ESL Trainers wanted: TOEIC® prep course Nordhausen, January to July 2010

[S.grace]

Hi Uli, Torsten.

Thank you for the information.

Uli,

You suggested using the Internet and English-test.net which is a great idea. Do the students have access to computers in the classroom or on-site?

Torsten,

Should I purchase a copy of the course book? Also, which dates would you like me to teach? I see Oliver is keen to go as well and you may have other teachers lined-up, too. For now, I'm flexible and available through April. Also, I have made a reservation at the Appart Zentral Nordhausen through the 17th of February (minus the weekend of Feb 5th). If another teacher goes during this time, they could easily take that reservation. It's 28 euros per night,or 175 per week.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Sheila

[Oldmate]

Thorsten,

Hi I am very interested in this role. Can you please contact me to discuss it further.

Regard

Lyneham

[AndrewB]

Quite new as I am
I really don't know if I should join the posts about this subject already. But I am hoping to get a chance to teach, too, and so I would say, if there's no certain book necessary, it doesn't matter. Especially for me. I have read the topics the course is about, and I would always "go from near to further".
That means, people should first learn to say who they are, where they are living and so on, some important facts of their identity, and then later talk about their work, skills, hobbies, wishes, visions, views of life and so an. Then at last you only need to add some vocabulary of economy and business.
How to teach all these things? The methods depend on the kind of people who want to learn, I would say, and without some creativity we could not carry it out. The bigger the group the more difficult the possibilites of a good learning for each one of them. It's a challenge, all the time.

Best regards,
Andreas

[Torsten]

Hello everyone,

Thank you all so much for all your responses, it's great to see you have such an interest in working with us. Since this particular Nordhausen job is of such short notice it's probably best if Brian Trenton from Ireland takes it. Brian has family in Nordhausen so accommodation and food is free for him. Yes, with any government (Arbeitsagentur) funded we get paid for the training itself only. They never cover any additional costs for accommodation or travel because they want to employ local trainers.

As for access to the Internet, yes every group member has got a laptop which they can use any time to look up words or other information. Today I introduced them to english-test.net and everyone tried out some of the materials. I explained the main elements: the fee email English course, the tests, especially the TOEIC listening comprehension ones, the progress report and of course, the forum.

The trainer also has a copy of Business Basics, New Edition along with a copy of both audio CD's and other audio materials. In addition, the trainer has a laptop and active speakers as well as a projector which you can get from the staff.

So far we have covered the first two chapters of Business Basics, please review all the grammar and vocabulary items and make sure the three beginners can go slower. I also showed the beginners www.ego4u.de which has lots of explanations in German to make them feel more comfortable.

Oh, there is something else: In addtion to the 8 units from 7:30 am to 3pm there is a new course every Monday and Wednesday from 5 pm until 7:15 pm. The course starts this Monday and so far there are 5 people. You can use the same book, the same room and equipment with them.

For those of you who won't be doing the Nordhausen job right now, please take a look at the other jobs we have (Havelberg, Moenchengladbach, etc) since we really want to work with you and new jobs come up constantly.

More soon,
Many thanks
Torsten

TOEIC short conversations: Two acquaintances discuss recent rise in cost of living.

[Mardor]

Friday, 29.01.2010

Torsten spell us 10 Words:
subsidiary,turnover,headquartes,outlet,population,average,statement,deliver,percentage,question

Collect Information about the Swatch-Group by reading and writing.

Pronunciation stressed Words.

Short presentation about Swatch-Group.

Preparing a trip:

hotel services
read a fax with request about hotel information
exercises by speak about hotel-informationen

New Words on Friday: unfortunately,subscribers,...here you are (Floskel),Polite requests,

The Group do privat study with Headset in the internet, to example youtube or radio.

[MPie]

Hello Wolfgang,
Thank you very much indeed for inviting me to this forum and the English test website. I have already done a few tests and it is really educating and entertaining at the same time. I'm sure I will spend a lot more time on these websites. And I have a hunch Dorte might be here soon, too, as she was breathing down my neck all the while I surfed here...
I'm looking forward to reading many more of your posts.

Take care

Marco

PS: Marco likes CHOCOLATE milk ;)

[Torsten]

Hello Marco,

Welcome to our forum! It's great you have joined us too. It take it you are related to Wolfgang? He's done an excellent job inviting you to come aboard. Since your English is impeccable it would be excellent if you could share a secret with us: How did you learn English and what do you do for a living?

Many thanks and talk to you soon,
Torsten

TOEIC short conversations: Two co-workers brief each other on recent sales.

[Barbarossa]

Nordhausen, 01.02.2010

Talk about the world! As soon as possible - ASAP

The mouse is missing.
Break manager is Manuel.
tax evation - Steuergerechtigkeit (Wolfgang)
tax evasion - Steuerhinterziehung
tax oases, tax paradise - Steueroase
hypocritical - heuchlerisch
globalised world
a social and ecological component
today everything is subsidised (Mathias)
rule (Regel mit Ausnahme) exception - Ausnahme
law (Gesetz ohne Ausnahme)
diligent – fleißig
fine – Bußgeld
punishment – Bestrafung
valid – invalid
compulsory

Fragen und Floskeln
What do you mean by this?
Please repeat this!
Please could you repeat this!
Please could you speak a little bit louder!
How do you pronounce … ? the pronounciation

Verbformen
He manages a very interesting project.
He is managing …

Not Regular verbs Regular verbs
To do / did / done work / worked / worked
Do you agree with M position? lock / locked / locked
I agree.
I don’t agree.
To be / was / been
To have / had / had

Steigerungsformen einsilbiger Wörter
Positive – Comparative - Superlative
Loud – louder – the loudest
Speedy – speedier – the speediest
Big – bigger – the biggest

Steigerungsformen mehrsilbiger Wörter
Interesting - more … – most … (positiv)
Famous - less … - the least … (negativ)
Different

Wortbildung
normal – normaly (Adjektiv – Adverb)
to lock – the lock (Verb - Substantiv)
to act – the actor (Verb - Person)

introducing und interviewing of Brian
Ire, 24, Dublin, Ingenier Fertigungstechnik,
Irland, Geografie, Politk,

introducing the users

a little overview of irish hisory

written by Michael

[Wolfgang]

new vocabulary:

digitalization - Digitalisierung
break manager - Pausenmanager
to manage the breaks - die Pausen organisieren/managen
tax evasion - Steuerflucht/Steuerhinterziehung
to use our time as rational as possible - die Zeit so rationell wie möglich nutzen
as soon as possible (ASAP) - so bald als möglich
hypocritical - heuchlerisch
in order to - umzu ... damit ... zu dem Zweck ....
tax oasis - Steuroasen
tax heavens - Steuerhimmel
tax paradise - Steuerparadies
finance - finanzieren
globalised - globalisiert
social costs - Sozialkosten
social infrastructure - soziale Infrastruktur
socially based market economy - soziale Marktwirtschaft
supply and demand - Angebot und Nachfrage
endangered - gefährdet
we need a strong social and ecological component - wir brauchen eine starke soziale und ökologische Komponente
everything is subsidized - alles ist unterstützt/subventioniert
you agree with / to - zustimmen
lock - abschließen oder das Schloss
locking - das Schließen
what do you mean by this ? - Was meinst Du damit ?
Please could you repeat this ? - Könntest Du das bitte wiederholen?
Speak a bit louder !
loud - louder - loudest
speedy - speedier - speediest
exception - Ausnahme --> except - außer
expensive - more expensive - most expensive
How do you pronounce "liabilities" ?
What does expensive mean in German ?
pronounciation - Aussprache
famous - berühmt
than the other - als die andere
less interesting - weniger interessant
the most expensive - die teuerste
the least interesting - das am wenigstens interessante ...
normally a car is more expensive than a bike.
diligent - fleißig
fine - Strafe
a fine is a punishment for breaking the rules
punish - bestrafen
valid - gültig
invalid - ungültig
finiancial crisis - Finanzkrise
county - Bezirk
market share - Marktanteil
monarchy - Monarchie
monks - Mönche
negotiate - verhandeln
negotiator - Verhandler

[Torsten]

Hello Michael, Wolfgang and the entire Nordhausen crew! Thank you very much for your great work, I can see that you had a splendid day with lots of new ideas, expressions and topics. Now that Brian has arrived you can use the opportunity to listen to an authentic Irish accent and to learn a lot about Ireland and Irish culture.

Please remember to ask such questions as 'How do you spell this' to practice the alphabet and 'What does it mean' to learn new vocabulary. Also, please continue working with the Business Basics book and completing the tests on our site. I'm here in Havelberg with 6 officers of the German Federal Army. Most of them have served in Afghanistan, the Kosovo and Lebanon where they had to use their English to communicate with local people and other NATO forces. One of them is a Russian born German who grew up almost bilingually (Russian and German) and he also speaks very good English.

They group is going to take the TOEIC test next Friday so we need to use every minute to achieve the best results. Talk to you soon. Torsten

PS: Wolfgang, you were absolutely right. Havelberg is a beautiful place. From our window I have a great view onto the river Havel and we can see the river port.

TOEIC short conversations: Personal assistant updates her boss on his current agenda.

[Btreston]

Hi, everybody in the Nordhausen class.

It was a pleasure to meet everyone today.
I am looking forward to working with you all over the next weeks and getting to know you all a little better!

Kind Regards

Brian

[Torsten]

Hi Brian,

Welcome to Nordhausen and to the forum ;-). Thank you very much for your great level of flexibility and your fantastic work. Have a good start with your evening group and speak to you soon.

Regards,
Torsten

TOEIC short conversations: A business man phones to say he will be late for a presentation.

[Wolfgang]

Hello Torsten,
thank you very much for your mail. I'm very pleased, that you can enjoy the beautiful view onto the Havel river and I think Havelberg is a wonderful small town. I visited Havelberg in summertime four yours years ago. I don't know Havelberg in the winter months, when the houses and the whole countryside is snow-covered. I hope you have enough time to visit the Havelberg cathedral. Certainly you can't compare this small cathedral with the others ones in Colonia, Aachen and Speyer for example. But it was very important in the history of this region and was the main church of the Havelberg biocese. If you have more time please visit Bad Wilsnack, a small town near Havelberg (20 ... 25 km ??). In Bad Wilsnack there is a well-known church too. In medieval times it was a destination, where pilgrims have adored a relic, therefore nowadays the church is named "Wunderblutkirche". In Bad Wilsnack you can find the headquarters of the KMG-group (in german: Krankenhaus-Management-Gruppe). You can find more information in the website www.kmg-kliniken.ag Maybe this company could become a new customer of english-test ? .... ;-)

So, that's all for today. I have to prepare and execute some tasks for my wife .... :-((
Please excuse my English, but I extremly seldom write mails or letters in English ...
Best regards
Wolfgang

P.S. Has Marco already written how and where he did learn English and what is his profession?

[Torsten]

Hi Wolfgang, what kind of errands did you run for your wife yesterday? Thanks a lot for the information on the Krankenhaus Management Group -- yes, they might start using english-test.net soon. By the way, the Havelberg cathedral is amazing, small but absolutely unique.

As for Marco, I take it he is not the Marco who is in our group? So, now we have two Marcos here on the forum? I look forward to your new report.

Best regards,
Torsten

TOEIC short conversations: Confirming an order on the phone.

[Wolfgang]

Protokoll Dienstag 2.02.2010 (created by Manuel)

Vokabeln richtig aussprechen (Buchseite 21, 15a)

Sätze verstehen und aussprechen (Buchseite 21, 15b)

Schreiben eines Briefs richtiges Anschreiben, Bewerbung(Buchseite 18, A2)

Wörter gebrauchen um einen Text zu bilden (Buchseite 21 H1 und 2)

Selber lernen auf der Webseite www.english-test.net

Üben ablesen der Uhrzeit, Datumsangaben

In Gruppen Fragen stellen und diese gegenseitig beantworten

Neue Wörter: Curriculum Vitae=Lebenslauf

Attached=befestigt, fest

Application=Anwendung,

chalk=Kreide

grateful=dankbar

appointment=Anstellung, Treffen

Suitcase-Koffer

Direction=Richtung

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