Lesson 3. Reacting to suggestions

Explain the reasons behind your proposals. Find out if your teacher agrees with you. Choose one of the topics and write an email to an appropriate person, containing your proposals.

Writing

Your friend comes to you with the following problems. Make two suggestions in each case. Use as many different expressions as you can.

Speaking

III. Now listen again. This time complete the spaces with the words the man uses to make his proposals.

Bright Ideas

Listening

I. Bruston Bicycles and Cycling Accessories Ltd is in trouble. Sales are 15% down on last year. It is losing clients. Three of its best sales people have left the company in the last two months. To find out what's going wrong Bright Ideas Ltd, a business consulting group, visited the company a few days ago and made the notes below. Read the notes and then discuss the different problems with your teacher. In your opinion, which are the three most important issues, and why?

· Sales and Production – only monthly meetings

· staff not given enough information

· products old-fashioned – design manager left a year ago – not replaced

· company doesn’t use internet at all

· name of company!

· sales manager obviously overworked – covers national and export sales – no assistant

· John Bruston – managing director – 79 years old, son of founder

· Reputation for top quality, but delays of up to a month in deliveries

II. Listen to the presentation that one consultant from Bright Ideas gives to the management of Bruston. He mentions four of the problem areas. Which ones?

1. First of all, we __________________________ a change to the company’s name.

2. We ____________________________ to a more international name.

3. Secondly, we’d like to ________________________new sales staff.

4. We ____________________________three new assistant staff – people with languages and experience.

5. Our third _____________________________the possible use of the Internet as a marketing tool for your company.

6. Finally, we ____________________________serious and immediate measures to reorganize the production side of the company.

“I just feel I’m going nowhere in my job.”

“I frequently travel to Germany but I don’t speak a word of the language”

“I often forget things like meetings and phone numbers”

“My car’s always breaking down”

“I feel so tired and overworked”

You are not happy with the following five things. Tell your teacher why you are not happy and what you would change if you could. Make two different suggestions or proposals about:

1) the organization of your classes (days, time, etc.)

2) the place where you work

3) the work timetable or calendar that you have

4) the TV programmes in the country where you live

5) the traffic and/or parking problems in the city where you live

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