Tecnología Empresarial

UNIDAD 1 – Getting started!

1. Dictionary entries: Pronunciation, Meaning, Type of Word, Phonetic transcription

Activity 1. Look for the following groups of words in your dictionary. Identify the
dictionary entries above mentioned.

ENTERPRISE:
Meaning: a company or business.
Type of word: noun.
Phonetic transcription: /ˈentəpraɪz/.

MANAGER:
Meaning: a person who deals with the business affairs of an actor, a musician, etc.
Type of word: noun.
Phonetic transcription: /ˈmænɪdʒə/.

STAFF:
Meaning: all the workers employed in an organization considered as a group
Type of word: noun
Phonetic transcription: /stɑːf/

SERVICE:
Meaning: an organization or a company that provides something for the public or does
something for the government
Type of word: noun
Phonetic transcription: /ˈsɜːvɪs/

GOOD:
Meaning: of high quality or an acceptable standard
Type of word: adjective
Phonetic transcription: /ɡʊd/

SECRETARY:
Meaning: a person who works in an office, working for another person, dealing with mail
and phone calls, keeping records, arranging meetings with people, etc.
Type of word: noun
Phonetic transcription: /ˈsekrətri/

OFFICE:
Meaning: a room or building used for a particular purpose, especially to provide information
or a service
Type of word: noun
Phonetic transcription: /ˈɒfɪs/
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 DOCUMENTS:
Meaning: an official paper, book or electronic file that gives information about something,
or that can be used as evidence or proof of something
Type of word: noun
Phonetic transcription: /ˈdɒkjumənt/

COMPUTER:
Meaning: an electronic machine that can store, organize and find information, do
processes with numbers and other data, and control other machines
Type of word: noun
Phonetic transcription: /kəmˈpjuːtə/

PRINTER:
Meaning: Una máquina para imprimir textos en papel, especialmente una conectada a un
computador
Type of word: noun
Phonetic transcription: /ˈprɪntə/

Activity 2. Spell some the following words related to countries:

Uganda: iu – yi – ei – en – di – ei.
Lesotho: el – i – es – ou – ti – eich - ou
Cameron: ci - ei – em - i – ar – ou – en
Spain: es – pi – ei – ai - en
Kuwait: kei – iu - dabeliu – ei – ai - ti
Peru: pi – i – ar - iu
Finland: ef – ai – en – el – ei – en - di
Malaysia: em – ei – el – ei – uai – es – ai - ei
Angola: ei – en - yi – ou – el - ei
Australia: ei – iu – es – ti – ar – ei – el – ai - ei
Thailand: ti – eich – ei – ai – el – ei – en - di
Jordan: yei – ou – ar – di – ei - en
Colombia: ci – ou – el – ou- em – bi – ai - ei
Mexico: em – i – eks – ai – ci - ou
France: ef – ar – ei – en – ci - i
Korea: kei – ou – ar – i - ei
Venezuela: vi – i – en – i – zed – iu – i – el - ei
Zambia: zed – ei – em – bi – ai - ei
Swaziland: es – dabeliu – ei – zed – ai – el – ei – en - di

Activity 3. Spell the following acronyms related to international organizations.

Taken from: https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Org_Institutes/International_Acronyms.html

EC European Community: Comunidad europea

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization: Organizacion de comida y Agricultura
IADB Inter-American Development Bank: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
IEA International Energy Agency: Agencia Internacional de Energía
IMF International Monetary Fund: Fondo Monetario Internacional
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization:
Organización a las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura.

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 UNICEF United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund: Fondo
Internacional de Emergencia de la Naciones Unidas para la Infancia.

2. The numbers

Activity 4. Write the phonetic transcription of these numbers:

Two: /tuː/
Five: /faɪv/
Eight: /eɪt/
Ten: /ten/
Fourteen: /ˌfɔːˈtiːn/
Nineteen: /ˌnaɪnˈtiːn/
Twenty: /ˈtwenti/
Thirty: /ˈθɜːti/

3. To Be Verb

Activity 5. Write a text about your personal information. (Name, age, nationality, etc.)

My name is Laura Marcela Dominguez Olave, I am 25 years old, I am from Colombia, I live in
Barrancabermeja, I work in the mayor's office and study at the university, I like movies, soccer,
listen to music like vallenato, salsa and merengue, I They like pets. I have a rabbit and a parrot,
and I really like swimming. I live with my mother, my father, my brother, my nephew and my son.

4. On line exercises

Activity 6. Go to these websites and solve these exercises given to work on line.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/nouns/exercises

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 http://www.madridteacher.com/Grammar/verbo-to-be.htm

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-5556.php

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 Go to these websites and practice vocabulary related to colours and nationalities.

http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/colours_matching.shtml

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