Focus on grammar

According to the grammar explanation answer the exercise below.

Speaking part

Task
1. Work individually or in groups. Prepare an informal talk about
the business culture of your country or a country you know
well. Use the list of topics and questions below to structure
your talk.
2. Do not solve the writing part.
Solution.

A. What do you miss most about your own culture when you go abroad?

I miss my own culture when I go abroad, it's the deal between people and parties

B. Why is cultural awareness important for businesspeoples?

Cultural customs and traditions in international transactions are essential to achieve the objectives
set. What is functional in one culture cannot be in another. Companies must consider cultural
differences between countries that intend to market or establish an agreement. Such differences
help identify the preferences of potential users, as well as identify their different needs.

C. WHAT IS CULTURE? CHOOSE THE FOUR FACTORS YOU THINK ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT
TO CREATE A CULTURE. GIVE YOUR REASONS.

Culture is the way a society regulates people's behavior. They are the traditions, the ways of being
of a society where everything lives and is characterized by having similar characteristics of life,
that is, the policies or norms are created over time and society learns to live with others who
follow them. The culture is not constant; It evolves over time.

four factors:
- learning
- values
- rules
- beliefs

I think that these four factors are main because through learning, we are instructing what is best,
the values to take into account good attitudes, the rules that must be governed by a code that
indicates the good or the positive and the beliefs that should identify well

D. Exchanging businesscards: A
• Shaking hands: A
• Bowing: A
• Kissing: B
• Being formal or informal: A
• Punctuality: A
• Humour: C
• Eye contact: A
• Small talk before meetings: B
 • Accepting interruption: C
• Giving presents: B
• Being direct (saying exactly what you think): A
• Using first names: C

VOCABULARY IDIOMS

A.

1. ice 5. foot
2. end 6. fire
3. eye 7. water
4. water 8. Eye

CHOOSE DE MOST APPROPIATE VERB. THERE ARE SOME SITUATIONS WHERE BOTH VERBS ARE
POSSIBLE. CAN YOU SAY WHY?

1. should
2. mustn't
3. both
4. mustn't
5. both
6. both
7. both
8. don’t have to

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