week 4 change.organization

Week 4 – Business English

Professor Hayashi

Today’s Class• attendance & homework check

• review

CHANGE

• vocabulary

• language review

BREAK

ORGANISATION

• vocabulary

• language review

• useful language

• CASE STUDY

Review

Subway Underground

One Way Single

Rest Room Public Toilet

Downtown City Centre

Carry-on Baggage Hand Luggage

Question #1

Review

Question #2 - Fill-in-the-blank

We use _____ or _____ to talk about something we have decided to do at the time of speaking.

We use _____ to talk about a fixed arrangement.

We use ______ to talk about what we intend to do or have already decided to do.

We use ______ to talk about a timetable or program.

Will ‘ll

PC

going to

PS

Review

Question #3

2 volunteers in your group role play this situation:

Student A and student B have organized a study session for the Business English midterm.

Student A needs to call student B and cancel with a valid reason. Suggest an alternative day.

Hey friends! Let’s partner up and do exercise A, B & C! YAY FUN!

Answers:Exercise A

Vocabulary

Exercise B/C (page 23)

1.reorganised – office layout2.restructure – company3.relocating – operations4.downsized – workforce5.retrain – sales staff6.relaunch – product7.upgrade – computer system8.decentralise – decision-making process9.redevelop – car-park site10.update – whole image11.deregulate – industry12.reassess - situation

Vocabulary

Language Review

exercise A, B

EXERCISE A

in 2010 – PSthis week – PPrecently – bothsince 2009 – PPyesterday – PSlast year – PSyet – bothever – PPsix months ago - PS

Language Review

EXERCISE B

1.has been/gone2.has experienced3.introduced4.permitted5.abolished6.has recently become/recently became7.has shown8.declared9.has also made10.became11.have appeared12.was have 13.changed

Vocabulary

In PAIRS, work on page 37, exercise A

ANSWERS:1) Subsidiary – e2) Factory/Plant – h3) Call Centre – a4) Service Centre – d5) Headquarters – f6) Distribution Centre – b7) Warehouse – g8) Outlet - c

Language ReviewNoun Combinations

Language Review Noun Combinations

In groups of 4, complete this chart:

You can use examples from the book or your head

‘s possessive

1 noun used as an adjective

phrases with ‘of’

compound words

I noun combinations

Complete exercises B, C, D in your groups: page 39

ANSWERS:

exercise B:

1.today’s meeting

2.a letter of credit

3.a business card

4.a database

exercise C:1.a five-star hotel2.a 3 million dollar budget3.a 20-minute presentation4.a 200,000 dollar contract5.a 150-year-old industrial empire

exercise D:1.business plan/objectives2.management style/consultant3.sales team/revenue4.customer care/loyalty5.company headquarters/logo6.product line/range7.consumer goods/awareness8.research project/findings9.information technology/desk10.computer program/virus

AND 41

In groups of 4, make up a HILARIOUS short skit using as many of the ‘useful language’ expressions as you can.

Keep a tally and the team with the most expressions WINS a prize!

Useful Language

Visit the facebook group page: “Business English 1 – Spring 2014”

There will be “Business English Homework Questions” posted there.

You should respond to a question for a homework point.

Just click the ‘comments’ button under the post and write your response.

Have fun!

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