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Tutor: Zhu Meiping

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Module One: Module One: Change and the Change and the

CompanyCompany

An OverviewAn Overview

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Module One: Change and the Module One: Change and the Company Company

An overview 1An overview 1( 2 minutes )( 2 minutes ) AimsAims

To look at the changes which can take place in an To look at the changes which can take place in an organization/companyorganization/company

To look at the effects these changes can have on To look at the effects these changes can have on the employeesthe employees

To consider changes which have happened as a To consider changes which have happened as a result of technology, new working practices and result of technology, new working practices and increasing globalizationincreasing globalization

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Module One: An overview 2Module One: An overview 2( 8 minutes)( 8 minutes) Outline:Outline:

Unit 1: How companies operateUnit 1: How companies operate Structure of the organizationStructure of the organization

Language for describing company structure and personal responsibilities Language for describing company structure and personal responsibilities Development of successful productsDevelopment of successful products

Unit 2: Responding to changesUnit 2: Responding to changes The effect of changes on individualsThe effect of changes on individuals The global marketThe global market New ways of buying and selling using the latest technologyNew ways of buying and selling using the latest technology

Language for describing trends and changes in themLanguage for describing trends and changes in them Unit 3: Ways of workingUnit 3: Ways of working

Different work patternsDifferent work patterns Effects of technology on working places (the trend towards working from Effects of technology on working places (the trend towards working from

home)home) Regulations associated with the workplacesRegulations associated with the workplaces

Language for describing regulationsLanguage for describing regulations Unit 4: RevisionUnit 4: Revision

Review the materials that have been coveredReview the materials that have been covered Practice content knowledge in communicative activitiesPractice content knowledge in communicative activities

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Overview: Quick QuizOverview: Quick Quiz( 10 minutes)( 10 minutes)

Do the oral interpretation of the following words first Do the oral interpretation of the following words first and then write the English versions down:and then write the English versions down: 企业结构企业结构局域网络局域网络网址网址电子邮箱电子邮箱纵向结构纵向结构衡向结构衡向结构层次层次执行总裁执行总裁产品种类产品种类变革与机遇变革与机遇工作头衔工作头衔图表与趋势图表与趋势企业外部环境要素企业外部环境要素适应变化型企业适应变化型企业

(Check the key at the back)(Check the key at the back)

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Unit 1: How Companies Unit 1: How Companies OperateOperate

AimsAims Look at some basic facts about “Dutton Look at some basic facts about “Dutton

Engineering and consider the way it has Engineering and consider the way it has changed.changed.

Study the different ways organizations Study the different ways organizations can be structured.can be structured.

Study some examples of successful Study some examples of successful products.products.

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Session 1Session 1

Dutton EngineeringDutton Engineering

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Session 1: ActivitiesSession 1: Activities

Activity Activity numbernumber

Skill focusSkill focus TaskTask

A1A1 VocabularyVocabulary Matching definition with Matching definition with wordswords

A2A2 ReadingReading Answering questionsAnswering questions

A3A3 ListeningListening Map-matchingMap-matching

A4A4 ListeningListening Blank-fillingBlank-filling

A5A5 Listening/reading/Listening/reading/

speakingspeaking

Answering questionsAnswering questions

A6A6 Listening/speakingListening/speaking Answering questionsAnswering questions

A7A7 Listening/speakingListening/speaking Sentence structure Sentence structure constructionconstruction

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Session 1: Topics and SkillsSession 1: Topics and Skills

• Describe basic facts about a company

• Understand changes a company experiences as a result of new technology (establishment date location product number of employees)

• Be able to ask and answer questions about a company (A2, A5~A8).

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Session 1: Language FocusSession 1: Language Focus

• Vocabulary concerning high technology (A1)

• Online, the internet, intranet, web browser, email, website

• Sentence structures used to introduce basic facts about a company (A2~A8);

• …is based at…

• …makes…

• …is located…

• …has been situated…

• …was founded…

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Session 1: Communicative Session 1: Communicative Activity 1Activity 1

Objective: To ask questions and talk about companies/organizations to get some general information

Course activities covered: Activities 1-8 Duration: 10 minutes Type: Pair work Aids: The textbook:

--- Use the text in Activity 2 on page 3 as an example to talk about the general information about your company

--- Practice the vocabulary in Activity 1 on page 2:

online, the internet, intranet, web browser, email, website --- Practice using the language used in this session

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Communicative Activity 1: Communicative Activity 1: InstructionsInstructions

Pair Work: Turn to pages 40 and 42 and do Activity 1. One of you will be Student A (Look at page 40) and the other will be Student B (Look at page 42).

Complete the table and ask each other questions about your companies/organizations and then make a brief introduction about your company/organization to your partner.

When When foundedfounded

Exact Exact location/ location/ how long in how long in locationlocation

Number of Number of employeesemployees

What What products or products or servicesservices

WebsiteWebsite

When was it When was it set up?set up?

Your Your companycompany

Partner’s Partner’s companycompany

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Communicative Activity 1: Communicative Activity 1: FeedbackFeedback

I am a sales manager at -----_. I have been using our website www. ----_a lot. It was first set up in ----- . Since then it has been visited by a large number of people from all over the world. Our company was founded in ----- . It is a change-adept company with a lot of vitality. We don’t have too many managers in our small company. The company is more of a flat structure with one managing director and three departmental managers. ----- people are employed and the communication between departments runs very smoothly. We involve everyone in the process of improvement. Employees are happy working with this company. I am happy too.

Language sample for a brief introduction about a companyLanguage sample for a brief introduction about a company

Session 2Session 2

The Structure of The Structure of organizationsorganizations

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Session 2: ActivitiesSession 2: ActivitiesActivity Activity Number Number


A1A1 VocabularyVocabulary Blank-fillingBlank-filling

A2A2 VocabularyVocabulary MatchingMatching

A3A3 Reading/ListeningReading/Listening Multiple-choiceMultiple-choice

A4A4 Skimming/Scanning the Skimming/Scanning the chartchart

Answering questionsAnswering questions

A5A5 ListeningListening Multiple-choiceMultiple-choice

A6A6 Interpreting the chartInterpreting the chart True or false questionsTrue or false questions

A7A7 Listening/ReadingListening/Reading Factual error correctionFactual error correction

A8A8 Vocabulary/ReadingVocabulary/Reading Blank-fillingBlank-filling

A9A9 Use of Preposition Use of Preposition MatchingMatching

A10A10 Listening/SpeakingListening/Speaking Answering questionsAnswering questions

A11A11 ListeningListening Chat blank fillingChat blank filling

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• Consider the different ways in which organizations can be structured

• Look at the language for describing the structure of a company and the responsibilities of people in a company.

• Learn vocabulary concerning the company structure: department titles, job titles and people’s responsibilities at work places (As1-2, As4-6)

• Be able to read charts, talk about a company’s structure and describe responsibilities (A4, A5~A11).

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Session 2: Language FocusSession 2: Language Focus• Vocabulary concerning high technology (As1-2 on pp. 5-6):

managing director, finance director, marketing director, production director, staff payments manager, credit control manager, wages clerk, clock in, the shop floor, strategy, supervise, manufacture, etc.

• Language used to describe the structure of an organization

… is divided into … … is composed of …

… is made up of … … consists of …

… comprises …

• Language used to describe responsibilities (A6 on p.7)

… runs … … deals with … … sees to …

• … is head of … … looks after

• … is responsible for … … takes care of …

• … is in charge of … … reports to

• … is accountable to … … has two persons under …

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Session 2: Communicative Session 2: Communicative Activity 2 Activity 2

Objective: To talk about your organizational structure and responsibilities

Course activities covered: All the activities in the this session

Duration: 10 minutes

Type: Team work (in 4s)

Aids: The textbook and a pen

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Team work: Turn to page 42 and have a look at Activity 2. Please do the following tasks.

A)Please draw a chart of your organizational structure and show who is in charge of what (2 minutes).

B) Introduce the organizational structure of your company, your directors, managers and their responsibilities to your team members (8 minutes, 2 minutes for each)

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Communicative Activity 2: Communicative Activity 2: FeedbackFeedback

By doing this activity, you have been acquainted with the necessary vocabulary and language you need to describe the structure of an organization and the responsibilities of the people working with companies.

Session 3Session 3

Successful Successful ProductsProducts

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Session 3: ActivitiesSession 3: Activities

Activity Activity numbernumber


A1A1 VocabularyVocabulary Matching brands with Matching brands with product typesproduct types


A3A3 ListeningListening True/falseTrue/false

A4A4 ReadingReading Blank-fillingBlank-filling

A5A5 VocabularyVocabulary matchingmatching


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• Get to know some successful products, product categories and famous brands.

• Vocabulary concerning products and their categories(A1)

• Be able to describe or talk about company’s products and brands (A4~A5).

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Session 3: Language FocusSession 3: Language Focus• Vocabulary:

• Product categories (A1):

Clothing/apparel, electronic products, food and drink, cosmetics, food processing, automobiles, parcel delivery, personal care and cleaning, household appliances, long distance telephone service, gasoline-service station, personal computers, airlines, fast-food restaurant, etc.

• Brands: Levi’s, Sony, Coca Cola, Avon, H. J. Heinz, Cadillac, Federal Express, Procter & Gamble (P&G), Haier, Unicom/At & T, China Petrol, Leveno (联想 )/Dell, Air China, MacDonald’s/KFC.

• Phrasal verbs to talk about products of companies (A4~A5 on pp.11-12);

• … set out (aim, arrange, leave) …

• … join up (unite) …

• … take on (employ) …

• … take off (increase, depart) …

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Session 3: Communicative Session 3: Communicative Activity 3: Activity 3:

Objective: To practice talking about products or service-products of companies/ organizations/enterprisers.

Course activities covered: A 1 and As 4-5


Type: Pair work

Aids: The textbook, some paper

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Coca-Cola Company’s Promise:

The Coca-Cola Company exists to benefit and refresh everyone it touches.

The basic proposition of our business is simple, solid and timeless. When we bring refreshment, value, joy and fun to our stakeholders, then we successfully nurture and protect our brands, particularly Coca-Cola. That is the key to fulfilling our ultimate obligation to provide consistently attractive returns to the owners of our business.

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Communicative Activity 3:Communicative Activity 3:InstructionsInstructions

Pair Work: talk about your company products/service-products (one or two most products, if they are too many) with your partner.

1. For talking, please write down a few most important words/phrases first, using the text in A4 on p.11 as reference on a piece of paper (2 minutes)

2. Talk about your company’s products (8 minutes, 4 minutes for each)

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Communicative Activity 3:Communicative Activity 3:FeedbackFeedback

• Ask one or two pairs to do the task in front of the class and give some comments.

• After you have finished doing this task, you shall have been able to introduce and talk about your company’s products to your consumers/customers.

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Unit 2: Responding to Unit 2: Responding to ChangeChange

AimsAims Listen to people talking about the way Listen to people talking about the way

change has affected their lives.change has affected their lives. Study product performance and the Study product performance and the

way sales can change.way sales can change. Consider how organizations operate in Consider how organizations operate in

today’s global market.today’s global market.

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Session 4Session 4

People and ChangePeople and Change

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Session 4: ActivitiesSession 4: ActivitiesActivity Activity numbernumber


A1A1 ListeningListening Matching pictures with quotations Matching pictures with quotations

A2A2 ReadingReading Decision makingDecision making

A3A3 Reading/VocabularyReading/Vocabulary matchingmatching

A4A4 Listening/VocabularyListening/Vocabulary Blank-fillingBlank-filling


A6A6 VocabularyVocabulary Matching the adjectives with the Matching the adjectives with the equivalent words and phrasesequivalent words and phrases

A7A7 Guided writingGuided writing Writing a short summary from Writing a short summary from notesnotes

A8A8 Listening/SpeakingListening/Speaking Answering questions, practicing Answering questions, practicing the use of “used to”the use of “used to”

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• Look at the way change can affect people at work in both positive and negative ways

• Describe how change has affected us personally

• Vocabulary concerning new opportunities change has brought about and adjectives used to describe jobs (A3,A5,A6)

• Be able to talk about ways, both positive and negative, change has brought to our work and personal life (A1, A4, A2, A7).

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Session 4: Language FocusSession 4: Language Focus• Vocabulary:

• New opportunities change has brought to people(A3):

• Traveling,

• working with new technology,

• improved salary,

• increased job security,

• experiencing a different life style,

• increased efficiency,

• living in a foreign capital,

• developing his/her career, etc.

• Adjectives used to describe jobs (A6):

Stressful, rewarding, demanding, tedious, creative, secure, fun, well-paid, etc.

• Sentence structures used to describe past situations and routes that no longer exist (A3):

• … used to …

• … didn’t use to …

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Objective: To talk about the changes that have happened to you at your work place in the recent year, in comparison with the past, and their positive and negative effects on you.

Course activities covered: All the activities


Type: Team Work (in 5s)

Aids: The textbook

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Team Work:

Organize yourselves into groups of five and talk about the changes and their effects on you in your work places, using “used to” to describe the past situations and the adjectives to describe your present jobs (A6). (Each one of you can only talk about 2 minutes)

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• Ask two team representatives to talk about changes and the effects on their present jobs in front of the class and offer necessary comments.

• By now, you shall have been able to talk about the changes that have happened to you and your jobs.

Session 5Session 5

Describing TrendsDescribing Trends

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A1A1 Vocabulary/Vocabulary/

Interpreting graphsInterpreting graphs

Matching verbs with appropriate Matching verbs with appropriate graphsgraphs

A2A2 Vocabulary/ Describing Vocabulary/ Describing graphsgraphs

Graphs matchingGraphs matching


A4A4 Listening/WritingListening/Writing Completing sentencesCompleting sentences

A5A5 Listening/WritingListening/Writing Blank-filling/mini-dictationBlank-filling/mini-dictation

A6A6 ReadingReading Fill in the blanks with prepositionsFill in the blanks with prepositions


A8A8 ListeningListening Competing the graphCompeting the graph

A9A9 Listening/Note takingListening/Note taking Answering questionsAnswering questions


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• Describe trends/general patterns or tendencies in the company’s performance, such as sales, share prices, exchange rates, etc.

• Learn vocabulary concerning graph interpretation and description of trends(A1-A3)

• Be able to interpret graphs and describe trends by using present continuous tense and cause and result expressions (A1-A6).

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Session 5: Language FocusSession 5: Language Focus• Vocabulary concerning graph interpretation (A1)

• The often used verbs are: rise, fall, soar and plummet, stay steady, fluctuate, etc.

• The often used adverbs are: slightly, steadily, dramatically, etc.

• Present continuous tense used to describe company performance and graphs: (As1-2)

… to be + -ing …

… are falling …

… is rising …

… are improving …

• Sentence structures used to show cause and result (A5 on p.19);

• As a result of …

• Due to …

• Because of …

• Owing to …

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Objective: To interpret graphs and describe trends/general patterns or tendencies in market places.

Course activities covered: A 1


Type: Pair work

Aids: The textbook

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西单商场双安商场当代商城

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Pair Work:

1) Look at the graphs and talk about the sales situation of apparel in Xidan and Shuangan, and Modern Plaza markets in the past four seasons.

2) Use the present tense: “… to be + -ing …” and the following 3) Use the following vocabulary:rise, fall, soar and plummet, stay steady, fluctuate, slightly, steadily, dramatically

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Having done this task, you have been able to interpret graphs and describe company performances in the market place. This graph interpretation skill is very useful for both business briefing and written reports at work in companies.

Session 6Session 6

The Global The Global MarketMarket

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A1A1 VocabularyVocabulary Blank-fillingBlank-filling

A2A2 ReadingReading Matching titles to paragraphs of Matching titles to paragraphs of commentscomments

A3A3 ReadingReading Underline phrases that give an Underline phrases that give an opinionopinion

A4A4 ListeningListening Fill in the tableFill in the table



A7A7 ReadingReading Identify STEEP external factorIdentify STEEP external factor

A8A8 ListeningListening Complete the sentencesComplete the sentences

A9A9 ListeningListening Asking questionsAsking questions

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• Understand how companies/organizations operate in a global market

• Read about globalization and studying STEEP analysis

• Vocabulary concerning the global markets.(A1 on p.21)

• Be able to describe events which began in the past but which are still important in the present. (A2, A4).

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Session 6: Language FocusSession 6: Language Focus• Vocabulary concerning the global market (A1, A4)

global strategy, shrinking, site, marketplace, conglomerate(联合大企业） , STEEP external factors（企业外部五大要素） : economic, sociological, technological, political, ecological

• The present perfect tense used to describe the events which started in the past but still are significant in the present time:

sb has/have done sth (since + point of time/for + duration of time)(p.23)

• Past tense used to talk about a finished action in the past:

sb. v. + ed sth (p.23)

• Sentence structures used to give personal opinions: (As2~3):

I believe … I feel … … in my opinion … … in my view …

• International Marketing Environmental Mix (国际市场营销环境组合） :

Economic, social-cultural, political-legal, competitive, and technological

(Boone and Kurts 1998)

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Objective: To talk about how your company operate in home and global markets by using the STEEP analysis

Course activities covered: As1-2, As4-5


Type: Team work

Aids: The textbook, a pen and some paper

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Team work:

1)Form yourselves into groups of 5s.

2)Refer to the STEEP analysis model on p.22 and two texts in A2 and A5 on p.22 and p.24.

3)Write down some external factors which are essential to your company (2minutes).

4)Discuss the factors in your groups and pay special attention to the use of present perfect tense and past tense (10 minutes, 2 for each) .

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• After doing this task, you are supposed to know the STEEP analysis well and are able to use this model to study your company’s marketing environment both at home and abroad.

• You shall have understood the differences between the uses of present perfect tense and past tense and become more confident in using the two tenses in talking about events that happened or have happened to your companies.

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Unit 3: Ways of WorkingUnit 3: Ways of Working AimsAims

Look at recent changes in working Look at recent changes in working patterns.patterns.

Study the language involved in Study the language involved in changing regulations.changing regulations.

Consider what effects new Consider what effects new technology might have in the future. technology might have in the future.

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Session 7Session 7

TelecommutingTelecommuting

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A1A1 ListeningListening Blank-fillingBlank-filling



A4A4 ListeningListening Complete the tableComplete the table


A6A6 Listening/Note Listening/Note takingtaking

Answering a big questionAnswering a big question

A7A7 ReadingReading Multiple-choiceMultiple-choice

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Session 7: Topics and SkillsSession 7: Topics and Skills• Understand how global changes, especially

technological changes, affect everyone’s work patterns.

• Consider the advantages and disadvantages of working from home (Telecommuting)Telecommuting).

• Learn the vocabulary concerning qualities organizations need: change-adept, open to the ideas of change, 3Cs on p. 25, three particular changes on p.26, etc. (A1, A4)

• Be able to take notes and use prepositions (A3, A6).

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Session 7: Language FocusSession 7: Language Focus1. Vocabulary concerning changes of organizations and their working patter

ns (A1,A4)

Concepts, Confidence, Connections, Kaizen, Annualized hours, Suppliers,

relocate offices, reorganize the workforce, set up a website, launch a new

product line, change to flexible working hours, open a office in a foreign

country, etc.

• Prepositional phrases used to online some of the key changes about a company (A3);

• … a problem for employees … … get stopped by sth …

• … has/have an effect on management …

• … work on the shop floor in an organization …

• … some of the most important changes …

• Changes have been implemented at … (a company)

• …reduction in the number of suppliers …

• The introduction of Kaizen (a Japanese concept of continuous improvement) …

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Objective: To practice your note-taking and talking about some key disadvantages of telecommuting (A7 on p.27)

Course activities covered: A7


Type: Individual work and pair work (Note-taking and discussion)


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Individual work and pair work:

1) Turn to page 27 and read the text in A7 carefully first (3 minutes)

2) Note down the disadvantages the writer mentions in the text (3 mimutes)

3) Discuss the advantages of telecommuting with your partner. If your agree/disagree with the writer, why/why not?

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1. Ask learners in turn to tell the class the advantages they have noted down (one learner gives only one advantage, in this way, more learners will have a chance to talk in class).

2. Here are the notes of the disadvantages mentioned in the text.

1) Lack of team working spirit (the labor market to be made up of lonely, isolated, under stimulated social retards)

2) Lack of physical exercises (have gained weight)

3) Loss of self-esteem (people not taking her seriously)

4) Feeling completely bored at home (cutting her toenails)

5) Lack of motivation for work (getting cut off from the world, feeing like a sad old cow)

3. Advice given: to get balance, not to work in complete isolation, and to contact with the outside world.

Session 8Session 8

Working with Working with RegulationsRegulations

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A1A1 VocabularyVocabulary Matching with symbols with Matching with symbols with sentencessentences

A2A2 ListeningListening True/falseTrue/false

A3A3 Making responsesMaking responses Blank-fillingBlank-filling

A4A4 VocabularyVocabulary Matching words with Matching words with definitionsdefinitions

A5A5 ReadingReading Underline model verbs Underline model verbs indicating obligations or indicating obligations or adviceadvice


A7A7 ReadingReading Fill in the blanks with correct Fill in the blanks with correct articlesarticles（冠词）（冠词）

A8A8 Listening/SpeakingListening/Speaking Asking questionsAsking questions

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• Look at the tax regulations in the UK and the language of regulations.

• Be able to give advice and express obligation by using model verbs(A1, A3).

• Study the use of definite and indefinite articles (A5, A7).

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Session 8: Language FocusSession 8: Language Focus• Vocabulary concerning tax regulations (A4):

fine, penalty notice, Inland revenue, deadline, tax return, self-employed, etc.

• Model verbs used to express obligation and advice (A1, A3, A5):

Must, mustn’t, has/have to, doesn’t/don’t have to, should, should not, etc.

• The use of indefinite article: a/an

• One thing/person in general sense, e.g. a tax return, a heavy fine, a penalty notice, an hour, etc.

• The use of indefinite article: the

• To refer to something we have already mentioned, e.g. Sending in your tax return late results in a heavy fine. The fine is very high if you are late.

• To talk about something unique, e.g. The government (Refer to the British government. And there is only one national government in the UK) has introduced new taxation laws.

• To be used with superlatives, e.g. The biggest mistake you can make is not to return your tax form.

• We use no article when we are talking about things or people in general. E.g. Self-employed people in the UK have to send in tax returns.

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Objective: To express obligations and advice by discussing the Chinese income tax laws

Course activities covered: A 1, As3-5


Type: Team work


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Team work:

1. Form yourselves into groups of 6s.

2. Look at the following Chinese personal income tax laws (2 minutes).

3. Discuss the laws by using the language of regulations (The use of model verbs in As1-5 on pp. 28-29) ( 10 minutes)

Personal Income amoPersonal Income amountunt

(Chinese yuan)(Chinese yuan)

Percentage of Percentage of personal income personal income taxtax

Actual tax amountActual tax amount

(Chinese yuan)(Chinese yuan)

10001000 5%5% 5050

30003000 10%10% 250250

50005000 20%20% 650650

80008000 25%25% 14001400

1000010000 30%30% 20002000

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• Ask some learners to air their views on the new Chinese personal income tax laws in class and discuss with class about some possible advice on tax regulation improvement.

• After you have done this task, you shall have been able to use model verbs to express obligations and offer advice on tax regulations.

Session 9Session 9

Working in Working in CyberspaceCyberspace

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A2A2 Diagram ReadingDiagram Reading Matching the numbered parts of Matching the numbered parts of the diagram with the descriptionsthe diagram with the descriptions

A3A3 Reading Reading Completing sentences through Completing sentences through multiple-choicemultiple-choice

A4A4 Reading/GrammarReading/Grammar Completing sentences through Completing sentences through matching parts in two columnsmatching parts in two columns

A5A5 ListeningListening Ticking correct sentencesTicking correct sentences


A7A7 ListeningListening Completing a dialogue by blank-Completing a dialogue by blank-fillingfilling


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Session 9: Topic and SkillSession 9: Topic and Skill

• Consider some of the day-to-day changes that technology can bring and looking at buying things on the Internet.

• Be able to describe possible situations by using “if” and “will” structure (As2-4).

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Session 9: Language FocusSession 9: Language Focus• Vocabulary concerning cyberspace and shopping on the Internet

(As1-2)

Cyberspace, information and communication technology (ICT), cell-phone/mobile phone, PC, World Wide Web (www), electronic network, use website browser, access online stores, pull down menus, add the selection to the electronic shopping trolley, complete the order form, give credit card details, receive credit card authorization, dispatch the order, etc.

• Sentence structures used to describe possible future situations (As3-4 on p.34):

• If + present tense, sb/sth + will + bare infinitive

E.g. If you go online, you will be able to do your shopping on the Internet.

• The word “unless” has the same meaning as “if + not”

E.g. Unless you are 18 years old, you won’t able to shop in cyberspace.

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Objective: To practice describing possible future situations by using “if sth happens, sb will do sth” or “unless sth happens, sb won’t do sth”

Course activities covered: As1-2, A4, A7


Type: Pair work

Aids: The textbook

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Pair work:

Discuss the following questions in pairs:

1) Have you ever done online shopping? If yes, describe the process and your experience to your partner. If no, use what you have learned in this session, describe the possible future situations when you do shopping on the Internet. (2.5 minutes for each one of you)

2) Besides shopping in cyberspace, what are other uses or possible uses of cyberspace? Write down your thoughts for class discussions. (2.5 minutes for each one of you)

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• Ask learners to share their experiences of shopping online and offer ideas of how to make best use of cyberspace in class.

• Some other possible uses of cyberspace could be: online banking, B2B business, audio-video conferences, etc.

A ReviewA Review

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A checklist of objectives (1)A checklist of objectives (1)We have accomplished the following We have accomplished the following

objectives:objectives:

1. We have talked about companies/organizations to get some general information.

2. We have learned how to talk about your organizational structure and responsibilities.

3. We have practiced talking about products or service-products of companies/ organizations/enterprisers.

4. We have talked about the changes that have happened to us at our work place in the recent year, in comparison with the past, and our positive and negative effects on us.

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A checklist of objectives (2)A checklist of objectives (2)

5. We have interpreted graphs and described trends/general patterns or tendencies in market places.

6. We have talked about how our companies operate in home and global markets by using the STEEP analysis.

7. We have practiced note-taking skill and talking about some key disadvantages of telecommuting.

8. We have practiced expressing obligations and giving advice by discussing the Chinese income tax laws.

9. We have practiced describing possible future situations by using “if sth happens, sb will do sth” or “unless sth happens, sb won’t do sth”

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Overview: Quick QuizOverview: Quick Quiz Do the oral interpretation of the following words:Do the oral interpretation of the following words:

企业结构企业结构 organizational structureorganizational structure 局域网络局域网络 intranetintranet 网址网址 websitewebsite 电子邮箱电子邮箱 email-boxemail-box 纵向结构纵向结构 tall/hierarchical structuretall/hierarchical structure 衡向结构衡向结构 flat structureflat structure 层次层次 layers/hierarchieslayers/hierarchies 执行总裁执行总裁 CEO chief executive officerCEO chief executive officer 产品种类产品种类 product categoriesproduct categories 变革与机遇变革与机遇 changes and opportunitieschanges and opportunities 工作头衔工作头衔 job titlesjob titles 图表与趋势图表与趋势 graphs and trendsgraphs and trends 企业外部环境要素企业外部环境要素 external environmental factors/elements of the external environmental factors/elements of the

organizationorganization 适应变化型企业适应变化型企业 change-adept organizationschange-adept organizations

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