Business English:
Telephoning Activities
Activity 1.
Work
with a partner and
practice the dialog with the characters in
the table below. Use
the full dialog from the
bottom of the Telephoning Lesson Page.
One student can be the
person being called and the
other can be
telephone operator who
answers.
|
name |
company |
calling |
at |
about |
|
1. John Daley |
Daley
Enterprises |
Vicki Chang |
Travel
and Leisure,
Inc. |
They have not
paid the last
invoice.
It is late. |
|
2. Ginny Wang |
Anuphas, Inc. |
Zack Hines |
Farang
Restaurants,
Ltd.* |
Repairs to their
corporate
limousine have
been completed. |
|
3. Elmore
Leonard |
Lifestyle
Writers
Cooperative |
Rocco Mediate |
Mission Hills
Resorts |
Sales brochures
for their new
condo sales unit
are ready to be
picked up |
|
4. A.J. Choi |
Skill Training
International |
Jenny Ho |
Laguna
Manufacturing
Corporation |
The new training
program is ready
for their review |
|
* Ltd. means
Limited,
as in limited
liability
corporation |
Activity
2.
Now work with a partner and
practice the dialog with
your own company
information. Call
about a problem that would
be real for your company.
Change partners and work
your way around the
classroom with different
reasons for calling someone.

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