HUMANIZING THE TEACHING OF BUSSINESS ENGLISH.

 

 

ESCUELA SUPERIOR DE COMERCIO

 MANUEL BELGRANO.

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA.

 

 

 

 

 

b     BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

 

 

¯     Founded 1930’s.

¯     Long – standing Tradition as a School of Commerce.

¯     Entrance Examination.

¯     Day School______ 7:45 – 12:05  (lunch break)  13:15 – 16:05.-

 

b     1995 – Ley  Federal de Educación.

 

 

¯     Formación General. ( four years)

¯     Formación Orientada. ( four years).

-         Economía y Gestión ______ Business English.

-         Ciencias Naturales _______  General English.

-         Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales ________ General English.

 

 

b     HOW WE WORK.

 

 

bussiness english.

 

 

¯     6^th Year.

                                            16 –18  years of age.

¯     7^th Year.

 

 

 

¯     bibliography: “Head for Business.” Intermediate.

                                          Student’s book, Jom Naunton. Oxford.

 

 

 

¯     COVERAGE:

 

        * 6^TH yEAR.

 

-         communication in  Business.

-         Employment and working lives.

-         Nature of people and Employment.

-         Company Organisation and Roles.

-         Free  To Trade.

-         Marketing.

 

 

·        7^TH yEAR.

 

-         Shopping Around.

-         Competition and Product Development.

-         Inventions and Innovations.

-         Negotiations.

-         Marketing Research.

-         Advertising.

 6^TH YEAR ACTIVITIES.

·        VISIT TO A SOAP FACTORY.

·        RESEARCH WORK ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE.

 

 

7^TH YEAR ACTIVITIES.

^I-                    RESEARCH WORK ON INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL RETAILER STORES.

a-  ARCOR.

-          HISTORY.

-          BEGINNINGS. ( Family Company)

-          SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH.

-          WORLD  WIDE COMPANY.

-          BENEFITS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

 

b -   MAC DONALD’S.

^{-           HISTORY.}

^{-           BACKGROUND.}

^{-           PHILOSOPHY.}

^{-           QUALITY.}

^{-           HYGIENE STANDARDS.}

^{-           STAFF.}

^{-           COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.}

 

^{II-                SURVEYS CARRIED OUT BY OUR STUDENTS.}

^{a-      FOCUS GROUP.}

^{TOPICS YEAR 2002.}

^{-          Drug taking at school.}

^{-          Harmful eating habits.}

^{-          School canteen.}

^{-          Olympic games.}

              ^{TOPICS YEAR 2003.}

^{-          Cyber bars.}

^{-          Smoking at school.}

^{-          Students’ centre.}

 

^{b-     STREET SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE.}

 

 

STREET SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

CLASS. 7^TH EG4 STUDENTS

 

 

AIM: To know the different opinions of those people who live near Manuel Belgrano School about students’ behaviour outside school.

 

 

1.      What do you think about the academic standards of Manuel Belgrano school?

 

Very good                    Satisfactory                    Poor

 

 

2.      Would you send your children to this school?

 

Yes                     No

 

- Please, state your reasons

 

 

3.      How would you describe the behaviour of Manuel Belgrano students outside school?

 

Good behaviour                    Fair behaviour                      Unacceptable behaviour

 

 

4.      Have you or anyone you know ever suffered any acts of vandalism from Manuel Belgrano students?

 

Yes                 No

 

 

5.      What kind of problems have you had?

 

Noise               Litter               Bullying               Others

 

 

6.      Do you know any control mechanisms from the school authorities to protect you?

 

Yes                No

 

 

7.      What do you  think the school community should do to have a better understanding with        their neighbours?

 

 

EXTRACT OF 6^th YEAR STUDENT’S WORK ON ALCA.

 

REASONS  TO BE AGAINST ALCA:

 

 

-    Negative consequences on working people, the society and the environment itself.

-         The aim of ensuring the freedom of capital will mean the decrease of salaries and the worsening of working conditions.

-         The ALCA will expand the rules of NAFTA over the monopoly of patents particularly in the pharmaceutical area, with negative consequences over the prices of medicines and the health of the population.

-         The rights given to companies to offer services will bring about the privatization of public sectors like Education and Health.

-         The elimination of tariffs will threaten the disappearance of small national companies and it will increase the desindustrialization of the economy.

-         Alca will constitute an economic area from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego in the benefit of multinational companies.

 

 

CONCLUSION

 

In our opinion, ALCA or FTAA is just another opportunity for the USA to have control over our country and to dominate the whole continent.

Under its terms, big companies are allowed to enter our territory without any restrictions. This means that our industry will suffer a severe blow since it won’t be able to compete with the overwhelming power of multinational corporations.Besides, ALCA involves the decreasing participation of the state in economic and public affairs giving the huge companies the freedom to do whatever they want with our patents, legislation, and what is even worse, our identity. That’s why our government should be concerned about this situation and stand up for the rights of the Argentine society as a whole rather than for the vested interests of a few countries.