Pick and choose sheet
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The document lists various business lesson topics for evaluation based on their usefulness, such as describing trends, product descriptions, workplace tours, and negotiations. Each topic includes suggested activities like group discussions, role-plays, and pair exercises. It also prompts readers to suggest additional topics they would like to study.
Pick and choose sheet
- 1. Pick and Choose Sheet:<br />Here is a list of ideas for business lessons during the course - Decide if each topic would be VERY USEFUL (V.U.), USEFUL (U.) or NOT USEFUL (N.U.) for you.<br /> 1. Describing trends.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Group discussion, grammar tasks, pair exercises, describe graphs)<br /> 2. Describing products.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Group discussion, reading tasks, pair-work exercises, presentations)<br /> 3.Showing a visitor around the workplace.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Group discussion, listening comprehension, phrases analysis, role-plays)<br /> 4. Meetings - Discussing alternatives.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Problem solving, listening comprehension, phrases analysis, role-plays)<br /> 5. Meetings - Giving opinions, agreeing & disagreeing.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Pair-work exercises, group discussion, writing an agenda, role-plays)<br /> 6. Chairing a meeting.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Group discussion, listening comprehension, phrases analysis, role-plays)<br /> 7. Asking questions about companies.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Group task, listening comprehension, group survey, reading, presentations)<br /> <br /> 8. Negotiating.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Group discussion, listening comprehension, pair-work exercises, role-plays)<br /> 9. Interviewing.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Reading, Group discussion, question & answer, phrases analysis, role-plays)<br />10.Meeting new people - Introductions & small-talk.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Phrases analysis, listening comprehension, Group discussion, role-plays)<br />11.Starting and finishing conversations with strangers.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Group discussion, conversation strategies, role-plays)<br />12.Welcoming a visitor to Japan.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Group discussion, phrases analysis, listening comprehension, role-plays)<br />13.Making & receiving telephone calls. V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (analyzing telephone conversations, role-plays)<br />14.Giving & taking messages on the telephone.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (listening comprehension, reading, listening strategies, role-plays)<br />15.Making appointments (Telephone and face to face).V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Group discussion, listening comprehension, pair-work exercises, role-plays)<br />16.Reserving a room in a hotel.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Pair-work tasks, reading-Hotels, practicing dialogues, role-plays)<br />17.Complaining.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Group discussion, pair-work exercises, role-plays, listening comprehension)<br />18.Writing e-mails.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Group discussion, reading E-mails and analysis, pair-work exercises, writing)<br />19.Writing complaint letters/e-mails.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Group discussion, reading letters and analysis, pair discussion, writing)<br />20.Reading newspaper articles.V.U.U.N.U.<br /> (Pair-work exercises, reading-newspaper article, language analysis, discussion)<br />Can you think of topics you would like to add to this list?<br />Now your teacher will give you 3 pieces of paper.<br />Write a topic you would like to study during the course.<br />Get ready to discuss your choices!<br />(From Boon, A. 2005. Tell me what you want, what you really, really want! Modern <br />English Teacher 14, 4: 41-52)<br />