This is a 1.5 hour sample lesson that could be used to begin unit 2- Making Contacts.
Screen time: 25 mins
Supplementary materials: 25 mins
Bookwork: 40 mins
Materials needed: Activity sheets and business profiles printed for the role-play activity, internet connection
The Lesson:
Warmer (10 mins): Business Hangman from Business English
Introduce the Topic (10 mins): Class discussion
- Read the quote on the top of page 8- Ask students what they think it means, why it's funny and if they agree.
- Ask students about their personal experience with conferences- Have they ever been to one? When and Where? What were the best and worse parts?
Bookwork (15 mins): Exercises 1-5 on page 8
- Work through the exercises, elicit feedback or encourage discussion in pairs as appropriate.
Role-Play (25 mins): Introducing Your Business from Lanternfish
- Tell students that they are being sent to a conference. On the plane ride, they'll sit next to different people and introduce themselves and their business.
- Print enough activity sheets for each student and one copy of the business profiles to cut and pass out.
- Give each student a business profile, they should read and ask questions before the activity begins.
- Students role-play meeting new people and introducing their business.
- Variation: If your students are already in business, have them fill out their own, true business profile
Bookwork (15 mins): Conference Venues activities 1-4, pages 8-9
- Listen and complete exercises as explained, correct answers as a class.
- Students discuss in small groups which venue they'd prefer to attend.
Game (15 mins): Geography Spin the Wheel Game from ESL Games World
- If they're going to be going to conferences and doing business on the world stage, your students will need some basic geography knowledge. Divide the class into 2-4 teams and assign a color.
- Teams can "buzz in" by raising their hand, or a sheet of paper with their team color.
- Play until class is over, most points wins!
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