Week 8 - Unit 13: Cultures

• Quote of the Week

– The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. - Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951), Austrian philosopher

Week 8 - Unit 13: Cultures

• Definition of Money

– http://dict.die.net/culture/– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultures

Week 8 - Unit 13: Cultures

• Discussion - Starting Up

– Discuss the importance of cultural awareness in business

» Exercise A» Exercise B» Exercise C» Exercise D» Exercise E

Week 8 - Unit 13: Cultures

• Discussion - Additional Resources– Businessculture.com

• http://www.businessculture.com/ • A site specialising in business and culture, and

includes links to pages on individual countries and reports on culture, communication, proper gifts and negotiating tactics

• Reports on culture– http://www.businessculture.com/cgi-bin/shop.pl/page=list.

html

Week 8 - Unit 13: Cultures

• Texts - Listening: Cultural awareness

– An interview with an expert on cultural awareness

• Claire Bebbington, External Affairs Manager BP

» Exercise A, 1st part of interview, 13.1

» Exercise B, 2nd part of interview, 13.2

Week 8 - Unit 13: Cultures

• Texts - Reading: Business across cultures

– Doing business across cultures• "Liverpool to Tokyo"

» Exercise A» Exercise B» Exercise C» Exercise D» Exercise E

Week 8 - Unit 13: Cultures

• Language Review - Modal verbs• Ability

– We use can to say that someone or something is able/not able to do something. Could is used for a past ability.

• Obligation– We use must or has/have to to indicate what is

compulsory.

• Permission & requests– May and could are a little more formal than can.

Week 8 - Unit 13: Cultures

• Language Review - Modal verbs• Possibility

– We use can to say that something is possible and cannot if it is not.

• Probability– We use modal verbs to express the degree of likelihood.

» Exercise A

» Exercise B