Exercise 1. Decide if the statements about your article are true (T) or false (F). 1 The position of women in Vietnam has improved. ________
2 Women make up less than half of the workforce in the service, agricultural,
fisheries, industry and construction sectors. ________
3 Nearly 25% of Vietnamese companies are run by women. ________
4 More than a third of all university graduates and holders of Master's degrees are women. ________
5 Nguyen Thu Hang lets her husband make important decisions. ________
6 Nguyen Thu Hang's position with regard to decision-making is different to that of her mother. ________
Task 3. Grammar
Exercise 1. Choose the most appropriate form of the verb to complete the sentences. 1 HR's new computer programme has stopped working / to work. 2 She was driving in a hurry, but she stopped answering / to answer her mobile phone.
3 Did you remember calling / to call H R yesterday?
4 I can't remember offering / to offer you a raise.
5 I forgot telling / to tell you I'd quit my job.
6 I'll never forget making / to make my first sale.
Exercise 2. Match the verbs (1-7) to the nouns (a-g). 1 to apply a) a candidate
2 to fill in b) a probationary period
3 to attend c) a psychometric test
4 to work d) a vacancy
5 to shortlist e) an application form
6 to advertise f) an interview
7 to take g) for a j
Task 4. Writing 'The role of women in business is no longer an issue: Discuss to what extent this is true in your country.
Write your own opinion (150-200 words)
Task 5. Presentation Make a presentation (8-12 slides) on the topic: Famous women of history
SELF STUDY 10
Task 1. Vocabulary
Exercise 1. Complete the idioms in the sentences below with the words in the box.
1 Small talk is one way to break the …..ice…. when meeting someone for the first time.
2 I was thrown in at the deep . . .. . . . . . when my company sent me to run the German
office. I was only given two days' notice to get everything ready.
3 We don't see eye to . . ... . . . .. . with our US parent company about punctuality. We have very different ideas about what being 'on time' means. It's a question of culture.
4 I got into hot . . . . . . .. . . with my boss for wearing casual clothes to the meeting with the potential Japanese customers.
5 I really put my. . . . . . . . . . . . in it when I met our Spanish partner. Because I was nervous, I said 'Who are you?' rather than 'How are you?'.
6 I get on like a house on . . . . . . . . .. . . with our Polish agent; we like the same things and have the same sense of humour.
7 When I visited China for the first time, I was like a fish out of. . . . . . . . . Everything was.so different, and I couldn't read any of the signs!
8 My first meeting with our overseas clients was a real . . .. . . . . . . . . -opener. I hadn't seen that style of negotiation before.