Business Spotlight in the classroom 3/2009

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 3/2009 issue.

One-to-One

Title: Warmer
Language Work: Prepositions, speaking
Time: 15 minutes
Level: easy
Material: Working World (p. 6)

Title: The blogosphere
Language Work: Reading, discussion
Time: 10/30 minutes
Level: medium
Material: "The voices of choice" (p. 18)

Title: Alive and kicking
Language Work: Preparing for a kick-off meeting
Time: 45 minutes
Level: medium
Material: "Making a start" (p. 40)

Title: Energy raiser
Language Work: Writing, speaking
Time: 20 minutes
Level: medium
Material: Office Blues (p. 11)

Group Work

Title: Warmer
Language Work: Food vocabulary, speaking
Time: 15 minutes
Level: medium
Material: "A taste of Germany" (p. 58)

Title: Let your hair down
Language Work: Speaking, vocabulary, idioms
Time: 60 minutes
Level: medium
Material: English on the Move (p. 79)

Title: Tell me about yourself
Language Work: Interview preparation, speaking
Time: 45 minutes
Level: medium
Material: Essential series booklet

Title: Energy raiser
Language Work: Softening "no"
Time: 30 minutes
Level: easy
Material: On the Line (p. 50)

Copy File: *Photocopiable material for group work activity "Hairy work"

Talking Business

Interview: Mike Seymour
Book review: The Business
Service: Upcoming workshops and conferences