Generate your ideas about the notion «Conference». Make up a mind map.

Введение

 

Данное учебно-методическое пособие предназначено для магистрантов неязыковых направлений профессиональной подготовки в техническом вузе. Разработка направлена на расширение профессионального и научного лексикона, а также на написание научных статей на английском языке для публикации в зарубежных научных изданиях и на подготовку к участию в международных конференциях.                                                          

Пособие состоит из четырех тематических разделов и приложения. Разделы представлены аутентичными текстами и рядом заданий, нацеленных на развитие умений поиска ключевой информации, составления аннотации, речевых умений обсуждать и высказывать свою точку зрения по вопросам, связанным с научной и профессиональной деятельностью.

В первой части “TYPES OF SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES” представлена общая информация о видах научных конференций. Вторая часть пособия “INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS” охватывает вопросы межкультурного взаимодействия в современном мире. Третий раздел “CONFERENCE ETIQUETTE. NETIQUETTE” посвящен правилам поведения на научной конференции и этикету общения в интернет-сообществе.Наконец, в четвертой части рецензируемой работы “SCIENTIFIC REPORT PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION” представлены материалы, способствующие формированию навыков успешного публичного выступления.

Материал разработки также включает просмотр учебных видеороликов на английском языке, выполнение ряда заданий коммуникативной направленности в целях развития навыков публичного выступления, что являются несомненным достоинством пособия.

Все разделы пособия сопровождаются тематическими глоссариями, наличие которых способствует расширению словарного запаса студентов. Включенные в пособие задания представляют собой различные по форме и содержанию упражнения, основанные на интерактивных технологиях обучения (например, глог-технология) и направленные на активизацию коммуникативно-речевой деятельности.

В пособии заложен и большой потенциал для самостоятельной работы студентов.
Ппредусмотрены дополнительные учебные материалы (научно-профессиональные тексты, задания коммуникативной направленности) для закрепления изученных тем и развития навыков и умений устного и письменного общения.

  Положителен тот факт, что материал пособия уже прошел апробацию и подтвердил свою эффективность при обучении магистрантов английскому языку на кафедре «Английский язык» ИжГТУ имени М.Т. Калашникова.

  В содержание разработки вошли также актуальные материалы, разработанные коллективом кафедры в рамках реализованного международного образовательного проекта «Tempus project CD-JEP-26093_2005 «Communicative approach in teaching languages» (CATCH)» совместно с российскими и зарубежными вузами-партнерами в 2009 г.

Пособие представляет собой переработанное и дополненное издание учебного пособия

Filatova R.., Konyaeva E., Tkacheva L. Module 5: Oral Communication For Specific
Purposes (International Conferences). - Ekaterinburg, 2009.

 

CONTENTS

I.    Unit: TYPES OF SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES. CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION, AGENDA 5

II.  Unit: INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS. 29

III. Unit: CONFERENCE ETIQUETTE.NETIQUETTE.. 43

IV. Unit: SCIENTIFIC REPORT PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION. ACADEMIC ARGUMENT.. 66

Unit 1: TYPES OF SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES. CONFERENCE ORGANIZTION, AGENDA

LEAD-IN

A CONFERENCE. WHAT IS THIS?

www.colormarketing.org

Generate your ideas about the notion «Conference». Make up a mind map.

READING COMPREHENTION

Here are some general pieces of advice from people who frequently attend conferences. A lot of them sound very controversial. Read them with your partner paying attention to the collocations in bold type, figure out their meaning from the context.

- Spend all your time reading the conference proceedings. When else can you expect to find time to do it?

- Never skip a talk that is outside your area of interest. After all, what else would you do with the time? Waste it chit-chatting with others in the hall?

- Hang out only with people from your institutions. These are your friends and, after all, a conference is just a holiday. Who wants to meet new collaborators anyway?

- If you do talk to others, spend all your time bragging about your work. Don’t stick to the facts and let them judge. Draw conclusions for them, so that they will be impressed.

- Never try to draw others out about their work or experiences. This could confuse you with new information!

- Always wait for people to walk up to you. All will naturally be drawn to you, particularly if you stand against a wall.

- Ask many public questions at the end of talks. If each of 250 people asked one question at the end of one of 25 talks, that would make 10 questions per talk. Make sure that you get way more than your fair shearer, so people remember you fondly.

- Never consider another person’s feelings except when targeting questions to embarrass them. A great question for this is: “This work adds nothing to the work I did three years ago”. The speaker will become a friend for life and people will remember you fondly as a zealous truth seeker.

- Make your questions long and rambling. After all, everyone has paid their conference registration fees, so give them their money’s worth.

- Ask multiple questions and follow up with several additional questions. People will be impressed with your attention to detail and perseverance to learn the truth.

- Ask questions that make the speaker defend their work as soon as they put up their outline slide. Everyone in the audience already understands their work and will appreciate you getting straight to the point.

COMMUNICATION PRACTICE

1. Do you know that there is a variety of events such as conferences, roundtables, workshops, lectures, etc. You might find it useful to familiarize yourself with the events:

Type	Definition	Examples
Conference	The most general term to indicate a meeting for discussion - most commonly adopted by associations and organizations for their regular meetings. It is usually associated with the most traditional type of presentation, that is, papers followed by questions.	Annual Conference of the Society for French Studies Biennial Conference of the Society for Italian Studies
Symposium	Nowadays, this describes a meeting to discuss a particular subject, but its original meaning defines it as a drinking party devoted to conversation and following a banquet. A symposium thus has a slightly more informal character than a conference.	Primer Simposio De Lingüîstica Hispànica - Reino Unido
Seminar	The first meaning of this term refers to a group of students studying under a professor with each doing research and all exchanging results through reports and discussions. Its second definition: 'debating special issues' preserves the conversational character of the term 'seminar'.	Italian as a foreign language Perdita Project Seminar
Colloquium	This term indicates both a traditional conference and a conversational seminar. Colloquia tend to privilege the aspect of debate.	The Sociology of Language and Religion
Workshop	Taken from the language of manufacturing, the term workshop indicates a brief intensive educational program for a small group of people that focuses on techniques and skills in a particular field. In academia, it is adopted to describe meetings reserved for small groups of specialists who come together for concerted activities or discussion.	Translation and Theories: East and West
Roundtable	The roundness of the table clearly symbolizes the equality of all particpants. Each of them will have the same right to take the floor. Roundtables commonly bring together academics who usually are invited as key-note speakers. Discussion nevertheless plays the leading role in this kind of meeting.	The Syntax of Tense and Aspect Third International Round-Table on Urban Environmental History of the 19th and 20th Century

http://port.igrs.sas.ac.uk/conferencetypes.htm)

2. PAIR & SHARE. Read the text and identify the features of each event. Fill in the table below. See the example. Work in pairs.

Type	Basic features of the event
Conference	- The most general term for discussion and regular meetings  - be associated with the most traditional type of presentation -  papers followed by questions

Introduction

There are different types of conferences. The objective of any conference is to improve the flow of information among people. There are specific guidelines concerning format and size of events, eligible research fields, submission of proposals, programme, expenses, etc.

Task

To find out different types of conferences and problems connected with their delivery.

Guidelines to the quest

In class

IX. Work with your partner. Below are the most Frequently Asked Questions. One of you should act as an experienced person and the others should ask for your opinion and advice. Try to answer them as fully as possible.

1. How do I register for a conference?

2. Can I register for the conference by telephone?

3. Will I receive a confirmation?

4. What is included in my registration fee?

5. Do I have to make my own hotel reservation?

6. Can I attend only one day of a three day meeting?

7. Are there discounts on multiple registrations?

8. Will the information material provided at the conference be posted on the website?

9. Can the information materials provided at the conference be purchased?

10. Do I have to register in advance or can I register on-site?

11. Are there options for my strict dietary requirements?

12. What is the conference dress attire?

13. How do I know if my registration submitted on-line was received?

14. Will I receive a receipt for my credit card charge?

15. May I make a cancellation request?

16. How can I make cancellation?

17. What is the price for early bird delegates?

18. Do cancelations receive a full refund?

19. Is registration refundable?

20. Are substitutions permitted?

Conference attendees

Delegates

Participants

Registration

Registration form

To register for the conference, please call…

Participants of the (name of the conference) Conference need to register.

Online registration is now open

On-line registration is closed.

After (date), please register on-site for…

All registrants will receive a registration confirmation.

Fax and mail registration is no longer available.

You can register online or register onsite when you arrive.

The Registration office will e-mail or mail a registration confirmation to all registered attendees.

Late registration

Standard registration

Early bird registration

Early bird price

Early bird delegates registered before July 31st will receive a free…

Registration rate

Please note that after Monday, August 25, 2008 the early registration rate will increase to $275.

However, the student registration rate will remain the same.

One-day Attendance Rate

(Non)member Rate

Registration (conference) fee(s)…

…will cover refreshment breaks, luncheon, and conference materials.

…does not include hotel accommodations.

…includes admittance to all conference sessions including short courses, conference meals, breaks, opening reception and conference banquet.

…includes all conference sessions, conference materials and refreshment breaks.

All conference attendees are expected to pay the registration fee with the exception of…

If you register online and pay by credit card, you will receive immediate confirmation via our server.

Fees are quoted in…(currency)

There is no charge to attend this conference.

However, special hotel accommodation rates and pre-conference tour packages will be available for conference participants.

Registration cancellation

Registration cancellations must be made in writing.

No phone cancellations will be accepted.

Cancellations received by (date) will receive a full refund. No refunds will be issued after (date).

All cancellation requests need to be made in writing (via email or regular mail).

Cancellation requests made by that date are eligible for a full refund of the registration fees (minus a $100 administrative fee).

You must send a written cancellation and refund request … by mail, fax or e-mail prior to…

Refunds…

…will be mailed after the conference and will not be given to no-shows.

No refunds will be issued after that date.

Requests for refunds after the cancellation cut-off date will not be granted, however substitutions may be allowed.

You may cancel your registration no later than (date) and receive a refund of your total conference registration fee, minus $... administrative fee.

No refund request will be accepted or honored after February 29, 2008, regardless of the reason for the cancellation (including medical and other emergencies).

Registrations are non-refundable

Substitutions

…are permitted.

…will gladly be accepted at any time.

Accommodation

Once you’ve registered for the conference, you may reserve your room online or download the housing form to reserve your room via phone, fax, or mail.

Conference participants can now secure hotel accommodation in advance by booking online through the … conference website.

Dress code

All delegates at the … Conference must adhere to the following dress code.

As a general rule, delegates must be dressed in Western business attire.

Delegates who are not dressed appropriately will be sent home.

QUIZ

Fill in lexical cloze:

Chairs

When planning the programme of your conference, a chair should be ______ to each of the sessions. A chair should have at least the same _____ as the speakers she or he will _____. Entrusting a PhD student with the task of introducing a _____ scholar may be inappropriate. Each chair must be personally _____ to act in this role, and informed of her/his duties well _____, even if she or he will _____ in the conference as a speaker, too. Bear in mind the _____ of the session when assigning chairs: some people are firmer than others. For instance, to allow one speaker in a session to _____ so badly that the others will have to _____ their papers is offensive to those speakers and makes all participants uncomfortable. Where speakers are known to overrun, or where debate might be _____, or when a session is tightly timetabled, pick a chair who you can rely on to cope. A chair also has to _____ the question and answer session, and may need to get things going with a question of their own. If possible it is good to ______ someone who knows something about the topic of the session, and who will therefore add substantially to the ______.

 

№	A	B	C	D
1.	assigned	given	assignment	assist
2.	position	prestige	status	state
3.	give	accept	preserve	present
4.	renowned	famous	known	admired
5.	invented	invited	asked	encourage
6.	ahead	in advance	beforehand	informal
7.	take over	take apart	take part	take back
8.	naturist	natural	type	nature
9.	overrule	overrun	overhand	overgrown
10.	cut	decorate	triple	trim
11.	heating	hot	heated	warm
12.	organize	arrange	involve	organizer
13.	collect	select	selective	choose
14.	discuss	decide	deceive	debate

 

1. Read the agenda of a conference below. Describe the conference using unwrapped phrases. For example: Each participant has from 20 to 25 minutes to make his or her presentation or For additional information we can contact Allan Doyle by e-mail.
2. Divide into several groups; prepare and present the agenda your own imaginary conference using the given example. The time limit is 7 minutes for a presentation.

EOGEO

2005 Workshop

Agenda

Allan Doyle - [e-mail]

OSG/MUM3/EOGEO

2006 http://www.eogeo.org 2

General Format

• 30 minute time slots

• 20-25 minute presentations

• 5-10 minutes for questions/discussion

• Please return promptly from break, lunch

• People are welcome to stay in room for

questions/discussion during demo period

OSG/MUM3/EOGEO

2006 http://www.eogeo.org 3

07.00 - Registration, Coffee

08.15 - Agenda, Logistics, etc.

08.30 - EOGEO Overview & Current Activities

Allan Doyle, EOGEO

09.00 - Data Access Systems from the USGS

John Faundeen, USGS

09.30 - WMS Time Series with Mapbuilder

Mike Adair, Natural Resources Canada

10.00 - Break

10.30 - EOGEO: Use Cases and Information Models for OpenSDI

Josh Lieberman, Traverse & EOGEO

11.00 - An introduction to the GeoTools Library the family of related

projects

James Macgill, Penn State University

11.30 - The ICEDS OGC-compliant server for interactive global

mapping and data delivery using SRTM and Landsat data

Morley J.G., Muller J.P., Gil N., Willis I., Giovando C.,

Greening, O.

12.00 - Lunch

13.00 - GeoNetwork OpenSource

Jeroen Ticheler, Food and Agriculture Organization of the

United Nations

13.30 - Development of OGC compliant prototype systems to

promote application of EO satellite data

Shinobu Kawahito, JAXA/RESTEC

Useful phrases

The meeting is declared open.	Who asks the floor?
The floor is open for nomination.	May I speak on the point in question?
We are to select the president and the secretary of the meeting.	May I take the floor?
I move nomination be closed.	N. has the floor.
I second the motion.	The motion is carried (adopted)
The floor is open for discussion.	The motion is voted down (overruled)
Conduct the meeting, please.	Let’s attend to the other items of the agenda.
N. will keep the minutes.	I move that the discussion should be stopped owing to the late hour.
The following items are on the agenda; item one…item two	Hear! Hear!
The agenda is carried (adopted, passed)	I’m putting the matter to the vote.
The floor is given to N for the report.	Shall we draw up a resolution on the points discussed?
There is a motion to fix the time limit at 10 minutes.	The resolution is passed unanimously (by the overwhelming majority)
Submit questions in writing, please.	The majority has it.
Who asks the floor?	Who’s in favour of (against) it?
May I speak on the point in question?	Who’s abstained (from voting)?
May I take the floor?	The agenda is complete.
N has the floor.	I declare the meeting closed.
The motion is carried (adopted)	Who asks the floor?
The motion is voted down (overruled)	May I speak on the point in question?
Let’s attend to the other items of the agenda.	May I take the floor?
I move that the discussion should be stopped owing to the late hour.	N has the floor.
Hear! Hear!	The motion is carried (adopted)
I’m putting the matter to the vote.	The motion is voted down (overruled)
Shall we draw up a resolution on the points discussed?	Let’s attend to the other items of the agenda.
The resolution is passed unanimously (by the overwhelming majority)	I move that the discussion should be stopped owing to the late hour.
The majority has it.	Hear! Hear!
Who’s in favour of (against) it?	I’m putting the matter to the vote.
Who’s abstained (from voting)?	Shall we draw up a resolution on the points discussed?
The agenda is complete.	The resolution is passed unanimously (by the overwhelming majority)
I declare the meeting closed.	The majority has it.

 

The elevator pitch

Introduce your institution/company/business in 60 seconds or less. Use the scheme suggested

a) What exactly do you do?

b) What is your previous experience?

c) What is your competitive advantage?

d) What are your future potentials?

e) How successful are you?

f) How much money do you need to implement the project?

 

- Fill in the application form.

- Write an abstract and the main theses of your speech based on the English literary sources you have worked with throughout the academic year.

- Send these materials to the organizing committee of the event and ask for confirmation.

- Prepare your performance supported by the e-presentation and deliver your speech at the conference. Be sure to take part in the debate or discussion.

 

 

 

Programme

Anyone who has tried to organize a conference knows that the hardest thing to establish is the programme. This often goes through several different stages or order of speakers before being finished. One effective way of controlling this variability might be:

· Set out the aims of the conference and its format (symposium, workshop, round-table, etc.).

• Set out issues to be covered.
• Identify a proper title.

· Release the call for papers and send all personal invitations.

· Collect abstracts from speakers (rejecting - if necessary - those extraneous to the conference subject or devoid of any academic relevance) and confirmations of availability from chairs.

· Verify what technical devices each speaker needs.

· Verify if and how many overseas speakers you can afford.

· Divide speakers (and chairs) into coherent sessions on the basis of the subject of their paper, taking into account the technical devices they asked for when assigning the rooms and remembering to allow time for questions and for refreshments breaks.

· Send speakers and chairs the draft programme and ask them for confirmation.

· Type and release the definitive programme. At that point, your programme should not change any more, but it is possible (or rather, probable) that this will turn out to be necessary. This is the reason why you should not remain without a contingency plan.

Call for papers

Researchers regularly receive – directly or indirectly – 'calls for papers’, which means that yours will have to be catchy, neat and informative if you want to attract their interest. It should indicate in the clearest way:

• aim of the conference
• format of the conference (symposium, workshop, round-table, etc.)
• issues to be covered
• date and venue
• length of papers
• deadline for provisional titles and abstracts (as well as a word limit)
• address for submission
• fees (if any)
• scholarships (if any)

As to its dissemination, it should be sent to

• academic departments and centres dealing with the subject of your conference

· specialized mailing lists and newsgroups

Conference pack

Even if some of your conference participants know each other, they are unlikely to be familiar with the host institution, so it is important that you offer them a conference pack as soon as they arrive. This kind of pack should include:

• the definitive programme
• abstracts if possible
• name tags
• a map of the conference rooms
• a map of the city
• a list of all participants (with their e.mail)

And may include:

• a list of useful telephone numbers (starting from your own and including those of hotels, taxicab services, medical assistance, etc.)
• the list of major cultural institutions and events currently available in the city, including advice on where to eat
• some white paper
• a pen
• fliers from external organizations (publishers etc), who have paid for the inclusion of their publicity.

Conference offices

You can plan a conference by yourself, but you cannot conduct it alone: you need some assistance. You can obviously ask your postgraduate colleagues for help, but if you do not get any positive support, try to turn to your own home institution (or, to the institution that is going to house the conference), since many academic institutions offer this kind of service through a central conference office. You can delegate any duty from the early stages, but some help becomes absolutely essential when the conference starts, since at that stage you will not be able to deal with everything by yourself.

During the conference

Once the machinery has been set in motion, you should be able to reduce your tasks to:

• smiling, always and whatever may happen
• receiving speakers, chairs and all other participants
• being present whenever possible at all lectures and events
• indicating who to turn to for assistance

if possible leaving to assistants (postgraduate students, friends who offered their help) the duty of

• registering participants
• distributing conference packs
• collecting conference fees
• collecting receipts for all payments to be refunded
• receiving people during all conference sessions
• giving general information
• checking daily that direction signs are on/in place
• solving minor inconveniences
• reporting to you (and to all other organizers) any major inconveniences.

After the conference

A conference is only finished on the last day of its programme for the speakers. For organizers its conclusion simply marks the beginning of a new series of tasks to be carried out. You must take care in particular of three bodies: your institution and any other sponsor, speakers and the research community.

1. Case study

Read the tip on critical path analysis.

Tip

Critical Path Analysis

This is a way of planning a project so that it can be carried out in the shortest possible time.

It involves:

Ø Making a schedule covering all activities in the project

Ø Deciding how long each activity will take

Ø Setting realizable deadlines for each activity

Ø Deciding how activities relate to each other

1.   Read the situation. What could go wrong?

You specialize in organizing conferences. The World Computer Games Confederation wants you to organize next year’s award ceremony (‘the Oscars of computer games’). The WCGC has asked you to find a suitable venue (e.g. hotel, famous building) to arrange entertainment and a charity dinner on the night of the ceremony. Tickets cost $2,000 each and about 800 guests are expected. The event will be hosted by the famous comedian Sammy Webb.

1. Work in groups and study the ‘to do’ list. After each item in brackets is an estimate of the time which it will take. Produce a schedule which shows how the event can be organized in the most efficient way.

‘to do’ list

1) send out requests for prize nominations (two weeks)

2) deadline for nominations (six weeks after requests sent out)

3) print invitations (two weeks)

4) make a shortlist of venues (two weeks)

5) make final selection of venue with sponsor (one week)

6) book venue (eight months notice usually required)

7) approach caterers to tender for charity dinner (two months before the event)

8) decide menu and check with sponsors (two weeks)

9) produce and print tickets and programmes (three weeks)

10) invite celebrities to present the different awards (six months before the event)

11) send out tickets and programmes (eight weeks before the event)

12) decorate and arrange venue (one week)

13) contact TV chains about filming awards (as soon as the date and venue are know)

14) visit venues and ask for quotations (six weeks)

15) advertise event in trade magazines (five months before the event)

 

Months
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
NOW

 

1. When will you need to start in order to keep the preparation period as short as possible?
2. Present your critical path analysis to another group.
3. ’Murphy’s law means ‘anything that can go wrong, will go wrong’. Do you have a similar saying in your country?
4. Listen to four problems which have come up with the organization of the ceremony. Summarize each in your own words

 

Timing	Problem
Four months before Two months before Six weeks before One week before	1 2 3 4
You don’t want to postpone the event and your deadline is definite. What could you do to minimize or deal with the problems from listening.

(Oxford English file/ Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig)

1. Write an abstract of an imaginary conference event with well-grounded criticism or appraisal.

 

 Unit II:  INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS

LEAD-IN

READING

 

2.1 Before reading the text below make sure you know these words, use a dictionary if it is necessary. Share your ideas with your groupmates.

 

Accommodation                       Repair

Code switching                         Language awareness

Cooperation                              Competence

Let-it-pass principle                  Intercultural awareness

 

 

  GLOSSARY

В ilingual

       A person who speaks two languages very well.

Boastful

       To talk with too much pride about one's own abilities or achievements.

С ommunity

       The group of people living in a particular place; a group of people bonded together by a     

       common religion, nationality or occupation.

С onform

       To behave, dress, etc. in obedience to some standard considered normal by the majority.

С ontext

       The background or setting.

С ontroversial

        An argument or debate that has been going on for some time, often with large 

        differences in opinion.

Discourse

       Written or spoken communication.

Discourse community

        The forms of communication of a particular group e.g. doctors, men, Singaporeans.

Emergent

        To become known, to come into view.

Essentialise

       To stereotype or oversimplify another person or culture.

Globalisation

      The interconnect nature of modern cultures, economies and politics.

Heritage

       The characteristics, qualities, property, culture etc. that one gets (inherits) at birth.

Homogeneous

        Made up of parts or elements that are all of the same or similar kind or nature.

Inevitable

        Unable to be avoided; certain to happen.

Innate

       Natural or instinctive, rather than learnt or acquired.

Interaction

       Action or influence of people or things on each other.

Interlocutor

       Someone who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.

Interrelated

       To be in or be brought into a mutually dependent or reciprocal relationship.

Lingua franca

       A language that has been chosen as a means of communication amongst the speakers of

       different languages.

Mediate

        To be in the middle of something, to try to bring together two different opinions, sides,   

       ideas etc.

Multicultural

       Many cultures, a person or place that has many different cultural influences.

Multilingual

       A person who speaks many languages.

Native speaker

       Somebody who speaks a language as their first language (L1) or mother tongue; the term

       has been quite controversial as it can be difficult to decide who is and isn't a native    

       speaker.

Norm

      1. A typical pattern or situation. 2. An accepted way of behaving, e.g. social norms. 3. A  

      standard.

Resistance

      To oppose, fight against or remain unchanged by someone or something.

Schema

      An organised pattern of thought or behaviour (from psychology).

Subjective

      Based on personal opinion, thoughts, feelings, etc.

Below you will see a number of comments likely to be made by individuals in one of the five stages of culture shock. Read each comment and write down what stage of culture shock you think the individual concerned is most likely to be in.

Comment

 1. 'We do that too, only in a different way.'

2. 'Why can't they just...?'

3. 'I can't wait to tell... about this.'

 4. 'You don't understand them like I do.'

5. 'Isn't this exciting?'

6. 'These people are so damn...'

7. 'Only...more months before I can go home'

8. 'Aren't they interesting?'

9. 'Actually, I am beginning to like this'

10. 'Everything here is so difficult!'

11. 'We would never do that where I come from'

12. 'On the other hand, why shouldn't they do that?'

 

CHECK YOURSELF” CROSSWORD

Culture Terms

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Across Down     2 the principle of regarding the beliefs, values, and practices of a culture. 3 Spatial interaction 5 Inflation, Taxation, or Provision of social services. 6 the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another. 7 Mutual dependence between things is... 8 a concept of unity without uniformity and diversity without fragmentation 9 Acquisitions of characteristics and norms of a culture by a group or person. 10 Person(s) acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group. 11 a variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a society     1 Exchanging things with others for mutual benefit is... 2 Cultures becoming like each other 4 An archaeologist study?

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GLOSSARY

Accountability

Responsibility for one's actions and their results, whether these are positive or negative.

Business casual

A term used to describe the appropriate style of dress for business events at which the usual, more formal dress code is slightly relaxed. It's generally a good idea to clarify exactly what style of dress is indicated by this term.

Conflict

A disagreement in which the parties believe that their needs or interests are being threatened.

Credibility

The quality of being trustworthy and reliable.

Emoticon

An icon formed from punctuation marks that's used in electronic, text-based communication to convey mood or tone. An example is an icon of a happy face.

Etiquette

Unwritten rules or expectations governing social behavior.

Maintenance activities

Routine activities for ensuring continued functioning.

Nudge

An online chat function designed to get a recipient's attention. Usually it's a button you can press to cause the recipient's online chat window to shake, and a sound to be played.

Out of office note

An e-mail notification sent automatically in reply to an incoming e-mail, informing the sender that you are away.

People activities

Activities that involve interacting with others.

Professionalism

The attitude, appearance, behavior, and level of competence exhibited by a professional in a work context.

Punctuality

The characteristic of being on time.

SMART goal

A goal that's specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-framed.

Social intelligence

A type of intelligence that determines how well you manage your interactions with other people, including how well you get along with them and how effective you are at getting them to cooperate with you.

Requests and offers.

 

A. Complete the sentences with expressions from the box. Which phrases can be used in more than one sentence?

 

Can you ring …	I’d like you to …	I was wondering …
So if you’d like to …	Do you think you could …	Would you mind …

 

 

1) _____ if you could spare me two minutes.