Cultural differences
In this activity, some situations are presented to raise your awareness about cultural differences around the world.
Social English
Check what skills you have in social communication. Choose an appropriate response in a variety of social situations provided.
Guess the origin of a word
In this task, you will find some information about origins of different loanwords that entered English. You will also be able to learn some new vocabulary as well as explore the topic of loanwords further and quiz each other about various loanwords with your peers using the link below.
Video conference going wrong
Technical problems may always happen. In this video, you will hear some phrases that you need to know when you want to inform others about some technical issues during an online meeting. In the handout above, you will find a list of different sentences that may be useful then.
Know yourself - handout
This handout will give you information about personality traits (OCEAN) and will help you create a profile about yourself. You can use this profile to introduce yourself to your team members, and also to guide yourself in professional life, and to understand others' behaviour and actions.
Reading and understanding the OCEAN traits will also give you useful vocabulary.
Reporting on team meetings - handout
This handout explains that one team member should take turns to keep the minutes of team meetings and outlines the type of information that needs to be included.
In addition, the handout provides examples of the type of language that is used in writing up meetings.
Reporting on team meetings (verbs)
In this quiz, select the verb(s) needed to complete the sentence in a grammatical and appropriate way.
