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UNIT 1

Let’s Get Down to the Business

Objectives:
Building effective business communication
by applying intermediate communication

strategies and skills.

Getting Started

Read the dialogue below and discuss the questions with your friends

Sinta : What are you doing? Mr Reyhan : what about the report on the
Salma : I’m making report, but I can’t marketing sales I asked you to print yesterday?
understand about the part of the report I have Reynan : I’m sorry, there is a problem
to finish with the excel report that I arrange. I am in a
Sinta : Can I help you? progress of finishing it. Would you mind to wait
Salma : Yes, sure. Thank you for your help. That
for a bit Mr?
is very kind of you.

Sinta : Yes, you are welcome Reyhan : Alright, I have a time till 10 a.m

and I hope you can finish it by then.

Reynan : Thank you Mr.

Syifa : Miss Qina, have you finished writing the
monthly report? I have asked you to write it since

a month ago.

Qina : Yes miss, in a process. However, I have
some of difficulty in reading the excel material
from the financial team

Syifa : Well, I’d be glad to read it for you.

Qina : That’s very kind of you miss. Thank you.

Discuss the dialogues above with your friends by answering the questions.

1. What do you think is the purpose of the dialogue?
2. In which phrases you can find the speaker accepts or decline the offer/request?

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