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MODULE TASKS 2

Variant 1

 

Task I.  Answer the following questions:

1. Effective communication largely depends on the appropriate strategy. What factors are first of all taken into account while choosing the strategies? And what do these factors determine?

2. What are three primary reasons for English to be a corporate standard?

3. Is it possible to measure corruption?  How is corruption measured?

4. What are nonverbal codes? Give examples.

5. What are the most common forms of written business communication?

6. What does finding out about negotiating styles mean? Why is it important in making  

Task II.  Choose the best alternative to complete the sentence.

1. The compromising style of conflict-handling indicates a high concern for both their own and the other party's needs.

A. True                                              B. False

2. In relation to gender and tactile communication, which of the following is true?

A. Females and their daughters touch each other the least.

B. Men value touch more than women do.

C. Women are touched more than men.

D. Females touch others more often than males touch others

3. In former British or American colonies like: India, the Philippines, Barbados, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Botswana, English is spoken … .

A. as a mother tongue                 B. as a third language            C. as an official language

4. Tension is a level of conflict where behaviour and normal functioning are affecte.

A. True                                              B. False

5. A lingua franca or common language is … .

A.  the first language you learn as a child.

B. an official language that is used in business life and in all important written documents.

C. is a language that is used as a means of communication between people who are not familiar with each other’s native language.

6. We use … in lecturing in such settings as lecture halls; churches, mosques, and synagogues; courtrooms; and convention halls.

A. public distance        B. intimate distance            C.  social distance          D. personal distance

7. Corruption and culture may be closely correlated because … .

A. they are both inherent to some countries more than others.

B. they are both excellent explanatory variables of economic growth.

C. culture changes very slowly and long-term matters for corruption.

D. culture and corruption both work their way through negative effects on human capital accumulation.

8. Assertive behaviour is based on domination and often leads to conflict resolution.

A.  True

B. False

9. Which statement is NOT true of negotiating?

A. it is value free

B. it is a special communication task

C.it occurs when two or more groups have common interests and disagreements about achieving them

D. it is not static but is dynamic

10. The physical location of negotiations can impact their outcome because:

A. the host team has an advantage: all their resources are available to them.

B. the guest team has an advantage: they are free from the stress of the demands of daily work

C. the host team is exhausted from preparations, which gives the guest team an advantage

D. the guest team may have adjustments to make for time, climate, and food, which puts the host team at a disadvantage.

 

Task III. Analyse the following situation.

1. What do you think happened? Why? How could misunderstanding have been prevented?

Task IV. Examine the following case, based on real events, in which cultural norms clash.

What will be the right/best scenario in the situation? Explain your choice.

Task V. Make the following sentences more polite (indirect).

1. That's 120 dollars.

2. You shouldn't talk in terms of money.

3. It is on the outskirts of the city.

4. During his job interview he didn't say a word.