syllabus curriculum project final
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Syllabus content for an intermediate Business English course
I. About you:-Introductions-Outside of Work-Family and Friends-Places
II. Your job-Job interview-Business trips-Talking on the phone-Writing emails-Ideal job
III. Social activities/events-Small talk-Social/cultural differences
Class Topic(s) Skills Sub-skills or Main activity Focus on Pedagogicalsche addressed in specific goals/ /task in the gramm goal/dule class Culture class atical outcome forweek structure the classbyweekWeek Introductions: speaking -ability for 1.ice-breaker Review of In class#1 teacher and students vocabulary the students activity present assessment
getting to know each to introduce 2. introduce simple by theother. Continuation themselves in yourself tense, teacher ofof needs assessment pairs to another questions, students'
student that pronouns, prioryou don't "be" in the knowledgeknow present and
simple, speakingskills.
Week Introductions speaking, -students Small group -present Students#2 (cont. ) listening, negotiate for activity/game perfect should be
vocabulary meaning with each group simple able tothe "guessing comes up V.S talk aboutgame", with a person continuou themselves
they know in s and others inthe company the presentand describe tensehim/her. Theother grouphas to guessthe person.
Week listening, speaking, 1. listening#3 Listening module: speaking listening. activity
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(in lab) communication Cultural between abreakdown component customer and
dealing with clientdifferent 2. roleaccents, play (withstereotypes. script) with
communication breakdown
Part of 20 minute on-going after theweek assessment scripted role-#3 (in play, studentslab) will practice
in pairs (oneafter theother) anunscriptedrole play onthe sametopic
Week Activities outside vocabulary, -students Pair work - -gerunds -students#4 of work speaking become - interview ("I like need to be
familiar with a famous biking"), able to askinterviewing person (to questions questionsand being find out what with about otherinterviewed they like) gerunds" people's
What do (dis)likesyou like todo?"
Week Family and Friends reading, -read for the Students -present -ability to#5 listening, main idea, each receive perfect describe,
speaking specific target a summary V.S summarizevocabulary of a famous continu andrelating to person's ous and restate anfamily is family. They questions informationaladdressed in read it then "Have you summary.the class have to ever ...?" -use of
describe creativitythe family to to describetheir partner. own familyThe otherpartner hasto guess whothe famousperson is.
Week Listening module: listening listening -Listening to 3 -preparation#6 Ted talk for specific different short for(in lab) vocabulary talks listening to-listening for professional
main idea conference
Part of 20 minutes on-going pair speakingweek assessment: assessment#6 activity(in lab)
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Week Places: where listening, -listening for -watch present Ability to#7 people live speaking, main idea and authentic perfect describe the
writing details (city, videos about V.S environmentcountry); people living simplenumbers. in Eskimo past"Cultural village, and Wherecomponent a celebrity's have youof describing home in lived?"another Hollywood.person's Answerlifestyle, comprehensiodifferences n questions;in living in describe youra specific own home.country. Activity
describingwherestudents livedin the past
Week Places: dream -listening, -listening role play: Modals, Expressing#8 places to live speaking for details You are rich polite ability;pertaining and shopping questions, questions;
to price, for a new requests; politelocation, home. Your can, will, requests;number of partner is a could, agreement,rooms, etc ... real estate would, disagreemen-descriptive agent who able to; tlistening on is trying to ("Could -problemthe home and convince you you tell solvingsurroundings/ to buy this me wherephysical home. you wouldenvironment like tolive?")
Week Reading module: -Reading -practice -students#9 (in current news: reading read anlab) online New York informational authentic
Times article text article forspecificinformation
Week First -speaking, 1. Answer -students#10 assessment: listening the question schedule 10(in lab) Places to visit about what minutes to
would be the go into theideal place lab. Theyto go on create avacation sound board2.self-evaluationand anevaluationof the class(what theywould liketo do inthe future)throughsound board
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Week Event reporting: listening, -students -students Modals -read for#11 reading, read a read about "can" the main
writing current, an event and and "be idea, answerauthentic report it to able to" questions inreport of an their group pairs, relateevent in the an event to apast peer
-write up ashort report
Week Jobs: introduction speaking, -ability to -small group to prepare#12 reading, describe activity: each - studentswriting, and answer group comes Future "w for jobvocabulary, questions up with a iii", "going presentationrelated to person they to", s in a futureother people know in the present interviewoutside of company and continuoclass describe him/ us for theher. The other futuregroup has
to guess theperson
Week Module: -Reading, reading of -information-#13 Reading speaking topic, formal gap activity(in lab) professional texts papers for target
geared vocabularytowards wordstechnicaldocuments
Week Jobs introduction, reading, -introduction -watch a pronunciat -#14 continued writing, to different video about a ion; improvement
listening, European company; listening andspeaking and English record for analysis of
accents speech content pronunciatiosamples; ncomment onpronunciationpatternsin otherstudents'speechsamples
Week writing, -writing -students#15 Writing formal reading summaries of write a
summary of a formal texts summary/professional text with register report fromused for reading done
reporting previously-writing for in the lastspecific moduledetails in the -peer reviewarticle/text of the report
Week Job interview speaking, -ability to -listening to -past -listening#16 listening present authentic perfect exposure to
themselves materials of a and past different jobas well as job interview, perfect descriptionspresent (or using the contin as well as
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their job CD in the uous "I describingdescription textbook) had been one's ownin a formal Different working job to ainterview professions for this potentialsituation are described company employer
when Irealized ..."
Week Module: Multi- -use of -using a -students#17 media Powerpoint technology, summary of create a
public professional Powerpointpresentation text to make from theirskills a Powerpoint report/
presentation summarydone in thepreviousmodule
Week Job interview speaking, -self- - -phrasal -students#18 (cont.) listening presentation, students "role verbs become
talking play" comfortableabout one's between the both withqualities, interviewee the formal,future plans and the hiring information,
professional. formalGoal is to interviewconvince the contextother studentto hire him/her
Week Listening: phone listening, -customer/ -students -review of -increase#19 conversation speaking client take turns phrasal self-
authentic with "role verbs confidenceconversation playing" in and
scripted and languageunscripted egoprompts pertaining
to phoneconversations-preparationfor the topicof businesstravel
Week Pronunciation -students -compilation - -continued#20 module: speaking listen to of different pronunciati work on(in lab) on the phone different accents from on "workshop talking on
phone textbook CD "done in the the phoneconversations or authentic lab, students-pinpointing listening get usedof different materials to listeningsounds (BBC News componentwhich make radio) in specificdifferent -role play with environmentaccents- one student and withstudents with a specific specificpractice accents activitiespronouncing linked to the
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skills (talkingon the phone)
Week Planning your -speaking, ability to -activities -review continuation#21 next business listening orally give related to of verb from last
trip: booking on the precise booking a tenses, week withphone information train/plane introduct practice with
in English ticket and or/ ion of "If' conversation(time, location) hotel on the clauses "If on the
phone I had time, phone,I would -preparationvisit ...on for emailmy trip" (writing)
Week Planning your -writing, ability to -students -review of -preparation#22 next business trip: reading, write specific create an grammar for
writing an email vocabulary, information email to send in assessmentspeaking about time, to a potential prepara the following
place, colleague tion for week,assess me integration ofnt the 4 skills
Week In-class In class speaking, Main task Assessment Integ rative#23 Assessment: listening assessment: in writing for assessment
planning your -writing, planning next grammaticalbusiness trips reading trip accuracy.
1. deciding Teacherwhere to go, corrects the2. booking on emailsthe phone,(speaking)3. writingan email toconfirm trip
Week Business - writing -students -pre-writing, - -teacher#24 Correspondence: practice writing, peer Correction reviews any
writing formal writing a letter review activity of emails grammatical,letters to a future from content
employer previous questionsclass from the
assessment
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Week What is your ideal Speaking, -informal -students modal" -pedagogical#25 job? reading, situation of read would outcome is
listening reading and authentic like", "Idea related tonegotiating material of Ily, I would professionalmeaning real jobs-in like to situation butin order pairs, they be...", "In also a formto create create an my dream of assessingideal/dream ideal job job, I students' "situations and vacation would like language
spot; they to be a.." ego"-if thepresent studenttheir job and feels morevacation to confidentthe class expressing
goals inEnglish
Week Listening module: listening, -listening Listening review Improve#26 conferences, speaking, to several comprehensio listening(in lab) reporting (writing) professional n, info gap comprehens
topic ion, contentconferences summarizing-reporting toother groups
Week Meetings: small -listening, Cultural Role-play Formulaic Small-#27 talk speaking aspects conversations langua talk, self-
of target- during a ge,non- confidenceculture- party/social specificspecific small eventtalk
Week Cultural -listening, Raising watch & (socioc Clarity in#28 Misunderstandings speaking sociolinguistic discuss ultural & expressing
/cultural skills real-life sociolingui oneself,examples of stic skills) avoidingmisunderstan commun-ndings breakdown
Week Social issues -speaking, raising Discussion Discussing#29 vocabulary cultural on issues; abstractawareness, comparing social issues
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Week#30
Wrap-up, courseevaluations