Preliminary Test 1

Technicalities

Date: 24 Nov Do not be late! (no entrance) Applications (office: 19 Nov/22 Nov) Exam schedule: 23 Nov (after 1 p.m.) Have an ID for the test

Topics1. Introduction: University Essentials,

Economy/Economics (R)2. Three economic sectors (R, MK: U1) 3. Presentations- vocab., signalling (R)4. Types of Economies

Public/Private SectorPrivatis./Nation. (R)

5. Taxation (MK: U22) 6. Types of Business Organisation

(R, extra sheet)7. Company Structure (MK: U3)

How to prepare?

read all the texts (R,MK,extra sheets)

read all the slides (web) do all the exercises

Preparing a text for the exam1. read the text2. underline unknown words/expressions3. find their meaning (dictionary, note-book,

slides, web,...)4. make sure you understand all the text

(sentence by sentence) 5. see which of the words/expressions in the text

were important for this topic (slides, notebook) 6. explain their meaning in simple English7. retell the main message of the text orally8. Think what ex. could be expected in the test

REVISE!

Types of exercises (1)I TESTING VOCABULARY

1. Fill in the missing words (blanks): e.g. business terms, prepositions, …

2. Find synonyms/opposites for the following words/expressions:

3. Write down the following acronyms/abbreviations in full:

4. Explain the meaning of the following sentence. Focus on the underlined words.

5. Explain the meaning of the following words/expressions:

Types of exercises (2)II WRITING A SHORT PARAGRAPHa) Explain X.(Use the following words...) – PARAG-

b) Compare X and Y/Similarities and differences between X and Y /Advantages and disadvantages of X and Y. Use the following words: ....

c) Describe the organisation chart of a company (business units and their responsibilities, verbs,...)

III NOTE-MAKING Write clearly structured notes based on the text …

Assignment for next time1. Establish a team (3-6 people)2. Decide about the team leader3. Names of other members? (Team leader)

4. Prepare for PT 15. While preparing, make exercises for each

unit covered in class (follow the types of ex. shown in previous slides)

6. Send the ex. to the team leader7. Submit the printout in class (team leader)

Typical mistakes learning dictionary definitions by

heart not reading the texts carefully or

not reading them at all thinking that preparation takes

very little time (students with good English)

thinking it is impossible to prepare properly (students with weaker English)