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Week 3

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- Talk about when things go wrong
- Talk about solutions
- Practice our listening skills
- Identify some useful language for speaking
- Practice our speaking skills

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- What are some determining factors for the success or
failure of the following:
- A job interview?
- Delivering a presentation?
- Chair a meeting?
- Pitch a product or idea to a potential investor?

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Discuss the following questions with a partner.
When was the last time you did any of the of the following:

- A job interview?
- Delivering a presentation?
- Chair a meeting?
- Pitch a product or idea to a potential investor?

How did it go? Why?

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Exercise 1 (page 48) A small company holds
an Open Day every year with fun events to
promote the company and to raise funds for
charity. Look at the list of things that
happened at last year's Open Day. Decide if
the things are successes (S) or problems (P).

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Exercise 2 (page 48) FIRST =Work in pairs. Discuss how the company could avoid
repeating the problems this year.

SECOND= Then listen to a meeting about the Open Day. Which points do the people
talk about? Did you hear any of your ideas?
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Exercise 3 (page 48) Listen again. Look at
the Useful language box. Match the
suggestions (1–6) with the responses.

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Answers
1. Why don't we think about setting up another covered area?
Let's look into that.
2. We should be careful here.
I couldn't agree more.
3. I don't think we need to have a burger stall.
I'm not sure I'm with you on that.
4. How about putting something out on Twitter?
I like the sound of that.
5. We could consider other ways of getting more followers.
That's a good idea.
6. We'd better get more printed.
OK ... or I could look at the prices first.

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Exercise 4a (page 49) Meaning is expressed not only by your words but also by
your intonation. Listen to the responses in the Useful language box. For each
one, decide if the speaker sounds enthusiastic or unsure.
1. I couldn't agree more.
enthusiastic
unsure
2. I like the sound of that.
enthusiastic
unsure
3. I'm not sure I'm with you on that.
enthusiastic
unsure
4. OK … or I could look at the prices first.
enthusiastic
unsure
5. Let's look into that.
enthusiastic
unsure
6. That's a good idea.
enthusiastic
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unsure
Choose the most appropriate response to
the suggestions (1–6). Then listen and
check.
1. Why don't we set up a meeting with the
whole team?
a. I wrote a report about it.
b. I like the sound of that.
2. We could consider changing the website.
a. Yes, let's look into that.
b. Carl is available tomorrow.
3. We should be careful here.
a. I'm not sure I'm with you on that.
b. Would you like to see the brochure?
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4. How about making a list of the things we
need to change on the site?
a. I saw a great site today.
b. I couldn't agree more.
5. I don't think we need to be critical in the
meeting, you know, just point out what's not
working and why.
a. OK … or I could put the main points into
a short report that we can use in the
meeting.
b. I'm always trying to explain to John that
he's too critical; it's a real problem, you know.
6. We'd better work on it this week and then
have the meeting on Monday.
a. Can you email me the address?
b. That's an excellent suggestion.
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What do you think if we print about printing some flyers?
We could consider different ways of selling tickets on the internet☺
As I mentioned it before, we could have…
Give them an incentive. For example, if you go and help, you’ll have one extra
day of vacations. ☺
One mistake we shouldn’t do make again
Pronunciation
volunteers

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