1. Business English Upper Intermediate 117109-01 John Silberstein johnsilb@aol.com

2. Agenda Where is English Spoken? Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship project Common writing errors Writing assignment

3. Where is English Spoken? 1.United States – 251,388,000 2.India – 90,000,000 3.Nigeria – 79,000,000 4.United Kingdom – 59,600,000 5.Germany-46,000,000 6.Philippines-42,500,000 7.Canada-25,246,000 8.France-23,000,000 9.Australia-17,357,000 10.Pakistan-17,000,000 11.Italy-17,000,000 12.Japan-15,000,000 13.Netherlands-14,000,000 14.South Africa-13,700,000 15.Spain-12,500,000 96% 11% 53% 98% 56% 47% 85% 36% 97% 10% 29% 12% 87% 29% 27%

4. Entrepreneurship What is Entrepreneurship? Where can Entrepreneurship be found? What are some characteristics of an Entrepreneur?

5. Entrepreneurship the practice of starting new organizations or revitalizing mature organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities What is Entrepreneurship?

6. Entrepreneurship Where can Entrepreneurship be found? Start up businesses Old businesses Successful businesses

7. Entrepreneurship What are some characteristics of an Entrepreneur? Drive, Intuition, Determination, Ingenuity, Dynamism, Initiative, Dedication, Guts, Faith, The Killer Instinct.

8. Entrepreneurship Project We will be breaking the class into groups. As a group you will decide on: Group Name, Product/Service you will work with, Put a business plan together, Present your business plan to the class.

9. Common Writing Errors Not all of the answers were correct – this exercise was not about content, but about writing skills. Use of Prepositions. Writing too much. Their – There – They’re. Cooperation - Corporation

10. Writing Examples Just wanted to drop you a little note to say THANK YOU for the fabulous present - even though we did manage to thank some of you in person, we'd still like to express our thanks to those who had left already or who we did not have time to talk to. We already have quite some ideas on what to buy with the voucher:-). Both Saturday night and Sunday during the day work for us. On Sunday, we will have to leave in the early evening as we will meet Julia and her friend Sabine for dinner. If you want to, you can also come Saturday evening and stay over night. We do not have a bed for guest like you do, but we can offer you an air mattress for two.

11. Writing Examples As we spoken in the Tram I have a good mind to meet you for a couple of water, coffe, beer or wine...So let me know when you have time to meet. Hi John, I was running today 31k today 3.30, it was sooo hot, I had too less to drink with me, went two times in a Gaststätte for watering holes..puuuhh. felt a little bit down at 18 and at 25...think that was the time when the body metabolism switched to fat burning...achilles tendons not a problem, knees hurt a little, cooled them..

12. Today’s Writing Assignment Think about a store that you particularly like and write about what it is you like about the store. Examples of things to write about: You like the selection of products they have, You feel they have great customer service, The products they sell are a good value, The store is convenient.