Business Spotlight in the classroom 2/2009

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 2/2009 issue.

One-to-One

Title: Warmer
Language Work: Vocabulary
Time: 15 minutes
Level: all levels
Material: "Back to the roots” (p. 12)

Title: Words from the wise
Language Work: Reading, discussion
Time: 10/30 minutes
Level: difficult
Material: “Shared experience” (p. 58)

Title: Playing to win
Language Work: Speaking, management topics
Time: 30 minutes
Level: medium
Material: What I’ve Learned (p. 70)

Title: Energy raiser
Language Work: Delivering a speech
Time: 25 minutes
Level: medium
Material: Executive Eye (p. 73)

Group Work

Title: Warmer
Language Work: Reading, listening
Time: 15 minutes
Level: medium
Material: Names and News (pages 7, 8)

Title: It’s a guy thing
Language Work: Speaking
Time: 45 minutes
Level: medium
Material: “Talking about it” (p. 36)

Title: What’s the skinny?
Language Work: Writing, speaking, listening
Time: 45 minutes
Level: medium
Material: Head-to-Head (p. 26)

Title: Energy raiser
Language Work: Pub-food board game
Time: 30 minutes
Level: all levels
Material: English on the Move (p. 93)

Copy File: *Photocopiable material for group work activity “The pub-Lunch game”

Talking Business

Interview Dr. Helen Bicknell