Business Spotlight in the classroom 5/2008

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 5/2008 issue.

One-to-One

Title: Warmer
Language Work: Everyday banking, reading out loud
Time: 15 minutes
Level: medium
Material: English on the Move (p. 93)

Title: Life’s Lessons
Language Work: Your job, work-life balance
Time: 45 minutes
Level: all levels
Material: My Working Life (p. 10)

Title: Up Close and Personal
Language Work: Creating a personal brand, vocabulary
Time: 30/30 minutes
Level: medium
Material: “A Brand-New You” (p. 46)

Title: Energy raiser
Language Work: Negotiation skills, vocabulary
Time: 15 minutes
Level: medium
Material: Negotiation Test (p. 14)

Group Work

Title: Warmer
Language Work: Humour, speaking
Time: 20 minutes
Level: all levels
Material: Working World, Last Laugh (pp. 6, 104)

Title: Meet the Neighbours
Language Work: Intercultural case study, speaking
Time: 20/30 minutes
Level: medium
Material: “Alpine Pride” (p. 36)

Title: Skin-deep*
Language Work: Dress codes, speaking, listening
Time: 45 minutes
Level: medium
Material: Head-to-Head (p. 26)

Title: Energy raiser
Language Work: Vocabulary, translation
Time: 20 minutes
Level: medium
Material: Language Cards, False Friends, Tricky Translations (p. 84)

Copy File: *Photocopiable material for group work activity “Skin-deep”

Talking Business

Interview James Schofield