The Anglo - Business Preliminary 4 - Wednesday 27 January 2021 - 7:30-9:30am - Lesson 4
Pre-Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To enable students to practice writing in the context of short workplace emails.
Subsidiary Aims
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To enable students to extend their lexical range in the context of 'nudging' at work.
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To enable students to practice reading for gist and detail in the context of 'nudging' at work.
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To enable students to practice speaking for fluency in the context of 'nudging' at work.
Procedure (87-120 minutes)
T welcomes Ss to class. T asks how Ss are, if they have any questions or concerns about the course materials, platforms, etc. T and Ss chat informally as all Ss arrive to Teams platform.
T gets Ss attention. T nominates S: “what did we work on in Monday’s class?” - We worked with vocabulary related to giving presentations - We practiced presenting information about the idea of a company switching to 100% e-billing T nominates S: “did we have any work suggested for self-study?” - yes, Online Practice [on your Oxford platform]: Business communication Unit 10 ex 1 and 2 and watch the following video and take note of the examples of nudging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncpj6TNHhQU T: “Did anyone have a chance to complete it?” T: “Great, then you’ll be especially ready for today’s class!” T: Let's go over the answers to Business communication Unit 10 ex 1 and 2 T elicits answers and nominates Ss to go through the answers in OCF. T: Okay! Let;s work on some pronunciation. T leads drill of words from last class [certificate; present (i.e. give a presentation; versus present = gift); customer; e-billing] T: did you have a chance to watch the video? (if no, watch with the class)
T gets Ss attention. T shows 00:00 - 01:25 of “Design to nudge and change behaviour: Sille Krukow at TEDxCopenhagen” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsUzI9lZMak T asks "Why do you think the guests left such a mess after the lunch? What could we do to try to make sure that doesn’t happen?"
T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 3, "The Golden Rules of Nudging." T nominates Ss to read the rules aloud. T asks Ss: what do you think of these rules? Can you think of campaigns or initiatives that have used them? Work with a partner for 5 minutes to discuss. T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to chat? [5 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session and the class shares their ideas in OCF.
T gets Ss attention. T asks Ss to work with a partner to read the short article "Nudging" and discuss questions 1-4 (slide 4) ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to chat? [5 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session and the class shares their ideas in OCF.
T gets Ss attention. T instructs Ss that they will be working with a new partner for 5 minutes on Tasks 1 & 2 (slide 5) T nminates Ss to read instructions aloud. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to chat? [5 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session and the class shares their ideas in OCF.
T gets Ss attention. T instructs Ss to work together as a class on Unit 10 Email 1 on the Oxford platform. https://lms.oxfordlearn.com/d2l/le/content/362201/viewContent/77496054/View T leads Ss through the exercise, nominating Ss to answer each Q.
T gets Ss attention. T instructs Ss to work together as a class on Unit 10 Email 2 on the Oxford platform https://lms.oxfordlearn.com/d2l/le/content/362201/viewContent/77496055/View T leads Ss through the exercise, nominating Ss to answer each Q.
T gets Ss attention. T asks Ss to work with a partner to complete tasks 1-4 on the British Council's Business English > Unit 2: Sending and receiving emails" https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/business-english/english-for-emails/unit-2-sending-and-receiving-emails T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to chat? [5 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session and the class shares their ideas in OCF.
T gets Ss attention. T tells them that we are now going to practice writing emails. T shares slide 7 and nominates Ss to read instructions aloud. T shares Macmillan Business English handout with further instructions: http://www.businessenglishonline.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Informal-or-Formal.pdf T asks Ss to work in partners for 7 minutes to write the two emails, and then come back to share with the group. T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to write the emails [7 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session and the class shares their ideas in OCF.
T gives feedback, addressing any good language and interesting/important errors noticed during monitoring. T elicits form Ss to reformulate errors. If time permits, T leads Ss in pronunciation drills.
T gets Ss attention and thanks them for their time. T asks Ss if they have any questions or concerns, specifically about accessing course materials, platforms, etc. T takes note of anything to address with supervisors/academic services. T asks Ss to try Online Unit 10 Test on their Oxford platforms for self-study. T thanks Ss again for their time, and wishes them a good day.