The document summarizes a business English class that covered two units. In unit 1, the class had a reading on the three sectors of the economy and discussed the five functions of management. Vocabulary from the reading included infrastructure and industrialism. In unit 2, students read about the five functions of managers, which are planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling. The class also reviewed vocabulary from the reading assignment.
3. Vocabulary
take a look at page 9
infrastructure – the fundamental facilities, features and
underlying framework of a system
industrialism – the economic organization of a society
built largely on mechanized industry
4. Reading – Page 10
What is the extract saying about economies?
semi- a symbol of
detached suburban
house middle-class life
- Most people take for granted the amazing complexity of
the economic infrastructure
6. Comprehension – Pg. 11
advertising products assembling building
calculating prices cutting metal digging iron ore
distributing added value laying cables maintenance
marketing products milling metal mining coal
packaging products pressing metal pumping oil
smelting iron transportation welding metal
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7. UNIT 2 - MANAGEMENT
Read the article “What is Management” and pick out
key/new vocabulary
What are the five functions of managers?