Business Spotlight in the classroom 6/2009

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 6/2009 issue.

One-to-One

Title: Warmer
Language Work: Grammar, translation, vocabulary
Time: 15 minutes
Level: medium
Material: Language Cards (p. 75)

Title: Chore or challenge?
Language Work: Reading, discussion
Time: 15/30 minutes
Level: medium
Material: "Meeting the challenges" (p. 38)

Title: A meeting worth having?
Language Work: Speaking, functional language
Time: 30–45 minutes
Level: medium
Material: "Difficult meetings" (p. 43)

Title: Energy raiser
Language Work: Discourse markers, listening
Time: 20 minutes
Level: medium
Material: "Discourse markers" (p. 85)

Group Work

Title: Warmer
Language Work: Discussion, advising
Time: 20 minutes
Level: medium
Material: "Why Mexico is sick" (p. 34)

Title: Do PCs pickle our brains?
Language Work: Discussion, scanning a text
Time: 30 minutes
Level: medium
Material: Head-to-Head (p. 20)

Title: A room with a view
Language Work: Speaking, mini-presentations
Time: 45 minutes
Level: easy
Material: Vocabulary (p. 72)

Title: Energy raiser
Language Work: Listening, summarizing
Time: 20 minutes
Level: medium
Material: Working World (pp. 6, 7)

Copy File: *Photocopiable material for a group activity based on “After-work parties” (p. 79)

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