Guideline 3.

Team
building

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MARÍA E. SALCEDO

BOGOTÁ
SEPTIEMBRE DE 2017
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GUIDELINE 3. TEAM BUILDING

Learning purpose
Guíde
By the end of this unit you will have a better understanding of some topics
related to team building. All these issues will be studied by applying different
strategies and skills in the communicative competencies –reading, listening,
writing, and speaking-. In addition, you will be fostering your thinking skills when
solving case studies or making decisions as well as your collaborative and team
work.

Essential reading

Cotton, D., Falvey, D., & Kent, S. (2011). Upper Intermediate Market Leader.
Business English Course book. Third edition. Pearson Longman.

Cotton, D., Falvey, D., & Kent, S. (2011). Upper Intermediate Market Leader.
Business English DVD-Rom. Third edition. Pearson Longman.

Supplementary material

Darling, J. & Heller, V. Effective Organizational Consulting Across Cultural

Boundaries: A Case Focusing on Leadership Styles and Team-Building.
Organizational Development Journal. Winter 2012, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p54-
72. Business Source Complete Database.
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Learning activities

Activity 1. Tell me more

Deliverable work
Activity 1. Tell me more
 Completing Tell me more exercises.

1. In the platform, start working with the activities related to the third learning
guideline. You should complete 10% of these activities. It means at the end
of week 9 you should have 35% of the activities completed. You have to
work at least 5 hours per week to complete Rosetta stone activities.
2. At the end of week 9, check in tell me more (click on Recapitulación,
choose seguimiento de las lecciones) that you have 35% of the activities
in actividades realizadas. You tutor will let you know the final score at the
end of week 9.

Means of sending assignment

Tell me more campus http://goo.gl/PHURZw.
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Activity 2. Market leader activities

Deliverable work

Activity 2. Market leader activities

 Autonomous activities in the Market Leader Book.
 Test 3.

From your Market Leader book, complete the following exercises

Unit 8:
Vocabulary: page 75 exercises A, B, C and D.
Reading: page 76-77 exercises C, D, E, and G.
Language Review: Interact with the following learning object “Modal perfect” to
learn uses and structures of modal verbs.
Page 78 exercise A and B

Unit 9:
Vocabulary: page 83 exercises A and B.
Language Review: page 86 exercises A and B.

Ask for the key to these activities to your tutor in order to know if your answers are
right or wrong.

Take test 3 (Test tab)

Means of sending assignment

Tests tab.
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Activity 3. Business speech: oral presentations

Deliverable work

Activity 3. Business speech: oral presentations

 Word file

1. Read and listen to the explanation about writing a topic outline:

http://goo.gl/eXaQoJ.
2. Read an example of an outline: http://goo.gl/DYZcNN

Means of sending assignment

Word file sent by the activities section with all the other activities. Please
do not send executable or zipped attachments. If you have to submit different
files, by the activities tab you can upload all files one by one.

Activity 4. Case study

Deliverable work

Activity 4. Case study

 Oral presentation
 Letter

1. Open your Market Leader book on page 80-81. Read the information related
Motivating the Sales Team (both pages).
2. Meet with three other partners. During the session as a group you have to share
your opinions regarding the task on page 81.
3. Prepare an online power point presentation (e.g. prezi.com) in which you show
your findings regarding the task.
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4. During the tutorial deliver an oral presentation to show you classmate the final
decision you and your group made.
5. If you cannot attend the tutorial, record your oral presentation and include it with
the other activities to be sent in this third stage.
6. Write a letter to the Chief Executive of DKP outlining your solution of the
problems according to the case study. Although it is a group activity, each member
of the group has to send it by the activities button with the other activities included
in this third stage.

Means of sending assignment

Word file by activities section and oral presentation during tutorial. Please
do not send executable or zipped attachments. If you have to submit different
files, by the activities tab you can upload all files one by one.

Activity 5. Project
Deliverable work
Activity 5. Project
 Word file: topic outline

1. Presentation.

Write the topic outline for a 30-minute presentation you will deliver during the face-
to-face session. (Check instructions in the oral presentation section to write an
outline).

Prepare your oral presentation. Give an introduction, explain graphs and figures,
draw conclusions and do not forget to interact with your audience. Use the visual
aids during your oral presentation in the face to face session.
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Note: if you cannot attend the F2F meeting, take the online tests (listening,
vocabulary and reading) and submit untimely speaking exam. All of them can be
found in the test tab (check deadlines in the calendar. Your tutor will be sending
some recommendations to take this test.

Means of sending assignment

 Word file by activities tab.
 Final oral presentation: during the f2f meeting or in the prueba
extemporánea.
Please do not send executable or zipped attachments. If you have to submit
different files, by the activities tab you can upload all files one by one.

Activity 6. Self-assessment
Deliverable work

Activity 6. Self-assessment
 A one-paragraph composition.

Describe in a paragraph composition what you achieved during the development of

the course. Let us know how we could make better this course in the future.

Means of sending assignment

Word file. Please do not send executable or zipped attachments. If you have to
submit different files, by the activities tab you can upload all files one by one.