Demo Class Notes (Mandy – Tibo)

Mandy

She works as a buyer in a painting and coating company and wants to improve he English abilities to look the part and appear professional during meetings with suppliers / presentations and emails…
– Work on upgrading vocabulary and nuances between words and making accurate/precise description
– Do some role play to prepare for those situations (internal meetings / reporting / presentation / external meeting with supplier / contract discussion / email first contact and follow up ..)

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F2F: 2

Writing: 2

I work in a painting and coating company. I work as a buyer in regional level.
My main reason why I come today is because my business English has some space to improve especially when I have formal emails write to the big boss or team presentations.
I usually tend to use low level English words and I have limited time to spend in the English study  / to improve my English so I really want to seek for some professional help to make progress efficiently and effectively (adv) / in an efficient and effective way.

Most of our colleagues are not too focused on grammar mistakes so for/in most situations we would like to use the more advanced words or more formal business words.
If the topic is mainly led by me in most cases it will be easily understood because they will not use difficult words when speaking to you but when I listen to our CEO talking I think it would be the case I can find some sentences or words I cannot catch / grasp / follow

during my routine work I talk with suppliers everyday., With local suppliers we can speak in Chinese and some are native English speakers so when we have a negotiation I would like to be seen as a professional buyer / for them to see me as a professional.

in terms of content  during the presentation we are mainly focused on sourcing , negotiation , contract , business and strategy.

sometimes the main problem also comes from the beautiful words / elaborate words  or the sentence when I talk how to make it more professional.
If you talk back to the presentation content it is ok for me to prepare the presentation, the big problem is how can you make your role look like a director. / how can I look the part / how to present myself like a professional person
My role as a sourcing specialist. I want to move up a level but when you want to advance in/move up in your career path you must easily communicate or be in your language level. / have matching language abilities. I don’t want English issues to hold me back

We have very little chance to talk about personal life, it is my main purpose for (me) coming here, the main purpose is focused on the business English and I am interested in how I could get efficient ways to do the homework or keep learning by myself when I have my daily work. / while still managing my daily work…
I just have limited time in the morning I will go through some English news, this is the only way I can learn  some words. / discover some new words…

we are not treat it as dangerous goods. If it causes fire or accident it is cause by not use it properly.
When you produce it it has dangerous chemicals but the finished goods, the coating, it is ok and safe for everybody to use it.

we are not treat it as dangerous goods. If it causes fire or accident it is cause by not use it properly.
When you produce it it has dangerous chemicals but the finished goods, the coating, it is ok and safe for everybody to use it.

I work in a painting and coating company. I work as a buyer at the  regional level.
My main reason why I come today / for coming today is because my business English has some space to improve especially when I have formal emails to write to the big boss or team presentations.
I usually intend to use low level English words and I have limited time to spend in the English study so I really want to seek for some professional help to make progress efficient and effectively

Most of our colleagues are not too focused on grammar mistakes so most situations we would like to use the more advance words or more formal business words.
If the topic is mainly lead by me in most cases it will be easily understanding because they will not use difficult understanding words to you but when I listen our CEO talking I think it would be the case I can find some sentences or words I cannot catch up.

during my routine work I talk with suppliers everyday., With local suppliers we can speak with Chinese and some are native speaking English speaking so when we have a negotiation I would like to be see as a professional buyer for our company also the content when I during the presentation we are ,mainly focused on the sourcing , negotiation , contract , business and strategy.

sometimes the main problem also comes from the beautiful words or the sentence when I talk how is it more professional.
If you talk back to the presentation content it is ok for me to prepare the presentation, the big problem is how can you make your role look like a director.
I am role as a sourcing specialist. I want to move up a level but when you want to become your career path you must easily to communicate or be in your language level.

We have very little chance to talk about personal life, it is a main purpose for I coming here, the main purpose is focused on the business English and I am interested in how could I get efficient ways to do the homework or keep learning by myself when I have my daily work.
I just have limited time in the morning I will go through some English news, this is the only way I could learn about how to learn some words.

we are not treating / we do not treat it as dangerous goods. If it causes fire / if it is inflammable or accident it is caused by not using it properly / by misuse / it usually human error 
When you produce it it has/contains dangerous chemicals but the finished goods, the coating, itself is ok and safe for everybody to use / it safe for general use…

you need to write an email to John Smith who is a supplier at ABC chemicals
You include a document listing what you want to buy.

Hi John Smith,
How are you?
it has been a long time we haven’t talked.
I hope everything going well with you and your family especially during this special pandemic time.

I just want to ask for you quotation of the products I attached in the email.
Could I get your reply next monday with your quotation also with your lead time?

Thanks

best regards,

Mandy……

Dear Mr Smith (more formal)
I hope this email finds you well and that you are safe in those difficult times …

I am writing to you regarding a quotation for the products I attached in the email>
Could you please reply with the document and lead time by next Monday.

Thank you in advance,

BR,…

Vocabulary

to catch up (v) : get up to speed / get to the same level thanks to info exchange
I haven’t seen Elena for 5 years I am happy we planned to catch up around a drink
I came back after a long holiday and now I need to catch up on work

to catch : to grab / to understand
I couldn’t catch what you said just now, could you repeat please

to intend (v) : have the intention to / want specifically 想要
I didn’t intend to offend you I am sorry if that was the case.

intention (n)

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