Five-Minute Activities for Business English

1 Five-MinuteActivities for Business EnglishPaul Emmerson and Nick Hamiltoncambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, S o Paulocambridge university pressThe Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 2ru, on this title: Cambridge University Press 2005 This book is in copyright, which normally means that no reproductionof any part may take place without the written permission ofCambridge University Press. The copying of certain parts of it byindividual teachers for use in classrooms, however, is hereby permittedwithout such formality. To aid identification, Activities which arecopiable by the teacher without further permission are identified by aseparate copyright notice: Cambridge University Press published 2005 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, CambridgeTypeface:Adobe Sabon 10/13ptSystem:QuarkXPress [se]A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Libraryisbn-13 978-0-521-54741-3 paperbackisbn-10 0-521-54741-5 paperbackContentsIntroduction1 Needs analysis31 Business topics: jobs and s your job?

2 And drags job and me job would your boss say? experience questions stages s your background? plans 10 See alsoMini-presentations55/ Wh questions68/Things in common 68/Time management 69/Currentproject71/Fact or fiction? 72/I ll never forget 72/Brainstorming collocations 90/Devowelled words 92/Lexical dominoes 92/Hot seat 94/Dictionary search 95/If it was up to me .. 10 42 Business topics: the your company analysis plans 14 See also IT and me 30/E-commerce31/Mini-presentations55/ Wh questions 68/Things in common68/Brainstorming collocations 90/Devowelledwords92/Lexical dominoes 92/Hot seat 94/Dictionarysearch95/Expanding sentences 10 0/In my office 10 3v3 Business topics: products and profiles documents alsoDescribing your company 11/SWOT analysis 12/Is it ethical?

3 20/E-commerce31/Mini-presentations55/Per suasion56/Quick email responses 74/Brainstorming collocations 90/Devowelled words 92/Lexical dominoes 92/Hot seat 94/Dictionary search 954 Business topics: management and tips it ethical? associations pictures makes a good sales consultant? entrepreneur I admire 22 See alsoDescribing your company 11/SWOT analysis 12/Time management 69/Brainstorming collocations 90/Lexical dominoes 92/Hot seat 94/Dictionarysearch955 Business topics: money and figures trends , wasting, saving statements portfolio shares 29 See alsoSWOT analysis 12/Dictating news headlines 80/Figures in the news 86/Brainstorming collocations 90/Devowelled words 92/Lexical dominoes 92/Hot seat 94/Dictionary search 95 Contentsvi6 Business topics: information and me s your favourite website?

4 news translation tools your own culture 33 See alsoSWOT analysis 12/Tracking shares 297 Business topics: cultural controversy or onion? to Rubovia and Don ts 38 See alsoResearching your own culture 33/Diplomaticlanguage50/Firm or flexible? 54/First few minutes 62/What do you say when .. ? 65/Menus66/My goldfishjust died 70/ English loan words 97/ Business metaphors988 Business communication skills: a message a meeting reservation email addresses and phone numbers that N for November? telephone conversations 45 See alsoComplaints17/Effective performance 61/Firstfew minutes 62/Follow-up email 74/Stop the tape andcontinue82/Hot seat 94/Correct yourself 10 4/Revisekey phrases 10 5/Role play changes 10 99 Business communication skills: meetings and the meeting flowchart clarification game language , problems !

5 The agenda areas or flexible? 54 See also SWOT analysis 12/Budgets27/Effectiveperformance61/Firs t few minutes 62/Follow-up email74/Hot seat 94/Correct yourself 10 4/Revise key phrases 10 5/Role play changes 10 910 Business communication skills: structure read or not to read, that is the question best presentation I ever heard performance 61 See alsoMy job and me 6/What s your background? 9/Describing your company 11/Organigrams11/The clarification game 48/Phonological chunking 87/Hot seat 94/Correct yourself 10 4/Revise key phrases 10 511 Business communication skills: social few minutes questions exchanges do you say when .. ? s a good story, isn t it? 67 See alsoWhat s your job? 5/Perks and drags 5/What syour background?

6 9/Effective performance 61/ Wh questions68/Things in common 68/I ll never forget 72/Follow-up email 74/Passing notes 78/Hot seat 94/Correct yourself 10 4/Revise key phrases 10 5/Role playchanges10 9 Contentsviii12 Language work: Wh questions in common of the week management goldfish just died project or fiction? ll never forget 72 See alsoMost Activities for Business topics andBusinesscommunication skills/Response to a text 84/Hot seat 94/Correct yourself 10 4/Role play changes 10 913 Language work: tips email email responses letter emails a letter to an email abbreviations notes purpose of this report 79 See alsoCareer plans 10/Describing your company 11/Company plans 14/Product profiles 15/An entrepreneurI admire 22/Spending, wasting, saving 26/Opening themeeting46/ Wh questions 68/Putting back thegrammar99/Expanding sentences 10 0/Five-minutedictogloss101/In my office 10 3/If it was up to me.

7 10 4/Correct yourself 10 414 Language work: news headlines sentences the tape and continue summaries and count 83 ContentsixSee alsoActivities for telephoning/It s a good story, isn tit?67/Response to a text 84/Questioning the text 85/Figures in the news 86/Phonological chunking 87/ Five-Minute dictogloss 10115 Language work: to a text the text than single words in the news text summary 86 See alsoTracking shares 29/Internet news 31/Researching your own culture 34/Follow-up email 74/Incorrect summaries 82/What does that stand for? 94/ Business metaphors 98/Putting back the grammar 9916 Language work: chunking patterns sounds 89 See alsoSaying figures 23/To read or not to read, that isthe question 59/Dictating news headlines 80/Listen andcount8317 Language work: s the difference?

8 Collocations words dominoes does that stand for? seat search vocabulary loan words metaphors to a lesson 98 ContentsxSee alsoJob skills 4/ Business documents 16/Describingtrends23/Pelmanism25/Financ ial statements 27/Internet translation tools 32/The clarification game 48/Disagreeing49/Problems, problems 51/Signposts57/Standard exchanges 64/What do you say when .. ? 65/Menus66/Listen and count 83/More than single words85/Stress patterns 88/DIY gapfill 10 6/Cover it up (twocolumns)10 7/Cover it up (gapfill) 10 8/Noticinglanguage in a tapescript 10 918 Language work: back the sentences 10 dictogloss L1 English10 my office 10 it was up to me .. 10 yourself 10 4 See alsoWhat s your job?

9 5/Dream job 6/Career plans10/Company plans 14/Describing trends 23/Diplomaticlanguage50 /Follow-up questions 63/ Wh questions 68/DIY gapfill 10 619 Exploiting key phrases 10 gapfill 10 it up (two columns) 10 it up (gapfill) 10 language in a tapescript 10 play changes 10 9 See alsoActivities for listeningandreading/Standardexchanges64/ Reformulate a letter to an email 76/Thepurpose of this report 79/Phonological chunking 87/Categorising vocabulary 96/Putting back the grammar99/ English L1 English10 2 Contentsxi41 Business topics: jobs and Job skillsFocusIntroducing vocabulary for skills and abilitiesLevelElementary AdvancedProcedure1 Write on the board one job name, sales manager, accountant, ITsystems manager, Chief Executive Officer, journalist, or choose one thatseveral members of the group have or know and write on the board the skills and abilities that you need todo this job.

10 Some typical ideas for a variety of jobs are given in Box 2, butfollow whatever the students 2 Examples of skills and abilitiesbeing good with figures/people/technical issuesbeing a good administratorbeing good at organising your timehaving a good understanding of the marketliking challengesworking well in a teambeing a good communicatorFollow-up Choose another job to generate more ideas. Students write down the skills and abilities they need to do their own the teacher can collect them in and then read them out inrandom order. Other students have to guess whose job is being topics: jobs and What s your job?FocusAsking about aspects of jobsLevelElementary IntermediateProcedure1 Elicit and write on the board a few questions to ask people about theirjobs.