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Business Trade English: Lesson 2

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Welcome back to the second Saturday class.

Hours 1 -3 

Part 1: Attendance (5)

Part 2: Conversation Practice (15)

  • Associations – vocabulary list

Part 3: Textbook (50)

Part 4: Email writing (50)

  • look at template requesting information
  • in this email the person is requesting information that compares two things
  • name different parts
  • notice simple structure
  • use bullets to ask questions
  • close with contact information

Task: compare 2 hybrid cars – Honda Civic and Hyundai Sonata

  • write an email asking for information about the 2 cars
  • ask about the warranty, number of passengers and purchase cost

 

Part 5: Conversation Practice (20)

  • Daily life – full sentences with adverbs of frequency (pair work A-B)

Lunch

Hours 4-6

Part 1: Conversation Practice (20)

  • Tell people what to draw – speak and listen

Part 2: Textbook (50)

Part 3: Email writing task (50)

review answer template for hotel

  • Send answer with information about 2 hybrid cars
  • check data sheet
  • send formatted email message

Part 4: Conversation Practice (20)

  • Association – vocabulary list

 

Next Week – Final Exam 

Part A – Speaking

  • a few questions from the worksheet WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE …?
  • a few questions from DAILY LIFE
  • a few questions from SOMETHING word list

Part B – Sentence writing

Page 4 write simple sentences

For example:

  • Is it a small room? (no)
  • No, it is not a small room.

Page 12 write simple sentences

For example:

  • How many rooms does the apartment have? (4)
  • The apartment has 4 rooms.

Page 14 make sentences with correct verb

For example:

  • The apartment / have / 2 bedrooms.
  • The apartment has 2 bedrooms.

Page 22 sentences with DO questions

For example:

  • When do the Baronis go shopping? (Saturday)
  • The Baronis go shopping every Saturday.

 

Part C – email writing

Similar to what we did in class.

  • write one email with 3 questions asking for information
  • write one email with answers to the 3 questions