Internships abroad •An internship is an essential part of a university education. •It‘s normal to work without pay when you are an intern. •Every student needs to experience life in another country. •It isn‘t difficult to adapt to a different culture. Business activities •Raw materials •USP •B2B •Supplier •Consumer •Competition • Internship •Reasons – gain experience, advantage in the job market, decide if this is the right career, gain confidence, enhance CV, live on your own, language, new people, learn about country, new culture • •Search + arrangements • •Documents – passport/ID, visa •Transport - tickets •Insurance – health service •Accommodation – in advance, bills, agreement – notice •Opening a bank account •Mobile phone • Internship – culture differences •The importance of personal relationships in business •Punctuality •Making decisions (quick/slow decision-making) •Formality (the use of first names) •The treatment of women •Taking the initiative (hierarchy) •Work-life balance • Giving dates •We write 12 January 2021/ January 12 2021 • •We read the twelfth of January twenty twenty-one • January the twelfth two thousand and twenty-one • •1900 •1905 •1910 •2000 •2008 •2010 •Prepositions on 12 January 2021 • in May, in 2021 Symbols Prepositions of time • ___ 2021 ___ spring • ___ 10 o’clock ___ next March • ___ yesterday ___ Sunday • ___ Christmas ___ New Year’s Day • ___ Christmas Day ___ March • ___ 16 March ___ the evening • ___ today ___night • ___ the morning ___ the weekend Small talk • polite conversation about unimportant or uncontroversial matters, in social occasions (make small talk) •Topics: neutral • weather, • job, • journey, • home country, • hobbies, • hotel, • sightseeing, • cuisine – good restaurants, etc. •Family? •Taboo topics • • • Meeting people – Small talk •How to keep the conversation going? Listen to what the other person is saying… Ask follow-up questions – show your interest… Give comments but do not judge Share things about yourself Start a conversation Excuse me, is this seat free? It’s good coffee, isn’t it? Did you like the presentation? Do you know the keynote speaker? Asking questions correctly, Question words – What, When, Why, Where, How, How much? Practice – be curious Introduction • Meeting people for the first time • •Formal/Informal? • Formal Let me introduce myself… • May I introduce myself…. • Informal My name’s ….. . I’m ……. . Name. • •Answers • Formal How do you do? • • Pleased to meet. • Glad to meet you. • Nice to meet you. Introduction • Formal/Informal? • • Formal Let me introduce Mr Brown to you. • May I introduce Mr Smith to you. • • Informal This is Peter. This is Anna. • Peter. Anna. • Have you met Peter? • I don’t think you have met Anna. •Answers • Pleased to meet. • Glad to meet you. • Nice to meet you. Introduction • How are you? • •How are you doing? •How are things with you? •How is life? •How are you keeping? etc. • • •Answers • Formal •I am very well, thank you. • Less formal •I’m fine, thanks. / Fine, thanks. And you? •(Not bad. So so. Still alive.) Introduction •My name’s full name . (spelling) •I’m from the Czech Republic. I live in ….. . •I was born on 17 November 1999. I’m 20 years old./ I’ 20. •I’m a student. I study at Silesian University in Opava, School of Business Administration in Karvina. I study economics. My field of study is ….. . •I’m a part-time student. •I’m an intern. •Telephone number •Postal address •Email address @ at •Twitter account name