English for Business Communication
This blog has been created by the English Language Instructor of second-year Hotel and Tourism Management students of the Cyprus University of Technology and aims at becoming the result of the collaborative effort of the entire class.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Full meeting
Now watch the full video and use the 'Conducting Productive Meetings Evaluation Form' from your textbook (p. 335) to evaluate the meeting.
How to conduct a meeting - Bad practices
Think about what should be avoided during meetings. Now watch the video and note the bad practices shown.
How to conduct a meeting - The role of the chair
Watch the following video and carefully observe the chairperson of the meeting. Take notes on the chair's words, attitude, and nonverbal communication. Do you think the chair ran the meeting successfully? Why, why not?
Monday, November 14, 2011
Effective Meetings
Watch the video below on how to organize effective meetings. As you watch, complete the notes on the handout provided by your instructor.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
The presentation we watched today was the worst presentation I've ever saw. The presenter evidently showed that he was not adequately prepared or haven't practiced at all prior the presentation that's why his overall behavior, body language movements and facial expressions presented a person that was extremely nervous, stressed and incapable to transfer his knowledge to the audience. Furthermore I've traced grammatical mistakes on the power point presentation, he gave limited or no explanation of the marking points in order to emphasize the importance of the theme presentation and generally was unable to transmit messages or the main idea of the presentation. It was annoying even to notice that during the presentation he either put his hands in his pockets or wear sunglasses showing disrespect to his audience. Generally the presenter fail to perform his job properly.
Andreas Vasiliou
Andreas Vasiliou
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