Business English DEMO Lesson Plan Procedure - use a row for each stage and add

additional rows as necessary

Stage Aims Procedure - What will the teacher be doing / saying?

Lead-in CATEGORISE
-elicit which country is individualist and collectivist. Go through strategies

Lead-in AGREE/DISAGREE
Activate -give SS yes/no cards. SS discuss each question and justify their answers
schemata and
background
knowledge with USEFUL LANGUAGE
a stirrer activity.
Expressing agreement
I couldn't agree with you more
Absolutely!
Definitely!
I agree entirely.

Expressing disagreement
I'm afraid I disagree.
I beg to differ.
Not necessarily.
That’s not entirely true.

Asking for opinions

What’s your take on this?
What are your thoughts on this?
What are your feelings on this?

Giving reason
it is important ….
…. _____ is important, so ____
The main reason I feel this way is..

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Prevocab MATCH
-answer feedback – SS check themselves

listening Detail UNDERLINE THE WORDS (1:10-1:11)

Elicit the adjectives with negative connotations e.g. impatient, dogmatic, threatening,
insincere, weak
-Remind SS that they should listen not only to what Simon says, but also how he says
it.
-Pair compare. Play recording again

FOLLOW UP DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS

Class feedback - Point out that the tone of voice is different, in version 1 it sounds
abrupt and slightly aggressive. Version 2 is firm but not aggressive

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Follow up
activity

Production-
SS will produce
the 1st person
form through a
game.
Production-
SS will produce
the 3rd person
form through a
game.

Closing routine Goodbye song