BEC中级口语题库

Do you think the time spent traveling to meetings is always time wasted? Why? Or Why not?

Seminars for Students

You company has been asked to deliver a series of one-day seminars to a group of business students to help them prepare for working in a large company: You have been asked to help with planning the seminars. Discuss the situation together, and decide:

? What kinds of information it would be useful to know about the students ? What the most useful topics would be.

What other preparations might the company need to make for the seminars? How do you think students can benefit from seminars like this? Why?

What advantages are there for companies of offering working experience to students? Why?

Sales Managers Conference

Your company is organizing a conference for the sales managers working in its offices around the world.

You have been asked to help plan the conference Discuss the situation together, and decide:

? What information you will need to send to the sales managers before the

conference

? What activities you could organize to help people to get to know each other

better.

Do you think a company benefits from holding conferences for its employees? Why? Or Why not?

Do you think you would enjoy going to a conference? Why or Why not? How important is location to the success of a conference? Why or Why not?

Work Experience Programme

The Manufacturing company you work for has decided to offer a two-week work experience programme for a small group of students from a local business college. You have been asked to help with the preparations for this programme. Discuss the situation together, and decide:

? What kinds of work experience the company might offer ? How the participants should be selected.

What other preparations would the company need to make before receiving work experience students? Why?

What are the advantages to a company of offering a work experience programme to business students? Why?

What do you think is the most useful kind of work experience for business students? Why?

English Language Training

You company is planning to offer 30 hours of English language training to employees. You have been asked to help with the planning and organization of the traning. Discuss the situation together, and decide:

? How to encourage employers to take part in the training. ? What kind of schedule would be suitable for the training.

What practical preparations would be necessary before running a foreign language course for employees? Why?

What are the advantages of learning a foreign language with work colleagues? Are there any other foreign languages you would like to learn? Why or Why not?