12 de diciembre de 2012

12-12-12

Do you remember? 
These are the sentences we used in the last class: 

There are less customers so there are less jobs.
What kind of business would you start?
I would do it as M’cdonals do
I would take a risk
Even less people have money because even less people have jobs.
To spend less money on..
To spend time...
To save more money...
They’ll have to ask for…
It is not a question of making money but of getting customers.
 To take the bull by their horns

26 de noviembre de 2012

GETTING MONEY TO START: EXERCISES UNIT 3












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REVIEW EXERCISES:
                              
1# FILL IN THE BLANKS USING THE FOLLOWING WORDS: loan, to start, saved, staff, apply for, invest, borrow.

- The bank manager asked me how much money would I need _______________  my restaurant.

- Manuel thought he would need a ___________  of three workers to start with.

- Manuel had ___________  $ 18.000 while he was working as Head Waiter. However he would use this money to ___________  in buying the furniture and the machinery.

- He needs to ____________   some money for the supplies. The ______________  won´t be too much, only a few hundred dollars and that's all. Manuel will ____________  it in two days.

2# PUT THE WORDS FROM THESE SENTENCES IN THE RIGHT ORDER

- an/ Every/ idea/ new/ business/ begins/ with/
- specialize/ The/ will /restaurant/ food/ in/ Spanish.
- Will/ It /40 /seat/customers/ about.
-  The/ will/ finance/ help/ you/equipment/ company/

3# Imagine you are going to start a restaurant. You will need someone to serve and to cook. Write down the name of those jobs.

4# FILL IN THE GAPS USING ONE OF THE TWO ITALIC WORDS GIVEN:

- You don't want to buy a location but paying monthly an amount of money. In this case we need to________ a location : loan/rent
- I must have an __________ that can cover all the risks of my business: insurance/ money
- An _____________ is very important if we want to promote our business in the area: insurance/ advertisement.
It's very difficult to make _________ during the first three months: profits/expenses

5# ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS WITH YOUR OWN OPINION

# If you needed money to start your business, where would you go to ask for a loan?
If I needed money to start my business, I would go to _____________________________________________________ to ask for a loan.

6 # Imagine you are going to start your own business, write down some examples of some expenses you may have
If I were going to start my own business, I would have to spend money on…

7 # You have been working as a waiter and have saved 3.000€ , where would you invest your money?

8# Fill in the blanks using these missing words: start, borrow, bank, lend,

# I have saved some money so I need to go to a __________ because I can get some profits.
# I´m going to buy a car for my business but I´ll need to _________ some money.
# I would like to have my own restaurant, I think I will __________ my own business.
# I went to the bank to ask for a loan. They are going to ________ me 12.000€

9 # Translate:

- If a person needs to go to the bank to ask for money, this means he will borrow money from the bank.
Let´s say you have tried to borrow from friends and relatives, but they just aren´t able to help right now. To get the money to start your business, you´ll need to go to a lender-a bank or government agency. You will need to provie a lot of information to prove that you are a good business risk. Lenders will want:

10 # Fill out the statement of financial need for Carlos Cálomer who is about to open his own restaurant. These are the expenses:

Food                                                 200€
Drinks                                               500€
Furniture and equipment:              15.000€
Advertising and promotion                 250€
Electricity license and phone              100€
Insurance                                          300€
Leasing                                             200€
Salary                                               950€
Money on cash                               9.000€
Personal loan                                  18.000€

GOOD LUCK!!!

If you have been reading till this point you are lucky because you will discover that these are the questions I will make for the exam!!: five of these 10 exercises and the vocabulary too!!

7 de noviembre de 2012

EXERCISES DONE BY STUDENTS

These are important exercises that students did in class.
 The exercises are about Unit 1 and 2. As you will see, the vocabulary from these units appear in this document again.
Don´t forget them, and try to use them.

UNIT FIVE

Important vocabulary from this unit.

UNIT FOUR

Important vocabulary from this unit.

UNIT THREE

Important vocabulary from this unit.

UNIT TWO

Important vocabulary from this unit.


UNIT ONE

Important vocabulary from this unit. Vocabulary Unit 1

ENGLISH BOOK

THIS IS THE BOOK WHICH WE USE IN CLASS

EVALUACION CERO

#EVALUACIÓN CERO#

Nombre:
Curso y Grupo:

1ºDesarrolla en unas líneas si al finalizar este Ciclo Formativo te vas a incorporar al mercado laboral como trabajador por cuenta ajena o propia y por qué.

2º Si económicamente pudieras montar tu propia empresa, explica las líneas básicas de tu negocio. Explica en qué consistiría ese negocio y qué harías para que fuese muy competitivo.

3º Luís García Hernández trabaja por cuenta ajena en el Hotel Monte Málaga. ¿Qué quiere decir eso?

4º Luis García Alonso trabaja por cuenta propia, ¿Con qué otro nombre se les conoce a este tipo de empresarios? Una pista: la Seguridad Social utiliza ese término para referirse a ellos.

5º Explica para qué sirven estos documentos: una nómina, una factura, un recibo, una letra de cambio, el impreso del I.R.P.F., un contrato temporal y un contrato de franquicia. (Vale como respuesta si explicas qué tipo de información se recoge en ellos)

6º Piensa en un comercio que te guste y explica lo que hacen en ellos cada uno de los siguientes sujetos: un cliente, un proveedor, un deudor, un acreedor y un distribuidor. Explícalo.

7º Enumera todos los impuestos que conozcas.

8º Todas las empresas tienen como fin maximizar el beneficio. Explícalo.
Todas las empresas tienen un único fin, maximizar el beneficio. ¿Crees que eso es correcto?

9º Haz una lista con tres ejemplos de gastos fijos y tres ejemplos de gastos variables.

10º Dí a qué responden las siguientes siglas: “S.L.U”, “S.L.L.”, “S.L.A”, “Soc.Coop.” “S.A.” y”S.L.”

Please translate into Spanish the following sentences:
-I want to start up my own business
- I will be the boss
- I am not sure. I love restaurants and Spanish bars.
- I will be the boss and I may hire a waiter.
- I will be very polite with my clients and the suppliers.

Please translate into English the following words: banco, préstamo, deuda, comprar y vender.
EVALUACIÓN O CASTELLANO