ABSTRACT
The spoken situations which follow are intended to cover a wide range of business interactions, from the brief and informal through to the more formal and prolonged exchange typical of the negotiating or interview situation. The user is encouraged not simply to read the situations together with their parallel English version, but to attempt, individually or in group work, with the help of the recording if applicable, the following exploitation exercises:
using the original situations as models, construct dialogues on similar lines with the available vocabulary
use the situations, or sections of them, as the basis for role-play exercises
interpreting practice French/English, English/French
practice in oral summary (i.e. listen to the recorded French version, and then summarize the content, in English or in French)
oral paraphrase: listen to one version, then recount it using different expressions, but attempting to keep the same meaning
transcription/dictation practice from the recording
translation practice French/English, English/French
