PEST Analysis

1- Watch the video until 4:49 and say what the purpose is.

2- Watch it again and list what each of the following factors involved in a PEST analysis refer to.

• Political factors
• Economic factors
• Sociocultural values
• Technological factors

3- Watch the introduction to the video and complete the following passage.

The global environment of today is _________  ____________ than it was even 10 years ago. While companies _________  _______ _____________ to get any kind of information about markets. Today, they are _________________ in information. To stay afloat, company may ____________  _______ what is known as a PEST analysis. In a PEST analysis, we audit these factors to ________  ________________ about a company's environment.

4- Choose one of those factors and explain what examples are given to illustrate it.

Deny, Reject, Refuse & Decline

Deny, Reject, Refuse & Decline







http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1837_aae/page19.shtml

Energy: collocations

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Finance: vocabulary revision

Energy: vocabulary revision

The bitcoin

1- Watch the video and say what the presenter's position about the bitcoin is.

2- Watch it again and complete these sentences from the video.

a- The bitcoin is a digital currency which aims to........
b- Banks and credit card companies rely on..............
c- Many people have try to work out.......
d- How do you prove that you've paid for something or that ....?
e- Nakamoto proposed that instead of .....
f- As a result, any attempt to ....
g- Within months of this proposal it was used to buy and sell goods, although....
h- While some are profiting from getting involved early, ......
i- As it's designed to have a limited amount ever in circulation.....

During, for and while

How to use during, for and while

Read the theory and do the activities at the following link:

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/how-use-during-for-and-while

DO vs. MAKE

The start of a presentation

The start                           
             

 Who                      

• On behalf of Mr Keane, may I welcome you to Jackson Inc. My name's Jo Black and I'm responsable for....
• Let me introduce myself. I am.....I am......
• Before I continue, let me tell you something about myself.
• Morning everyone. Thanks for coming. My name is Luca and I'm in charge of.....
• For those who don't know me, my name is Carlos López and I'm the managing director.
• Morning everyone. I'm.... I'm a .......at.....

Why

• My purpose today is to....
• Today I would like to give you a general overview of....
• Today, I'm going to bring you up to date with....
• My objective today is to....
• Today, I'm going to tell you....
• What I am going to do today is.....
• The reason we are here today is to...

What

• I'm going to develop three main points. First,..... Second,..... Third,.......
• I've divided my presentation into three main points. I would like to begin with....
• So, I'll be addressing three main points and the first one is going to be...... The second point will be..... And finally the last point is......
• I'm going to outline three proposals. Firstly, I'll ......Then, I'd like to.....and finally......
• I would like to start wih.....And then.....Lastly.......

How

• The presentation should last about five minutes.
• We'll take a short coffee break at about 10.30.
• If you have any questions, I'd be grateful if you could leave them until the end.
• I'm happy to take any questions after that.
• We can take two or three questions at the end of each point.
• Please feel free to interrupt me at any time if you have a question.
• I'll pass round copies of my slides so you can make notes as I go through the presentation.
• You don't need to take notes as we'll be handing out presentation booklets.

Structuring a presentation

SIGNPOSTING         

• I would like to begin by....
• Let's start with my presentation....
• So, first of all....

• Moving on to.....
• Let me move on to......
• Let's now turn to.....
• Now, turning to.....
• Now, what about...?
• My next point is.....
• This leads me to my next point....

• So, that's the general picture for....
• I'd like to conclude this point by saying.....
• So, we've looked at.....
• That completes my overview of.....
• Let's just recap...
• So, that's pretty much.....
• So, that's....
• That's all I want to say about.....
• So, that covers this point....
• And finally.....

The finish of the presentation

Make your final message clear


Signal

So, that brings me to the end of my presentation.
So, that completes our presentation.
Well, that covers everything I want to say.

Summary

Let me summarize what we've looked at.
I'll briefly summarize the main issues.
I'd like to summarize.
Let me just go over the key points again.
To sum up....
At this stage, I'd like to go over....
To summarize, I'll run through my three topics.
Well, that covers everything I want to say.

Conclusion

I suggest Johannes....and Michael....
I'd like to conclude by strongly recommending....
I trust you gained an insight into.....
To conclude, I'd like to leave you with the following thought....
In my opinion, the only way forward is to.....
In conclusion, I'd like to leave you with the following idea.

Closing remark

Thank you for your attention.
If you have any question, I'd be happy to answer them.
Thank you for listening.
I'll now hand out.....