Posted: September 16th, 2017
Note: this is not a model lesson plan.
Business Lesson
Objective: To teach students terms/acronyms commonly used in business e-mails.
Group level: Intermediate Lesson length: 45 mins
Target language: Terminology used in e-mail writing (eg. FYI, RE. , pix, Thx, docs, ASAP, enc., etc. )
Anticipated problems: Students may have difficulties memorising the new terminology/acronyms.
Solution: Ask them to memorise all the words.
Resources: none, write acronyms on the board.
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Stage
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Interaction
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Timing
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1. Ask students to write a business e-mail.
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10 mins.
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2. Ask students to read their e-mails to their partners.
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2 mins.
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3. Ask the pairs to exchange their work and correct their classmates’ work.
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2 mins.
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4. Write a short business e-mail on the board and explain the terminology and acronyms.
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10 mins.
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5. Put students in groups and ask each group to produce a similar e-mail.
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2 mins.
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6. Give students a handout with a gap-filling activity and ask students to complete it individually.
First student to finish wins a prize and reads his/her work to the group.
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10 mins.
3 mins.
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7. Assign homework – dialogue production.
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1 mins.
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Place an order in 3 easy steps. Takes less than 5 mins.