ENGLISH LISTENING PLUS 2 TIẾNG ANH - NGHE 2 Th. Nguyễn Thành Tuân - Chủ biên Th. Phan Anh - Thành viên PREFACE The main goals of Listening Plus 2 were to increase consistency in the supplemental resources and provide lots of practice for the skills taught in the course while also assisting teachers and students of Listening Plus 2. The basic textbooks for the Listening courses in the previous programs were created using an integrated methodology with a focus on business English.
The teaching staff and students both pointed out two key problems. For one thing, there did not seem to be enough training or practice for each micro skill when all four were combined into a single class. Another issue was that the English major students found the business contexts presented in the lectures to be rather challenging. As a result, both the teacher and the students had to spend a lot of time learning about business terms and concepts before beginning to work on their language abilities.
The two problems were fixed when the new program was introduced, along with the new course books - the Q Skills for Success: Listening & Speaking series. The students still require exposure to business principles and opportunities to utilize their language abilities in professional settings because our bachelor's program focuses on business English. This addendum was created in order to resolve this issue. In order to help students improve their listening comprehension and note-taking abilities in business environments, we would want to provide them listening exercises.
In order to guarantee that all classes cover the same business subjects, we also wish to give all of the Listening Plus 2 teachers a set of useful exercises. Choosing the activities for listening comprehension, vocabulary development, and note- taking practice was the first task our team of two instructors completed. Following that, we talked about choosing potential sources of information while considering the competence levels (B1-B2), audio recording quality, the complexity of the business concepts, and the potential for adapting and creating assignments that match to the skills taught in the main textbook. Two of us were assigned the eight modules, and the instructors in charge of the Listening 2 classes tested out all the new materials over the first semester of 2021–2022, asking for feedback and making improvements.
The units were amended at the end of the semester, with too simple or challenging activities changed and new tasks introduced. The final book has eight sections, each with a business vocabulary exercise and a variety of listening and note-taking exercises to help readers further hone the abilities they learned in the corresponding units of the main textbook. To assist the students in reviewing their lessons, the listening techniques described in the textbook are also briefly reviewed at the conclusion of each 2 section. The dictionary, suggested answers, and transcripts make up the remaining portions.
The book comes with a CD that contains all the audio recordings. Prior to working on this supplemental material, we advise students to finish each lesson in the course book. It is advised that the vocabulary activities be finished before the listening and note-taking ones so that students may comprehend business settings and then employ the newly acquired listening abilities effectively in these new circumstances. 3 CONTENTS UNIT 1 – MAKING INFERENCES.
5 UNIT 2 – LISTENING FOR CAUSES & EFFECTS. 9 UNIT 3 – LISTENING FOR TIME MARKERS. 13 UNIT 4 – IDENTIFYING FACT AND OPINION. 16 UNIT 5 – LISTENING FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF NUMBERS.
22 UNIT 6 – INFERRING A SPEAKER’S ATTITUDE. 26 UNIT 7 – LISTENING FOR SIGNPOSTS. 30 UNIT 8 – LISTENING FOR EXAMPLES. 74 UNIT 1 – MAKING INFERENCES I.
Lexical practice Exercise 1: Match the words and/or phrases with the definitions below. curriculum vitae (or résumé in U. make a formal, usually written, request, especially for a job or 3. CV university place 4.
someone who is looking for a job 5. be very easy to see or notice 6. stand out from E. when a student or graduate works for a short time to get 7.
be of value to experience 8. an idea that is used so much that it isn’t effective, or it doesn’t 9. cliché have much meaning any longer 10. be important or useful H.
successfully deal with a problem or difficult situation J. a person or an organization that pays workers 1. ___ Exercise 2: Choose the appropriate words in the box and then fill in the gaps. centralized hierarchy bureaucracy decentralized innovative promotion 1.
a move to a more important job in a company or organization ______________ 2. a system of organization in which people are divided into levels of importance ______________ 3. a complicated official system that has a lot of rules and processes ______________ 4. organized the control of an organization so that everything is done or decided in one place ______________ 5.
moved parts of an organization, etc. from a central place to several different smaller ones ______________ 6. new, different, and better than before ______________ 5 Exercise 4: Choose the appropriate words in the box to fill in the gaps below. corporate clients sales volume sales targets sales promotion improving sales 1.
Daniel has revised our____________________. She would like to increase the____________________by 14. Did Kim present her ideas for____________________ there? 4. The CEO needs a____________________ specifically for the region.
Robert could also contact with the____________________ in his area. Listening practice Exercise 1: Listen to four individuals discuss why they enjoy their jobs. Choose from the reasons A-F below. You can listen to the audio TWICE.
Building customer relationships 2. Finding solutions for customers 3. Being my own boss 4. Learning from my job E.
Striking a balance between work and life F. Determining the company’s success Exercise 2: Esther, a jobseeker who’s applying for an internship. James Caan, an entrepreneur who founded a successful recruitment business. He has agreed to support Esther.
Listen carefully and base on evidences in the audio to write the answer briefly. You can listen to the audio TWICE. What does entrepreneur James Caan think Esther isn’t very good at? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 2. What mistake does Esther make in her CV? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 3.
What are examples of soft skills? What are examples of hard skills? Soft skills: _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Hard skills: ______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 4. Do you think how many interviews Esther has had so far? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 5. What does the expression “Getting a job is a job in itself.” mean? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 3: Listen to a discussion with Janet Wood, an organization consultant, about structures of two companies W. Gore and Zappos.
Choose the best option A, B, or C for each question below. You can listen to the audio TWICE. Janet Wood seems A. critical of hierarchies.
positive about hierarchies. skeptical about flat structures. Which statement about W. Gore is true? A.
Employees work in the teams of 30. Staff are called associates. Nobody in the company has a job title. Which statement about Zappos is true? A.
The company started two years ago. Staff work in about 500 teams called circles. The lead link of a circle decided what everyone does. Do you think what W.
Gore and Zappos have in common? A. Senior executives are elected by the employees. Any member of staff can start a new project team. Staff decide their own roles in a team.
7 Exercise 4: A member of the Sales department at Interflights is filling Carol Sayers in on a meeting she missed. Listen and decide which topics from the agenda they talk about. Write NO MORE THAN SIX WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each topic. You can listen to the audio TWICE.
AGENDA Sales Meeting 5 June, 3:00-5:00 Room 2.343 Participants: Park Chin-Sun, Daniel Berndt, Jame Falter, Bob Jameson 1. Introduction to ‘Sales!’ Client management program – timeline and organization 1. New sales targets (update from Chin-Sun) 2. New Asian facilities 2.
European figures for the last year 2. New offers in South America 3. Next year’s holiday planning ❖ From the agenda above, they disscuss the topics: • ________________________________________. 8 UNIT 2 – LISTENING FOR CAUSES & EFFECTS I.
Lexical practice Exercise 1: Complete the following paragraphs by choosing the best option A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps. On tonight's episode of Building Your Future, we speak with three women who have made a (1) __________ of starting their own businesses. We discuss with them possibilities and risks of (2) __________ your own business and determine what it takes to be an (3) __________ in the twenty-first century. However, initially, we enquire as to why they (4) __________ up their businesses in the first place.
So, I supposed, here’s my opportunity – There is no (5) __________ and a quality product – why not open my own (6) __________? So I invested in this (7) __________, which is actually a travel agency, and I haven't (8) __________ back since. Generally, it's your own business, but you purchase the right to sell the goods of a big franchising company. You pay (9) __________ and part of your profits. In addition, you also use their logo and benefit from their (10) __________.
The (11) _________ is something I desire for myself. Although I'm just starting (12) _________, I believe I can make a lot of money. of 9 Exercise 2: Match the words with the suitable definitions below. one of the offices or groups that form part of a large business 2.
an official record showing that you have finished a training 4. customer course or have the necessary skills, etc. an individual or an organization possesses shares in a corporation 6. the right to market company's goods in a specific location under 7.
report the company's name 8. the profession of an accountant 9. an individual or a business who purchases an item or service 10. knowledge or skills from doing, seeing, or feeling things H.
the process of learning or teaching information and skills required for a certain job or activity I. a spoken or written description of an event or situation J. the act of pouring money into a business in order to make a profit 1. ___ Exercise 3: Match the two parts to form appropriate sentences.
Sorry, but I need something a. on to the service unit immediately … 2. mistake with the shipment. There seems to be a c.
it’s still not working correctly. I can confirm that d. you’ll receive the sensors first thing Friday morning. I’ll personally get e.
more specific so I can tell our customers. Can you manage delivery f. someone will be here by noon? 1. Listening practice Exercise 1: On a radio program about people who have established their own businesses, you will hear three women being interviewed.
Which of the following reasons does each of them offer for starting their own business? For each name, write a letter (A–H). You can listen to the audio TWICE. You are bored with your current job. You are jobless.
You have a great business idea. You want to accomplish your goal. You want to be your own boss. You desire to gain wealth.
You identify a gap in the market. You would like pursue what truly interests you. Exercise 2: Charlotte Weston talks about her company, Pacific World, and about incentive events. Incentive events are conferences and other events which companies use for thanking customers, rewarding their staff and motivating their personnel.
Listen and write NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS AND / OR A NUMBER for each gap in the table. You can listen to the audio TWICE. DMCs is neccesary for Reason:__________________________ (1)________________________ _________________________________ Shanghai is suitable for Reason:__________________________ (2) ________________________ _________________________________ The choose Shanghai for Reason:__________________________ finance (3)__________________________ _________________________________ company Exercise 3: Listen to three people discuss why they chose to go into finance.