Samenvatting van Engels. Te kennen leerstof van het 2de semester. Goed voor zowel een schriftelijk als een mondeling examen. Woordenschat zit er bij als je een voordeelpakket neemt. Geslaagd met 12/20.
English
5.1 Secondments abroad
Exercise 2: What is the most appropriate definition for ‘secondment’?
Secondment: a period of time that you spend working for the same organisation but in a different location.
The big four = the 4 biggest companies (KPMG, EY, Deloitte, PWC)
Exercise 5: Match the words & phrases with the synonyms & definitions (vocabulary)
1. Settle in (zich thuis voelen, zich vestigen): become comfortable in a new place
2. International network: the department in a company which supports colleagues on secondment
3. Developmental opportunity (ontwikkelingsmogelijkheid): a chance to grow & learn new things about oneself or
one’s job
4. Brief someone (iemand informeren): give someone all the info about a situation that he will need
5. Claim expenses (borg) : pay money when you rent something, which will be given back if you do not damage it
6. Pay a deposit (aanbetaling doen): request money from an employer for something an employee has paid for
7. Personal perspective: a way of thinking about something that one particular person has
8. Global mobility team: a group of people or organisations that are connected or work together globally
Exercise 6: Word building - verbs, adjectives and nouns (vocabulary)
Verb Noun Adjective / Past participle
adopt adoption adopted, adoptive
assign (toewijzen, toekennen) assignment assigned
compensate compensation compensatory
globalise globe, globalisation global
immigrate immigrant, immigration /
mobilise mobility mobile
process process processed
relocate (verplaatsen, verhuizen) relocation relocated
ship ship, shipping, shipment shipped
tax tax, taxation taxable
(see extra exercise)
5.2 Relocation & retention
(Employment) retention (behoud (van werk)): the ability to keep or continue having something
Exercise 1: Lead-in (vocabulary)
1. Broad-based (breed georiënteerd): found in many places, wide-ranging
2. Dealership: a business that sells a particular company’s products, especially cars
3. From scratch (vanaf nul): from the beginning
4. Fully-fledged (volwaardig): completely developed or trained
5. Independent outlets (onafhankelijke verkooppunten): a shop, company or organisation where products are sold
but which is not owned by the producer of the product
6. Labour-scarce (arbeidsintensief): not having enough people to fill particular jobs
Grammar
Exercise 4: What function has inversion?
Function: to emphasise information
1
, What is inversion?
- 'Inversion' means 'reversing' (= turning around = 'inverting') the normal subject-verb word order in a sentence.
→ I have never seen her so excited for a new job. (non-inverted)
Have you ever seen her so excited for a new job? (inverted)
Why do we use inversion?
- Using inversion instead of the normal word order adds emphasis, especially in formal English.
When do we use inversion?
➢ Question forms: Have you ever seen her so excited for a new job?
➢ Conditionals without 'if': Had I been there, I would have helped you.
➢ Inversion after negative or limiting adverbs.
Some examples of negative or limiting adverbs (= ontkennende of beperkende bijwoorden) are:
○ Rarely do we see such a …
○ Seldom does our company encounter … (Note: 'seldom' is a formal word)
○ Little did the team realize the impact …
(Note: 'Little' can be translated as 'nauwelijks', 'amper', 'niet', 'nooit', etc. depending on the context.)
○ Not only did the company launch a successful advertising campaign, but it also …
○ No sooner had the company announced its …
○ Under no circumstances should confidential company information be disclosed.
Formation - How to form an inverted sentence starting with a negative adverb?
Most common:
➢ Adverb + auxiliary + subject + rest of sentence
Not only did the company achieve its revenue targets for the quarter, but it also exceeded them by a significant margin.
Er zijn een paar bijwoorden die alleen id hoofdzin (dus niet direct na h bijwoord) tot inversie leiden. In dat geval is de
woordvolgorde:
➢ Adverb + subclause + auxiliary + subject + rest of main clause
Not until we implement the new efficiency measures can we expect to see a significant reduction in operational costs.
The only 2 adverbs of this category you have to remember for the exam are:
- Only …
- Not until ...
What are auxiliary verbs?
- Verbs that support the main verb.
There are only a limited number of auxiliary verbs (hulpwerkwoorden) in English:
1. The primary auxiliary verbs: 'be', 'have' and 'do'
2. Modal (auxiliary) verbs:
➔ Can Could
➔ May Might Must
➔ Shall Should
➔ Will Would
Dit zijn volledig modale ww. Er zijn ook semi-modale ww, zoals have to, need to, dare to etc. Semi-modale ww volgen een
andere regel in inversie dan volledige modale werkwoorden.
Which auxiliary to use?
There are 3 types of scenarios concerning the use of auxiliaries in inverted sentences.
1. The original sentence has 1 auxiliary. → use it.
He will never finish that project today.
→ Never will he finish that project today.
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