WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT MEETING

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT MEETING


> Write a text about the following points.
> Wordcount: 200
> Deadline: June 13
> Make a comment on one of your partner's post.

1. WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING

2. RESULTS (FINISHED PRODUCTS/ COMPLETED TASKS)

3.  PENDING THINGS

4. NEXT WEEK SCHEDULE

HR Department

Role Play  Activity

Work in pairs

You work for the Human Resources Departmanent in Kapsch.  

You have the budget to offer 2 new training courses /workshops during 2014.

Think of the current needs and demands from your employees. 

Develop the project to be presented in a board meeting.

Include: type of training / main features / objective /schedule / others…

TASK 3 MAY >> BLOG POST

Dear All,

First of all, sorry for the delay giving you this new task.

In this occasion you have to use the old English class blog that you made a couple of years ago. 

New students >> you have to visit blogger.com and create a blog for the English class.

Post Instructions >> A New Product/Service

> Think of a new product or service that your company can offer

> Describe how it works

> Describe its benefits

> Refer to the costs

> Explain why Kapsch should develop it

> Number of words: about 150

> Make comments on 2 of your classmates posts.

Here's my blog and links to the rest of the class:   http://kapschenglish.blogspot.com/

Deadline: June 2nd

Best Regards

Role Play Activity

> Work in pairs

> You have designed a new product for Kapsch. You have to describe it and persuade the company managers that is good enough to put it into the market.

- Describe its features

- Describe its advantages

- Tell why the company should produce it

- Answer questions and doubts

> Useful language:

http://www.eslgold.com/business/useful_expressions/describing_products.html

http://www.businessenglishebook.com/business-english-lessons-activities/describing-products-and-services-lesson/

WebQuest >> The Santiago Times Newspaper

Go to  http://www.santiagotimes.cl/

1. How many sub-sections does the National Section have? What are their names?

2. From the Business Section, which article called your attention? Why? provide the link to it.

3. Choose a piece of news from the Sports section and translate into Spanish the first 70 words from it.

4. How many people work for this newspaper? How many of them are Chilean?

5. In your opinion, how good is The Santiago Times? Mark these aspects ( 1 to 5)

1. the layout (appearance)

2. quality of articles

3. variety of information

4. sports section

5. international section

6. business section

7. use of multimedia (pics, video, audio, etc)

8. overall mark

Kapsch Webquest (pairwork)

go to >> kapsch website

http://www.kapsch.net/en/Pages/default.aspx

 1. How many employees work for Kapsch Group around the world?

2. What are their 3 Business Fields?

3. For Automatic Number Plate Recognition, how many products are offered and what are their main features?

4. Regarding Transceivers & Readers, what is the best product offered? Why?

5. Describe Kapsch BusinessCom in 40 words.

A day at work

First of all, I must tell you that a day at work in my life is very crazy. This is because I constantly have to go from one place to another. A typical day at work for me starts at about 7 am when I have to get up. After shower and a short breakfast, I take my car and drive to teach my first class in Kapsch in Huechuraba. There I teach English to the company employees on  Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. After that, I take my car and drive to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in La Pintana. There I teach English to all the students. I'm the only English teacher in this place. Then, I take my car again and go downtown to Torre 15, which is the administrative building of the Universidad de Chile. There I work as coordinator of the English Program with my partner Simon. At around 6 or 7 pm I leave the office and finally go home... Crazy..isn't it?

What about your typical day at work?  Tell us about it!
> Number of words: 120
> Make comments on 2 of your partners posts.