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Intitulé du Module: Business English

Durée de la formation : 30 hours

DÉROULÉ J3 : Unit 2 : Travel

1.Speaking about travel issues and travel problems

2. Introducing British and American English

3. Talking about the future

1. Starting up : A-B

2. Vocabulary : A-B

3. Language Review: A-B-C

4. Reading / Article A p. 17/ Homework : Sections: D-E

REMINDER
Grammar: The Present Simple Tense / The Present Continuous

The Present Simple Tense (Form and Function)

Permanent Truth: a) Wood floats / Birds fly / Gases expand when heated.
Descriptive: a) This is a fire system. It gives fire warnings.
b) I work in Hassi Messaoud and I live in Algiers.
Habitual: a) Every + {second, minute, hour, day, week, month, ....}
b) Each + {time, year, .......}
c) Each and every + {time, year, ...} + Present Simple Tense
d) Often, usually, generally, hardly ever, (Adverbs of time)
e) How often, how many times, .....
f) In the morning / evening / on Sundays / at the moment .....
The Present Continuous: Form and Function
a) Now, at the moment, at present ....
e.g. He is now working in the Geology Department.

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Non-continuous Verbs (Stative Verbs expressing a state rather than an action)

Non-continuous verbs are verbs that we do not normally use with continuous tenses.
These "stative" verbs are about state, not action, and they cannot express the
continuous or progressive aspect. Here are some of the most common non-
continuous verbs:
 feeling: hate, like, love, prefer, want, wish
 senses: appear, feel, hear, see, seem, smell, sound, taste
 communication: agree, deny, disagree, mean, promise, satisfy, surprise
 thinking: believe, imagine, know, mean, realize, recognize, remember,
understand
 other states: be, belong, concern, depend, involve, matter, need, owe, own,
possess, etc.
Some exceptions: think as a process: He’s thinking about his future job. (Fr. Réfléchir)
BUT: I think she is right NOT *I’m thinking she is right (Fr. Penser)
See as a process: I see what you mean (Je vois / comprends) Not *I’m seeing what
you mean.
BUT: I’m seeing you at 12.00 (In the sense of meeting you at 12.00)
Some other examples are:
Have
I have an old car. (state – possession)
I'm having a quick break. (action – having a break is an activity)

See
Do you see any problems with that? (state – opinion)
We're seeing Tadanari tomorrow afternoon. (action – we're meeting him)

Be
He's so interesting! (state – his permanent quality)
He's being very unhelpful. (action – he is temporarily behaving this way)

Taste
This coffee tastes delicious. (state – our perception of the coffee)
Look! The chef is tasting the soup. (action – tasting the soup is an activity)

Others: agree, appear, doubt, feel, guess, hear, imagine, look, measure, remember,
smell, weigh, wish.

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UNIT 2: TRAVEL

Starting up : A-B

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Vocabulary : A-B

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Language Review: A-B-C

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Reading / Article A p. 17/ Homework : Sections: D-E