip in an airplane.
I flew with my boss, Karen who is 59-year-old, and her assistant, Tom, who is thirty-six.
We traveled from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to London. I couldn’t believe I was leaving the
country! Karen and Tom, who have been flying all their lives, dread travelling for
business. They complain that the schedule is grueling, the jetlag is awful, the airplane
food is terrible, and the meetings are boring. It’s also hard for them because they both
have children and don’t like being away from their families.
My take on business travel is completely different. Business travel isn’t necessarily
luxurious, but it is still an opportunity that few people have—especially when it takes
you to international destinations. On our London trip, while Karen and Tom talked
about going directly to the hotel to take a nap before our first appointment, I dropped off
my things and took a cab to Westminster to get a photo in front of Big Ben. When else
would I have chance? I updated Facebook and Instagram constantly on that trip so my
mom and dad, who were so proud, could see how the trip was going.
Later that year, we also traveled to China. I studied Mandarin and Chinese culture for
in college. The language is extremely difficult, but our Chinese partners were so
impressed when I offered an introduction in Chinese for our software presentation. I
made a few mistakes, but they still applauded when I finished. They told me that no
other Americans from my firm speaks Mandarin. Karen and Tom don’t even know how
to say “Nice to meet you,” and they’ve been travelling to China for over seven years.
The president of our Asian Markets branch sent an e-mail to our CEO to congratulate
me on my presentation. The visibility I gained on our China trip helped me get a small
promotion later that year. Karen and Tom didn’t enjoy the trip as much as I did, nor did
they get much positive feedback.
The final trip I took that year was to Argentina, where I trained doctors and nurses on a
new hospital records keeping software. I don’t speak any Spanish, but I wanted to
make sure I had a few light topics to discuss with my audience to make the
presentation friendlier. I decided to research some famous Argentine soccer players.
As an ice breaker, I told the doctors and nurses and that I’m a fan of Lionel Messi.
Then we had a fun little discussion about what people’s favorite teams were and whose
was better, etc. Karen and Tom didn’t do much research on Argentina, and stood in the
corner silently.
That was seven years ago. Since then, I’ve visited over 28 foreign countries,
completed my MBA, and learned a lot more Spanish. I’m no longer a junior software
developer. Today, I am MedTech, Inc’s Chief of International Operations. To be
honest, business travel isn’t quite as exciting as it was five years ago, but I still see
each trip I take as an opportunity to represent my organization, make new connections,
and visit places I could never dreamed of visiting when I was just a child.

1. What are some reasons why business travel is easier for Michael than
Karen and Tom?
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I think is because Michael don´t have wife and children.

2. How is Michael’s attitude toward business travel different than Karen and
Tom’s?
I believe that traveling was an opportunity to know places that
he never imagined

3. Why does Michael stand out when he travels internationally?

Is because he always had information since he visited many places.

4. What could Karen and Tom do to improve their performance when they
travel?

Investigating where they are going

5. How has Michael benefited from all his traveling?

He had the opportunity to gain more knowledge through his travels and thus
obtained a better position in his work

Competence 4. Writing

Instructions:
1. Complete the activities about Business travel on page 35-36 of the
textbook.
2. Write a two person dialogue for three different airport contexts. The
suggested contexts are: check-in, getting lost, claiming baggage, and
leaving the airport. However, you are free to change the
context. Each of the four contexts should contain a minimum of
six sentences.

Context 1—Checking in

A: Hi, I’m on the 9:00 am flight to Tokyo.

B: Good morning, could I have your name please?
A: Yes, it’s Gloria Yates.
B: Thank you Ms. Yates. Could I see your passport please?
A: Sure. Here it is.

Context: last minute book

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Y: Good morning, can i Help You?

Z: Good morning, yes i need a ticket to L.A in the next hour.
Y: Oh, sorry mr. But the flight to L.A is full, I can offer a flight within 3 hours.
Z: Sure? Plase research.
Y: Someone has just canceled their flight, but the ticket will cost double.
Z: Perfect! No problem, i really need to be at L.A now.

Conclusion:

In this topic we saw how a business trip can help you get more knowledge. It
opens your mind.