Oral Test Syllabus
Earning a living
The need to work: Wages and living standards
Job types - agriculture, factory, service industries
Candidate's job/occupation
Employer/employee relationships
Production and sale of goods
Distribution: origin and destination of product
Retail and wholesale outlets: competition between small shops, supermarkets, etc
Declining markets and new markets
Consumer protection
Trade
Imports/Exports - importance to the economy of a country
International trade - Why is it necessary?
Problems in developing countries - need for aid and trade
Trade blocs eg EU, ASEAN
Money
Using money - methods of paying/purchasing
Inflation - general and personal consequences
Money and the traveller: exchange rates - taking money abroad
Banking - personal - different types for different needs
Savings - savings facilities in candidate's country
Transport
Types of transport in the candidate's country for:
The individual problems, advantages
Commerce and industry improvements?
Local infrastructure road, rail, air, sea
Communications
Media: TV, newspapers, effect on the individual of newspapers, TV, advertising
Information Technology: development of computers - effect on business and the life of the individual
Telephone, fax, electronic mail
Education
The candidate's personal experience of education/training for a career in business or commerce
Travel and Tourism
The importance of travel to the individual
Tourism and the local area
Tourism in a nation's economy
9. The Internet