
<span class="parts-lets">LET'S DISCUSS! 📚</span>

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<span class="parts-lets">LET'S READ! 📖</span>

### ARTICLE 

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<div class="parts-question">
  <h3 class="parts-question-title parts-text-red">QUESTIONS</h3>
  <p class="parts-question-text">
1. What should be done to ensure the successful transfer of employees?</p>
  <p class="parts-question-text">
2. What is cultural awareness?</p>
  <p class="parts-question-text">
3. Why does the bank think they have to harmonize the culturally diverse office? </p>
</div>

<span class="parts-lets">LET'S PRACTICE! 📝</span>

## 👂🏻 Listening Exercise

__Direction:__ Listen to the audio and answer the questions that follow.   

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<p><audio controls preload="metadata" controlslist="nodownload" src="https://assets.ctfassets.net/r30ratzbtbbf/b3C3a9LmKGjq9nzBA4ByN/7e49da88dbb970ae44cf2d9b553194a5/Untitled_Project__64_.mp3"/></p>

<div class="parts-question">
  <h3 class="parts-question-title parts-text-red">QUESTIONS</h3>
  <p class="parts-question-text">
1. What things does the Middle Eastern clock revolve around?</p>
  <p class="parts-question-text">
2. What is the time from a Latin culture's  perspective? </p>
  <p class="parts-question-text">
3. Why do business people in Latin cultures entertain you first before getting down to business?</p>
</div>

## 🗣 Speaking Exercise

 How important are these things when doing business in your country? Are they; <b>a. important, b. not important or c. best avoided </b>. Explain your answers.</p> 

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>exchanging business cards</td>
    <td>being formal or informal</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>shaking hands</td>
    <td>punctuality</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>bowing</td>
    <td>humor</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>kissing</td>
    <td>eye contact</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>socializing with contacts</td>
    <td>giving presents</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>small talk before meetings</td>
    <td>being direct or frank</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>accepting interruption</td>
    <td>using first names</td>
  </tr>
</table>  

Tabisuta Level: B+ | Can learn about the imporant traits one should have to be a successful international business person. Can get acquianted with common culture differences in some countries and how tod handle them.

exchanging business cards	being formal or informal
shaking hands	punctuality
bowing	humor
kissing	eye contact
socializing with contacts	giving presents
small talk before meetings	being direct or frank
accepting interruption	using first names