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Business English - Conversation

LG Learning Center
Monday & Thursday
1900-2100

English for the Workplace - from esl.about.com
Business Presentations in English from business.englishclub.com

Instructor: Andy Jackson
Email: arpblop@yahoo.com
CP: 010.7700.0063

Dear Class,

A few students asked recently about audio cassettes. I'm sorry I did not have a clear, simple answer for you, but rest assured that we are looking into the matter. In the meantime, I will use this page to refer you to listening activities online. I will look for specific activities related to the class material for each session (see Related Resources below), but if you want to look around for yourself sometime, I get material from Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab and About.com's Listening Activities section.

On the about.com site, you can select a level of difficulty, then see a list of listening activities at that level. Then select activities by reading their names and descriptions. I think the layout of Randall's Listening Lab is pretty straightforward, but please do not hesitate to ask questions that arise about anything related to this course. In

I will fill in the rest of the course schedule before next week. Thank you for your patience.

yours,
Andy

How to Read This Schedule

The course schedule below lists materials that we will discuss in class on Monday and Thursday evenings. In each schedule entry, the Topic of the Day and Unit #s appear in boldface text. ( The textbook for a class is also known as 'the text'. Please notice both uses of the word in this list entry. ) Unit #s in the schedule refer to units in the text.
Italicized text following each unit # refers to a specific section heading in that unit. Please note that there may be more than one section listed per unit.
If there is no italicized text, please be prepared to discuss any section of the unit that does not require the audio cassette.
Where possible, links have been provided to online listening activities related to the Topic of the Day.
- For anyone unfamiliar with the format: hyperlinks commonly appear as underlined, colored text. Click on the underlined, colored text to view the material that the link refers to.
- In Randall's Listening Lab, you may choose to play the audio sample with or without captions (scripts) by clicking the appropriately labled button.
You can listen to most of the samples on this site with Real Player , but some require another program called Sanako Media Player/Recorder (formally Divace). Both can be purchased using links on http://www.esl-lab.com/players.htm, but Real Player also has a free version, ; it can also be downloaded by clicking the previous link. It has fewer features than the retail version, but it sufficient for this site.
Every listening activity I have seen on http://esl.about.com/cs/listening/ requires Real Player.
If a link leads to a listening activity, the schedule will say so.
Listening activities on both sites have comprehension checks that give instant feedback on your responses.

If you have any questions or comments related to this course, please feel free to contact me directly by using the information at the top of this page.

E. L. Easton - Business English

Course Schedule

Week of	Monday	Thursday
3/8	Introductions - handouts	Unit 9 Presentation, Unit 4 Skills Work, Unit 1 Time Management

3/15	Unit 2 - Telephoning to Make Arrangements: Polite Questions, Starting and Ending Calls, Telephone Quiz	Unit 7 Telephoning to Exchange Information Target Phrases for exchanging information on the telephone. Listening Exercise

3/22	Unit 8 - Visitors: Language Work, Skills Work Online explanation of English Modal Verbs	Unit 2 - Telephoning to Make Arrangements: Making Appointments, Changing Arrangements Listening Excercise 1 Listening Exercise 2

3/29	Unit 8 - Visitors: Cultural Differences Unit 11 - Products and Services	Unit 13 - Meetings Unit 4 - Planning Ahead: Asking for Opinions Listening Practice - Meeting Format Business Meeting Transcript Business Meeting Decision Maze

4/5	Unit 12 - Comparing Options Unit 11 - Products and Services: Review	Unit 10 - Describing Trends Unit 8 - Apologies

4/12	Units 4 & 13: Review	Review: Unit 1: Skills Work - Speaking Unit 3: Skills Work - Reading Unit 8: Skills Work - Speaking

4/19	Presentation Workups Workup Handout Focussing on language skills to make effective presentations (1a)	Workup Handout Focussing on language skills to make effective presentations (1b)

4/26	Presentation Workups cont'd Workup Handout Focussing on language skills to make effective presentations (2a) The handout lacks graphics, so here are some other options; please pick one that works for you: Workup Handout 4 Focussing on language skills to make effective presentations (2b)

5/8	Practice Presentations - Level 1
5/15	Practice Presentations - Level 2
5/22	Evaluate Presentations - Level 1
5/29	Evaluate Presentations - Level 2