Plan for your presentation.
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 511.
BUSINESS ACROSS CULTURE
You have been working for a company in Nigeria for 4 years. Your friend is going to apply for the job in this country. Make a special presentation for him giving advice about the cultural do's and taboos in the area of timing, greeting and polite conversation, business cards, smoking, gifts, entertaining at home and out and so on.
| ¹ | Stages | Useful language |
| 1. | Greeting and Introducing yourself | Good morning. It is very nice to see you. (Let me introduce myself)My name's … . I'm the second year student of Tomsk Polytechnic University. It's honour to have the opportunity to address such a distinguished audience. Let me start by saying just a few words about my own background. |
| Introducing the title of your presentation | I'm planning to say a few words about … I'm going to talk about … The subject of my talk is … The theme (title)of my presentations … I'd like to give you an overview of … | |
| Giving a plan of your talk a) General information about country b) Business Structures c) Management Style d) Team working e) Greetings and polite conversations f) Business negotiations g) Business meetings h) Dress etiquette i) Business cards j) Timing k) Smoking l) Dining etiquette and table manners m) Gift giving | I've divided my talk into (three) parts. My talk will be in (three) parts. I'm going to divide … Firstly, I am going to tell you … Then, I am going to talk about … After that, I'll look at… Finally, I will talk about … If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to interrupt me. | |
| The main body of your presentation a) General information about the country (includes some facts about its geographical position, politics, religion …) b) Business Structures c) Management Style d) Team working e) Greetings and polite conversations (humour, gestures, shaking hands, kissing, eyes contact, avoided topics, etc…) f) Business negotiations g) Business meetings h) Dress etiquette i) Business cards j) Timing k) Smoking l) Dining etiquette and table manners (You should mention what their traditional food and dishes.) m) Gift giving | I'd like to begin by … Let's (I'd like to) move on (turn) to the next (the last) point. This slide shows … Let's have a look at … What you can see in this slide is … That's all I have to say about … I think that covers everything on …. That is the third and the most important aspect that I want to describe (tell about). | |
| The end | That brings me to the end of my presentation. Let me just sum up. That's the end of my presentation. Thanks for listening very much I hope it will be useful for you. Does anybody have any questions? |
Don't forget to use different techniques such as a) telling a personal story, b) offering an amazing fact, c) using a quotation, d) asking a question, e) stating a problem.
| <== previous lecture | | | next lecture ==> |
| Conclusion | | | Shymkent – 2012 |