Business English Syllabus

SN	Text and Activities	Materials	Time
1.	Home Work Presentation: Group F Tongue Twisters 1.Betty bought some bitter butter, and it made her batter bitter, so betty bought some better butter. 2. How many yaks could a yak pack pack if a yak pack could pack yaks? 3. the ruddy widow really wants ripe watermelon and red roses when winter arrives. 4. Thirty thrifty whistling washers witchingly whistling, wishing washing was washed.	Chalk and board	15 minutes
2.	The First Asian United Nations Organization (UNO) Secretary General U Thant is the first Asian to have served the United Nations. He was born in Pantanauw, Burma (now Myanmar) on January 22, 1909 and died in New York on November 25, 1974. If he were alive he would have been 98 years old now. U Thant received honorary Doctor of Law (LL.D.) degrees from 34 universities and a Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) from The First Universal Church. He was also active as a free-lance journalist. U Thant served Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971. A small island was named U Thant Island which lies across from United Nations headquarters in New York, USA. He is the author of several books, including Cities and Their Stories, The League of Nations School Book, Towards a New Education, and a History of Postwar Burma. He is the third Secretary-General of the United Nations and his name is listed in who’s who in the 21^st century. Two Famous quotes by U Thant. “Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves* respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.” ”Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.*”	Picture of U Thant	10 minutes
3.	Topic for free discussion: 1. Every human being deserves respect. What about the poor, illiterates, drunkards, drug addicts, criminals? 2. What does it mean by “whatever origin, whatever station” ? How do you understand it? 3. If there is no war at all, what do you think can happen in this world? 4. Who’s who in Africa and Asia as far as you know? 5. Who is present UN General Secretary? 6. As Chinese citizen, do you think you deserve respect? And if yes, to what extended you want to be respected and tell the limits you can tolerate disrespect behavior. 7. What is the best policy, as Chinese, to get on well with people of other Nations? 8. How would you define the word ‘respect’ and its meaning? What makes a person bully? How would you be taking action against bullying? 9. What do think about U Thant and his position as general secretary of the UN? 10. Do you want to be listed in who’s who in 21^st century? Imagine how you can become one of who’s who in 21^st century? What will you do to achieve your goal?	Blank paper for checkers	15 minutes
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5.	Listening Practice: Successful Listening Part IV and V, page 11-14. Listen to the tape. Exchange books with a partner and tell how many mistakes your friend makes and give marks according. Listening skill test will give you 15 marks. One mistake will make you loose 1 mark.	Tape player and cassette.	30 minutes
6.	Give home work. Ask ss. whether they want to change the lesson.		10 minutes