BUSINESS ENGLISH 1 The Start of Unit 2
Schedule Homework Check Partner Introductions Small Talk Practice Cultural Activity Unit 2
Homework Cultural Know How & p.10
Partner Introductions Listen Carefully
Cultural Activity
Cultural Advice Articles Listen carefully to instructions After reading and summarizing: Walk around the room and gather information from the other locations Attempt to complete all of the chart on the back of the paper When finished, return to your seat and share information with your team
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Unit 2 Culture and Entertainment
Conversation Question Imagine a business man/woman is coming to Seoul for a week of meetings. Make a list of the cultural activities, historical places, traditional restaurants, etc. that you would like to take them to.
LISTEN Textbook page 15 Listen to the 1st example on the recording. What is being said? What was their response to the invitation? What will probably happen next? Listen to the 2nd example on the recording.
Conversation Practice . Use the language on page 21 Would you like to go to a new movie tonight with me? Yes, that would be nice. What time is the movie? At 7:30pm. Is that an okay time? Yes, that’s fine. Will other co-workers be able to come along? Yes, of course. Everyone from the office will be coming. Excellent. I really look forward to going! Inviting Accepting Would you be interested in going to see… I’d like to invite you to have dinner this evening. Perhaps we should all go for dinner? Is that a good idea? Are you interested in… Eating out? Visiting / seeing …? That would be very nice. I’d like that. Thank you. That would be a pleasure. Yes, I would enjoy that very much. Yes, that is a good idea.
Conversation Practice Use the language on page 21 * Remember to BE POLITE * Responding to an invitation Declining That would be very nice. I’d like that. Thank you. That would be a pleasure I’d like to, but I’m afraid … That would be nice, but unfortunately… I’m rather tired… I have an appointment this evening… I’m rather busy… I have some work to do…
LISTEN – p. 16 Activity Reason for rejection Comments Opera He doesn’t like listening to opera Not polite Too short Quick answers Coworker dinner party Needs to fly back to Chicago Polite Can’t (so sorry) Yes ~ It’s a shame Tennis Can’t play well “I have a wooden leg” Laughing Joking
BUSINESS ENGLISH 1 The Start of Unit 2
Accepting / Declining an Activity
Conversation Practice . Use the language on page 21 Would you like to go to a new movie tonight with me? Yes, that would be nice. What time is the movie? At 7:30pm. Is that an okay time? Yes, that’s fine. Will other co-workers be able to come along? Yes, of course. Everyone from the office will be coming. Excellent. I really look forward to going! Inviting Accepting Would you be interested in going to see… I’d like to invite you to have dinner this evening. Perhaps we should all go for dinner? Is that a good idea? Are you interested in… Eating out? Visiting / seeing …? That would be very nice. I’d like that. Thank you. That would be a pleasure. Yes, I would enjoy that very much. Yes, that’s a good idea.
Conversation Practice Use the language on page 21 * Remember to BE POLITE * Responding to an invitation Declining That would be very nice. I’d like that. Thank you. That would be a pleasure, but… I’d like to, but I’m afraid … That would be nice, but unfortunately… I’m rather tired… I have an appointment this evening… I’m rather busy… I have some work to do…
Eating Out
Talk about it: Eating/Drinking What are some cultural norms for eating/drinking in South Korea that foreigners might not know? Think of as many as possible!
Practice 2 – Role Play Page 17 With your partner, create a dialogue Realistic Acting 3 teams will be randomly selected
Introduction to Midterm Presentation
Midterm Presentation 3 students Research one country and its culture Inform the class: Common mistakes Misunderstandings Language barriers How to act during dinner How to be polite Etc. Review handouts and previous discussions
Homework Textbook p. 19 – blue boxes Midterm Presentations Konkukenglish.weebly.com Print the homework from our website Read, answer questions, bring it to the following class