THE INTERFERENCE EFFECTSOF

ARABIC & FRENCH LANGUAGES

IN LEARNING BUSINESS ENGLISH

AT UNIVERSITY

HANADI MIRZA- LEBANON-

Hanadi Mirza

Pronunciation: Hotel – Answer – Dollars – Job – Brochure - Work– Although – Thank - These

Prepositions: On – above- near- next to- on the left – turn right

Tenses: Simple Past & Present Perfect

Email writing: writing sentences & questions

Hanadi Mirza

How Do Students LEARN

Business English?

Hanadi Mirza

Hanadi Mirza

Hanadi Mirza

Human Memory

Hanadi Mirza

1. Simplified Phonetics

Answer [àn sr] Phonetics Online Dollars [dà lrz] Electronic

Reader Brochure [broshour] Mobile reader Hotel [hotelle] Work [weurk] Although [ol ذ ó ] Thank You [ث a nk] Language, job [dj] NO (ج ) These [ ذ [يز

Hanadi Mirza

2. Prepositions

 On- above(Fr & Ar)Near – Next to(Ar) Go straight. Turn

left. It is the second office on the right. (Ar)

Hanadi Mirza

3. Tenses

Past Present Future

--------…---------------/------------/-----------------------

Verb Time (S / N) X / …

Hanadi Mirza

I. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form of present or past simple.

A: (1)…………….. (you have) a good flight? B: Yes, it (2) ……………..(be) a good flight, but I (3)

…………….. (like) the food. A: (4)… ………….. you visit this country often? B : No, I usually (5) …………….. (come) here about

once a year, but last year I (6) …………….. (come) four times, because we (7) …………….. (open) two new offices here.

A: Where (8)…………….. (you open) the new offices?

B: In Nice and Marseille. It’s hot today! A: Yes, but you are lucky it (9) …………….. (not be)

hot yesterday; it (10)……………..(be) very cold!

Hanadi Mirza

II. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete these conversations. 1. A: Did / Have they visited our

factory before? A: When did / have they come? B: They come / came in 2002. 2. A: Has she saw / seen the

presentation? A: Has / Did she like it? 3. A: Did you heard / hear the news

about Alex yesterday?

Hanadi Mirza

Write Complete sentences using the present perfect simple using for or since.

1. Anna / work / here / 9 years. 2. Macos / work / Madrid / 1999. 3. I am hungry. I / be / in the meeting

/ 9:00! 4. My manager / be / on holiday / 2

weeks.

Hanadi Mirza

III. Complete these sentences from 2 Listening.

Clod: ……….…… (be) here before? Michel: yes, well, ……….…… (be) to

France before. Clod: Oh, really? When ……….……

(be) hat? Michel: Er, in 2003, I ……….……

(come) for the National Conference in Toulouse.

Clod: Oh, yes, I ……….…… (go) to that.

Michel: But I ……….…… (be) to Lyons before.

Hanadi Mirza

Ringing the Changes at RexCo

UK Telecomms Company RexCo has decided to sell off one of its divisions, Transfone. RexCo established Transfone in 1999 to try and enter the foreign mobile phone market, but it has been successful, and it hasn’t increase export sales.

 

RexCo domestic phone charges have remained the same for the last 3 years, although competitors have reduced prices. RexCo now plans to take the opportunity to lower its charges hoping this will increase customer numbers. Rival company Fishercom decreased their charges 2 years ago and have already seen sales go up by almost 12%.

Hanadi Mirza

4 a. Sentences & Questions

Introduce Your Friend Name / Age Studies / Work Hobbies

Task 1: Introduce each other orally. Task 2: Write all answers Task 3: Write all questions

Hanadi Mirza

Sentence Structure & Question Formation

What age are you? (Fr) vs. How old are you? I have 20 years old. (French & Arabic) I am 20 years old.

Simple sentence SVO (French) VSO (Arabic)

SVO

Question (Wh-) + Aux + S + V + … ?

Hanadi Mirza

Dear Mr. Wiles:

I am writing to you regarding the order which you placed on 28 June.

I am very sorry that EQ Supplies made mistakes in the processing of your order.

 

Firstly, you placed your order with us at 10am on 28 June. Unfortunately, we had a problem with our computer system that afternoon, and we lost all our records of orders that day, including yours, until 30 June.

For this reason, there was a delay in processing your order.

 

Secondly, the orders administrator who took your order didn’t enter the correct information on the system, and so we delivered the wrong goods to you.

 

We are very sorry for the problems, and we would like to offer you a discount of 10% on your next order.

 

Yours sincerely,

Patricia Noakes

Hanadi Mirza

b. Email Format

Dear + Title+ Family Name:

Purpose of writing

Explain / Suggest / Request

Closure, Full Name

Hanadi Mirza

c. Email Writing

You are going to Prague to participate in the IATEFL BESIG Conference held on November 15-17, 2013.

Write a 60-80 word email in which you ask Pamela Fox, Manager at Holiday Inn Hotel, to reserve a room for you.

Writing Process1- Gather ideas What info should be included?2- Outline Organize info3- Write draft 1 respect email format4- Review ideas include all needed info in the email5 -Edit mistakes correct spelling & grammar 6- Write draft 2

Hanadi Mirza

Hanadi MIRZA

* hanadym@hotmail.com* wwwhanadimirza.blogspot.com

MIATEFL BESIG blogroll:

* Teacher Training Blog – Hanadi Mirza