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What is you job?
- How long have you been doing it?
- Do you like
it?
- How do you use English at work?
- Is your Big Boss
a westerner? |
| WHY
STUDY ENGLISH / LEARNING |
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Why are you studying
English? What benefits?
- Promotion?
- Bonus for getting good TOIEC Score?
(800/980)
- Work in different departments?
- Work in different
international offices? |
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When was the last
time you practiced English? |
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What is the most
difficult aspect of learning English: Speaking / Listening
/ Writing / Reading |
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How do you use English
at work? Which is most difficult and why?
- Email
- Phone
- Meetings |
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Ever made a mistake
in the above?
- Accidentally insulted someone on email
- Not
understood emotions on telephone
- Done something culturally
weird in a meeting (make 'throat noise' rather than blowing
nose) |
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Did you enjoy learning
English at school? / Were you any good? |
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Do you practice
English at home, or is this the only time you'll be using it? |
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What's the best
way of learning? Do you use any of the follow? What are the
Pros / cons of each?
- Using textbooks
- Watching movies
- CCN
- Radio
- Magazines
- Conversations with foreigner
- Living in English-speaking
country |
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Have you learned
any other languages? Were they easier to learn than English?
Why? |
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Are you an artistic
person or a sciency person?
- Is learning a language easier for a artist?
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What was your major? -> Talk about how it relates to their
job:
* Useful?
* Enjoyable?
* Wish
you did a different subject?
* Forced
to do it by parents? |
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Why
did you choose LanguageWill? (sequence of questions) |
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Location - How close
is LanguageWill? / How much time does it take to travel? |
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Where do you live? |
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How long does it
take to commute? |
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How do you commute?
Why? |
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Does commuting annoy
you? Why?
- Would you like to move? Where to? |
| TRAVEL
/ ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES |
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Have you ever been
to an English speaking country? Where?
- Were you nervous?
- What was easy to communicate?
- What was difficult about communication?
* Slang
/ speed / mumbling / cant understand you
- Were people friendly:
* Speak
slowly? Careful to understand you? |
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Which country has
the easiest accent to understand? |
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If you could live/work
in an English-speaking-country which one would you choose?
Why? |
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What would be difficult about
living in a foreign country?
- Language
- Culture shock
- Food
- Crime / scams
/ taxis - Transport / getting lost |
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What would be easy about
living in a foreign country?
- Friendly people
- Exciting culture
- Different
= interesting / new experiences
- More history
- Make new
friends |
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Which country would
you not like to visit? Why? |
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Do you ever go on
business trips?
- Do you like them / dislike them? Why?
PROS
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Free trip to somewhere interesting
* Free food and entertainment
CONS
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Hotels are all the same
* Stuck in meetings when
you'd prefer
to be outside
* Flying sucks
* Tiring / jet
lag |
| NOW
MOVE ON TO FIRST PART OF CULTURE HANDOUT |
