Business English Syllabus

SN	Text and Activities	Materials	Time
1.	Listening: UNIT 2 - C, D, E, page 19, 20, 21, 22. Asking the Way.	Successful Listening Book 1 Office Tape Player and Cassette	15 minutes
2.	People: These nouns refer to the inhabitants of a particular place. All are informal. The answers can be found in the main part of the dictionary. 1.Scousers - Liverpool 2.Angelenos - Los Angeles 3.Aussies - Australia 4.Brummies - Birmingham 5.Kiwis - New Zealand 6.Geordies - Tyneside 7.newfies - New Foundland Places: These places are famous because they are associated with particular industries or sectors. They are often used without explanation in newspaper articles in refers to those industries. All the places mentioned can be founded. You could accept any reasonable answer and used the exercise for revising vocabulary for jobs and works. 1.Silicon Valley - software engineers 2.Fleet Street - Journalist 3.Harley Street - doctors 4.Tin Pan Alley - musicians 5.Whitehall - civil servants 6.Madison Avenue - advertising executives 7.Savile Row - tailors Products: These words started off as trade names but became so common that they are now usually used to refer to the whole class of product, not only those produced by a particular manufacturer. For example, Walkman can mean any personal stereo. 1.Dr.Martens - lace-up boots 2.Hoover - vacuum cleaner 3.Jacuzzi - whirlpool bath 4.JCB - mechanical digger 5.Jeep - strong, four-wheel-drive vehicle 6.Jiffy Bag - padded envelope 7.Pyrex - ovenproof glass	A copy of VCD/ CD/ DVD/ VDO and a picture of computer	10 minutes
3.	All students will fill-in the missing words in 5 minutes and Group A-People, B-Places, C-Products will tell the class what the answer is by drawing the picture/map on the board or showing the exact things to the class. If the group makes mistake, the other groups D, E, F will correct the mistakes.	Worksheet (Warmer and Fillers)	15 minutes
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4.	Can you find: ·Three old words that have new meanings to do with computers. ·Three new words that are combinations of existing English words. ·Four new words made from old words combined with a Greek or Latin prefix. ·Three words that have come into English from Japanese. ·Three abbreviations that are used in communication and computers ·Two words that are old words with endings added. 1.address book 2.futon 3.LAN 4.megabyte 5.skydiving 6.smoothie 7.desktop 8.inbox 9.multitasking 10.ecotourism 11.RAM 12.hyperlink 13.tsunami 14.sukodo 15.ringtone 16.URL 17.hands-free 18.foodie When a student tells the answer, he or she should tell the meaning of the new word(s) as clear as possible. Group D, E, and F will do this activity.		30 minutes
5.	Give home work. Ask Ss. whether they want to change the lesson.		10 minutes