Business Spotlight in the classroom 1/2008

Business Spotlight in the classroom is a selection of ideas and suggestions for using Business Spotlight in your lessons. It is free to teachers who subscribe to our magazine.

There are two sections: The first is a selection of exercises for one-to-one lessons; the second is for group work. Both contain warmers and energy raisers.

Here are the contents of the 1/2008 issue.

One-to-One

Title: Warmer
Language Work: Mindmapping, humour
Time: 20 minutes
Level: all levels
Material: “The last laugh” (p. 104)

Title: The great escape
Language Work: Holidays, work-life balance
Time: 45 minutes
Level: medium
Material: “Finding peace” (p. 76)

Title: Headline news
Language Work: Using monolingual dictionaries
Time: 30 minutes
Level: difficult
Material: “Behind the headlines” (p. 30)

Title: Energy raiser*
Language Work: Story telling, work history
Time: 20 minutes
Level: medium
Material: “Successful business model” (p. 98)

Group Work

Title: Warmer
Language Work: Book recommendations, listening
Time: 20 minutes
Level: medium
Material: Words at work (p. 14)

Title: Service with a smile
Language Work: Speaking, hotel role play
Time: 45 minutes
Level: all levels
Material: “Hotel Problems” (p. 59)

Title: Head over heels
Language Work: Vocabulary building, discussion
Time: 45–60 minutes
Level: medium
Material: “Should you date your boss?” (p. 26)

Title: Energy raiser
Language Work: Speaking
Time: 20 minutes
Level: all levels
Material: “Mind your mobile manners” (p. 75)

Copy File: *Photocopiable material for one-to-one energy raiser

Talking Business

Interview Almut Köster