• Can you tell me about your study/work and why you are learning English?

• Can you tell me about your course of studies and why you chose this course?

• How important is international trade to your country?

• What impact does advertising have on consumers in your country?

• Part Two Individual Mini-presentation

• Choose one of these three topics and prepare a short talk about it.

• Candidate 1

• A. Marketing: the importance of advertising in promoting a brand

• B. Recruitment: how to ensure the interviewing of job applicants is effective

• C. Finance: how to identify potential areas for reductions in costs

• Candidate 2

• A. Customer Services: how to meet and exceed customers’ expectations of service

• B. Marketing: the factors involved in building a brand image

• C. Time Management: the importance of managing time effectively during the working day

• Part three: Discussion

• Practice discussing this task, and the questions which follow it, with your partners:

• Opening a New Branch Abroad

• The company you work for wants to enter new markets by opening a new branch abroad. You have been asked to make suggestions concerning this. Discuss and decide together:

• How the company could find out information about the new markets

• What training the staff for the new branch would need

• How the new branch could be promoted (for 3)