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everyday english - business english workshop



wende
Spain

everyday english - business english workshop
 

Hi! I am currently designing a four-session workshop for young adults (18-30). The topic is business english, but in such an elementary level that I will be mainly teaching everyday English applied to business environements, such as answering phone calls, giving directions to customers and so on. One of the strong points that I want to add is the "common mistakes", such as confusing "a little/a few", "degree/career" or not being able to say dates or telephone numbers. I was wondering if you could help me with these common mistakes in elementary level, words that students confuse that have to do with "business" English (situations like dealing with customers in a shop or at a restaurant, answering a few questions in English in a job interview...). Can you come up with any?

Thanks in advance

7 Jul 2011      





colibrita
United Kingdom

You could review "Make v do". Although using the wrong one isn �t an important barrier to communication using them correctly gives Ss confidence.


Make an appointment
Make a (phone) call
Make a profit
make an effort
make a good impression (on sb)
make a mess
make a promise
make a start
make sure
make a suggestion
make progress
make sb sad/happy etc
make a decision
make a plan
make a mistake
etc


do the accounts
do your best
do business with sb
do sb a favour
do overtime
do well, badly
do without stg
do work for sb
etc

HTH!

Hugs from Barcelona
Colibrita

7 Jul 2011     



wende
Spain

thank you! that �s certainly a coomon mistake

7 Jul 2011     



Mietz
Germany

Have you got the alphabet on your plan for spelling e-mails, order numbers etc.? There �s so much potential for common mistakes in there...

7 Jul 2011