Class 1

JOB DESCRIPTION AND TRAINING

Is necesary that people have the ability to intriducer themselves, comunicate important information about them and their job; for this reason, the first class is focus on develop core skills about self presentation and some vocabulary and collocations we can use to express ina polite way.

In addition, is importan to say that one part the speaking section of BULATS test is directly an interview about your job, the place you live in and so on.

"As you know, it is very important to be prepared to talk about yourself and to introduce yourself to a group of people. In addition to that, the Bulats exam holds a section about an “interview” in part 1. In the speaking test, you will be given marks for:

Accurate grammar and vocabulary

Range of language (how much grammar and vocabulary you know)

Discourse management ( how fluent and organized you are)

Pronunciation

Interactive communication"

The instructions for the first activity were the following:

: You will hold a discussion in small groups. Before joining a team, prepare an introduction about yourself in which you include:  

1. – Your name and your job title

2. - What does your job involve?

3. - What is the most challenging part of it?

4. - How often do you use English at work?

5. - What do you enjoy the most about your job? 

And the presentation was the next:

"My name is Mauricio Torres and I am manufacture manager of Tesla motors. I am mechatronic engineer and here in tesla, I am in charge of supervising all the production lines in building Tesla´s products. I have been working here for almost 5 years and the  most difficult part of my job is to deal with different points of view with co-workers and, some times, the use communication: Tesla is a multicultural company and we use English as preset languaje, but we have to break the "Languaje wall" when dealing with foreign business people. I really enjoy the satisfaction coming after a car or product concludes all its building processes and you can see it leaving the plant ready to be used."

Then, we were suposed to talk about Training courses and these stuff. We made a minute of what we talked about and there is the result:

"Its is important for the companies to invest in training for  the new employees to develop their core skills. The best training is the tailor made because the trainee would be prepared for the specifict job and it would be better for the company success, the trainees starts at the bottom and came up through the ranks.  Some of the most important training courses are: tailor-made, learning goals, training budget.

However, in some specific areas it is necessary to apply courses that improve the skills of the employees and the level of the company. One example would be on the finances area, a training  budget will invest the incomes better and represent an increment on the company's sales.

Is is also important to mention the importance of online courses, because this kind of training allows the trainees to have more flexibility. Companies should take charge of the cost for the training courses, in order to have a better quality of work and employees."

REFLECTION

I am going to be honest. I took a course around one year ago called "Remedial 5" where the goalse and objectives were the same. We had to learn about business communication and achieve experience talking, writing and listening to English but in advance area. In class one I learnt new vocabulary relative to Training couses (like tailor-made courses), what those involve and so on. I am worried about the speaing test specially, because I think I have the right tools, vocabulary and grammar, but is difficult for me to figure out the structure of a small speach in order to be very strigh and clear in my ideas. I think I have these problem even in Spanish. As you can see, is easy to talk about many things around the main topic. I will practice, write the ideas and study hard for the speaking exam.