Office English
Terms and Conditions of Employment
Working conditions
Regular working hours
Overtime (work, do overtime)
flexitime
Pay and benefits
Regular monthly pay
Fringe benefits
Bonus
Perks
Safety net
regular monthly pay
Pension Plan / scheme
Health insurance
Leave
Paid holidays
Bank holidays
Maternity leave
Sick leave
Working life
SWOT Analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Office Equipment and Stationery
Office Rules
Office applications
Word processing program
Spreadsheets program
Database
Presentation program
Email program
Business Activities
Rules and routines - present simple
Current projects - present continuous
Profiles
Company profiles
Name
History: when was the compnay founded, set up, launched
Products / product range
Base : we are based in, the head office, parent company, the headquartes are in
Subsidiaries
Annual turnover
Personality profiles
Women in Business
Glass Ceiling
Business communication
Verbal communication
Phone skills
Face-to-face communication
Non-verbal communication
Body language
Print communication
Internal Communication
External Communication
Layout of a business letter
Types of Business Letters
Graph Skills
Business Situations
Meetings
Items o the agenda
Take the minutes
Second a suggestion / motion
Types of meetings
Language of meetings
Holding a meeting
Presentations
Vocabulary skills
Office register
Formal / informal register
Collocations
False Friends
German „machen“
Dictionary skills
Grammar Skills
comparison of simple aspect and continuous aspect
Simple (present) 70% (Present) Continuous 30%
rule exception
permanent Short/ temporary
No change change
Verbs:
Stative
dynamic Verbs:
dynamic
Usual daily routines Current projects
Time-table future Future arrangements
No time /unlimited Time / short duration
Stative verbs
Verbs of mind:
Think, believe, guess,
Likes and dislikes: like, love, hate
Possession:
Have, possess, belong to, want
Perception:
See, hear, taste, feel, smell
Knowing:
Know, understand
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